PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked two cargo vessels off the coast of the oil-producing Niger Delta, killing one crew member and kidnapping 12 foreign workers, Nigerian navy officials said on Saturday.
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July 3, 2010
DR Congo tanker fire 'kills 220'
(BBC) At least 220 people are feared dead after an oil tanker explodes and sets fire to a village in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Munich Olympics massacre man dies
(BBC) The Palestinian mastermind of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre that killed 11 Israeli athletes, Mohammed Oudeh, dies.
General Petraeus in Afghanistan warns of tough mission
KABUL (Reuters) - The United States' top field commander, General David Petraeus, warned on Saturday of a tough mission ahead a day after arriving to take command of the 150,000-strong NATO-led foreign force in Afghanistan.
Shutters down in Pakistani city over shrine bombing
LAHORE (Reuters) - Shops and business centers were shut in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday to protest against suicide bombings that have raised fresh questions about Pakistan's ability to contain militant violence.
Otunbayeva sworn in as Kyrgyz interim president
BISHKEK (Reuters) - Roza Otunbayeva was sworn in as Kyrgyzstan's interim president on Saturday after guiding it through three months of revolt, ethnic violence and a referendum intended to build Central Asia's first parliamentary democracy.
Ahmadinejad calls sanctions against Iran pathetic
TEHRAN (Reuters) - The latest sanctions against Iran are pathetic, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday, warning world powers they would regret their bullying.
July 2, 2010
Tibetan environmentalist jailed for 5 years
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court sentenced a Tibetan environmentalist who organized villagers to pick up litter and plant trees to five years in jail for inciting to split the nation on Saturday, his lawyer said.
Roza Otunbayeva inaugurated as president of Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK (AFP Asia Pacific): Roza Otunbayeva was on Saturday inaugurated as president of conflict-wracked Kyrgyzstan, making her the first female leader in the history of ex-Soviet Central Asia.
Coalition stands by Equality Act
(BBC) The government presses on with Labour laws which could require bosses to disclose whether they pay women as much as men.
'Horror years'
(BBC) Why Iran's Bahai minority fears new persecution
Afghan riddle
(BBC) Pakistan weighs up its chances after McChrystal's exit
U.N. creates new body on women, gender equality
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - After years of difficult negotiations, the U.N. General Assembly voted on Friday to set up a body that will seek to improve the situation of women and girls around the world.
Storm delays oil capture vessel
(BBC) The use of a new vessel to capture oil at the Deepwater Horizon spill site in the Gulf of Mexico is delayed by tropical storm Alex.
New U.S. commander pushes faltering Afghan war effort
KABUL (Reuters) - The United States' top field commander arrived in Afghanistan on Friday to take charge of the faltering war, pledging to tackle the nine-year-old Taliban insurgency with a strategy he successfully pioneered in Iraq.
Fence-mending on agenda for Obama-Netanyahu talks
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking forward to a warmer White House welcome from President Barack Obama next week after their relationship hit a lowpoint over Jewish settlement policy.
China challenged over Urumqi riots
(BBC) Amnesty International challenges the official Chinese version of events in Xinjiang, where nearly 200 people died in ethnic clashes.
AFRICA: Help out small farmers, report urges - IRINnews.org
AFRICA: Help out small farmers, report urges IRINnews.org NAIROBI, 2 July 2010 (IRIN) - Small-holder farmers, who make up almost all of Africa's agriculture sector, need more support to reduce over-dependence on ... |
HUMAN RIGHTS: Peru's Past to Serve as Evidence in Spanish Judge's Trial
(IPS) Human rights crimes committed in Peru in the 1990s -- initially amnestied but
later tried in court -- will be presented in the trial of Spanish magistrate
Baltasar Garzón as evidence that crimes against humanity cannot be legally
pardoned.
July 1, 2010
Afghan suicide raid on US office
At least four people die when suicide bombers attack the office of a US development organisation in the Afghan province of Kunduz.
Life expectancy gap 'is widening'
(BBC) The gap between average life expectancy and that of the poorest in England is widening, a report says.
Floods hit north-east Mexico
(BBC) Hurricane Alex brings floods to north-east Mexico, paralysing the city of Monterrey, as it starts to weaken.
Arms trade in Nepal tourist area
(BBC) The central Kathmandu tourist district of Thamel becomes a centre for illegal trade in guns and small arms, police say.
