RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday any unity government with Hamas would have to agree to a two-state solution with Israel, a demand quickly rejected by his Islamist rivals.
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February 28, 2009
US soldier guilty of Iraq murder
(BBC) A US military jury finds an army officer guilty of the murder of an Iraqi detainee during questioning last May.
Mugabe vows to seize more farms
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe marks his birthday with a vow to continue seizing land from white farmers.
Ban calls for closer Congo-U.N. collaboration
KISANGANI, Congo (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Saturday for increased collaboration between Congo and the U.N. peacekeeping mission there, which is under fire for failing to do its job.
Tibetan monk 'shot' while on fire
(BBC) A Tibetan monk is shot after setting fire to himself during a protest against Beijing's rule, reports say.
'Five rockets' fired into Israel
(BBC) Palestinian militants in Gaza reportedly fire five rockets into Israel territory but there is no indication of casualties.
Prison drama
(BBC) Lebanese inmates shame officials with play about justice
Bangladesh army reaffirms support for government
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's powerful army has reaffirmed its support for the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina after a mutiny by paramilitary troops killed at least 80 people, mostly army officers.
U.N. urges Somalis overseas to back peace process
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - The United Nations urged Somalis living abroad to condemn violent insurgents and support President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed's new administration as it meets in Mogadishu for the first time on Saturday.
February 27, 2009
Hariri to shun unity Lebanon govt if Hezbollah wins poll
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Saad al-Hariri, leader of Lebanon's anti-Syrian parliamentary majority, said on Friday his Future Movement would not share power in a unity government if pro-Syrian Hezbollah and its allies won the next election.
Sri Lanka rebels boxed in further, army says
COLOMBO (Reuters) -- Sri Lankan soldiers battled Tamil Tiger rebels house-to-house in the last town the separatist rebels control, seizing more territory and pushing them closer to a final standoff, the military said on Friday.
Independent observers allege abuse of Cyclone Nargis victims
BANGKOK : Independent observers are claiming that victims of Cyclone Nargis have suffered human rights abuse at the hands of the Myanmar government.
Bangladesh troops find mass grave
(BBC) Troops searching the site of a mutiny in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, find a grave thought to contain 58 bodies.
US increases stake in Citigroup
(BBC) Citigroup agrees a deal which sees the US government increase its stake in the ailing bank from 8% to 40%.
Asean seals regional trade pact
(BBC) South East Asia's governments sign a free-trade deal with Australia and New Zealand at the Asean summit in Thailand.
DRC: The long journey home to Rwanda - IRINnews.org
DRC: The long journey home to Rwanda IRINnews.org, NY GOMA, 27 February 2009 (IRIN) - Ivone Mukunakoze fled the Rwandan genocide in 1994 expecting a better life in the Democratic Republic of Congo; instead, she spent years on the run as rampaging militias terrorised areas of eastern DRC. ... |
February 26, 2009
Angry young men
(BBC) Are Gaza's youths ready recruits for the militant groups?
Bangladesh mutineers 'arrested'
(BBC) Officials in Bangladesh say nearly 200 members of the border security force have been arrested after a two-day mutiny.
Afghans protest against foreign troops
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Six people were hurt when Afghan police opened fire on demonstrators who claimed U.S. troops had desecrated a Koran during a raid on a mosque.
China told to end Tiananmen taboo
(BBC) Mothers whose children were killed in Tiananmen Square in 1989 urge China's leaders to investigate their deaths.
Stanford official arrested by FBI
(BBC) The FBI arrests a senior official at the troubled Stanford Financial Group as part of a fraud investigation.
Brazil priest suspended for views
(BBC) A Roman Catholic priest in Brazil who defended the use of contraceptives and the rights of homosexuals is suspended by his local archbishop.
China's giant water scheme opens torrent of discontent
XICHUAN, China (Reuters) - China's vast scheme to channel southern rivers to its parched north faces potentially explosive defiance at a dam where bitter memories and an unsure future are driving farmers to protest the nation-spanning feat.
US lifts ban on war dead photos
(BBC) The US defence department ends a ban on news photos of the coffins of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Iran slams Obama government at U.N.
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran went on the offensive against the Obama administration on Thursday, accusing Washington's new U.N. ambassador of making the "same tired" accusations against Iran as the Bush administration.
Earliest 'human footprints' found
(BBC) 1.5 million-year-old footprints found in Kenya indicate modern foot shape and walking style had already developed by that time.
Israeli rivals divided over Palestinian state
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Differences over Palestinian statehood are likely to scupper Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to forge a broad government with his main rival, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, an official from his Likud party said Thursday.
