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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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Bhutto's widower goes from prison to presidency

Bhutto's widower goes from prison to presidency

09.06.08 posted by jason 59 views no comments image
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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Israeli PM Olmert declares intent to resign

Israeli PM Olmert declares intent to resign

09.21.08 posted by jason 39 views no comments image
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, dogged by allegations of corruption, formally announced his intention to resign Sunday at a Cabinet meeting. It is unclear at this time who is the top candidate to succeed Olmert, but two former Prime Ministers, Benjamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak are both in the mix. Olmert's resignation is no surprise.
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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 55 views no comments image
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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Sudan Posts $246M Bounty for Darfur Rebel

Sudan Posts $246M Bounty for Darfur Rebel

05.14.08 posted by pondy 373 views 1 comment image
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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Pakistani tribal chiefs threaten to join Taliban

09.16.08 posted by okami 45 views no comments news article
A controversial new US tactic to mount counter-terrorist operations inside Pakistan has met with fresh hostility, it emerged yesterday, as Pakistani tribesmen representing half a million people vowed to switch sides and join the Taliban if Washington does not stop cross-border attacks by its forces from Afghanistan.
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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 116 views no comments image
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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UN Peacekeepers, Aid Workers Raping, Abusing Children

UN Peacekeepers, Aid Workers Raping, Abusing Children

05.27.08 posted by pondy 318 views 1 comment image
Save the Children UK, issued a report today describing a litany of sexual crimes, including rape and child pornography committed by UN peacekeepers and aid workers against children as young as 6. It said some children were denied food aid unless they granted sexual favors.
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Chinese Media Continue Attacks on Dalai Lama

Chinese Media Continue Attacks on Dalai Lama

04.26.08 posted by pondy 410 views 32 comments image
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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China's quest for 'flawless' girl led to fakery

China's quest for 'flawless' girl led to fakery

08.13.08 posted by pondy 100 views 1 comment image
The order was handed down from the highest levels of the Chinese Politburo. The little singing girl must be "flawless." And so it was that viewers heard the beautiful voice of seven-year-old Yang Peiyi, but didn't see her slightly chubby face and uneven teeth during the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. Instead, they saw the 'flawless' lip-syncing nine-year-old Lin Miaoke.
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Musharraf Announces his Resignation as President of Pakistan

Musharraf Announces his Resignation as President of Pakistan

08.18.08 posted by pondy 89 views no comments image
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf announced his resignation Monday after weeks of pressure to relinquish power. Musharraf told the nation in a televised address that he would step down -- nearly nine years after he seized power in a bloodless coup in 1999. President Bush was fond of referring to Musharraf as "our guy" in Pakistan.
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