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Zimbabwe's Mugabe Says Cholera Crisis Over

Zimbabwe's Mugabe Says Cholera Crisis Over

12.11.08 posted by jason 0 views no comments
What Cholera outbreak. Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe suggested today that the Cholera crisis was over. In fact, it is far from over. If ever there was a time for more international action against Mugabe's regime it is now. See this NYT article and judge for yourself
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Chinese Officials Meet With Dalai Lama's Representatives

Chinese Officials Meet With Dalai Lama's Representatives

05.04.08 posted by pondy 303 views 2 comments
In their first direct talks since the outbreak of violence in Tibet in March, Chinese officials met with representatives of the Dalai Lama on Sunday, although it was unclear whether there was any progress in easing tensions between Beijing and the exiled Tibetan leader. China does not want Tibet to be a black eye while they take center stage during the Olympics.
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9 Killed in Shooting at College Campus in Finland

9 Killed in Shooting at College Campus in Finland

09.23.08 posted by pondy 34 views no comments
A man opened fire at a college in southwestern Finland Tuesday, killing at least nine students. The shooter then tried to kill himself but was not successful, Antti Rantakokko, the mayor of Kauhajoki where the shooting occurred, reported.
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Invisibility cloak 'step closer'

Invisibility cloak 'step closer'

08.10.08 posted by pondy 88 views no comments
scientists in the US say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people invisible. Researchers at the University of California in Berkeley have developed a material that can bend light around 3D objects making them "disappear". The materials do not occur naturally but have been created on a nano scale.
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1000 People A Day Fleeing Zimbabwe

1000 People A Day Fleeing Zimbabwe

04.21.08 posted by jason 336 views no comments
As violence takes hold in parts of Zimbabwe while the nation waits for the election recount to be completed, many have chosen to leave. The New York Times is reporting that approximately 1,000 people a day are streaming into South Africa as refugees from the crisis in Zimbabwe. They bring with them stories of murder and despair from a country teetering on the brink.
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Georgian villages burned and looted as Russian tanks advance

Georgian villages burned and looted as Russian tanks advance

08.13.08 posted by pondy 80 views no comments
Cease fire, what cease fire? Villages in Georgia were being burned and looted as Russian tanks followed by "irregulars" advanced from the breakaway province of South Ossetia, eyewitnesses said today. Russia denied any advance, however Georgian authorities claimed that about 50 tanks and armored vehicles were near the strategically important town of Gori.
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Nigerian Militants Hit Another Pipeline in 'Oil War'

Nigerian Militants Hit Another Pipeline in 'Oil War'

09.20.08 posted by pondy 34 views no comments
Nigerian militants say they have attacked another pipeline in their so-called "oil war" in the southern Niger Delta. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta announced Saturday that its fighters destroyed an oil pipeline run by the local branch of Royal Dutch Shell in Rivers state late Friday.
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Assassination Plot Against Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Delays His Return

Assassination Plot Against Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Delays His Return

05.17.08 posted by pondy 246 views 1 comment
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday postponed his expected return home to contest an election run-off after his party discovered an assassination plot against him. Tsvangirai had been in South Africa for several weeks after fearing for his life during the contested recount. With the runoff now slated for several weeks from now, Zimbabwe remains a dangerous place.
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Global Price For Rice and Wheat Soars, But Not in China

Global Price For Rice and Wheat Soars, But Not in China

05.11.08 posted by pondy 254 views 1 comment
Wheat prices on the Chicago Board of Trade surged more than 140 percent in March, and rice prices went up over 80 percent. Around the world violent protests have arisen, and angry crowds have demanded a reduction in prices that have pushed them to the brink of poverty. Yet in China, with a population of 1.3 billion, prices have remained steady. How?
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Pakistan army ordered to hit back at U.S. forces

Pakistan army ordered to hit back at U.S. forces

09.14.08 posted by okami 38 views no comments
TEHRAN (Press TV) -- The Pakistani Army has been given orders to retaliate against any unilateral strike by the Afghanistan-based U.S. troops inside the country.
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Georgia and Russia Nearing All-Out War

Georgia and Russia Nearing All-Out War

08.09.08 posted by pondy 80 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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