Britain admits rendition of prisoners from Iraq
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's defense minister made an unusual public apology on Thursday, admitting Britain had taken part in the "rendition" of suspects detained in Iraq after denying it for years.
IAEA urged to impose "special" inspection on Syria
VIENNA (Reuters) - Non-proliferation advocates urged the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Thursday to seek a rare, mandatory "special" inspection in Syria after it refused to give voluntary access to resolve allegations of covert atomic activity.
Thousands protest in Pakistan over Sharif ruling
LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of former Pakistan premier Nawaz Sharif protested on Thursday, a day after a court ruling to exclude him and his brother from elected office raised fears of renewed political turmoil.
Kosovo trial clears former Serbian leader
(BBC) A UN court clears Serbian ex-President Milan Milutinovic of war crimes in Kosovo but convicts five top officials.
Taliban say want peace with Afghans, NATO troops out
KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban are willing to work with all Afghan groups to achieve peace, but the problems of Afghanistan can only be solved if foreign troops withdraw from the country, a senior insurgent leader said.
Overseas demand for Filipino workers remains strong despite financial crisis
MANILA: Overseas demand for Filipino workers appears to be strong, despite the global financial crisis. Officials say there are 400,000 jobs in various countries, waiting to be filled by Filipinos.
February 25, 2009
Pakistan urges rethinking of U.S. drone attacks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan wants the United States to rethink its use of drones to attack militant targets and has asked Washington to transfer the pilotless aircraft to Islamabad, the country's foreign minister said on Wednesday.
Australia seeks to cut animal gas emissions
SYDNEY: The Australian government has announced a multi-million-dollar investment in research on reducing gas emissions from farm animals as part of the fight against global warming.
Call for Stanford 'land seizure'
(BBC) The government of Antigua and Barbuda calls for the takeover of land and assets owned by Sir Allen Stanford.
Mexico to send more troops to besieged city
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico is sending up to 5,000 new troops and federal police to the country's most violent city, where law and order is on the brink of collapse in a war between gangs supplying drugs to the United States.
Rapid HIV evolution avoids attack
(BBC) HIV is evolving rapidly to escape the human immune system, an international study has shown.
Graduates' grief
(BBC) A good education rarely leads to a job in Morocco
Downturn to cost billions in aid to world's poor
LONDON (Reuters) - The cost to aid budgets of the world economic downturn is headed for billions of dollars, slashing assistance to the world's poorest people just as it becomes harder for them to make money for themselves.
Peace negotiators urge change of attitude on Hamas
LONDON (Reuters) - The United States and Israel must change policy toward Hamas and engage the Palestinian militant group if progress is to be made on peace in the Middle East, a group of former peace negotiators said on Thursday.
"Die with us" rebels tell Sri Lanka's refugees
VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - The Tamil Tigers gave V. Rasamalar no choice in how she would die -- the separatist rebels told her she would die alongside them in Sri Lanka's war zone.
Bangladesh guard mutiny 'spreads'
The mutiny by paramilitary troops in Bangladesh is spreading to towns outside the capital, Dhaka, reports say.
US cracks down on Mexico cartels
(BBC) Federal agents have arrested some 750 people in a crackdown on Mexican drug cartels, the US attorney general says.
Iran denies nuclear slowdown, sets big expansion
BUSHEHR, Iran (Reuters) - Iran said on Wednesday it plans a nearly 10-fold expansion of its uranium enrichment capacity in the next five years, denying a U.N. report which said its nuclear activities had slowed.
S Leone trio guilty of war crimes
(BBC) An international tribunal finds three Sierra Leone rebel commanders guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Rwandan troops leave Congo, stoking reprisal fears
GOMA, Congo (Reuters) - Rwandan troops began withdrawing from Congo on Wednesday, stoking fears that Rwandan Hutu rebels will step up reprisals against civilians and retake ground they lost during a month-long offensive against them.
Turkish airliner crashes at Amsterdam airport, 9 dead
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Turkish Airlines plane with 134 passengers and crew aboard crashed in light fog while trying to land at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday, killing nine people and injuring dozens.
Estonian spy sold Nato secrets
(BBC) A former Estonian defence ministry official found guilty of selling Nato secrets to Russia is jailed after a secret trial.
Kenya police 'ran death squads'
(BBC) A UN investigator urges the removal of Kenya's police chief and attorney general over a wave of alleged extrajudicial killings.
Detainees split Zimbabwe cabinet
(BBC) Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says the country's attorney general is blocking the release of political detainees.
