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Thailand approves internal security law(AP) (Asia news)
2007-12-21 14:15:00
Thailand approves internal security law(AP)AP - Thailand's military-installed parliament approved a controversial internal security law that critics warned Friday will allow the military to maintain a grip on power even after this weekend's general election. Report: Chinese protesters tear gassed(AP)AP - About 1,000 riot police fired tear gas at protesters in southern China who were blocking an electricity pylon near a power station they felt was built on unfairly seized land, a radio station reported Friday. Nuclear India moves closer to missile defence shield(AFP) AFP - India announced a final successful test of the surface-to-air Akash missile before starting mass production under an ambitious plan to build a national missile defence shield. China inaugurates homegrown jet(AP)AP - China's first fully homegrown commercial aircraft, the ARJ-21, rolled off the production line Friday, marking a major step in the country's aviation program. Shanghai business boss&...
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Belgium gives Rwanda 39.5 mln euros for development(AFP) (Africa News)
2007-12-21 14:14:00
Belgium gives Rwanda 39.5 mln euros for development(AFP) AFP - The Belgian government has this month given Rwanda 39.5 million euros (56.6 million dollars), mainly to help its small former colony with power supplies, health and education, Radio Rwanda reported Thursday. World Bank finances Ethiopia-Sudan power connection(AFP)AFP - The World Bank has approved a 41-million dollar loan to finance electricity connection between neighbouring Ethiopia and Sudan, a statement said Friday. Much aid to Africa on road to nowhere(AP)AP - To judge how far aid has helped Africa along the road to prosperity, just look down at the pavement or the lack of it. U.N. Council urges more support for AU in Somalia(Reuters) Reuters - The U.N. Security Council calledon Wednesday for more funds for a hard-pressed African Unionpeacekeeping force in Somalia and asked the U.N.secretary-general to keep planning for a U.N. force there. U.N. union urges independent Algeria bomb probe(Reuters)Reuters - The U.N. S...
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Egypt bus crash kills eight(Reuters) (Africa News)
2007-12-21 14:13:00
Egypt bus crash kills eight(Reuters ) Reuters - At least eight Egyptians were killed and24 others injured when a bus collided head-on with anothervehicle early on Friday on an intercity road south of Cairo,security and ambulance sources said. World Bank finances Ethiopia-Sudan power connection(AFP)AFP - The World Bank has approved a 41-million dollar loan to finance electricity connection between neighbouring Ethiopia and Sudan, a statement said Friday. Planning for UN force in Somalia urged(AP) AP - The Security Council asked the U.N. chief on Wednesday to plan for the possible deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping force in Somalia to replace Africa n Union troops. Graft case puts focus on ANC's No. 2(AP) AP - Calm and measured, the new deputy president of the African National Congress could find himself at the top of South African politics if corruption charges force his boss to step down. U.N. union urges independent Algeria bomb probe(Reuters)Reuters - The U.N. Staff...
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Kenya's Christmas comes early in election cash blitz(Reuters) (Africa News
2007-12-21 14:12:00
Kenya's Christmas comes early in election cash blitz(Reuters ) Reuters - In Kenya, elections mean money. Fromcash to T-shirts to new roads, and the lucrative business ofhelping aspirants by fair means or foul, Christmas has comeearly in the east Africa n nation. South Africa's Zuma may face graft trial(AP) AP - POLOKWANE, South Africa South Africa's top prosecutor said Thursday he has enough evidence to bring corruption charges against new African National Congress leader Jacob Zuma, a case that could derail his election as the country's next president. Zuma responded:"Take me to court." Aid groups warn Darfur U.N. force set to fail(Reuters) Reuters - Aid groups urged the U.N.Security Council on Wednesday to set a 30-day deadline forSudan to stop obstructing the planned January 1 deployment ofU.N.-African Union peacekeepers to Darfur or face sanctions. Gloves are off, Chad president warns rebels(AFP) AFP - Chad president Idriss Deby Itno Thursday warne...