'Spycraft'
(BBC) US bail hearing gives glimpse of 'espionage'
Genes predict living beyond 100
Scientists in the US have developed way of predicting how likely a person is to live beyond the age of 100.
Israel renews Shalit swap offer
Israel renews its offer to release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners if Hamas militants free captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Obama urges immigration reform
President Obama presses for US immigration policy reform in his first major speech on the issue since taking office.
Venezuela fights illegal gold camps deep in jungle
CANAIMA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuela's army has evicted thousands of people from makeshift towns in one of the world's most pristine jungles, where wildcat miners lured by high gold prices rip up the land for the precious metal.
ZIMBABWE: Conflict over diamonds - IRINnews.org
 The Zimbabwe Guardian | ZIMBABWE: Conflict over diamonds IRINnews.org JOHANNESBURG , 1 July 2010 (IRIN) - A statement by Zimbabwe's mining minister, Obert Mpofu, that the Cabinet had approved the sale of diamonds from the ... GLOBAL: The blood diamond is making a comeback |
Turkey back to talks with Israel
Israel holds its first high-level meeting with Turkey since Turkish activists were killed on an aid ship bound for Gaza.
Iran 'sent Syria advanced radar'
Iran has given Syria an advanced radar system that could threaten Israel's air supremacy in the region, a US report says.
June 30, 2010
Nepal PM quits in live TV address
(BBC) Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal announces his resignation in a televised speech.
Congo chaos
(BBC) Much to celebrate after 50 years of independent rule?
GLOBAL: The blood diamond is making a comeback - IRINnews.org
GLOBAL: The blood diamond is making a comeback IRINnews.org JOHANNESBURG, 30 June 2010 (IRIN) - Reform of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) is becoming more urgent as controversy over Zimbabwe's ... |
Israel 'to expand' flotilla probe
(BBC) Israel is ready to expand the powers of an inquiry into its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, PM Netanyahu says.
Dozens wounded in Bangladesh protests over arrests and low pay
DHAKA (Reuters) - More than 80 people were wounded across Bangladesh on Wednesday in clashes with police sparked by the arrest of three top opposition politicians charged with insulting Islam and demands by textile workers for a pay rise.
Amnesty says Cuba must end "climate of fear"
HAVANA (Reuters) - Human rights group Amnesty International urged Cuba to release political prisoners and take other measures to end what it called a "climate of fear" for government opponents, in a report issued on Wednesday.
MIDDLE EAST: New HIV report turns up some surprises - IRINnews.org
MIDDLE EAST: New HIV report turns up some surprises IRINnews.org DUBAI, 30 June 2010 (IRIN) - Statistics on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the Middle East are hard to come by but a new study launched on 28 June in the ... |
Southern Mexico hit by earthquake
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake hits the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca but no major damage is reported.
Nato base in Afghanistan attacked
The Taliban attack a Nato base in east Afghanistan a day after the US commander, Gen Petraeus, warned of escalating violence.
Bangladeshi garment protest spreads to Dhaka streets
DHAKA : At least 15,000 protesting garment factory workers blocked key roads in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka Wednesday, the latest in a string of protests over low wages and poor conditions.
Dozens of children among China landslide victims
BEIJING : Hopes of finding any survivors among nearly 100 people buried in a landslide after heavy rain in southwest China were fading Wednesday, as a report said dozens of children were among the missing.
Major NATO base in Afghanistan under attack
KABUL : Gunmen set off a car bomb and fired rocket propelled grenades at one of the biggest NATO bases in Afghanistan on Wednesday in an attack claimed by the hardline Islamist Taliban.
June 28, 2010
Taiwan, China to sign trade pact amid controversy
CHONGQING, China (AFP Asia Pacific)- Taiwan and China will sign a landmark trade pact Tuesday, a deal that could yoke the two sides closer than at any time since their split more than 60 years ago.
Greeks strike on Tuesday, test government pension reform
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek workers stage a new 24-hour strike on Tuesday that will gauge public discontent with government austerity measures, including a radical pension reform aimed at helping the country solve its huge debt crisis.
MALAYSIA: Thousands of Refugees Living in Constant Fear of Arrest
As Rajoo, 27, makes tea at a rundown shed in Brickfields, a depressed suburb of
the capital inhabited by hundreds of Tamil immigrants from Sri Lanka, he evinces
no sign of anxiety and a deep yearning for something.
Guinea vote went well despite hitches say observers
CONAKRY (Reuters) - Guinea's first free election since independence in 1958 experienced some technical problems but appeared to have gone off smoothly and won praise in nearby nations, where voters are also hungry for elections.
