Bhutto's widower goes from prison to presidency

Bhutto's widower goes from prison to presidency

09.06.08 posted by jason 8 views no comments
Asif Ali Zardari has completed a traumatic journey from prison to the presidency of Pakistan. Regarded as a polo-playing playboy in his youth, the catalyst for Zardari's rise was the assassination last December of his wife, the two-time prime minister Benazir Bhutto.
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Video Links North Koreans to Reactor, U.S. Says

Video Links North Koreans to Reactor, U.S. Says

04.23.08 posted by jason 94 views no comments
The NY Times is reporting, after seven months of near-total secrecy, the White House is preparing to make public on Thursday a video showing North Koreans working at a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor just before it was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike last September. Until now, the administration has refused to discuss the video or the attack.
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Death Toll in China Earthquake Expected to Top 50,000

Death Toll in China Earthquake Expected to Top 50,000

05.15.08 posted by jason 66 views 1 comment
Time was running out Thursday to save survivors of China's massive earthquake which has left more than 50,000 people lying dead or buried under rubble in its stricken southwest. Experts said the search-and-rescue operation was entering its most crucial phase yet four days after the 7.9-magnitude quake struck, with the chances of finding survivors diminishing by the hour.
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Mugabe to Challenge Zimbabwe Election Results

Mugabe to Challenge Zimbabwe Election Results

04.05.08 posted by jason 118 views no comments
This is disappointing, but not surprising. As dozens of riot police patrolled the streets, President Robert Mugabe's party announced that it would contest the election results for 16 seats, enough to overturn the opposition victory. Meanwhile, a court hearing is scheduled for Sunday, as the opposition is trying to force the government to release the full election results.
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Mugabe Poised to Win Election By Default

Mugabe Poised to Win Election By Default

05.01.08 posted by jason 81 views 1 comment
President Robert Mugabe will win re-election by default if opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai declines to participate in a runoff, the head of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission said today. Tsvangirai has already claimed victory in the election and the results have showed a strong win for him. Yet, if he fails to partake in the runoff, Mugabe would be declared the winner in an election he clearly lost.
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UN to Set Up Task Force to Tackle Global Food Crisis

UN to Set Up Task Force to Tackle Global Food Crisis

04.29.08 posted by jason 84 views no comments
The United Nations plans to establish a task force to tackle the global food crisis to avert "social unrest on an unprecedented scale," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced. Ban, who will lead the task force, said its first priority will be to meet the $755 million shortfall in funding for the World Food Program. The skyrocketing cost of food staples has triggered global protests.
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Mugabe pulls out of key meeting on election crisis

Mugabe pulls out of key meeting on election crisis

04.11.08 posted by chab13 106 views no comments
Prospects of resolving Zimbabwe's two-week-old election crisis appeared dim Friday after a government spokesman said President Robert Mugabe would not attend a key weekend meeting with other regional leaders.
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China Accuses Tibetans of Planning Suicide Attacks

China Accuses Tibetans of Planning Suicide Attacks

04.01.08 posted by jason 117 views no comments
China on Tuesday accused "Tibet independence forces" of planning to use suicide squads to trigger bloody attacks - the lastest in a string of accusations that have taken aim at supporters of the Dalai Lama.
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US lawmaker Blames Recession on the Iraq War

US lawmaker Blames Recession on the Iraq War

04.13.08 posted by jason 101 views no comments
Most in the US are linking the sub-prime mortgage crisis and the declining housing market as the key factors that has taken the US to the brink of a recession. However, John Yarmuth, Democrat from Kentucky, thinks otherwise, saying the cost of the Iraq war, "is not only linked to our economic skid, but is a leading cause of it." The US currently spends $12 billion a month on the war.
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Bomb kills at least 9 in Iran mosque

Bomb kills at least 9 in Iran mosque

04.12.08 posted by chab13 101 views 1 comment
A bomb exploded in a mosque in the southern Iranian city Shiraz on Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 100, Iranian media reported.
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Australia Out: Ends Combat Operations in Iraq

Australia Out: Ends Combat Operations in Iraq

06.02.08 posted by pondy 43 views 1 comment
Australia has completed its combat operations in Iraq and is now pulling troops out. The Australian Army lowered its flag at Camp Terendak. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and his Labor government were elected in a landslide victory last year on a campaign pledge to withdraw combat troops by mid-2008.
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