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Israel continues starvation of Gazans despite UN pleas
Knoxville 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
Knoxville 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
Knoxville 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
Knoxville 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.
Obama considers security adviser
IOL
Retired Marine general James Jones emerged as a leading contender for White House national security adviser as US President-elect Barack Obama worked on Thursday to assemble his foreign policy team. ...
Zimbabwe refuses Annan group visa
BBC
Former UN head Kofi Annan and the former US president Jimmy Carter have cancelled a planned trip to Zimbabwe. They said the government had not granted them visas, making their two-day visit, with...
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...
ETA chief charged in France
IOL
Paris - The alleged military leader of the Basque separatist group ETA, Miguel de Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina, has been charged with terrorist offences and remanded in custody, a judicial 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...
Obama set to tap Clinton
Philadelphia Daily News
President-elect Barack Obama appears intent on naming an experienced and centrist foreign policy team, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state and retired Marine Gen....
Volcano Erupts in south Colombia
IOL
Bogota - Colombia's highest active volcano erupted late on Thursday, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of nearby settlers, the government and the Institute of Geology and Mining (Ingeominas) said. ...
Muslims declare fatwa on yoga
The Australian
A TOP Islamic council in mostly Muslim Malaysia has told Muslims to avoid yoga because it uses Hindu prayers and encourages a union with God that is blasphemous.
Shoplifting ring broken up in Camden
Philadelphia Daily News
Authorities said yesterday that they had busted a major shoplifting ring that operated out of six Camden bodegas and used drug addicts as hired thieves to deliver millions of dollars' worth of stolen...
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...
Palin Interviewed As Turkeys Killed
CBS News
... at Triple D Farm & Hatchery outside Wasilla...
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...
Pirates Warn Against Armed Attack
Sky News
Somalian coastal village and pirate stronghold of Harardhere, off which the ship is anchored. Abdiyare Moalim said: "I hope the owner of the tanker is wise enough and won't allow any military option...
The haredi house at war
Jerusalem Post
The Ashkenazi haredi political establishment is undergoing a major shakeup. Normally a bastion of stability and unity, haredi politics has abruptly been engulfed in a period of uncertainty and...
Ex-ruling party wins landslide in Guinea-Bissau
Reuters
Guinea-Bissau's former ruling party won a clear majority in last weekend's parliamentary election, seeing off a new formation allied to President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira...
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...
21 monthsdlater, beaten teacher still recovering
Philadelphia Daily News
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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...
Federal bankruptcy judge OKs Boscov
Philadelphia Daily News
A federal bankruptcy judge approved the sale of the Boscov's department store chain yesterday to Albert R. Boscov in a $305 million deal that is expected to result in the ouster of...

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