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September 5, 2008
Lawyers fear massacre if Iranians in Iraq handed over
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States risks a Srebrenica-style massacre if its forces in Iraq hand over responsibility for more than 3,000 exiled opposition Iranians to Iraqi authorities, an international lawyers' group has said.Thai PM buys time with referendum plan
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has bought some time with a referendum aimed at defusing street protests, but it will do nothing to resolve Thailand's fundamental political conflict, analysts say.Angola views
(BBC News) From war amputees to first-time voters on historic pollSeptember 4, 2008
Moro rebels not dropping peace agenda in resolving conflict
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (GMA News TV) Despite the government’s decision to dissolve its peace negotiating panel, Moro rebels are still open to holding talks to end their century-old struggle in Mindanao.
US raid complicating Pakistani's presidential bid
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A deadly American-led raid on a Pakistani village embarrassed the government and eroded support for the pro-U.S. presidential front-runner Thursday just two days before the election.
Syria sends peace proposals to Israel
BEIRUT (IHT) President Bashar al-Assad of Syria said Thursday that his country had made specific proposals to Turkish mediators for peace with Israel.
Overfished: demise of the anchovy
(Guardian) They are plucked off pizzas and discarded from caesar salads across the country, but somebody, somewhere has been eating too many anchovies. The fish that has divided food fans for years is today named on a list of unsustainable fish and shellfish that ethical consumers should not eat.
More South Koreans flocking to Southeast Asia for English courses
KUALA LUMPUR (Channel News Asia) In the past, South Korean students went to the US, Canada and other Western countries hoping to get a better, more internationalised education. But these days, many are staying closer to home - Southeast Asia.Ukraine coalition deadlocked, no enthusiasm for poll
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine faced the prospect of an early election on Thursday after President Viktor Yushchenko's party rejected calls to rejoin the ruling coalition, but political leaders showed little enthusiasm for a snap poll.U.S. detains second Iraqi cameraman this week
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military arrested an Iraqi cameraman on Thursday, his family and employer said, two days after the detention of a freelance photographer working for the Reuters news agency.Rebels, military report heavy Sri Lanka fighting
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (IHT) Battles between government forces and ethnic Tamil separatists raged across northern Sri Lanka, with the military saying Thursday that it killed 28 rebels and the rebels claiming 11 government troops died in the fighting.
Haiti facing storm 'catastrophe'
Haiti faces a "catastrophe" after being hit by three storms in recent weeks that have killed 170 people, its president says.Thai PM plans crisis referendum
Thailand's prime minister announces plans to hold a referendum in an effort to defuse the ongoing political crisis.Zimbabwe's opposition says lost faith in talks
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's main opposition party has lost faith in power-sharing talks with President Robert Mugabe and will leave him to form a government alone rather than be forced into a deal, a party official said on Thursday.September 3, 2008
Kashmir's "children of conflict" rise in anger
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - The protesters organize with Facebook, YouTube as well as via messages from local mosques. They eschew violence, but are seething with anger.Kenya says influx of small arms source of conflicts in region
NAIROBI, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- Kenya said on Wednesday the proliferation of small arms and light weapons were the main cause of instability in the region.
Embarrassing revelations on the nuclear deal
(Rediff News) The Bush administration, through a gag order on its written responses to Congressional questions, had sought to keep the Indian public in the dark on the larger implications of the nuclear deal, lest the accord run into rougher weather. But now its 26 pages of written answers have been publicly released by a senior United States Congressman.
Angola prepares for landmark vote
(Mail & Guardian) Angolan political parties were set to wrap up an intensive election campaign on Wednesday with mass rallies as Africa's biggest oil producer prepared for its first peacetime election on Friday.
Syria pledges to help France solve Iran dispute
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Wednesday any attack on Iran would be a disaster and pledged to help find a peaceful solution to the nuclear dispute between the West and Tehran.Ukrainian coalition threatened by bickering
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko said on Wednesday the coalition government had collapsed and threatened to call a snap parliamentary election.Warming boosts strongest storms
(BBC News) As temperatures rise globally, strong storms in the tropics are getting stronger with faster winds, scientists show.Crime in Afghanistan: The Kabul police chief, the plague of kidnapping, and the meaning of fear
(Guardian) General Ali Shah Khan Paktiwal, the chief of the Kabul criminal investigation department, sits forward in his chair, stubs out a Marlboro Red and stabs the air with his finger. "Paktiwal knows no fear," he says quietly. "Paktiwal does not even know the meaning of the word fear."
