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- Uribe eases tensions with Venezuela - The Associated Press
- Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:40:55 GMT -
Times OnlineUribe eases tensions with Venezuela
The Associated Press -3 hours ago
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Colombian leader Alvaro Uribe pledged closer ties with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez on Saturday after months of on-and-off tensions, but Ecuador's leftist president said problems remain and he isn't ready to re-establish relations ...
FARC is collapsing, diminished, but will likely march onMiamiHerald.com
Daring sting freed Colombian jungle hostagesTimes Online Reuters -BBC News -AFP -guardian.co.uk all 4,435 news articles - Germany's Merkel hopes for African leaders' support on Zimbabwe ... - International Herald Tribune
- Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:55:00 GMT - Germany's Merkel hopes for African leaders' support on Zimbabwe ...
International Herald Tribune -7 hours ago
AP BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday that she hopes African leaders will support tougher sanctions against Zimbabwe when they participate at the upcoming Group of Eight summit.
Recognise me as Zimbabwe president or no talks: MugabeAFP
Botswana urges region not to recognize Mugabe's re-electionXinhua Daily Nation -New York Times -Washington Post -AllAfrica.com all 5,913 news articles - Japan summit to test G8 leaders on climate change, world economy ... - Xinhua
- Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:38:59 GMT -
ABC NewsJapan summit to test G8 leaders on climate change, world economy ...
Xinhua -42 minutes ago
TOYAKO, Japan, July 6 (Xinhua) -- When the leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations gather in Hokkaido, Japan, this week for their annual summit, they face the challenge of showing greater resolve to fight global warming, remedying the ...
Journalist, demonstrators arrested in anti-G8 demo: Japan policeAFP
G8 leaders to call for stockpiling basic grainsMonsters and Critics.com Reuters -The Associated Press -The Daily Yomiuri -Voice of America all 716 news articles - Obama struggles to thread needle on Iraq - AFP
- Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:15:47 GMT -
NDTV.comObama struggles to thread needle on Iraq
AFP -3 hours ago
WASHINGTON (AFP) - After months vowing to get US troops home from Iraq, Barack Obama has succumbed to the war's political entanglements, struggling to explain his plan in the light of recent security gains.
Obama 'puzzled' by Iraq comment frenzyReuters
Obama Refines the Blame on Iraq MiscueNew York Times FOXNews -Voice of America -Washington Times -The Associated Press all 1,818 news articles - No quick end in sight to Mongolia political turmoil - Reuters
- Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:27:54 GMT -
Canada.comNo quick end in sight to Mongolia political turmoil
Reuters -53 minutes ago
By Lindsay Beck ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Private television was back on the air, alcohol on sale and restaurants open after the end of Mongolia's emergency rule, but a week after a disputed election the country's political problems were still far from ...
Poverty and unemployment: a trigger for Mongolia poll protestsAFP
Mongolia curfew lifted after riotsUnited Press International China Daily -Xinhua -RTT News -AHN all 1,509 news articles - Bush arrives in Japan for G8; oil, climate in focus - Reuters UK
- Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:33:16 GMT -
Malaysia StarBush arrives in Japan for G8; oil, climate in focus
Reuters UK -48 minutes ago
CHITOSE, Japan, July 6 (Reuters) - US President George W. Bush arrived in Japan on Sunday for the Group of Eight rich nations' meetings where North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, soaring oil and food prices, and climate change top the agenda.
Vogel: We must respect Russia, engage ChinaThe Daily Yomiuri
India may face pressure to reduce greenhouse gasesHindu WTTE -guardian.co.uk -Voice of America -Bloomberg all 405 news articles - Iran Says Nuclear Policy Is Unchanged - New York Times
- Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:04:48 GMT -
Calgary HeraldIran Says Nuclear Policy Is Unchanged
New York Times -8 hours ago
By ELAINE SCIOLINO PARIS - Iran’s nuclear policy has not changed, an Iranian government spokesman said Saturday in Tehran, confirming that Iran would not comply with Security Council resolutions requiring it to stop enriching uranium.
