Zimbabwe suspends aid operations
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Zimbabwe’s government has indefinitely suspended all field work by aid groups and non-governmental organisations. Read more
9/11 mastermind tells hearing he wants martyrdom (AP)
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Mohammed, who has confessed to the 9/11 attack, the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl and a chilling string of other terrorist plots, was careful not to interrupt Judge Ralph Kohlmann. He lost his composure only after the Marine colonel ordered several defense attorneys to keep quiet. Read more
Obama vs McCain
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Obama is a high-flying black senator with a big war chest. A big fan of basketball, he has youth on his side, but lacks experience. McCain is a four-term senator and a decorated Vietnam veteran with a legendary bad temper. Leonard Doyle reports Read more
Empty promises on food aid
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ONLY about one sixth of the money needed to eradicate world hunger has been pledged by the richer nations at the United Nations food summit in Rome. Read more
Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Wants Death
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Mohammed also sang verses from the Quran, rejected his attorneys and told Judge Ralph Kohlmann, a Marine colonel, that he wants to represent himself at the war crimes trial. The judge warned that he faces execution if convicted of organizing the attacks on America. But the former No. 3 leader of al-Qaida was insistent. “Yes, [...]
House prices plummet by 4% in a year – the fastest drop since 1993
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House prices have fallen by nearly 4% during the past year, their fastest rate of decline since 1993, figures showed today. Read more
Marriage dissolved because bride ‘no virgin’
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The bride said she was a virgin. When her new husband discovered that was a lie, he went to court to annul the marriage – and a French judge agreed. Read more
France's Worst Serial Killers?
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
France's Worst Serial Killers?
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
Chinese Officials Harass Grieving Parents
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More from the files of Regimes Behaving Badly: The death toll in China’s massive May 12 quake is near 70,000, and the parents who’ve had their families under China’s strict one-child policy are feeling the pain especially hard. And particularly when schools were leveled disproportionately as compared to surrounding structures, so as to raise suspicions [...]
Audio: Zorn & Schmich predict the political future
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Extraterrestrials And Housing
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From Extraterrestrials to buy one get one free homes, we have it all on tonight’s show. Join us tonight at 7.30 to find out more. You can take a sneaky look at the agenda for tonight here. Read more
US Elections: Hillary Clinton To Announce Support For Barack Obama
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Hillary Clinton will abandon her campaign to become the Democratic nominee for US President this coming Saturday. The Senator will host an event to express her support for Barack Obama and her commitment to the unity of the party. David Crabtree reports. Read more
‘Call Of Duty 4′ most successful on Xbox
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Activision’s best-selling Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare has sold over 10 million copies worldwide, developer Infinity Ward has announced. The epic first-person shooter, which earlier this year was confirmed as the global top seller of 2007, has reached the milestone sales figure after spending just seven months on sale. Vince Zampella, head of the [...]
Al-Qaida claims it attacked Denmark Embassy Over Cartoons
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A Web posting late Wednesday purportedly by al-Qaida claimed responsibility for the suicide attack against Denmark’s Embassy in Pakistan that left six people dead. The statement said Monday’s bombing in Islamabad was carried out to fulfill the promise of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden to exact revenge over the reprinting in Danish papers of a [...]
CAR BOMB KILLS AT LEAST 13 IN BAGHDAD
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BAGHDAD — A suicide truck bomber struck near the Baghdad home of an Iraqi police general Wednesday, killing 13 people in the biggest such attack on the capital in months. Read more
Obama Accepts McCain Offer on Town Halls
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Obama Accepts McCain Offer on Town Halls Fasten seatbelts: The Obama campaign has accepted Republican John McCain’s offer to do a series of town hall meetings. More history is about to be made. Campaign manager David Plouffe just put out this response: “As Barack Obama has said before, the idea of joint town halls is [...]
Barack Obama wins, Hillary Clinton loses: Now what?
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Illinois Senator Barack Obama is now “in the promised land” of a victor on the way to a longed-for prize, a report on a news blog on France’s Le Figaro Website declares, evoking the Biblical language that’s so dear to American politicians. Read more
Making Migrant Dollars Go Far
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WASHINGTON — Once every month, the average immigrant in the United States steps into a money-transfer facility and wires approximately $250 overseas. Minutes later somewhere around the world, a relative or friend can step into a similar facility and receive the cash — minus fees and other transfer expenses. This transnational economic activity, repeating itself [...]
U.S. Navy Ends Bid to Ferry Storm Relief Into Burma
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BANGKOK, June 4 — The U.S. Navy on Wednesday aborted its three-week effort to use helicopters aboard a warship off Burma to deliver much-needed aid directly to cyclone survivors, after the country’s ruling military junta ignored repeated offers to assist. Read more