China milk scandal: Government says milk free of contamination

China milk scandal: Government says milk free of contamination

10.05.08 posted by jason 16 views no comments image
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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North Korea Expels All South Korean Officials

03.27.08 posted by chab13 88 views no comments news article
South Korea on Thursday said that it was "deeply regrettable" that North Korea had ordered South Korea officials to leave its territory, but that South Korea was undaunted by the move.
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Protest as Olympic Torch is Lit

Protest as Olympic Torch is Lit

03.24.08 posted by jason 91 views no comments image
A lone protester managed to breach the tight security during the Olympic torch lighting ceremony in Greece. The man rushed behind the podium as China's Olympic chief was speaking. He tried to unfurl an unidentified banner, but was quickly apprehended by security who escorted him away.
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Iran: We Are Not Interested in Nuclear Weapons

Iran: We Are Not Interested in Nuclear Weapons

06.03.08 posted by pondy 37 views no comments image
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has insisted it will continue its nuclear activities for civilian purposes only and will not manufacture nuclear weapons. The comments come a day after the UN's atomic watchdog urged from Iran "full disclosure" about its atomic work. Its report said alleged research into warheads was "of serious concern".
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Child Virus Fears Spread to China's capital as Death Toll hits 26

Child Virus Fears Spread to China's capital as Death Toll hits 26

05.06.08 posted by jason 52 views 1 comment image
Hand-foot-mouth disease has struck 11,905 people and has proved fatal in 26 cases, all of them children, China's state-run news agency Xinhua reported. The current outbreak has led to fatalities mostly when linked with enterovirus 71 (EV71), which can cause a severe form of the disease that can lead to high fever, paralysis and viral meningitis.
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Zimbabwe Police Clash with Protesters

Zimbabwe Police Clash with Protesters

04.15.08 posted by pondy 71 views no comments image
The national strike in Zimbabwe was supposed to be peaceful. But like many things in Zimbabwe, the plans have gone array. While there is no widespread violence and calm in most streets, youths barricaded roads and barred commuter buses from picking up workers in several suburbs of the capital. Zimbabwe is now at serious risk to the same post-election violence that ripped through Kenya.
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Bloody Facts: "War is Hell".

04.05.08 posted by ghostdog 73 views 2 comments news article
Over 23,000 US military have been wounded and 4,000+ killed in Iraq. Civilian casulaties are even higher. In US history more than 1.3 million soldiers have lost their lives. Even peacetime military deaths are surprisingly high.
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Migrants Targeted for Fiery Deaths in South Africa

Migrants Targeted for Fiery Deaths in South Africa

05.20.08 posted by pondy 45 views no comments image
The brutal apartheid-era practice of setting opponents on fire has been revived in this country's crowded, litter-strewn shantytowns. But now the victims are foreign migrants. Anger over unemployment and rising prices and simmering resentment against illegal foreign migrants have exploded into xenophobic violence in South Africa, with at least 22 people slain in the last 10 days.
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Iraqi Army Takes Last Basra Areas From Sadr Force

Iraqi Army Takes Last Basra Areas From Sadr Force

04.20.08 posted by chab13 66 views no comments image
Iraqi soldiers took control of the last bastions of the cleric Moktada al-Sadr's militia in Basra on Saturday, and Iran's ambassador to Baghdad strongly endorsed the Iraqi government's monthlong military operation against the fighters.
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NATO Troops Try to Contain Violence in Kosovo

03.19.08 posted by jason 93 views no comments video
There remains much tension in the air in Kosovo. This dramatic video shows the anger that exists in the region. One woman yells at troops, "shoot me you fascists, shoot me."

China Orders 'Study Sessions' for Officials in Tibet

China Orders 'Study Sessions' for Officials in Tibet

04.04.08 posted by jason 79 views no comments image
China wants to make sure officials deployed within Tibet do not have political leanings or sympathies towards Tibet. Officials will partake in study sessions' that will provide them with an education as to why unity between China and Tibet is critical, while debunking any theories that China was in the wrong during its recent crackdown.
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