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Cuban dissident backs political amnesty(AP) (Latin America News)
2007-12-21 14:11:00
Cuban dissident backs political amnesty(AP)AP - Dissident Oswaldo Paya asked Cuba's parliament on Tuesday to approve an amnesty for political prisoners and to allow Cubans to leave and visit the island without government visas. Chavez to star at Cuba oil summit(AP) AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his nation's oil wealth not Fidel Castro will likely be the star attraction Friday as Caribbean leaders gather in Cuba for a regional oil summit. Argentine Congress criticizes US gov't(AP)AP - Argentina's Congress criticized the United States on Wednesday over an alleged cover-up involving a cash-stuffed suitcase that U.S. prosecutors say was bound for President Cristina Fernandez's campaign. Argentina"dirty war"general gets 25 yrs prison(Reuters)Reuters - An Argentine court on Tuesdaysentenced former military junta member Cristino Nicolaides to25 years in prison for conspiring to murder leftist opponentsduring the 1976-83 so-called dirty war. C...
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Castro hints at retirement or not(AP) (Latin America News)
2007-12-21 14:10:00
Castro hints at retirement or not(AP) AP - Fidel Castro says he won't stand in the way of younger people who can lead Cuba, but he also insists on being"of consequence"until the end of his life. So it goes with the ailing 81-year-old eager to see others keep up the revolution but reluctant to let go of power. U.S. grand jury indicts 5 in Argentine"suitcase scandal"(Reuters) Reuters - A U.S. grand jury indicted fourVenezuelans and a Uruguayan on Thursday on charges of acting asunregistered foreign agents for Venezuela who allegedly triedto cover up a scheme to smuggle$800,000 in cash to Argentina. Mexico opens canal blocked by landslide(AP) AP - Mexican authorities on Tuesday cautiously opened a canal through an enormous landslide that blocked a major river in southern Mexico in November and swept away and entire community. Cuban dissident backs political amnesty(AP)AP - Dissident Oswaldo Paya asked Cuba's parliament on Tuesday to approve an amnesty f...
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Philips bids$5.1B for Respironics(AP) (Europe News)
2007-12-21 14:08:00
Philips bids$5.1B for Respironics(AP)AP - Royal Philips Electronics NV said Friday it will bid around$5.1 billion for Respironics Inc., a maker of medical devices that assist or monitor breathing. German police bag huge heroin haul(Reuters)Reuters - German authorities found 330 lbs ofheroin in a truck in northwestern Germany in one of country'sbiggest seizures of the drug, police said on Friday. Iran plant won't open before late 2008(AP) AP - Iran's first, Russian-built nuclear power plant will not start operating before late 2008, the head of the company in charge of its construction said Thursday. New Latvian government approved(AP) AP - Latvian lawmakers approved a new center-right government Thursday that will face an uphill battle to restore popular trust and prevent the country's red-hot economy from abruptly reversing course. Ancient villas, baths restored in Rome(AP) AP - The restored ruins of two opulent Roman villas and private thermal baths will open...
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Poland seeks security guarantee from US(AP) (Europe News)
2007-12-21 14:08:00
Poland seeks security guarantee from US(AP)AP - Poland will not accept a U.S. missile defense base on its territory without a"100 percent"guarantee that the installation will serve Polish national security, the new prime minister said in an interview published Friday. Ex-Guantanamo detainee freed in Britain(AP) AP - Three British residents released from the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay were reunited with their families Thursday for the first time in more than four years. Medvedev not afraid of Western criticism(AP) AP - MOSCOW AP) Dmitry Medvedev, the presumed next president of Russia, on Thursday fended off concerns that the March 2 election would come under criticism from the West. Russia OKs art to go to UK under new law(AP)AP - Russia will permit paintings from its museums to go to London for a major exhibition after British legislation protecting art from seizure in lawsuits comes into force, the government culture agency said Friday. Granddaughter of ex-Londo...
