Category: World

Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk (AP)

By admin, 29-11-2009

A Saudi police officer monitors screens connected to cameras set up at all the holy places in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009. The annual Islamic pilgrimage draws 3 million visitors each year, making it the largest yearly gathering of people in the world (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)AP - Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing the devil Saturday — the hajj ritual of highest concern to world health authorities watching for an outbreak of swine flu.



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Bangladesh ferry toll at 37, may surge: police (AFP)

By admin, 29-11-2009

A woman is rescued from a capsized ferry in the remote coastal village of Bhola, some 255 kms south of Dhaka. Rescue workers have struggled to find survivors after dozens died when vessels overloaded with people returning home to celebrate a Muslim holiday capsized.(AFP)AFP - Bangladeshi rescue workers on Sunday pulled more bodies from a capsized ferry as police said at least 37 people had died and warned that “scores” more corpses remained in the vessel.



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Obama administration closely monitoring Dubai debt outlook (McClatchy Newspapers)

By admin, 29-11-2009

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON_ The Obama administration said Friday that it was monitoring developments in a looming debt default by the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai, whose efforts to fend off creditors sent stocks skidding in the United States and around the globe amid fears of new bank losses.


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IAEA votes to censure Iran nuclear program (The Christian Science Monitor)

By admin, 29-11-2009

The Christian Science Monitor - • A daily summary of global reports on security issues .


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Brazil Bank Funds Destructive Projects, Say Activists (OneWorld.net)

By admin, 29-11-2009

OneWorld.net - RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 26 (IPS) - Public money in
Brazil is being used by the state development bank to finance
deforestation projects and others that trample rights, concentrate
wealth, and encourage “imperialist” expansion of large national
companies, according to activists at a three-day meeting in this
southeastern city.


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How a little town in Peru is becoming a hotspot (Time.com)

By admin, 27-11-2009

Time.com - The name of the place was, if anything, a synonym for bad luck but now it ison the trade highway between Peru and Brazil, between the Pacific and theAtlantic


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Palestinians urge US to raise pressure on Israel (AP)

By admin, 27-11-2009

A site of a new housing development is seen in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Maaleh Adumim, near Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. Israel on Wednesday proposed a 10-month halt to new construction in West Bank settlements as a step toward restarting Mideast peace negotiations. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - Palestinians appealed to the United States on Thursday to raise pressure on Israel, saying an Israeli plan to halt new construction in the West Bank was insincere.



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Afghanistan war: Why helicopters are critical to US and NATO forces (The Christian Science Monitor)

By admin, 27-11-2009

The Christian Science Monitor - In one of the worst chapters of their casualty-marred deployment in Afghanistan, Canadian forces earlier this year lost 10 soldiers in 90 days to improvised bombs on one stretch of highway in Kandahar province.


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Shock over Obama Decision to Reject Landmine Ban (OneWorld.net)

By admin, 27-11-2009

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (OneWorld.net) - The Obama administration announced yesterday that it would not be joining a treaty signed by 158 other countries to ban landmines. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the decision “lacks vision, compassion, and basic common sense.”


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Man linked to Madeleine McCann search arrested: report (AFP)

By admin, 25-11-2009

Everton captain Tim Cahill (3rd L) sports a T-shirt with a picture of Madeleine McCann during a training session in October. A private detective, who allegedly disappeared after being paid to search for Madeleine McCann, and is wanted in the United States, was arrested in England, reports said Wednesday(AFP/File/Francisco Leong)AFP - A private detective, who allegedly disappeared after being paid to search for Madeleine McCann, and is wanted in the United States, was arrested in England, reports said Wednesday.



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Government to finance DR Congo despite hitch (Reuters)

By admin, 25-11-2009

Reuters - The Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday accused Canada of holding up progress toward rescheduling its foreign debt but Ottawa said it was now prepared to provide the needed financing assurances.


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Philippines massacre: State of emergency declared, but will Arroyo pursue justice? (The Christian Science Monitor)

By admin, 25-11-2009

The Christian Science Monitor - Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a state of emergency for parts of the southern island of Mindanao on Tuesday, after a political massacre there left at least 46 people dead.


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