AFRICA: Diabetes cases to double by 2030 - IRINnews.org
AFRICA: Diabetes cases to double by 2030 IRINnews.org DAKAR, 28 June 2010 (IRIN) - Without a major breakthrough in preventing and treating diabetes, the number of cases in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to ... |
HONDURAS: The Military Still Have Veto Power
The de facto veto power that the military exercised with the toppling of president Manuel Zelaya exactly one year ago today effectively blocks any possible political or electoral reforms, experts say.
BP oil spill costs reach $2.65bn
BP says its bill for the Gulf of Mexico oil leak has reached $2.65bn (£1.76bn), after rising $300m over the last three days.
Do-little G20 summit cheers spared bankers
PARIS (Reuters) - Bankers voiced relief on Monday after world leaders abandoned a global bank levy and eased the timetable for new capital requirements at a G20 summit in Canada which posed questions about the forum's effectiveness.
Iran wants to punish West, warns of retaliation
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said Monday it intended to punish the West for imposing new sanctions by delaying talks on its nuclear plans and warned inspections of its ships in connection with the program could provoke retaliation.
Scores buried by China landslide
At least 100 people are buried or trapped by a landslide triggered by heavy rain in south-west China, state media report.
EGYPT: Focus on child labour - IRINnews.org
EGYPT: Focus on child labour IRINnews.org CAIRO, 28 June 2010 (IRIN) - Ahmed Ramadan, aged 13, works 11 hours a day in a bakery in Cairo's Kherbet Kheirala slum, where he says he works with ... |
SOMALIA: School clubs help Somaliland children overcome trauma - IRINnews.org
SOMALIA: School clubs help Somaliland children overcome trauma IRINnews.org HARGEISA, 28 June 2010 (IRIN) - When Sabah Ismail Ali, a social worker in Somalia's self-declared republic of Somaliland, first started working with ... |
June 27, 2010
Malaysian PM faces uphill task in implementation of reform pledges
KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak has set lofty targets to transform the government and the economy.
UK limits non-EU migrant numbers
A temporary limit on the number of non-EU migrants allowed into the UK is to be announced by the home secretary.
Obama presses China over N Korea
(BBC) US President Obama tells Chinese Premier Hu Jintao it must act on North Korea's alleged sinking of a South Korean ship.
Russia alarmed by CIA view of Iran's weapons
TORONTO (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday he was alarmed by U.S. assertions that Iran may have enough fuel for two nuclear weapons and warned that if confirmed the Islamic Republic may face new measures.
Burundi votes in one-choice poll
Turnout is reportedly low in Burundi, where a single candidate, President Nkurunziza, is standing in a presidential poll.
Colombia assembly leader attacked
Gunmen seriously injure the president of the assembly in the Colombian city of Medellin.
G20 agrees deficit cuts by 2013
Leaders at the G20 summit in Canada agree the richest members will halve their budget deficits within three years.
Pope hits out over Belgium raids
Pope Benedict escalates Vatican criticism of raids by Belgian police investigating alleged child sex abuse, calling them "deplorable".
Afghan war 'hard and slow' - CIA
The war in Afghanistan has been "harder and slower" than expected, CIA director Leon Panetta concedes.
PAKISTAN: Lack of assistance angers returning Bajaur IDPs - IRINnews.org
PAKISTAN: Lack of assistance angers returning Bajaur IDPs IRINnews.org PESHAWAR, 27 June 2010 (IRIN) - Thousands of people displaced by conflict in Bajaur Agency, one of seven tribal territories on the Pakistani-Afghan border, ... |
SYRIA: Drought over but crops still failing - IRINnews.org
SYRIA: Drought over but crops still failing IRINnews.org DAMASCUS, 27 June 2010 (IRIN) - More rain has signalled the end of three years of a devastating drought in Syria's north-eastern region but it is not ... |
N.Korea rejects U.N. truce talks over ship sinking
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Sunday it was ready for direct military talk with South Korea to discuss the sinking of one of Seoul's warships, but only if the armistice commission overseeing the Korean War truce does not get involved.
Jobless 'could get help to move'
Unemployed people living in council homes could get incentives to move to areas with more jobs, a minister says.
Kyrgyzstan 'backs reform plans'
Voters in Kyrgyzstan back a new constitution giving parliament more power, but Russia's president expresses concerns.
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