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Four militants killed in Israeli Gaza operation: medics(AFP) (Middle East
2007-12-21 14:06:00
Four militants killed in Israeli Gaza operation: medics(AFP) AFP - The Israeli army killed four militants in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday in the latest military operation in the Hamas-run territory, Palestinian medics said. Mideast Catholic leader says peace depends on Israel(AFP) AFP - The Catholic leader in the Holy Land said on Wednesday in a Christmas message that peace depended on Israel and rejected the idea of a religious state on land revered by Christians, Jews and Muslims. Bookmark to:
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Iraq: Shiite cautions on awakening groups(AP) (World News)
2007-12-21 14:05:00
Iraq: Shiite cautions on awakening groups(AP) AP - The leader of the largest Shiite political party in Iraq told about 5,000 faithful who gathered for Islamic holy day prayers that U.S.-backed anti-al-Qaida groups mostly comprised of Sunnis should be on the side of government forces and not try to replace them. Bleak Christmas ahead for weary Zimbabweans(Reuters) Reuters - Workers in one of Harare's bigdepartment stores stock shelves with luxury goods only the richcan afford, while at an adjacent bank ordinary Zimbabweans areclamoring for cash which is the latest thing in short supply. Suicide attack kills 50 in Pakistan(AP) AP - A suicide attacker detonated a bomb packed with ball bearings and nails amid hundreds of holiday worshippers Friday at the residential compound of Pakistan's former interior minister, killing at least 50 people, authorities said. Israel looking at Hamas truce idea(AP) AP - Israel is examining a Hamas truce proposal delivered by Egypt, defense o...
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Patients with drug resistant TB at large(AP) (Africa News)
2007-12-21 06:15:00
Patients with drug resistant TB at large(AP)AP - South Africa n authorities have threatened to use police in door-to-door searches to compel 23 patients with highly infectious, drug resistant tuberculosis to return to the hospital they escaped from last week. Planning for UN force in Somalia urged(AP) AP - The Security Council asked the U.N. chief on Wednesday ...
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Uganda army kills 2 Congolese soldiers in shootout(Reuters) (Africa News)
2007-12-21 06:14:00
Uganda army kills 2 Congolese soldiers in shootout(Reuters )Reuters - Uganda's military said on Wednesday ithad shot dead two Congolese soldiers on the volatile borderbetween the two countries, after they tried to resist beingarrested on suspicion of raping two teenage girls. Bookmark to:
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UN official urges world to rescue Guinea-Bissau from drug cartels(AFP) (Af
2007-12-21 06:13:00
UN official urges world to rescue Guinea -Bissau from drug cartels(AFP) AFP - Donors pledged millions of dollars at a conference Wednesday to help Guinea Bissau, which a top UN official called"under siege"by drug cartels who might even sway the country's future polls. Graft case puts focus on ANC's No. 2(AP) AP - Calm and measured, the new deputy ...
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3 sentenced in Pinochet-era killings(AP) (Latin America News)
2007-12-21 06:12:00
3 sentenced in Pinochet-era killings(AP)AP - A retired general and two former sergeants were fined and sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for killing a leftist couple shortly after Chile's 1973 military coup. White House says Castro letter"interesting"(Reuters) Reuters - The White House said on Tuesday aletter from Cuban leader Fidel Castro suggesting he might ...
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Chavez says to lunch with Castro(Reuters) (Latin America News)
2007-12-21 06:11:00
Chavez says to lunch with Castro(Reuters ) Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavezsaid he planned to lunch on Wednesday with ailing Cuban leaderFidel Castro, who has not been seen in public for 16 months. WTO rules against some U.S. anti-dumping vs Mexico(Reuters)Reuters - A World Trade Organisation (WTO) panelruled on Thursday against some U.S. anti-dumping measuresagainst imports of ...
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Argentina"dirty war"general gets 25 yrs prison(Reuters) (Latin America New
2007-12-21 06:10:00
Argentina"dirty war"general gets 25 yrs prison(Reuters )Reuters - An Argentine court on Tuesdaysentenced former military junta member Cristino Nicolaides to25 years in prison for conspiring to murder leftist opponentsduring the 1976-83 so-called dirty war. 8 former Argentina officers convicted(AP)AP - Seven former army officers and an ex-police official were convicted Tuesday and sentenced to at least 20 ...
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Muslims mark religious holiday(AP) (Middle East News)
2007-12-21 06:09:00
Muslims mark religious holiday(AP) AP - Millions of Muslims across the Middle East on Wednesday marked the first day of Eid al-Adha, the most important holiday in the Islamic calendar, with prayers, family reunions and traditional sweets for the occasion. Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill at least 13 Palestinians(The Christian Science Monitor)The Christian Science Monitor - At ...
