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Mexico looks for "dirty war" graves on army base
ATOYAC DE ALVAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Forensics experts began digging for secret graves on an army base in southwestern Mexico this week to find proof of government atrocities during the country's 1970s 'dirty war.'
8 Jul 2008 at 6:23pm
Chile police clash with student protestors
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Hundreds of Chilean students and teachers fought riot police armed with tear gas and water cannons in the capital on Tuesday, the latest protest against an unpopular education reform bill.
8 Jul 2008 at 5:39pm
U.S., Czechs missile deal upsets Moscow
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The United States signed a pact on Tuesday to build part of a U.S. missile defense shield in the Czech Republic, prompting neighboring Russia to warn it will react with military means if the shield is deployed.
8 Jul 2008 at 4:02pm
Plunging truck kills dozens in Bolivia
LA PAZ (Reuters) - At least 46 people died in Bolivia on Tuesday when a truck loaded with goods and peasants lurched off a mountainous highway and fell nearly 1,000 feet , local media reported.
8 Jul 2008 at 7:08pm
Nazi hunters seek to smoke out "Dr Death" in Chile
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Nazi hunters are hoping to flush out the most notorious member of the Third Reich still believed to be alive, Aribert Heim, known as "Dr Death", in southern Chile -- with an advertising campaign.
8 Jul 2008 at 7:07pm
Iran says will hit Tel Aviv and U.S. ships if attacked
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will hit Tel Aviv, U.S. shipping in the Gulf and American interests around the world if it is attacked over its disputed nuclear activities, an aide to Iran's Supreme Leader was quoted as saying on Tuesday.
8 Jul 2008 at 12:43pm
Violence mars Russia-Georgia talks before Rice trip
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Bombings and gun battles in two breakaway regions of Georgia are threatening efforts to ease a standoff between Tbilisi and Moscow, hours before U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits the Georgian capital.
8 Jul 2008 at 5:31pm
Iraq insists on U.S. withdrawal timetable
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq will not accept any security agreement with the United States unless it includes dates for the withdrawal of foreign forces, the government's national security adviser said on Tuesday.
8 Jul 2008 at 5:36pm
Magnitude 6.2 quake rattles southern Peru
AREQUIPA, Peru (Reuters) - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook southern Peru early on Tuesday, killing at least one person in the Andean country's second-largest city, Arequipa, and damaging scores of homes.
8 Jul 2008 at 4:42pm
G8 to impose sanctions on Mugabe circle
HARARE (Reuters) - The Group of Eight rich nations agreed on Tuesday to impose sanctions against Zimbabwe's leadership because of violence during the widely condemned re-election of President Robert Mugabe.
8 Jul 2008 at 5:24pm
OneWorld Today's News
Mortgage Crisis Hits 2 Million U.S. Children
NEW YORK, Jul 8 (OneWorld) - Children's advocates say the impacts of
the housing and foreclosure crisis are being felt in K-12 classrooms
and communities across the country.
OneWorld US
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8 Jul 2008 at 4:00pm
Local Products or Fair Trade?
Although "simple solutions and slogans" draw consumers to Fair Trade and Buy Local products, they gloss over complex issues and pit two movements with the same goal -- to empower small farmers -- against each other, says food rights activist Phyllis Robinson.
Grassroots International
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by jallen
8 Jul 2008 at 3:55pm
The Love Factory
A condom factory in Brazil's Amazon region is empowering local workers, harnessing natural resources, and providing the government with a local source of condoms -- which they distribute for free -- as part of an initiative to prevent HIV/AIDS and promote the value of the rainforest.
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by jallen
8 Jul 2008 at 2:52pm
Bloggers Decry Syrian Prison 'Massacre'
Syrian bloggers discuss the riots that erupted last week at a
military prison in west Damascus, during which police killed and
wounded dozens of unarmed detainees who were protesting poor prison
conditions.
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by jallen
8 Jul 2008 at 2:51pm
Iran 'Must Stop Youth Executions'
A coalition of 24 international human rights groups called on Iran today to stop imposing the death penalty on juvenile offenders and commute the death sentences of four youths set to be executed this month.
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by jallen
8 Jul 2008 at 1:21pm
China Cracks Down on Foreign Media
Foreign journalists, who have been the only source of objective reporting in China, are now facing increasing restrictions, threats, and harassment by the government leading up to the Olympic games, says a new Human Rights Watch report.
