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Zimbabwe Sets Date for Runoff Amid Increasing Violence - Voice of America

Posted on May 16, 2008 under World | No Comment


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Zimbabwe Sets Date for Runoff Amid Increasing Violence
Voice of America - 1 hour ago
By Tendai Maphosa Zimbabwe has announced it will hold a delayed presidential run-off election on June 27. The announcement came Friday, just hours after Amnesty International warned that the violence in Zimbabwe is reaching crisis levels.
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Zimbabwe attacks 'out of control' BBC News
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Chile says Chavez wrong about police chief probe - Reuters

Posted on May 16, 2008 under World | No Comment


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Chile says Chavez wrong about police chief probe
Reuters - 2 hours ago
SANTIAGO, May 16 (Reuters) - Chile defended one of its top police officials on Friday after Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez charged he was being probed for dictatorship-era abuses, saying the leftist leader was "badly informed" and wrong.
Chavez linked to Colombian guerillas Sydney Morning Herald
The US Dilemma Over Chavez TIME
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As Time Runs Out, Survivors Pulled From Quake Rubble - New York Times

Posted on May 16, 2008 under World | No Comment

As Time Runs Out, Survivors Pulled From Quake Rubble
New York Times - 7 hours ago
By DAVID BARBOZA BEIJING - In what seemed a miraculous tale of survival four days after a powerful earthquake devastated a mountainous region of southwest China, relief officials said a 23-year-old nurse had been pulled alive from the rubble of a
Chinese army to send more relief materials, medical teams to quake Xinhua
In photos: 'China Earthquake Aftermath May 16th' Monsters and Critics.com
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Iraqi PM: Basra Operation a 'Success' - The Associated Press

Posted on Apr 01, 2008 under World | No Comment


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Iraqi PM: Basra Operation a 'Success'
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
BAGHDAD (AP) - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, returning from the southern city of Basra, claimed Tuesday that a week-old operation against Shiite militias has been a "success" despite a cease-fire that did not disarm the gunmen and left him
Video: Relative calm returns to the streets of Baghdad - 31 Mar 08 AlJazeeraEnglish
Sadr loyalists warn of end to cease-fire Los Angeles Times
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Tibetans Plan Suicide Attacks on Olympics, China Says (Update1) - Bloomberg

Posted on Apr 01, 2008 under World | No Comment


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Tibetans Plan Suicide Attacks on Olympics, China Says (Update1)
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Eugene Tang April 1 (Bloomberg) — Tibetans sympathetic to pro- independence activists are planning suicide squads to disrupt the Beijing Olympic Games in August, including a plan for the Olympic torch to pass through Lhasa, said a Chinese police
Tibetans 'plotting suicide attacks Telegraph.co.uk
Chinese get one news source on Tibet Christian Science Monitor
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Bush Pushes NATO Membership for Ukraine, Georgia - Washington Post

Posted on Apr 01, 2008 under World | No Comment


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Bush Pushes NATO Membership for Ukraine, Georgia
Washington Post - 2 hours ago
President Bush met with Ukranian President Viktor Yushchenko to expres the "full support" of the United States for the Ukraine's push toward joining NATO.
Video: Bush Pushes Ukraine's Membership in NATO AssociatedPress
Bush wants NATO to welcome European democracies Reuters
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