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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Musharraf cancels China trip amid doubts on future

Musharraf cancels China trip amid doubts on future

08.06.08 posted by jason 52 views 1 comment
It takes a big development for a world leader to cancel plans to attend the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, but with impeachment looming Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf did just that. On Wednesday abruptly canceled his trip to the Beijing Olympic Games as local media reported that the ruling coalition had agreed on steps to remove him.
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Beijing Knife Attack Victim Named

Beijing Knife Attack Victim Named

08.09.08 posted by pondy 43 views 1 comment
Todd Bachman died during the attack in the center of the Chinese capital as the Games got into full swing. His wife Barbara is in hospital with life-threatening injuries. After the attack in the Drum Tower, the killer jumped to his death from the historic attraction. The American tourists had been with a guide who survived the attack.
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Beijing Revokes Visa Of Activist Athlete

Beijing Revokes Visa Of Activist Athlete

08.06.08 posted by pondy 52 views no comments
Chinese government revoked the visa of former Olympic speedskater Joey Cheek. Cheek is the co-founder of Team Darfur, a Washington D.C.-based group of athletes hoping to raise awareness about the crisis in the war-ravaged Darfur section of Sudan. Cheek has been outspoken about his concern that China might squelch political protest surrounding the games.
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Google Earth Captures Secret North Korea Underground Runway Built for War

Google Earth Captures Secret North Korea Underground Runway Built for War

04.26.08 posted by jason 829 views no comments
North Korean military engineers are completing an underground runway beneath a mountain that can protect fighter aircraft from attack until they take off at high speed through the mouth of a tunnel. The project was identified by an air force defector from North Korea and captured on a satellite image by Google Earth.
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Georgia and Russia Nearing All-Out War

Georgia and Russia Nearing All-Out War

08.09.08 posted by pondy 39 views no comments
The conflict between Russia and the former Soviet republic of Georgia moved toward all-out war on Saturday as Russia prepared to land ground troops on Georgia's coast and broadened its bombing campaign both within Georgia and in the disputed territory of Abkhazia. Georgia's president, Mikheil Saakashvili, declared that Georgia was in a state of war.
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Russia's Medvedev signs ceasefire pact

Russia's Medvedev signs ceasefire pact

08.16.08 posted by jason 22 views no comments
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday signed a ceasefire agreement ending hostilities with Georgia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia, the Kremlin said. "The president informed participants of the security council meeting that he had just now signed the six-point plan," said the Kremlin's spokesperson.
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A Report From the Earthquake Zone by iConflict User Eguda

A Report From the Earthquake Zone by iConflict User Eguda

05.23.08 posted by jason 450 views 2 comments
We posted Eguda's dispatch on blogflict, the official blog of iConflict.com. His report reveals how people are coping and how the media, both western and local, are covering the earthquake. A special thanks to Eguda for his report. All iconflict users are encouraged to submit their own reports for publication on Blogflict.
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Sarkozy awards China 'gold medal' for Olympic preparations

Sarkozy awards China 'gold medal' for Olympic preparations

08.06.08 posted by pondy 41 views no comments
French President Nicolas Sarkozy praised China's preparations for the Olympic Games, while saying he will not meet with the Dalai lama while he is in France. "To prepare for the Olympic Games, China has given its best," Sarkozy told China's Xinhua news agency. "If organizing the Games was a sport, I am sure you would agree with me that China deserves a gold medal."
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Berkeley Scientists: World In 'Mass Extinction Spasm'

Berkeley Scientists: World In 'Mass Extinction Spasm'

08.13.08 posted by pondy 25 views no comments
Devastating declines of amphibian species around the world are a sign of a biodiversity disaster larger than just frogs and salamanders. Researchers said substantial die-offs of amphibians and other plant and animal species add up to a new mass extinction facing the planet.
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Cease-fire proposed as Russia bombs Georgia

Cease-fire proposed as Russia bombs Georgia

08.11.08 posted by pondy 28 views no comments
Georgia's president says he has signed an international-brokered proposal for a cease-fire with Russia in their conflict over the breakaway province of South Ossetia.President Mikheil Saakashvili said Monday that the proposal would be taken to Moscow by the French and Finnish foreign ministers.
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