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Israel kills 13 Palestinian militants in Gaza(Reuters) (Middle East News)
2007-12-21 06:07:00
Israel kills 13 Palestinian militants in Gaza (Reuters ) Reuters - Israel killed 13 Palestinian militants inthe Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, its most deadly airstrikes in months against fighters behind rocket attacks fromthe Hamas-run territory. Israel drops plans for new Jerusalem settlement(AFP) AFP - Israel's housing ministry said on Thursday it had dropped plans to construct a ...
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Report: Israel rarely prosecutes troops(AP) (Middle East News)
2007-12-21 06:06:00
Report: Israel rarely prosecutes troops(AP)AP - In the past seven years, the Israeli military has indicted just 10 percent of soldiers suspected of criminal offenses against Palestinians, an Israeli human rights group reported Tuesday, saying the figure raises questions about Israel's willingness to prosecute. Global donors exceed Palestinian expectations at Paris conference(The Christian Science Monitor)The Christian ...
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Attacker targets Pakistan ex-minister(AP) (World News)
2007-12-21 06:05:00
Attacker targets Pakistan ex-minister(AP)AP - A suicide attacker detonated a bomb at a residential compound of Pakistan's former interior minister as he received visitors on an Islamic holiday early Friday, police said. Casualties were expected, but the politician was unhurt, police said. Torture chamber found in Iraq(AP) AP - Blood-splotches on walls, chains hanging from a ceiling ...
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Indian Maoist insurgency spreading: PM(AFP) (Asia news)
2007-12-21 02:15:00
Indian Maoist insurgency spreading: PM(AFP) AFP - India's Maoist guerrillas have stepped up their insurgency and a dedicated security force must be set up to eliminate"this virus,"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday. Aftershocks rock New Zealand city after major quake(AFP) AFP - Aftershocks continued to rattle the eastern New Zealand city of Gisborne Friday after a powerful 6.8 earthquake smashed buildings and left a gaping hole in a street. Top Kyrgyz opposition fails to win seat(AP) AP - The parties that support Kyrgyzstan's president swept the parliamentary elections, according to final results released Thursday, excluding the opposition from power and raising the risk of political clashes. North Korea resists Dec 31 declaration deadline(Reuters) Reuters - The United States is stillstruggling to get North Korea to disclose its nuclear programs,a challenge in a society so tight-lipped that it would keepeven clothing sizes secret, a U.S. official s...
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Darfur rebels threaten to attack Darfur capital(Reuters) (Africa News)
2007-12-21 02:13:00
Darfur rebels threaten to attack Darfur capital(Reuters ) Reuters - Darfur rebels on Thursday threatenedto attack West Darfur's state capital El-Geneina and told aidworkers to stay in their compounds and away from governmentmilitary bases. Bookmark to:
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U.N. union urges independent Algeria bomb probe(Reuters) (Africa News)
2007-12-21 02:12:00
U.N. union urges independent Algeria bomb probe(Reuters )Reuters - The U.N. Staff Union called onWednesday for an independent investigation into last week'sbombing of its offices in Algiers that killed 17 employees ofthe world body. Aid groups warn Darfur U.N. force set to fail(Reuters) Reuters - Aid groups urged the U.N.Security Council on Wednesday to set a 30-day deadline forSudan to stop obstructing the planned January 1 deployment ofU.N.-Africa n Union peacekeepers to Darfur or face sanctions. Bookmark to:
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Castro hints at retirement or not(AP) (Latin America News)
2007-12-21 02:11:00
Castro hints at retirement or not(AP) AP - Fidel Castro says he won't stand in the way of younger people who can lead Cuba, but he also insists on being"of consequence"until the end of his life. So it goes with the ailing 81-year-old eager to see others keep up the revolution but reluctant to let go of power. Chavez and allies take swipe at U.S.(Reuters) Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez andtwo Latin America n allies accused the United States on Tuesdayof conspiring to undermine the region's leftist governments. 3 sentenced in Pinochet-era killings(AP)AP - A retired general and two former sergeants were fined and sentenced to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for killing a leftist couple shortly after Chile's 1973 military coup. Venezuela readies to receive hostages(AP)AP - President Hugo Chavez's government has soldiers and police ready to receive hostages that Colombian rebels have promised to free, an official said Thursday. Mexico remembers ...