Iran Vows to Pursue Uranium Enrichment ProgramVoice of America
EU's Solana willing to meet Iran negotiator soonReuters PRESS TV -Boston Globe -The Associated Press -Bloomberg all 1,024 news articles - America Confronts the Middle East - Washington Post
- Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:15:40 GMT -
Alalam News NetworkAmerica Confronts the Middle East
Washington Post -1 hour ago
By Lawrence Freedman The timing is right for a major new history of America's engagement with the contemporary Middle East. Admittedly, key archival documentation remains under lock and key and will be inaccessible for a long time to come, ...
A nuclear Iran does not compare to Cold Warguardian.co.uk
Avoiding military option in IranSan Francisco Chronicle Ha'aretz -PRESS TV -International Herald Tribune -Voice of America all 423 news articles - Student's family appeal to killer - BBC News
- Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:43:55 GMT -
Times OnlineStudent's family appeal to killer
BBC News -1 hour ago
The parents of a French student who was stabbed to death and set alight in a London flat say his killer "will not be able to live in hiding forever.
Murdered French student's parents urge killer to come forwardAFP
Parents of French victim issue pleaThe Press Association CNN International -Reuters -guardian.co.uk -FOXNews all 2,058 news articles - Sarkozy turns screw on Irish over EU treaty - Times Online
- Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:10:40 GMT -
Times OnlineSarkozy turns screw on Irish over EU treaty
Times Online -8 hours ago
The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will use a Paris summit next weekend to increase pressure on Ireland’s prime minister to find a way out of the impasse created by his country’s rejection of the Lisbon treaty, aimed at re-organising the European ...
Sarkozy is reckless, radical and sometimes also rightFinancial Times
ANALYSIS-Africa seeks sympathetic hearing from French-led EUReuters Dallas Morning News -CNN International -International Herald Tribune -BBC News all 749 news articles - KMT honorary chairman hails weekend charter flights, mainland ... - Xinhua
- Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:45:26 GMT -
WELT ONLINEKMT honorary chairman hails weekend charter flights, mainland ...
Xinhua -5 hours ago
TAIPEI, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The weekend charter flights carrying mainland tourists across the Taiwan Straits contributed to the peaceful development of the cross-Straits relationship and opened a new page in the Chinese nation's prosperity, said Chinese ...
A Side Competition in Beijing: Island vs. MainlandNew York Times
South Africa: Country Should Take Heed of Taiwan's ErrorsAllAfrica.com International Herald Tribune -Wall Street Journal -BBC News -Reuters all 896 news articles - Dalai Lama's Envoys Disappointed by Talks in China - Washington Post
- Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:40:31 GMT -
Canada.comDalai Lama's Envoys Disappointed by Talks in China
Washington Post -1 hour ago
By Jill Drew BEIJING, July 5 -- Envoys for the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, said Saturday that their meetings with Chinese officials in the past week were so disappointing that they could not even get the Chinese to agree to issue a joint ...
Talks with China over Tibet inconclusiveUnited Press International
Exiled Tibetans feeling their homeland's painBoston Globe Reuters India -New York Times -Press Trust of India -International Herald Tribune all 1,771 news articles - 'Gaza truce in danger without progress on Schalit' - Jerusalem Post
- Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:43:47 GMT -
BBC News'Gaza truce in danger without progress on Schalit'
Jerusalem Post -5 hours ago
By MARK WEISS AND KHALED ABU TOAMEH Israel warned Saturday that any delay by Hamas on contacts over a prisoner swap involving the release of captured soldier Gilad Schalit may torpedo the Egyptian-mediated Gaza Strip truce agreement reached last month.
Hamas Suspends Prisoner Exchange Talks With IsraelVoice of America
The Shalit talks / Both sides are bluffingHa'aretz Xinhua -The Associated Press -United Press International -AFP all 4,581 news articles - Turkish coup plot awakens fear of violent nationalism - guardian.co.uk
- Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:04:39 GMT -
Boston GlobeTurkish coup plot awakens fear of violent nationalism
guardian.co.uk -6 hours ago
A pro secular demonstrator chants slogans against the government in Istanbul. Photograph: Tolga Bozoglu/EPA In a recent declaration, Turkish nationalists identified what they described as the 'six arrows' of the country's proper identity: nationalism, ...
