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Israel continues starvation of Gazans despite UN pleas
Memphis News.Net
In what the UN has described as collective punishment, the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip continues.
Thousands demonstrate against continuing U.S. presence in Iraq
Memphis News.Net
Thousands of noisy demonstrators filled Baghdad's renowned Firdous Square to protest a new military pact between Iraq and the United States which is being debated in parliament.
Syria discounts report by IAEA on nuclear reactor claims
Memphis News.Net
Syria's nuclear energy chief said on Friday a UN watchdog report on an alleged secret Syrian nuclear site bombed by Israel proved nothing and the investigation should be closed.
Troop surge like to stabilise Afghanistan ahead of election says Gates
Memphis News.Net
Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates expressed confidence Friday that more troops being sent to Afghanistan’s Regional Command South will be sufficient to shore up security for Afghanistan’s elections in late September next year.
At the GA in a volunteer vest
Jerusalem Post
039;Where are the bathrooms?" "Where is this plenary?" "Where can I get a cup of coffee?" While those were the great majority of questions I fielded as a volunteer with the four-day Annual General...
Aubry wins French Socialist battle by tiny margin
The Independent
Martine Aubry,votes, the party said in a statement early this...
Suicide in front of a webcam
IOL
Miami - A Florida teenager committed suicide by drug overdose in front of a webcam streaming live video to the Internet and some viewers may have egged him on, authorities said on Friday. Abraham...
Live text - Rugby League World Cup final
BBC
... "You can't give Billy Slater any space or he will burn you. Just when we thought the Kiwis were in the ascendancy, the Aussies hit back when nothing seemed to be on." Hull...
Only 19 000 China quake victims identified
IOL
Beijing - Only 19 000 victims of the devastating earthquake that struck China's southwest six months ago have been identified, fewer than a quarter of the total dead or missing, a top official said...
Somali pirates free ship held since September
Reuters
Somali pirates have released a commercial vessel they captured in September, a Kenyan shipping official said on Friday. The Liberian flagged MV Genious, with 19 crew on...
Gunmen in Nigeria kidnap Bulgarian in Niger Delta
Reuters
Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped a Bulgarian in the southeastern state of Abia in the oil-rich Niger Delta and are demanding 500 million naira for his release, a security source...
Somali pirates vow to resist any rescue efforts
Channel News Asia
Somali pirates holding a huge oil-laden Saudi tanker on Saturday vowed to fight back should any assault be attempted to free the ship and urged its owners to pay up a US$25 million...
Ministers say Germantown High is slowly improving
Philadelphia Daily News
Students' behavior at Germantown High School, where an English teacher was assaulted by three students on Wednesday, is slowly improving, say members of the Germantown Clergy Initiative, whose...
21 monthsdlater, beaten teacher still recovering
Philadelphia Daily News
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U.S. Muslim leaders condemn anti-Obama slurs
CNN
U.S. Muslim leaders respond to comments reportedly made by al Qaeda official Official said President-elect Barack Obama fit Malcolm X's definition of "house Negro" Official also denigrated...
Blaze at former psychiatric unit
BBC
A fire has broken out at a former psychiatric unit. Fire crews were called to the North Wales Hospital site in Denbigh at 0619 GMT on Saturday morning. It is unknown how the fire started. It is...
Panda says no to a cuddle
The Australian
The 20-year-old male student surnamed Liu jumped over the fence at the zoo in the tourist city of Guilin, ignoring warning signs not to, Xinhua news agency said. "The panda, named Yangyang, was...
Zimbabwe bans Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan
The Australian
FORMER United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan is among a group of prominent figure who has cancelled a visit to Zimbabwe after being denied entry into the country by President Robert Mugabe's...
US strike in Pakistan kills British militant
The Independent
Pakistani television channels reported that Rashid Rauf, a British Islamist militant with al Qaeda links, was killed along with an Egyptian militant by a US missile strike in the North Waziristan...
Robbers shoot 4 dead in Nigerian bank raid
Reuters
Gunmen shot dead at least four people in a bank raid in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos on Friday before escaping by speedboat when police arrived in an armoured personnel...
Obama goes for pragmatists, not ideologues
International Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON : President-elect Barack Obama won the Democratic nomination with the enthusiastic support of the left wing of his party, fueled by his vehement opposition to the decision to invade Iraq...
Rangers return to Congo gorilla park after a year
Reuters
Park rangers returned to a reserve that is home to nearly a third of the world's remaining mountain gorillas on Friday, more than a year after...

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