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EU expands border-free zone farther east(AP) (Europe News)
2007-12-21 02:10:00
EU expands border-free zone farther east(AP)AP - Border controls along the old Iron Curtain from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic cease to exist from midnight Thursday as most of the Europe an Union's former communist new members join the bloc's passport-free travel zone. Judge says man not guilty of IRA bombing(AP) AP - A judge on Thursday acquitted the only man charged with murder in Northern Ireland's deadliest terror attack, the 1998 car bombing that killed 29 people in the town of Omagh. Man cries'Heil Hitler,'beats American(AP)AP - An American was attacked in western Germany by a man who shouted"Heil Hitler,"police said Thursday. Belgian king reappoints Verhofstadt prime minister(Reuters)Reuters - Belgian King Albert reappointed GuyVerhofstadt as prime minister on Friday to head an interimgovernment charged with trying to bridge Belgium'sever-widening linguistic divide. Medvedev not afraid of Western criticism(AP) AP - MOSCOW AP) Dmitry Me...
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Medvedev not afraid of Western criticism(AP) (Europe News)
2007-12-21 02:08:00
Medvedev not afraid of Western criticism(AP) AP - MOSCOW AP) Dmitry Medvedev, the presumed next president of Russia, on Thursday fended off concerns that the March 2 election would come under criticism from the West. Bookmark to:
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Hotel bartender: Diana driver was drunk(AP) (Europe News)
2007-12-21 02:07:00
Hotel bartender: Diana driver was drunk(AP) AP - Princess Diana's driver was drunk the night she and her boyfriend Dodi Fayed died in a car crash in Paris, a bartender told the court investigating the princess'death. Iran plant won't open before late 2008(AP) AP - Iran's first, Russian-built nuclear power plant will not start operating before late 2008, the head of the company in charge of its construction said Thursday. Moroccan charged with helping al-Qaida(AP)AP - Prosecutors said Thursday that they have filed terrorism charges against a Moroccan man accused of helping recruit foreign fighters for al-Qaida in Iraq. 13 face trial for Ivory Coast plot(AP)AP - A court will hear a case against the former military leader of Ivory Coast's northern rebels and 12 others suspected in connection with an alleged 2003 plot against President Laurent Gbagbo's government, judicial officials said Thursday. British PM's popularity dips to all-time low(AFP) AFP...
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Israel test fires improved Patriot missile(AFP) (Middle East News)
2007-12-21 02:07:00
Israel test fires improved Patriot missile(AFP) AFP - Israel successfully test fired an improved Patriot missile as part of efforts to upgrade the country's radar system following last year's war against Hezbollah, the army said on Wednesday. Bookmark to:
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Israel kills 13 Palestinian militants in Gaza(Reuters) (Middle East News)
2007-12-21 02:06:00
Israel kills 13 Palestinian militants in Gaza (Reuters ) Reuters - Israel killed 13 Palestinian militants inthe Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, its most deadly airstrikes in months against fighters behind rocket attacks fromthe Hamas-run territory. Mideast peace in 2008 unlikely due to U.S. vote: Assad(Reuters) Reuters - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad saidachieving Middle East peace in 2008 looked unrealistic becausethe United States would be preoccupied with the presidentialelection. Bookmark to:
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Four militants killed in Israeli Gaza operation: medics(AFP) (Middle East
2007-12-21 02:04:00
Four militants killed in Israeli Gaza operation: medics(AFP) AFP - The Israeli army killed four militants in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday in the latest military operation in the Hamas-run territory, Palestinian medics said. Bush to visit Israel, West Bank(AP) AP - President Bush will visit Israel and the West Bank next month to push Israel and the Palestinians toward peace and try to write his own chapter in the annals of Mideast diplomacy. Israeli ministry drops plans for Jerusalem homes(Reuters) Reuters - Israel's Housing Ministry backed awayon Thursday from a preliminary proposal to build homes onoccupied land near Jerusalem that had been criticized byPalestinian and Israeli officials. Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill at least 13 Palestinians(The Christian Science Monitor)The Christian Science Monitor - At least 13 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, intensifying tensions that many analysts say may presage a larger-scale Israeli ground o...
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