Shots fired at Pakistani PM's motorcade
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Taliban gunmen fired shots at Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's motorcade near Islamabad's airport on Wednesday, but officials and police said he was not in it at the time.Cyprus rivals begin peace talks
Rival leaders of the divided island of Cyprus are meeting to launch negotiations aimed at resolving the 34-year dispute.Nuclear states mull U.S.-India deal again as clock ticks
VIENNA (Reuters) - Forty-five nations meet on Thursday to try to bridge differences over a move to lift a ban on nuclear trade with India, needed to seal a U.S.-Indian atomic deal but seen by some as a threat to non-proliferation.Levy Mwanawasa buried in Zambia
The late Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa is buried at a sombre ceremony in the capital, Lusaka.Inept response to floods outrages India
PURNEA, India (Reuters) - For several days, Urmi Mahato and her family were glued to the radio and TV, eager for information on rising floodwaters and waiting for the government to tell them whether and when to evacuate their home.September 2, 2008
Community Radio - Balm in Troubled Areas
UPI, Mindanao (IPS) Amidst the raging conflict between government forces and Muslim rebels on the island of Mindanao, the religiously mixed population in the North Cotabato region looks to a community radio station as a beacon of peace.
India's untouchables being denied flood relief, say aid agencies
(Guardian) Relief supplies in Bihar are going to the highest castes first, ignoring plight of the most desperate, according to reports.
Iranian activists celebrate victory on polygamy bill
(Gulf News) Tehran: Iranian women's rights activists on Tuesday celebrated a parliament decision to indefinitely delay a vote on a bill on families.
On alert
Aid workers battle to reach Haiti flood sufferersVenezuela rivals U.S. in Central America, Caribbean
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez has won over some of the United States' closest allies in the Caribbean and Central America with oil credits and aid that match similar efforts by Washington.Gaza strike deepens Palestinian rift: U.N. envoy
GAZA (Reuters) - An education and health dispute that has sparked a huge strike in Gaza may deepen the rift between Hamas and Fatah and harm chances of Palestinian reunification, a United Nations envoy said on Tuesday.Fathers, brother arrested for burying five Baloch women alive
DERA MURAD JAMALI (Daily Times) Naseerabad police on Monday arrested seven suspects after the government ordered an investigation into the killing of three girls and two women who were allegedly shot and buried alive around two months ago in Babakot village, 320 kilometres east of Quetta.
Lula suspends Brazil spy chiefs
(BBC News) Brazil's President Lula suspends intelligence chiefs amid allegations their agency spied on officials, politicians and judges.Amy Goodman Arrested/Released in MN
(OpEd News) Amy Goodman of Pacifica Network's Democracy Now! was arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota, while trying to free two of her producers, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar, who were unlawfully detained. Also arrested was Associated Press photographer, Matt Rourke.
Japan's Aso leads race for next prime minister
TOKYO (Reuters) - Former foreign minister Taro Aso leads the race to become Japanese prime minister, analysts and media said on Tuesday, after unpopular Yasuo Fukuda became the second leader to abruptly resign in less than a year.Thai army chief balks at protest crackdown
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai soldiers would not use force to evict protesters occupying the prime minister's office, army chief Anupong Paochinda said on Tuesday despite a state of emergency giving him the power to do so.September 1, 2008
Rage in Kashmir meets India's brute force
SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - The world's largest democracy locks up protest leaders without charge, shoots dozens of demonstrators dead, beats and intimidates ordinary citizens and raids homes without warrants.Nearly Two Million Flee Gulf Coast as Hurricane Gustav Approaches
(Democracy Now!) Nearly two million people have evacuated their homes as Hurricane Gustav heads towards the Gulf Coast. The Category 3 storm is expected to make landfall by midday today, with winds at 115 miles per hour.
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