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Myanmar says US aid can?t be trusted
2008-06-13 04:02:00 YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - As individuals and aid agencies around the world dig into their pockets for funds to help Myanmar’s cyclone victims, the country’s ruling junta said Friday that such assistance from the United States could not be trusted. State media has previously said Myanmar feared Washington was using the cover of humanitarian aid to ...
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Egyptian Bloggers Lead Human Rights Fight
2008-06-10 15:09:00 In a nation of eighty million which contains about forty million illiterate people, highly educated individuals who have access to the computers and the Internet increasingly are becoming voices protesting human rights abuses. Blogger Karim el-Behein described his imprisonment and torture in a jail because he supported worker efforts at a textile mill to obtain ...
Headscarf War Continues Dividing Turkey
2008-06-10 14:55:00 The aftermath of Turkey’s Constitutional Court decision which invalidated a parliament action in lifting the ban on women wearing a headscarf continues to bitterly divide the nation. Ahmet Iyimaya, of the ruling Justice and Development Party(AKP) which pushed through the end of the ban, proposed parliamentary action which would invalidate the Constitutional Court’s decision. He ...
Hunger in Ethiopia now spreading to adults
2008-06-10 04:38:00 SHASHAMANE, Ethiopia (AP) — Like so many other victims of Ethiopia’s hunger crisis, Usheto Beriso weighs just half of what he should. He is always cold and swaddled in a blanket. His limbs are stick-thin. But Usheto is not the typical face of Ethiopia’s chronic food problems, the scrawny baby or the ailing toddler. At age ...
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British Police Denounce 42-Day Detention
2008-06-09 14:41:00 Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Great Britain has been pushing for power to extend the time period in which “suspected terrorists” so they can be detained up to 42 days. Some of Britain’s senior police officers broke ranks with their colleagues by denouncing these plans. Four senior police officers told the Guardian they had concerns ...
Baha?i Threatened In Iran
2008-06-09 09:29:00 Lost in discussions about Iran is any concern about the situation of the Baha’i sect which has many members in that nation. The Baha’i faith is viewed by Iranian officials as a heretical offshoot of the Muslim religion and since its inception during the 19th century its members have been persecuted and imprisoned. After the ...
Iraq Pledges Friendship To Iran
2008-06-09 09:06:00 Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki reassured the government of Iran that his nation was not part of any alliance aimed at its security. “We will not allow Iraq to become a platform for harming the security of Iran and neighbours,” said the Iraqi leader. Iran is concerned over the implications of the Status of ...
US Proposes Helping Israel-Palestinians To Get Peace!
2008-06-09 09:01:00 The Bush administration, whose record on creating one problem after another in the Middle East and never successfully resolving any of them, offered to assist Israel and the Palestinians to get back to the business of working out an agreement. Secretary Rice supposedly presented this offer to Prime Minister Olmert during his recent Washington ...
Is There A Chinese Word For ?Mistake??
2008-06-09 09:01:00 The Chinese government continues its stonewalling policy of denying there are any problems in Tibet rather than admitting mistakes were made and they will be addressed in the future. Such an approach would be welcomed by the world as evidence China is pursuing the path of democracy. Instead, Quan Bo, of the Chinese Mission to ...
Shaun Lunt
2008-06-08 12:03:00 Dr. Shaun Lunt, a 33-year-old anesthesi- ologist from Loma Linda, Calif., was killed Friday in a plane crash in Southwest Alaska. Shaun Lunt flew his Piper Super Cub all around Alaska last summer, which was documented in photographs on his blog, Due Up. At left is a shot of Kodiak he took while on one ...
Still Stonewalling In Burma
2008-06-08 09:16:00 The Myanmar military junta continues its obstructive behavior in preventing all possible aid to be provided cyclone victims. It slightly opened the door for some limited assistance from the world, but it refuses to throw open its doors to every possible way to help those who survived the cyclone. As of this date, after weeks ...
Car bombings in Baghdad leave at least 6 dead
2008-06-07 19:03:00 BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide car bomb and another car packed with explosives targeted Iraqi police patrols Saturday on opposite sides of Baghdad, killing at least six people, police said. The suicide attacker rammed into a police patrol mid-afternoon in Nisoor Square on the capital’s west side, killing a civilian and a policeman, police said. Another ...
