China milk scandal: Government says milk free of contamination

China milk scandal: Government says milk free of contamination

10.05.08 posted by jason 41 views 2 comments
Tests on 609 batches of liquid milk, as sold in 27 cities under 75 different brand names, were all clear of melamine, the chemical at the center of the scandal, according to the product safety watchdog. A further 129 batches of baby milk powder and 212 batches of other kinds of milk powder were also clean.
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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 104 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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Bush on Farewell Europe Tour

Bush on Farewell Europe Tour

06.09.08 posted by jason 55 views no comments
President Bush today began his farewell tour through Europe. Considering this historically low approval ratings both within and outside of the US, this tour should be interesting to watch. Many in Europe have stood against the President on a range of issues, from the war in Iraq, the environment, nuclear policy, energy policy and the role of the US in the world.
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Zimbabwe Opposition Reunite, Call on Mugabe to Step Aside

Zimbabwe Opposition Reunite, Call on Mugabe to Step Aside

04.28.08 posted by jason 95 views no comments
With many of their activists under violent attack and hundreds of their supporters in jail, the leaders of Zimbabwe's divided opposition formally announced that the two groups had reunited, claiming control of Parliament for the first time in the nation's history and demanding that President Robert Mugabe concede the recent election.
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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 112 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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US and EU Turn Up Pressure on Iran

US and EU Turn Up Pressure on Iran

06.10.08 posted by pondy 51 views 1 comment
The United States and the European Union sought to turn up the pressure on Iran to drop its nuclear enrichment program, saying they were ready to go beyond a latest round of U.N. sanctions. "I leave behind a multilateral framework to work on this issue," President Bush told a news conference.
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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 93 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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China Seeks to Relocate 12 Million Quake Survivors

China Seeks to Relocate 12 Million Quake Survivors

05.20.08 posted by pondy 69 views 2 comments
China will relocate more than 12 million people made homeless by the country's deadliest earthquake in 32 years as the threat of rain heightened concern disease will spread. The May 12 temblor destroyed 5.4 million homes and damaged another 21.4 million,
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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 113 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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Massive Protests Hit South Korea Over US Beef Imports

Massive Protests Hit South Korea Over US Beef Imports

06.11.08 posted by jason 51 views no comments
About 80,000 people demonstrated into the early hours of the morning in Seoul in the largest protest yet against Lee Myung-bak's decision in April to lift restrictions on imports of US beef despite fears over BSE, or mad cow disease.The president's entire cabinet offered to resign yesterday over the issue. Since his election, Lee has tried to strengthen South Korea's relations with the US.
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China 'Quake Lake's' Waters Shrink

China 'Quake Lake's' Waters Shrink

06.11.08 posted by jason 51 views no comments
China has declared victory over the massive lake that formed following the earthquake. This lake, which threatened to flood over a million Chinese has been drained by government engineers. "More than half of the 250-million-cubic-meter volume has been discharged and the number of people under threat had dropped from 1.3 million to less than 50,000," a Communist official told the media.
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