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by jallen
8 Jul 2008 at 9:19am
Native Americans Embrace Green Housing
Members of the Lakota tribe in South Dakota are turning to natural materials, such as straw for insulation, and solar energy to build more economical and environmentally friendly homes to solve the housing crisis on their reservation.
Worldwatch Institute
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by jallen
8 Jul 2008 at 9:05am
A Blueprint for Disaster Reduction
The emergency response
systems of Vietnamese communities -- developed to deal with frequent natural
disasters -- provide a compelling blueprint for global efforts to deal with climate
change and global poverty, writes humanitarian policy analyst Amelia Bookstein
Kyazze.
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by jallen
8 Jul 2008 at 12:01am
G8 Leadership Questioned by Civil Society Leaders
WASHINGTON, Jul 7 (OneWorld) - A powerful coalition of civil society
groups is demanding that world leaders gathered for the G8 meeting Jul.
7-9 in Japan urgently address such key issues as hunger, climate
change, and energy.
OneWorld US
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by jallen
7 Jul 2008 at 8:59pm
Global Warming, What's in a Name?
The term "global warming" obscures the fact that rising temperatures
will have a host of effects on the Earth, from desertification to the
release of methane gas. Perhaps the moniker "global disruption" would be more apt, says Citizens for Global
Solutions.
Citizens for Global Solutions
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by jallen
7 Jul 2008 at 5:11pm
The Scotsman
Iran threatens to set Israel ablaze as fears grow of US-backed war
IRAN has issued a strident warning that it would "set on fire" Israel and target the US navy in the Persian Gulf as its first response to any American attack over i
8 Jul 2008 at 7:00pm
Blame shifts in murder case that reopens Kenya wounds
FOR two years the Right Honourable Thomas Cholmondeley has bedded down with hardened criminals, cockroaches and rats in a Kenyan prison, waiting for an opportunity to defend h
8 Jul 2008 at 7:00pm
Can Carla prove she is first lady of song?
SHE has charmed the Queen, captivated Israel, impressed the US president and won over the hardest sell of all ? the French.
8 Jul 2008 at 7:00pm
Prince Harry mixes in to help Aids orphans
RED-FACED with exertion, Lieutenant Wales helps push wheelbarrows full of cement to build a wheelchair ramp for a school for disabled children.
8 Jul 2008 at 7:00pm
Foreign briefing
A STATEMENT often made by Israeli spokesmen is that there is no moral equivalence between the Israel Defence Force and its Palestinian enemies because the IDF never targets ci
8 Jul 2008 at 7:00pm
Will this be world's first smoke-free nation?
HEALTH officials want to make the tiny South Pacific island of Niue the first country in the world to be fully smoke-free.
8 Jul 2008 at 7:00pm
Brandenburg Gate may welcome Obama
RONALD Reagan did it. Bill Clinton did it. Now Barack Obama wants to join the exclusive band of notable Americans who have addressed the German public standing before the ico
8 Jul 2008 at 7:00pm
Divorce court is told model must examine taste in men
A PSYCHIATRIST yesterday told a court that model Christie Brinkley needs to examine her taste in men, adding her cheating husband is a narcissist with a "bottomless ego
8 Jul 2008 at 7:00pm
Pilot killed as copter hits powerlines
A SCOTTISH pilot died instantly when his helicopter struck power lines and burst into flames.
8 Jul 2008 at 7:00pm
Minister accused of bad language
ISRAEL'S education minister was accused yesterday of calling her predecessor a "piece of crap" in parliament.
8 Jul 2008 at 7:00pm
Judge to question Fritzl's daughter
JOSEF Fritzl's daughter, Elizabeth, who is reported to have had seven children by him while she was held prisoner in the basement of their Austrian home for 24 years, wil
8 Jul 2008 at 7:00pm
Russia warns of military response
RUSSIA will be forced to make a military response if a US-Czech missile defence agreement is ratified, its foreign ministry said last night.
8 Jul 2008 at 7:00pm
Swiss to vote on minaret building
SWITZERLAND will hold a nationwide referendum on whether to ban the construction of minarets, from which Muslims issue the call to prayer.
8 Jul 2008 at 7:00pm
Immigrants jailed for German attack
A TURKISH man and a Greek youth were jailed for the attempted murder of a retired German teacher in Munich after a brutal attack.
8 Jul 2008 at 7:00pm
Mann jailed for 34 years over failed coup plot on oil-rich African state
SIMON Mann, a British mercenary, was last night sentenced to 34 years and four months in prison by a court in Equatorial Guinea for his role in a failed 2004 coup plot in th
7 Jul 2008 at 7:00pm
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