MOSCOW (Reuters) - A bomb exploded on a railway track in Russia's Dagestan province on Sunday, derailing a freight train days after suicide bombers killed 12 people in the region, Russian news agencies reported. Nobody was hurt.
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April 3, 2010
S African supremacist Terreblanche killed
South African President Jacob Zuma calls for calm after white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche is killed.
Protesters defiant in siege of key Bangkok district
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters defied orders to leave the Thai capital's main shopping district on Sunday despite threats of mass arrests, upping the ante on the fourth week of a bold street rally to press for fresh elections.
Alert over Barrier Reef oil leak
A Chinese ship sparks fears of a major oil spill in the Great Barrier Reef after running aground.
Ghost workers
(BBC) The Vietnamese labourers behind Russian factories
Fury at anti-Semitism link in abuse row
Church abuse victims and Jewish groups condemn the Pope's preacher for comparing criticism of the pontiff to anti-Semitism.
Thai protesters swarm Bangkok's main shopping district
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of protesters converged on Bangkok's shopping district on Saturday, forcing major retailers to close while accusing authorities of neglecting the poor on the 21st day of a mass rally seeking snap elections.
Two dozen killed in Baghdad attack: authorities
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed three houses in a Sunni Muslim village in southern Baghdad and killed at least 24 people including women and children, Iraqi authorities said.
April 2, 2010
Australia appoints first population minister
SYDNEY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Saturday announced Australia's first population minister, citing concerns about sustainability as the number of people is tipped to balloon within decades.
Putin signs key deals with Chavez
(BBC) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Russian PM Vladimir Putin sign a series of key deals following talks in Caracas.
Peru village mudslide 'kills 20'
(BBC) At least 20 people are killed and 25 are missing after heavy rains spark a mudslide that engulfs a village in north-east Peru.
Bissau leader bids to resolve army, government rift
BISSAU (Reuters) - Guinea-Bissau President Malam Bacai Sanha sought on Friday to resolve a dispute between his prime minister and the general who seized control of the armed forces in the latest instability to threaten the fragile state.
Turkey to send envoy back to US
(BBC) Turkey says it will send its envoy back to the US, one month after a panel voted to call killings of Armenians in World War I genocide.
Pakistan submits landmark reforms to parliament
ISLAMABAD : Pakistan on Friday submitted to parliament a sweeping package of landmark constitutional reforms, which strip President Asif Ali Zardari of key powers in a move to bolster parliamentary democracy.
Eight rebels killed, rail track blown up in Indian Kashmir
SRINAGAR : Indian troops have shot dead eight suspected militants in Kashmir, police said on Friday, as rebels blew up train tracks in the first attack on the region's railway.
SOMALIA: Human trafficking on the increase - IRINnews.org
SOMALIA: Human trafficking on the increase IRINnews.org HARGEISA, , 2 April 2010 (IRIN) - Officials in Somalia's self-declared independent state of Somaliland are concerned over a rise in human trafficking in the ... |
Sadr holds referendum on Iraq PM
(BBC) The Iraqi political grouping of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr holds its own a referendum on who should be the country's prime minister.
Thai 'Red Shirts' set for fresh mass protest
BANGKOK : Red-shirted supporters of fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra descended on Bangkok on Friday ahead of another mass weekend protest that has prompted tight security in the capital.
Hunger strikes
(BBC) Alarm about 'hungriest' place on Earth - in Sudan
April 1, 2010
Cheap and deadly, homemade bombs plague Afghan roads
KANDAHAR (Reuters) - The signature weapon of the Iraq war has established itself as the Taliban's weapon of choice in Afghanistan as well, where roadside bombs have proven to be rudimentary and cheap -- but deadly as ever.
Multiple Israeli strikes hit Gaza
Israeli warplanes carry out air strikes on the Gaza Strip, which the Israeli military says were targeting four weapons factories.
Taiwan may pay couples to have babies
TAIPEI: Taiwan said Friday the government may start paying people to have children in order to boost the island's dwindling birth rate, one of the lowest in the world.
Brazil land reform activist shot
(BBC) A Brazilian land reform activist is killed in the Amazon region amid ongoing land disputes in the area.
Bissau troops oust commander, briefly hold premier
BISSAU (Reuters) - Soldiers briefly held Guinea Bissau's prime minister on Thursday and ousted the army chief of staff in the latest military infighting to hit the West African country, which is a major drugs trafficking hub to Europe.
