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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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Zimbabwe vote recount confirms opposition's win

Zimbabwe vote recount confirms opposition's win

04.27.08 posted by pondy 468 views no comments
It took a month but Zimbabwe's election commission announced today that in fact the opposition did win control of the country's parliament. The next step will be the release of the highly anticipated presidential results. All independent observers believe Robert Mugabe lost, but has used his control in an attempt to hold onto power. After a long wait, this is a positive step forward.
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Sudan Posts $246M Bounty for Darfur Rebel

Sudan Posts $246M Bounty for Darfur Rebel

05.14.08 posted by pondy 387 views 1 comment
The Sudanese government has doubled its bounty for the country's most wanted Darfur rebel leader whose troops staged a daring raid on the outskirts of the capital. The new reward of up to $246 million, for Khalil Ibrahim, who heads Darfur's powerful Justice and Equality Movement, about ten times the amount the U.S. has offered for its most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden.
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Chinese Media Continue Attacks on Dalai Lama

Chinese Media Continue Attacks on Dalai Lama

04.26.08 posted by pondy 418 views 32 comments
Despite a government offer to meet with an envoy of the Dalai Lama, the Chinese state media remains firm in attacks on him. The 'Dalai clique' was doing everything possible to undermine Tibet's stability and development, the Communist Party mouthpiece, the People's Daily, wrote. Perhaps its time for attacks to end and conversations to begin?
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North Korea backs away from nuclear deal

North Korea backs away from nuclear deal

09.19.08 posted by pondy 52 views no comments
So much for diplomacy. North Korea said on Friday it was working on restarting its nuclear plant and dismissed the prospect of being removed from a U.S. terrorism blacklist in return for a disarmament deal.
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Warren Buffett: US Recession to be "Long, Deep"

Warren Buffett: US Recession to be "Long, Deep"

05.24.08 posted by jason 342 views no comments
When Warren Buffett speaks about the economy, people tend to take notice. So his comments of today should make those already nervous about the state of the US economy shutter. He said the United States was "already in recession" and added: "Perhaps not in the sense that economists would define it" with two consecutive quarters of negative growth.
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Odierno Succeeds Petraeus in Iraq

Odierno Succeeds Petraeus in Iraq

09.16.08 posted by pondy 55 views no comments
In an ornate palace built by Saddam Hussein, the United States military command in Iraq changed hands on Tuesday from Gen. David H. Petraeus, who created the strategy known as the surge, to Gen. Ray Odierno, who oversaw its day-to-day operations across a country in which violence has dropped significantly.
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Iraq's oil-fueled surplus could hit $80 billion

Iraq's oil-fueled surplus could hit $80 billion

08.05.08 posted by jason 128 views no comments
Iraq is raking in more money from oil exports than it is spending, amassing a projected four-year budget surplus of up to $80 billion, U.S. auditors reported Tuesday. With the billions US taxpayers are spending in Iraq, why is it that Iraqi oil profits pile up in its banks? Shouldn't that money be utilized to rebuilding the country and advancing it forward?
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Signs Point to McCain Picking Sarah Palin for VP

Signs Point to McCain Picking Sarah Palin for VP

08.29.08 posted by pondy 84 views no comments
Here's one way to go after those former Hillary Clinton Voters...A rumor has a chartered plane from Alaska landing a while ago near Dayton, Ohio. If true, that could mean McCain's selection could be an outside-the-box game-changer: picking Alaska's first female governor, Sarah Palin, a 44-year-old mother of five and political maverick in her own right.
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The Global Warming Fix?

The Global Warming Fix?

06.08.08 posted by pondy 283 views 1 comment
It has long been the holy grail for those who believe that technology can save us from catastrophic climate change: a device that can "suck" carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air, reducing the warming effect of the billions of tons of greenhouse gas produced each year. Now a group of United States scientists say they have made a breakthrough towards creating such a machine.
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North Korean leader is very ill, U.S. official says

North Korean leader is very ill, U.S. official says

09.09.08 posted by jason 63 views no comments
Kim Jong-il, North Korea's leader, is seriously ill and is likely to have suffered a stroke weeks ago, raising the prospect of a chaotic power struggle in nuclear-armed North Korea. he failed to attend a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of North Korea and that American intelligence agencies believed that he was now under the care of doctors in Pyongyang.
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