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Al-Qaeda Calls For Jihad Against Arab Leaders
2008-06-07 09:16:00 Al Zwahari, the top deputy of Osma bin Laden not only lashed out against Israel and the United States, but pinpointed leaders of Arab nations for their failure to do anything about the situation in Gaza where an Israel blockade continues without any sign of an early end. he called for a jihad carried by ...
Morgan Tsvangirai Detained Again
2008-06-07 09:07:00 The situation in Zimbabwe worsens as President Mugabe continues tightening the screws on opposition parties and organizations who dare challenge his rule. Morgan Tsvangirai, head of the Movement for Democratic Change was detained by police for the second time in a week. The police are employing this form of harassment in order to ...
Pakistan Will Protect Sovereignty Against US Or Others
2008-06-07 09:06:00 Pakistan’s Foreigtn Minister Shah Mehmod Qureshi, made clear his nation’s determination to defend its soveriegnty in face of a recent American attack on Taliban bases inside Pakistan. He emphasized his nation would not allow sanctuaries to exist within Pakistan but also emphasized, “this is our country and we have to protect its sovereignty.” The Foreign ...
Medal Of Honor Parent Backs Jim Webb G.I.Bill
2008-06-07 09:00:00 The parents of Sgt. Ross McGinnis, who died while valiently trying to save the lives of his comrades, used the occasion for receiving their dead son’s Medal of Honor to support efforts to further the education rights of soldiers and veterans. Bill McGinnis said “I feel there is someone out there more important than(my wife) ...
US, British diplomats attacked in Zimbabwe
2008-06-05 18:12:00 HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — U.S. and British diplomats were attacked Thursday as they tried to investigate political violence in Zimbabwe and a U.S. Embassy staffer was beaten, an embassy spokesman said. U.S. Ambassador James McGee, who was not with the convoy, told CNN that Zimbabwean police and military officers and so-called war veterans, a group of ...
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Accused 9/11 mastermind wants death sentence
2008-06-05 18:04:00 GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — Khalid Sheikh Mohammed said he would welcome becoming a “marytr” after a judge warned Thursday that he faces the death penalty for his confessed role as mastermind of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Wearing thick glasses and occasionally fussing with his turban or stroking his bushy gray beard, Mohammed ...
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Does A Czech Have Right To Her Sausage?
2008-06-05 15:04:00 It has long been a custom among Czechs to head for the Croation beaches as summer approaches and ordinarily about one out of ten citizens would be headed in that direction. A typical Czech family loads up the family car with ample supplies of sausages, beer, bread and tinned meat and makes a bee line ...
Headscarf War Continues Raging In Turkey
2008-06-05 14:46:00 Turkey’s Constitutional Court will announce in the coming days its decision on a case regarding the right of Muslim women to wear a headscarf while attending a university. The opposition Republican People’s Partty has urged the court to rule against such a right on grounds to do so violates Turkey’s secular concept of government. The ...
Is It Illegal For A Woman Not To Be A Virgin?
2008-06-05 14:25:00 A case in which a bride had her marriage annulled on grounds that she was not a virgin on the night that she and her new husband consumated their coming together has rocked the French nation causing an explosion of anger among women. The new husband went to court to have the marriage annulled when ...
China Arrests Monks In Tibet For Acts Of Violence
2008-06-05 14:04:00 The world has responded with concern and assistance after the Chinese earthquakes which devastated regions of the nation and left thousands dead. There was an ourpouring of love and warmth as anti-Chinese feelings began to vanish. Instead of building on those positive feelings toward China, the government has decided to once again engage in a ...
Mugabe Halts Food Delivery To Zimbabweans!
2008-06-05 09:44:00 According to President Robert Mugabe, his nation of Zimbabwe is a model of how democracy functions. In the model democracy, leaders of opposition parties are arrested, harassed, beaten and thousands of people driven from their homes. Morgan Tsvangirai who won the initial presidential election in March was arrested along with other leaders of the Movement ...
Are Indonesian Youth Supporters Of Sharia Law?
2008-06-05 09:22:00 A recent study conducted by the Setara Institute for Democracy in Indonesia revealed a confusing picture regarding the attitudes of young Indonesians regarding the meaning and purpose of sharia law. The results of the survey claimed about 56% of young people living in the Jakarta area support the imposition of sharia law, but the overwhelming ...
