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Inside the Capture of Karadzic

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07.22.08 posted by pondy 7 views no comments
Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader under indictment for war crimes, spent years disguised behind a flowing white beard and long hair, living and working in Belgrade as a practitioner of alternative medicine, and "freely walking in the city," the Serbian authorities said Tuesday. Wanting to join the EU, efforts of late were stepped up to find and capture the former strongman.
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07.21.08 posted by runner 348 views no comments
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Iran on Monday that it faced more sanctions if it defied a two-week deadline to agree to curb its nuclear program. Rice said Iran was stalling and must give a "serious answer" within the deadline set by six world powers, which offered trade and technical incentives if Tehran halts its uranium enrichment.
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Unlike the US, Most Chinese happy with nation's direction

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07.23.08 posted by jason 22 views no comments
Buoyed by years of extraordinary growth and the promise of the Olympic Games, the Chinese people hold strikingly positive views of their national economy and the direction their country is heading, ranking first in both measures among 24 countries recently surveyed, the Pew Research Center said. 86 percent report being content with nation's direction, while 23 percent in U.S. say the same.
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Prosecution: Bin Laden's driver knew hijackers aiming for Capitol

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07.22.08 posted by pondy 49 views no comments
Osama bin Laden's former driver knew the target of one of the hijacked planes on September 11, 2001, prosecutors said as the military commission trial of Salim Hamdan began Tuesday. Hamdan told U.S. interrogators the fourth plane was aimed at "the dome," apparently a reference to the U.S. Capitol, the prosecutors said.
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Offshore Drilling Map

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07.14.08 posted by jason 1450 views no comments
The vast majority of the US coastline can not be explored for drilling. There are 4 current locations that allow for drilling, including one off California that began before the federal ban went into place. President Bush seeks to open up entire coastline of the nation to drilling.

Zimbabwe Polling Area

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06.24.08 posted by jason 3443 views no comments
This political satire cartoon from the Washington Post says it all on the crisis in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe introduces $100 billion banknotes

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07.20.08 posted by runner 51 views no comments
Just how bad are things in Zimbabwe right now? Zimbabwe's troubled central bank introduced $100 billion banknotes Saturday in a desperate bid to ease the recurrent cash shortages plaguing the inflation-ravaged economy. The new note, which goes into circulation on Monday is equivalent to just $1 US dollar.
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Kissinger Says Pullout Timeline Poses Danger to Iraq

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07.22.08 posted by pondy 5 views no comments
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said the biggest danger to Iraq would be to set a schedule for the withdrawal of American troops, as Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has proposed. Kissinger backs Obama's Republican rival, Senator John McCain.
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In China, the "Beijing Internet Police" are Watching You

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05.10.08 posted by jason 12555 views 7 comments
The images of the "Beijing Internet Police", one male and one female dressed in uniform and saluting, started appearing in September 2007 every 30 minutes on computer screens run by 13 major portals based in Beijing. Virtual police officers will soon begin visible patrols on Chinese Internet sites to warn surfers they are being monitored.
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80-Year Old Zimbabwean Beaten Over Vote

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06.28.08 posted by pondy 1357 views 1 comment
From the NY Times, "Ozingai, an 80-year-old Zimbabwean, said he had been beaten with chains by 10 soldiers because he has a son who is active in the Movement for Democratic Change, the country's main opposition party. He is recuperating at a hospital in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital."

Bus Bombs in Kunming city

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07.21.08 posted by eguda 6 views 1 comment
Two bus bombing affairs took place in in Kunming city, the capital of Yunnan province, yestoday, 2 dead and 14 injured. This is a shocking attack in recent years, what's also surprised is the administrator of Kunming reflect quickly and openly.
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