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Hamas Fires Rockets Into Israel

Hamas Fires Rockets Into Israel

11.14.08 posted by pondy 26 views no comments image
Tensions between Hamas, the radical Palestinian rulers of Gaza, and Israel increased markedly on Friday after Hamas fired a barrage of rockets into southern Israel, sending 18 Israelis to the hospital with shock and mild injuries.
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New Orleans ordered evacuated ahead of Gustav

New Orleans ordered evacuated ahead of Gustav

08.31.08 posted by pondy 36 views no comments image
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin ordered the city's more than 239,000 residents to evacuate on Sunday in the face of powerful Hurricane Gustav, which he called "the mother of all storms." The evacuation order issued on Saturday was the first in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina devastated the historic Southern city in August 2005.
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Did China Kill Folk Singer Yu Zhou?

Did China Kill Folk Singer Yu Zhou?

04.20.08 posted by pondy 239 views 3 comments image
Falun Gong members say that more than 1,500 of its supporters have been detained in the run-up to the Olympic Games and that one of them, Yu Zhou, a popular folk singer, has died in custody. Yu's relatives were told he died of diabetes, but he never suffered from the ailment. Many websites in China are abuzz today with reports he was executed.
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Google Earth Maps Refugee Crises

Google Earth Maps Refugee Crises

04.08.08 posted by pondy 265 views no comments image
Google is finding another way to make a difference. On Tuesday they unveiled a new feature for its mapping programs that shines a spotlight on the movement of refugees around the world. Google is teaming up with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees to track and update refugee hot spots.
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Chinese Flee Flood Threat From Quake

Chinese Flee Flood Threat From Quake

05.18.08 posted by chab13 182 views no comments image
Thousands of earthquake survivors fled tent camps and villages across the ravaged landscape of southwestern China on Saturday after the government warned that several lakes and rivers were getting dangerously close to overflowing because landslides have blocked water flow.
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Hong Kong blocks Tibet activists

04.29.08 posted by pondy 202 views 15 comments video
Interesting video out of Hong Kong, where three pro-Tibet campaigners were prevented from entering the city on Tuesday and deported by the gov't just days before the Olympic torch relay though the former British colony, activists said. The three were planning to hold a news conference on the situation in Tibet, which convulsed with anti-Beijing protests in March and has been under lockdown since.

Bill Clinton Delivers for Obama

Bill Clinton Delivers for Obama

08.28.08 posted by pondy 37 views no comments image
William Jefferson Clinton, 42nd president of the United States, just made the most compelling case for why Sen. Barack Obama, the man who defeated his wife for the Democratic nomination, should become the 44th. It wasn't self-indulgent. It wasn't self-pitying. It was a speech only he could give.
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100,000 Now Feared Dead in Myanmar Cyclone

100,000 Now Feared Dead in Myanmar Cyclone

05.09.08 posted by jason 194 views no comments image
The death toll in the Myanmar Cyclone is now reaching epic proportions, as it is now expected to top 100,000 people. The situation continues to deteriorate. Some 1 million people were homeless, the outbreak of disease is setting in, aid is slow to arrive due to the military junta that runs this impoverished country. Government inaction will lead to many more deaths if more isn't done soon.
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Russia's Medvedev signs ceasefire pact

Russia's Medvedev signs ceasefire pact

08.16.08 posted by jason 47 views no comments image
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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China Shipping Weapons to Zimbabwe

China Shipping Weapons to Zimbabwe

04.19.08 posted by jason 228 views 1 comment image
Yesterday, South Africa refused weaponry cargo bound for Zimbabwe on a Chinese vessel. Considering the post-election crisis in Zimbabwe, South Africa wanted no part in the delivery of arms of that country. However, the ship is now on its way to Angola, where it can be offloaded and then delivered to Zimbabwe. The larger question is this - why is China shipping weapons to Zimbabwe?
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Myanmar Ruling Government Remains Clueless

Myanmar Ruling Government Remains Clueless

06.01.08 posted by pondy 145 views no comments image
The US heavily criticized Myanmar's response to the cycle today, while the leaders of the country remain in a state of denial over their failures to response and aid their own people. The state-run newspaper, The New Light of Myanmar, said in an editorial that "people can easily get fish for dishes by just fishing in the fields and ditches". It also noted "large edible frogs are abundant".
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