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2008-06-05 08:33:00 Un articol interesant despre istoria microprocesorului puteti citi pe site-ul pcworld.com: Timeline: A brief history of the x86 microprocessor. Daca va intereseaza lucrul cu hardware-ul articole... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Video: Obama Victory Speech
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Canada Agrees Yanks Do Speak English
2008-06-04 14:53:00 The Canadian government has agreed to drop its three hour test on English for new immigrants in light of the reaction it elicited from Americans. The language test was designed by British language experts and included a British interpretation as to what is proper or improper English. For example, immigrants were asked to explain what ...
Are Belgian Youth Exceptionally Materialistic?
2008-06-04 09:58:00 A recent survey of about 1,762 Belgian youth between the ages of 12-24 revealed the type of information all such surveys generally report in modern times– youth are pampered and materialistic. The poll did highlight contemporary youth spend a great deal of time on the Internet, and, in the case of Belgian young people that ...
Israel Jerusalem Housing Upsets Egypt
2008-06-04 09:47:00 Over thirty years ago, Israel began to construct housing on the West Bank using the argument such housing units were necessary to assist in the defence of the nation. As the years have passed, Israel West Bank settlers have grown from a few hundred to a few thousand and now over 300,000 creating a formidable ...
Historic Obama Win In Presidential Primary
2008-06-04 09:00:00 Senator Barack Obama won the nomination to run for president as the Democratic candidate. It was an historic date in the history of the United States of America and he most likely will be giving his acceptance speech on the anniversary of the Martin Luther King “I Have A Dream Speech.” As of today, Senator ...
A Singapore Story Of A Maid
2008-06-04 08:23:00 There are approximately 200 million migrants working in nations throughout the world. Their individual stories are not that significant in themselves but they frequently highlight the abuse and degradation an immigrant must endure in their struggle for survival in a strange land. Ms. Ida Lestari Ninsih, left her native Indonesia and went to Singapore in ...
THE NOMINEE
2008-06-04 04:07:00 Barack Obama has officially clinched the Democratic nomination, making him the first African American to lead a major party in a campaign for the White House. Obama seals Democratic nomination Obama declares he is the Democratic nominee Obama declares “I will be the Democratic nominee” OBAMA CLAIMS NOMINATION Obama secures Democratic presidential nomination addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehotjoints.-com%2F2008%2F06%2F03%2Fthe-nomi-nee%2F'; ...
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AP tally: Obama seals Democratic nomination
2008-06-04 03:48:00 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois sealed the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, a historic step toward his once-improbable goal of becoming the nation’s first black president. A vanquished Hillary Rodham Clinton maneuvered for the vice presidential spot on his fall ticket. Obama’s victory set up a five-month campaign with Republican Sen. John ...
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Mugabe blames West for Zimbabwe?s economic problems
2008-06-03 18:59:00 ROME (AP) — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe defended land policies blamed for devastating his country’s agricultural sector, asserting at a U.N. food summit Tuesday that the West was trying to cripple the nation’s economy. Mugabe’s presence at a summit addressing high global food prices sparked protests from some world leaders. He is blamed for the economic ...
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US general takes over NATO command in Afghanistan
2008-06-03 18:55:00 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. general who led American troops into Iraq took command Tuesday of the 40-nation NATO-led campaign in Afghanistan. Army Gen. David D. McKiernan took charge of the 51,000-member International Security Assistance Force from Gen. Dan McNeill, who will retire from the U.S. Army after 40 years. Addressing a change of command ceremony ...
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Chinese police drag grieving parents from protest
2008-06-03 18:50:00 DUJIANGYAN, China (AP) — Chinese police forcefully pulled away more than 100 parents protesting the deaths of their children in a poorly constructed school that collapsed in last month’s earthquake. Police grabbed the parents, many holding pictures of their children, by the arms and lifted resisters off the ground on Tuesday outside the courthouse in Dujiangyan, ...
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UN program cleared of North Korea misdealing
2008-06-03 18:46:00 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A panel of auditors said Monday it found no evidence that a U.N. anti-poverty program in North Korea knew of any counterfeiting, money laundering or other improper financial dealings linked to U.N. money. In response to the report, U.N. Development Program Administrator Kemal Dervis told reporters he would consider and possibly ...
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Syria to allow UN probe of alleged nuclear site
2008-06-03 18:45:00 VIENNA, Austria (AP) — Syria will allow in U.N. inspectors to probe allegations that a remote building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike was a nuclear reactor built secretly with North Korean help, the International Atomic Energy Agency said Monday. The invitation signaled the start of an international fact check of U.S. and Israeli assertions that Damascus ...