US bid to rescue Sudan elections
A US envoy holds crisis talks in Sudan after a boycott threatens the country's first multi-party poll in 24 years.
Africa must promote investment to develop: Blair
LONDON (Reuters) - Former British prime minister Tony Blair on Thursday added his voice to calls for African development strategies to go beyond aid, saying a predictable and transparent business environment was critical to sustainable development.
Fourteen killed in India Kashmir clashes
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Four Indian soldiers and 10 separatist guerrillas were killed in clashes in Kashmir, the highest number of people killed in firefights in 24 hours in recent months, the army said Thursday.
Six killed in Thailand's insurgency-plagued south
NARATHIWAT, Thailand (Reuters) - Suspected Islamic insurgents shot dead six Buddhist villagers in Thailand's restive south Thursday, police said, the latest attack in the troubled region bordering Malaysia.
Workaholic ICC prosecutor hunts war criminals
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A track record of championing victims' rights and a disregard for politics are hallmarks of the hard-talking International Criminal Court prosecutor who is now opening an investigation into ethnic killings in Kenya.
Conflict resolution
(BBC) Palestinian views on planned indirect negotiations
Guns for peace
(BBC) Can disarming South Sudan mean peaceful poll?
India launches new biometric census
NEW DELHI : India started counting its teeming billion-plus population on Thursday for a new census that will gather biometric data for the first time from across the vast and chaotic nation.
Risk worth taking
(BBC) The Thai labourers tilling Israeli land in range of rockets
March 31, 2010
No caning sentence for beer-drinking Malaysia woman
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia has dropped a caning sentence imposed on a woman for drinking beer, a case that has raised concerns of intolerance in the mainly Muslim country. Shukarno Mutalib, the father of the 32-year-old woman, told Reuters he had received a letter from Islamic authorities indicating the caning has been replaced by another penalty, but few details had been given.
Karzai election decree rejected
(BBC) The Afghan parliament rejects a decree that would give President Karzai more control over a key electoral watchdog.
India launches right to education
(BBC) A landmark law which makes education a fundamental right for children comes into effect in India.
ICC to investigate Kenya violence
(BBC) The International Criminal Court authorises its prosecutor to investigate the violence that followed Kenya's 2007 election.
Belgian board votes for veil ban
(BBC) A committee of Belgian MPs votes to prohibit face-covering Islamic veils, paving the way for the first such ban in Europe.
SYRIA: Undocumented, overlooked and struggling to survive - IRINnews.org
SYRIA: Undocumented, overlooked and struggling to survive IRINnews.org DAMASCUS, 31 March 2010 (IRIN) - Thousands of non-Iraqi and non-Palestinian refugees and asylum-seekers in Syria risk deportation and ill-treatment, ... |
Sorry state
(BBC) Not all Serbs support apology for Srebrenica
Call to bar Iraq election winners
(BBC) Six winning candidates in Iraq's elections should be disqualified over alleged ties to Saddam Hussein, a vetting panel says.
Thai protesters ready for fresh mass rally
BANGKOK : Thai Red Shirt protesters geared up on Wednesday for another weekend of mass rallies, ignoring Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's offer of a third round of talks to negotiate early elections.
Bomb attack kills 13 in crowded Afghan market
KABUL : A bomb blast in a crowded market in southern Afghanistan killed 13 people and wounded dozens more on Wednesday in an area at the forefront of the US-led war against the Taliban.
South Sudanese Prepare for Complex Polls
(VOA) The regional research group Rift Valley Institute describes Sudan's new electoral system as "one of the world's most complex," saying it is "hard to understand for voters, observers, and even election officials."
Muslim scholars recast jihadists' favorite fatwa
PARIS (Reuters) - Prominent Muslim scholars have recast a famous medieval fatwa on jihad, arguing the religious edict radical Islamists often cite to justify killing cannot be used in a globalized world that respects faith and civil rights.
UN Haiti pledges surpass targets
Aid pledges totalling nearly $10bn are made for earthquake-hit Haiti, exceeding the target set at a donor conference.
March 30, 2010
U.S. seeks 4-month Jerusalem building freeze: report
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama wants Israel to freeze construction in East Jerusalem for four months in exchange for an attempt to renew stalled Israeli peace talks with Palestinians, an Israeli newspaper said Wednesday.
Sharia court confirms Twitter ban
(BBC) A Sharia court in northern Nigeria permanently bans a civil rights group from debating punishment amputations on the internet.