Q&A: Turkey's ruling party on trialBBC News
Turkish businessman among four arrested in coup probeReuters Turkish Press -CNN International -Voice of America -Bloomberg all 817 news articles - When the bus 'gets a boo-boo' - Jerusalem Post
- Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:25:21 GMT -
TVNZWhen the bus 'gets a boo-boo'
Jerusalem Post -4 hours ago
By LIAT COLLINS They're back. That was the first thought that went through my mind as news of the attack on Jerusalem's Jaffa Road pierced a somewhat slow news day, in Israeli terms.
Video: Palestinian Bulldozer Driver Rams City TrafficAssociatedPress
Teaching Arabic and PropagandaWashington Post New York Times -Reuters -International Herald Tribune -Wall Street Journal all 695 news articles - Pakistan denies Khan nuclear claims - Aljazeera.net
- Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:51:11 GMT -
Aljazeera.netPakistan denies Khan nuclear claims
Aljazeera.net -2 hours ago
Pakistan's military has denied a claim by Abdul Qadeer Khan, the architect of the country's nuclear programme, that the army supervised a shipment of centrifuges to North Korea in 2000.
Pakistan's Military Denies it Sent Nuclear Centrifuges to North KoreaVoice of America
Offer to share ‘proof with neutrals’: Govt’s riposte to AQ Khan’s ...Pakistan Dawn The Associated Press -Xinhua -AFP -United Press International all 674 news articles - India's Singh Gains Support On Nuclear Pact With US - Wall Street Journal
- Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:28:13 GMT -
Voice of AmericaIndia's Singh Gains Support On Nuclear Pact With US
Wall Street Journal -13 hours ago
By NIRAJ SHETH NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appeared to have secured enough support to move forward with a heavily contested nuclear-cooperation pact with the US, saving his Congress Party-led coalition from the brink of possible ...
Key Indian party says US nuclear deal is in the nation's interestInternational Herald Tribune
Samajwadi Party backs Congress over N-dealDaily Times PRESS TV -New York Times -BBC News -Voice of America all 509 news articles - Sri Lankan Troops Kill 40 Tamil Tigers, Capture Rebel Base - Bloomberg
- Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:23:21 GMT - Sri Lankan Troops Kill 40 Tamil Tigers, Capture Rebel Base
Bloomberg -58 minutes ago
By Jay Shankar July 6 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lankan soldiers killed at least 40 Tamil Tigers in clashes as the military captured a rebel base in the country's north, the defense ministry said.
Sri Lanka says 20 killed in new fightingThe Associated Press
37 rebels killed N Sri LankaXinhua Voice of America -Reuters -BBC News -guardian.co.uk all 784 news articles - Pakistani agents arrest 5, say foil suicide attacks - Reuters India
- Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:30:54 GMT -
CBC.caPakistani agents arrest 5, say foil suicide attacks
Reuters India -Jul 3, 2008
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani security agents have arrested five militants who were plotting suicide attacks in revenge for an offensive against pro-Taliban militants, a security official said.
FACTBOX-Pakistan's tribal areas and militantsReuters
Pakistani forces lie low in Taliban townGlobe and Mail The Media Line -BBC News -New York Times -Washington Post all 2,253 news articles - Zambian President Remains in Stable Condition at Paris Hospital - Bloomberg
- Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:24:05 GMT - Zambian President Remains in Stable Condition at Paris Hospital
Bloomberg -14 hours ago
By Vernon Wessels July 5 (Bloomberg) -- Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who suffered a stroke June 29, remains in stable condition at a hospital near Paris, where he's being treated for hypertension, government spokesman John Musukuma said by phone ...
S African President apologizes over death statement of Zambian ...Xinhua
Ailing Zambian president to have second medical reviewAFP BBC News -AllAfrica.com -Voice of America -Reuters all 685 news articles