India charges 38 people over Mumbai attacks
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Police charged the man they say is the lone surviving gunman in last year's Mumbai attacks with "waging war" against India and included two Pakistani soldiers among 37 others charged on Wednesday, government officials said.
Long hours link to dementia risk
(BBC) Long working hours may raise the risk of mental decline and possibly dementia, research suggests.
Border guard mutiny in Bangladesh
(BBC) A mutiny is going on at the HQ of the border guard in the Bangladesh capital, with one person reported killed.
February 24, 2009
More crews head to Victoria fires
(BBC) Scores more firefighters are drafted in to battle bushfires in Australia, ahead of hot weather at the weekend.
Call for Guatemala war justice
(BBC) Amnesty International calls on the Guatemalan authorities to do more to secure justice for victims of its civil war.
'Not giving up'
(BBC) Zimbabwe farmer's wife standing up to the land invaders
Afghanistan, Pakistan declare new trust in U.S. talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Wary neighbors Pakistan and Afghanistan have achieved a "new environment" of trust that will help them fight cross-border Islamist militants, Pakistan's foreign minister said on Tuesday.
In Asia, suicides rise due to financial crisis
HONG KONG/SEOUL (Reuters) - Chan Kiu-hung thought about committing suicide when she discovered that her retirement nest egg had been lost with the collapse of Lehman Brothers.
Zimbabwe teachers to end strike
(BBC) Teachers in Zimbabwe agree to end a year-long strike after the government promises to review salaries.
DNA identifies Peruvian victims
(BBC) DNA is used for the first time to identify victims of Peru's civil conflict in the 1980s and 1990s, investigators say.
Spain makes Guantanamo offer
(BBC) Spain agrees "in principle" to take some inmates released from the US camp at Guantanamo, which is due to close within a year.
Dalai Lama sees China crackdown in Tibet New Year
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama urged his countrymen on Tuesday not to be provoked by any Chinese military crackdown coinciding with the Tibetan New Year this week.
UK government refuses to publish pre-Iraq war discussion
LONDON (Reuters) - The British government refused on Tuesday to publish records of cabinet discussions on the legality of invading Iraq in 2003, despite a tribunal ruling in January that it should release them.
Yemen court sentences 3 militants to 7 years jail
SANAA (Reuters) - A Yemeni court sentenced three Islamic militants to seven years in jail each for planning attacks on Western tourists as well as foreign and government targets.
Nazi row bishop leaves Argentina
A British Catholic bishop embroiled in a Holocaust denial row flies out of Argentina after being told to leave the country.
US recession 'may last into 2010'
(BBC) Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke warns Congress that the US recession may last beyond the end of the year.
Fighting kills at least 13 in Somali capital
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - At least 13 people were killed and scores wounded in the Somali capital Tuesday as Islamist rebels battled police and African Union peacekeepers throughout the day.
Italy and France pen nuclear deal
(BBC) Italy and France sign a nuclear co-operation agreement in Rome to revive nuclear power in Italy.
Lack of funds may mean Liberia's Taylor freed: prosecutor
DAKAR (Reuters) - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor may walk free because the global financial crisis has cut donations to the court trying him for war crimes committed in neighboring Sierra Leone, its chief prosecutor said.
Thaksin supporters demand new elections
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters marched on Thailand's seat of government on Tuesday to demand that Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva step down, adding to his troubles as the economy slides into recession.
February 23, 2009
AFRICA: Climate change and conflicts
JOHANNESBURG (IRIN) - Karamoja, a semi-arid region in northeast Uganda, is in crisis: a potent mix of the impact of climate change - 14 droughts in 25 years - border conflicts, armed cattle-raids, and difficult development and sustainability issues are the main features, delegates at a recent conference on Climate Change and Security in Africa learned.
Israel & Hamas 'guilty of war crimes'
(BBC) Israel and Hamas have both rejected criticism from Amnesty International of their conduct during the Gaza conflict.
New Zealand extends Afghan troop deployment
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand has extended the duration of its troop deployment in Afghanistan for another year until September 2010, Prime Minister John Key said on Tuesday.
Khmer Rouge 'First Lady' says too weak to make plea
PHNOM PENH: The former Khmer Rouge "First Lady" said she was too frail to make a plea as she appeared before Cambodia's UN-backed genocide court on Tuesday after her husband had been rushed to hospital.
Wary Tibetans set for muted New Year celebrations
TAGONG, China (Reuters) - Chinese police have discovered explosives under a bridge in restive Tibet, sources said on Tuesday, as ethnic Tibetan villages high in the grasslands of western China faced a tense traditional New Year.
