Overview: Africa's Civil Wars
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This list, though hardly exhaustive, provides an overview of some of Africa’s major contemporary civil conflicts. Read more
Robert Mugabe – Quotes
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Maoists Gain Upper Hand in Nepal
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By Bridget Johnson, your guide to Journalism The final results from Nepal’s April 10 elections are in, and the Maoists have won the largest bloc in the 601-seat Assembly with 220 seats. Why, one wonders, would a Nepalese vote for the group that staged a long, bloody “People’s War” with the intent on imposing [...]
These just in…
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UPDATE — 1:04 p.m. — Recall just failed in the Illinois Senate. A proposal calling for a November referendum asking voters if they wanted the power of recall fell three votes short of the number needed to move it to the Illinois House. See who killed it here. Read more
July 7th Terror Trial Pictures
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Another classic dilemma for us on Sky.com News. The dramatic pictures released from the July 7th terror trial will undoubtedly be the lead on most news channels tonight but they have yet to make a dent on the web – so under the way our programme works we have to ignore them. Or should we [...]
Double Suicide Bombing In Iraq Kills 30 Wedding Guests
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The bombers detonated their explosive vests within minutes of each other in the town of Balad Ruz, north of Baghdad. Read more
Producers defend ‘Idol’ credibility
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Producers have denied that American Idol‘s credibility has been damaged by a blunder from Paula Abdul. The judge mistakenly gave feedback on two performances from contestant Jason Castro when he had only sung once on the show. After making the error, Abdul initially claimed that she had just mixed up her notes. However, she revealed [...]
Italy and Its Intentional Tax Return Data Breach
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Certainly, there’s no lack of accidental data breaches. Companies, even countries like the U.K. have accidentally exposed sensitive information about customers or citizens. But to do it deliberately? Whoa. Read more
‘HORROR FATHER’ WARNED CAPTIVES HE’D GAS THEM
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AMSTETTEN, Austria — An Austrian man who held his daughter captive for 24 years and fathered her seven children repeatedly warned his captives that they would be gassed if they tried to escape, a spokesman for investigators said Thursday. Read more
Wrighting Wrongs
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Sen. Barack Obama just conducted the most striking press conference of this most striking presidential campaign in an effort to stanch the bleeding inflicted by his former pastor, now auditioning as national clown, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Read more
Trouble-making U.S. soldiers in Japan? Are they crazy?
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What to do about those American soldiers stationed at U.S. military bases in Japan who rape or annoy or sometimes even kill the locals, much to their Japanese hosts’ consternation? How about trying to figure out what’s going on in their heads? Read more
Sierra Leone: coming to terms with the horror of civil war
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Hannah Strange, the Times Online news reporter, is spending a week in Sierra Leone, a country still racked by the aftermath of a brutal civil war in which tens of thousands were killed and a third of its total population displaced. Here is the second of her daily diary entries: Read more
From Commonsense to Nonsense
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WASHINGTON — The governor of New York says he wants to make roads safer, improve the performance of the police, and save insured motorists about $120 million a year in premiums. But so far his plan is stalled. Read more
Oil Workers Strike in Scotland
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A strike by oil refinery workers in Scotland entered a second day Monday, keeping shut a pipeline that carries 40 percent of Britain’s crude production and forcing increased fuel imports from Europe. Read more
Russia’s Moves Add To Strains With Georgia
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MOSCOW, April 30 — Long-standing tensions between Russia and Georgia over two separatist regions in Georgia have flared dangerously in recent days with each country accusing the other of provocative actions that risk war. Read more
Guatemalan Stresses Immigrant Sacrifices
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Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, on his first visit to Washington since taking office in January, said yesterday that his country’s discredited police and justice systems need to be “reordered and disciplined” and that Guatemalan immigrants who are in the United States illegally deserve the same temporary legal protections that have been granted other Central Americans. [...]
Peru Ambivalent As Ex-Leader Faces Trial for Massacres
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LIMA, Peru, Dec. 9 — When Alberto Fujimori was president of Peru in the 1990s, his authoritarian methods forced the country to debate how far a leader should go in the pursuit of terrorists. Read more
For Many, Control of State-Run Pemex Is About National Pride
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MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s giant state-run oil company was once a source of universal pride here. Ballads were sung in its honor, and the money gushed as much as the crude. Read more
The Marketplace Where Everybody Knows Her Name
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NIAMEY, Niger Holding a gigantic aluminum pot and a red leather coin purse, Zeynabou steps out of a taxi, surveys the bustling market and strides toward her first target: a woman selling spicy green peppers. Read more
U.S. Role Deepens in Sadr City
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BAGHDAD, April 29 — A four-hour battle Tuesday between U.S. soldiers and Shiite militiamen left at least 28 Iraqis dead in the capital’s Sadr City neighborhood, making it one of the bloodiest days in a month of sustained street fighting. Read more