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China milk scandal: Government says milk free of contamination

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10.05.08 posted by jason 16 views no 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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04.10.08 posted by pondy 101 views no comments
Finally - the IOC realizes what everyone else seemed to know - that the Olympics faces a crisis as international outrage over China's policies towards Tibet broiled over into global protests that have haunted the running of the Olympic Torch. But what does the IOC do now?
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Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Arrested

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06.04.08 posted by jason 47 views 1 comment
Morgan Tsvangirai, the Zimbabwean opposition leader and presidential contender, was seized by police on his way to an election rally and held for more than eight hours yesterday. His arrest came against a backdrop of rising violence led by ruling party militia against Tsvangirai and the opposition movement ahead of the upcoming runoff elections. No word yet as to why he was detained.
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Action Needed Now on Gobal Food Crisis, World Bank Chief Says

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04.14.08 posted by jason 94 views no comments
Prices for food are rising, and not surprisingly both hunger and violence are following. The president of the World Bank yesterday urged immediate action to deal with this crisis. He called for $500 million in emergency aid by May 1, and warned that what recently happened in Haiti, was only a harbinger of things to come in other countries unless action is taken now.
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Mugabe Says Yes to a Runoff in Zimbabwe Election

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04.04.08 posted by jason 104 views no comments
A presidential runoff between President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai appeared certain after the ruling party said it had agreed to a second round. The official results from the election have not yet been released but it is now widely assumed that a runoff will be declared.
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New Riots Erupt In Tibet

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04.04.08 posted by pondy 106 views no comments
There are reports of fresh Tibetan rioting in China. Details are hard to ascertain since there are heavy reporting restrictions in place on foriegn journalists. Meanwhile, an envoy of the Dalai Lama urged the Chinese government to drop its provocative plans to carry the Olympic torch through Tibet on its relay run from Greece to China.
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Many dead in Sri Lanka bus blast

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04.25.08 posted by chab13 83 views no comments
At least 24 people have been killed and about 50 wounded by a bombing on a bus in the outskirts of the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, officials have said.
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UN: Myanmar forcing cyclone survivors out of camps

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05.30.08 posted by chab13 51 views no comments
Myanmar's military government is forcing cyclone victims out of refugee camps and "dumping" them near their devastated villages with virtually no aid supplies, U.N. and church officials said Friday.
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British Journalist Rescued in Basra

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04.14.08 posted by chab13 92 views no comments
Iraqi troops freed a kidnapped British journalist for CBS News on Monday after finding him hooded and bound in a house during a raid in a Shiite militia stronghold in Basra.
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Chinese Police Wound 10 Demonstrators in Tibet

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04.06.08 posted by jason 100 views no comments
There is a report today that Chinese police have opened fire on a crowd of angry Tibetans, wounding about 10 people. The protesters were calling to lift limits on a prayer ceremony and demanding the return of the Dalai Lama. Even in today's modern era of communications, news still travels slowly out of parts of Tibet due to media restrictions and information flow.
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A Deployment Debate that Can't Be Won

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04.11.08 posted by jason 95 views no comments
Joseph Shuman of the WSJ asks, "Debate on whether the U.S. needs an exit strategy for Iraq -- a dispute at the heart of this week's focus on troop numbers -- boils down to the same clash of convictions that has dogged the war since the invasion: Does the combat in Iraq serve to protect Americans from the terrorism that staggered the country on 9/11, or not?"
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