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SKorea asks US to alter beef trade pact
2008-06-03 18:42:00 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Lee Myung-bak suggested Tuesday that South Korea will seek to ban imports of U.S. beef from older cattle amid a public backlash against his government over fears of mad cow disease. Agriculture Minister Chung Woon-chun said earlier Tuesday that Seoul had asked the U.S. to refrain from exporting any beef ...
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Reuters World News Highlights at 1355 GMT, Jun 03 - guardian.co.uk
2008-06-03 16:10:00 Reuters World News Highlights at 1355 GMT, Jun 03guardian.co.uk, UK -- 17 minutes agoTEHRAN - Iran ruled out halting its disputed nuclear programme on Tuesday, days before world powers were expected to offer trade and other benefits to coax ...
Bolivian Vote Reflects Nation?s Divisions
2008-06-03 16:05:00 The presidency of Evo Morales in Bolivia received another shock when voters in the sparsely populated areas of Beni and Pando gave a resounding vote of over 80% who desire greater local autonomy and less control from the central government. Morales was the first president in Bolivian history who came from the indigenous population of ...
Bill Clinton Hears Fat Lady Singing In Distance
2008-06-03 15:49:00 Former president Bill Clinton campaigning for his wife in South Dakota uttered a wistful comment about the future of her bid for the presidential nomination by saying, “this may be the last day I’m involved in a campaign of this kind.” The politically astute man from Arkansas may well have heard the proverbial fat ...
Threats And Warnings From Israel And Iran
2008-06-03 15:30:00 Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni warned that although no final decision has been taken by her nation’s leaders about the threat from iran, their eventually will be a final resolution of how to deal with that country. “Iran needs to understand that the threat of military action exists and has not been taken off the ...
Burma -One Month After Disaster, Still A Disaster!
2008-06-03 14:58:00 A month has passed since a devastating flood swept through Burma causing over 100,00 deaths and leaving at least 1.5 million people without the basic necessities of life. A month has passed since the international community reached out in an effort to assist cyclone survivors, but one month later the xenophoic military junta which rules ...
Primary season set to end with Obama poised to win
2008-06-03 10:26:00 CHICAGO (AP) — Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton heaved toward the finish line in their exhaustive Democratic presidential odyssey with Obama poised to claim victory and Clinton facing the prospects of having to abandon a quest that once seemed a sure shot but became one of long odds. And although Tuesday’s primary-season ending contests in ...
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Reuters World News Highlights at 0515 GMT, Jun 03 - guardian.co.uk
2008-06-03 07:33:00 Reuters World News Highlights at 0515 GMT, Jun 03guardian.co.uk, UK -- 2 hours agoROME - Soaring food prices could trigger a global catastrophe and the world's poor need action, not words, from this week's UN food security summit, ...
Could You Pass Canadian Immigration Test?
2008-06-02 15:27:00 The Canadian government has decided to toughen requirements in language proficiency in order to protect its nation against hordes of grammar deficient individuals who might enter their land and pollute the language-ways with improper speech. For example, identify the grammatical or syntactic error in the following sentence: “The standard of living has ...
Fire ripped through Hollywood?s Universal Studio
2008-06-02 15:03:00 One of Hollywood’s largest movie studios has starred in a disastrous sequel as a fireripped through a lot at Universal Studios, destroying a set from “Back to the Future,” a King Kong exhibit and a streetscape seen frequently in movies and TV shows. It was the second fire at the historic site in nearly two decades, ...
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Hillary Clinton sweeps Puerto Rico
2008-06-02 15:01:00 Hillary Clinton has registered a thumping win over frontrunner Barack Obama in Puerto Rico’s Democratic presidential primary, and raised a more assertive war cry of “popular vote” against her African-American rival for nomination. The former first lady decisively won the Puerto Rico primary, which put 55 delegates up for grabs, by 68 per cent to 32 ...
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8 killed in blast outside Danish Embassy in Pakistan
2008-06-02 12:38:00 At least eight people were feared killed and five others injured in a blast outside the Danish Embassy, located in a high-security area in the heart of the Pakistani capital on Monday. Reports said the explosive device was hidden in a car parked near the Danish Embassy in the upmarket, where several embassies are located. A number ...
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