Semenya vows to race this season
World 800m champion Caster Semenya says she will race again this season, hours after being told to wait for results of her gender-verification tests to be revealed.
Rights at issue as U.N. chief tours Central Asia
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sets off later this week on a tour of the former Soviet republics of Central Asia that is likely to be closely watched for how strongly he raises human rights issues.
Sold, raped and jailed, a girl faces Afghan justice
KABUL (Reuters) - For the shy Afghan girl who sat quietly in a detention center with a pale blue headscarf, teenage rebellion had come at a heavy price: seven years in prison.
Death for India 'honour killings'
(BBC) Five Indian men are sentenced to death for the 2007 murder of a couple who married against the wishes of village elders.
BURUNDI: "Peace" villages come with a price - IRINnews.org
BURUNDI: "Peace" villages come with a price IRINnews.org BUJUMBURA, 30 March 2010 (IRIN) - When the first "peace village" was set up in Burundi in 2003, it was meant to foster healing and reconciliation among the ... |
EU wants to block child pornography sit
(EU Observer) EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS – The EU commission on Monday (29 March) proposed that access to internet sites offering child pornography images and videos be blocked in all member states.
Zimbabwe farmers win SA property
South African authorities hand over the ownership documents of a Zimbabwe government house to white farmers.
New beginning?
(BBC) Ahmed Rashid on strategic change in US-Pakistan talks
Putin orders Moscow bombers "scraped from sewers"
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin Tuesday said the culprits behind twin suicide bombings that killed 39 people in Moscow's metro must be scraped "from the bottom of the sewers" and exposed.
Social care 'levy for everyone'
A compulsory levy should be introduced to fund a universal social care system for adults in England, Labour says.
March 29, 2010
South Sudan arrests, beats 7 opposition members: SPLM-DC
JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - South Sudanese authorities arrested and beat seven members of the only party running a candidate against the region's president in April, a senior party member said on Monday.
Suu Kyi's party says won't stand in Myanmar polls
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's biggest opposition party said on Monday it would not register for this year's election, meaning Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's party will have no role in the military-led political process.
Bombers kill at least 38 in Moscow subway
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two female suicide bombers killed at least 38 people on packed Moscow subway trains during rush hour on Monday, stirring fears of a broader campaign in Russia's heartland by Islamists from the North Caucasus.
Israel to allow clothes, shoes into blockaded Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel will allow a shipment of clothes and shoes to be delivered to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip for the first time in its almost three-year-old tight blockade of the enclave, Palestinian officials said on Monday.
DRC-UGANDA: Still afraid of the LRA - IRINnews.org
DRC-UGANDA: Still afraid of the LRA IRINnews.org NAIROBI, 29 March 2010 (IRIN) - Hundreds of thousands of people displaced by Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are ... |
Somalis march against militants
(BBC) Hundreds of Somalis stage a march in Mogadishu in only the second public protest against al-Shabab militants.
Folk medicine threat to primates
(BBC) Traditional folk medicine poses a significant and ongoing threat to the future of over 100 primate species around the world, scientists say.
Deep freeze
(BBC) Herders struggle to survive Mongolia's bitter winter
March 28, 2010
Cuban-Jubans
(BBC) Exiled as youths, the elite returns to rebuild Sudan
Chinese dissident lawyer 'alive'
(BBC) Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, missing for more than a year, tells journalists he is in northern China.
Pope signals won't be intimidated by abuse critics
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, facing one of the gravest crises of his pontificate as a sexual abuse scandal sweeps the Church, indicated on Sunday that his faith would give him the courage not to be intimidated by critics.
Thai protesters, government end talks without resolution
BANGKOK (Channel News Asia): Live televised talks between Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and anti-government protesters ended on Sunday without resolution, failing to end two weeks of street demonstrations.
HAITI: Civil society wants bigger role in reconstruction - IRINnews.org
HAITI: Civil society wants bigger role in reconstruction IRINnews.org NEW YORK , 28 March 2010 () - As the Haitian government appeals for an estimated US$11.5 billion in recovery and development funding at a UN donor ... |
YEMEN: Deep divisions over child brides - IRINnews.org
 Zimbabwe Star | YEMEN: Deep divisions over child brides IRINnews.org SANAA, 28 March 2010 (IRIN) - Hundreds of women clad in black `niqabs' demonstrated in front of parliament in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on 23 March. ... YEMEN: Child bride get's her divorce |
Netanyahu downplays US tensions
(BBC) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismisses suggestions that US President Barack Obama is a "disaster" for Israel.
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