North Korea says preparing rocket launch
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Tuesday it was preparing to launch a satellite on one of its rockets, which analysts have said would actually be the test-firing of a long-range missile designed to strike U.S. territory.
U.S. wants decades in prison for Syrian arms dealer
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors asked a judge on Monday to sentence a Syrian arms dealer convicted of conspiring to sell weapons worth $1 million to Colombian rebels to decades in prison.
In the north, Afghans fight hunger, not the Taliban
SANG-I-KHEL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The United States' decision to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan will mean little to the people of northern Sang-i-Khel village whose fight is not against Taliban insurgents but against hunger.
Freed UK detainee 'happy to be home'
British resident Binyam Mohamed, who was held at Guantanamo Bay for more than four years, says he is grateful to be back in the UK.
U.S. plans $900 million pledge for Gaza-official
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to pledge more than $900 million to help rebuild Gaza after Israel's invasion and strengthen the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, a U.S. official said on Monday.
Court to issue Bashir warrant ruling on March 4
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court is expected to announce next month it will issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur.
Pakistan Taliban declare ceasefire in tribal area
KHAR, Pakistan: A deputy to Pakistan's top Taliban commander on Monday declared a unilateral ceasefire in a northwest district where massive government offensives have pounded insurgents for months.
Scores of Zimbabwe farms 'seized'
(BBC) Scores of white-owned farms in Zimbabwe have been invaded since the unity government took office, says a union chief.
Child prostitutes rescued in US
(BBC) US authorities rescue nearly 50 teenage prostitutes in a nationwide operation against the trafficking of children for sex.
Somalia's Shabaab vows more attacks on African troops
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somalia's hardline Islamist insurgent group al Shabaab pledged Monday to launch more attacks on African Union peacekeepers after the deadliest strike yet killed at least 11 soldiers from Burundi.
Colombian wiretap scandal grows
(BBC) The entire high command of Colombia's secret police is asked to resign by its director over a wiretap investigation.
Pakistan arms civilians to fight against militants
ISLAMABAD (Xinhua) -- Pakistan has distributed 30,000 rifles among civilians in its northwestern villages to help fight against local militants, local newspaper reported Monday.
February 22, 2009
Sri Lanka Tiger rebels say would accept ceasefire
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Tamil Tiger rebels told the U.N. and international community on Monday that they are willing to accept a ceasefire with the Sri Lankan government, as Asia's longest-running civil war may be nearing an end.
North Korea deploys new mid-range missile: South
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea, which has warned the Korean peninsula is on the brink of war, has deployed new missiles to hit more parts of Asia and improved its ability to attack the South, a South Korean defense paper said on Monday.
Israel-Hamas arms embargo urged
Human rights group Amnesty International calls for a freeze on arms sales to Israel and Palestinian groups like Hamas.
Residents flee threat of Australian wildfires
MELBOURNE: Residents fled their homes in Australia's fire-devastated Victoria state Monday as authorities predicted a resurgence of the blazes that killed more than 200 people earlier this month.
Child abuse 'alters stress gene'
(BBC) Abuse in early childhood permanently alters how the brain responds to stress, a Canadian study suggests.
Tourists hit by Cairo bomb blast
A bomb explosion in central Cairo kills a French tourist and injures more than 20 other people, mostly foreign tourists.
Insurgents kill 11 peacekeepers in Somalia
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist insurgents killed 11 Burundi soldiers in Somalia's capital Mogadishu on Sunday in the deadliest attack on an African Union peacekeeping force.
Netanyahu says can work with Obama for peace
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's hawkish Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Sunday to cooperate with the Obama administration on Middle East peace.
It's an ill wind...
Miami cobblers benefit from economic gloom
EU heads back financial clampdown
Leaders of Europe's biggest economies agree on the need to regulate all financial markets, including hedge funds.
IRAQ: NGOs call for a new strategy for displaced people - IRINnews.org
IRAQ: NGOs call for a new strategy for displaced people IRINnews.org, NY BAGHDAD, 22 February 2009 (IRIN) - As Iraq observes the third anniversary of the bombing of a revered Shia shrine in the northern city of Samarra that set off nationwide sectarian violence and led to major displacement, the challenges of meeting the ... |
Amid the hunger, a feast for Mugabe
(Times) ZIMBABWE began a week of lavish celebrations yesterday to mark the 85th birthday of President Robert Mugabe, Africa’s oldest leader, with a party at a luxury hotel in the capital.
Clinton wraps up Asia trip by asking China to buy US debt
BEIJING : US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Sunday urged China to keep buying US debt as she wrapped up her first overseas trip, during which she agreed to work closely with Beijing on the financial crisis.
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