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U.N. says fears of unfair Afghan poll well-founded
Friday, 20 March 2009, 3:43 am
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Opposition fears of an unfair election in Afghanistan this year are well-founded, and a rigged poll would fuel political instability and undermine support for democracy, a t. […]
Afghan and U.S.-led troops kill 30 Afghan militants
Friday, 20 March 2009, 12:24 am
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan and U.S.-led forces killed 30 militants in southwest Afghanistan, the U.S. military said in a statement on Friday.
U.N. says fears of unfair Afghan poll well-founded
Friday, 20 March 2009, 12:11 am
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Opposition fears of an unfair election in Afghanistan this year are well-founded, and a rigged poll would fuel political instability and undermine support for democracy, a t. […]
Sarkozy under pressure as French protests hit streets
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 10:27 pm
PARIS (Reuters) - Up to three million people took to the streets of France on Thursday for a second round of protests against President Nicolas Sarkozy’s handling of the economic crisis and to demand. […]
Ecuador army plane hits buildings, six dead
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 8:53 pm
QUITO (Reuters) - A small military plane crashed into two buildings in the fog-bound capital of Ecuador on Thursday, killing at least six people, authorities said.
Dissidents a turn-off for Northern Ireland’s young
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 8:29 pm
BELFAST (Reuters) - Gazza, a skinny 16-year old from the Ardoyne area of North Belfast, can’t see the point of joining a group to rid Northern Ireland of British control.
Amazon Indian infanticide video said inciting hate
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 5:53 pm
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A video made with the help of U.S. missionaries and depicting Amazon Indians burying children alive is “faked” and inciting racial hatred, a group campaigning for tribal rig. […]
Israel’s Netanyahu seeks more time to form government
Thursday, 19 March 2009, 5:44 pm
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel’s right-wing Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu will seek more time to form a government, an aide said on Thursday, so he can pursue efforts to persuade center-le. […]
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Allies facing Afghan ’stalemate’
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:43 am
Foreign Secretary David Miliband admits the UK, the US and their allies face a “strategic stalemate” in some parts of Afghanistan.
NZ plane birth charges ‘likely’
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:41 am
Police say a woman who allegedly abandoned her baby after giving birth on a flight to New Zealand may face criminal charges.
Africa to snub Madagascar ‘coup’
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:32 am
African Union envoys are expected to suspend Madagascar after Andry Rajoelina’s army-backed takeover on Tuesday.
No you haven’t been drinking - that really is a pink elephant
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:17 am
A baby pink elephant is caught on camera in Botswana.
US offers Iran a ‘new beginning’
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:03 am
US President Barack Obama offers “a new beginning” in ties with Iran in an unprecedented video message to the Iranian people.
Earth Watch
Friday, 20 March 2009, 3:48 am
Conservationists seek happy ending in Madagascar
Clubs await Champions League draw
Friday, 20 March 2009, 2:31 am
Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Man Utd will find out their Champions League quarter-final opponents when the draw is made on Friday.
‘Prophet carpet’ goes for $5.5m
Friday, 20 March 2009, 2:27 am
A carpet commissioned in India 150 years ago for the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad in Medina sells for almost $5.5m at auction.
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New break-in at house of Briton slain in Italy (AP)
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:41 am
AP - Italian court officials say intruders have for the second time in a month broken into a house where a British student was killed.
US: Air strikes kill 11 insurgents in Iraq (AP)
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:38 am
AP - The U.S. military says at least 11 insurgents were killed in an air strike on their hideout in the south of Diyala province.
Pope takes African pilgrimage to Angola (AP)
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:34 am
AP - Pope Benedict XVI begins a visit Friday to Angola, a southern African country with an estimated 10 million Catholics, where bishops have condemned the grinding poverty amid multibillion-dollar oi. […]
Tendulkar ton puts India in command (AFP)
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:31 am
AFP - A near-flawless 160 by Sachin Tendulkar and three wickets for India in New Zealand’s second innings put the tourists in total charge on the third day of the first Test here Friday.
African Union mulls Madagascar suspension (AFP)
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:18 am
AFP - The African Union began an emergency meeting here on Friday to discuss the possible suspension of Madagascar following the dramatic toppling of Marc Ravalomanana as president.
SKorea: North to restore military hot line (AP)
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:12 am
AP - North Korea informed Seoul on Friday it will restore a military communications hot line severed last week but closed the border dividing the two Koreas for the third time in recent days, South Ko. […]
7 killed when small plane crashes in Ecuador (AP)
Friday, 20 March 2009, 3:29 am
AP - An upscale neighborhood in Ecuador’s capital turned into a charred, smoky disaster scene when a small army plane crashed into an apartment building, killing seven people and sending a fireball in. […]
34 militants killed in clashes in Afghanistan (AP)
Friday, 20 March 2009, 2:32 am
AP - Afghan and international forces killed 34 militants in two days of clashes in Afghanistan, U.S. forces said Friday.
