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Myanmar junta tightens security near Suu Kyi homeTue, 27 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Myanmar’s military rulers tightened security around the home of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Tuesday, the day her latest year-long stretch of house arrest is due to expire. |
Nearly 100 held in Chile dictatorship abuse probeMon, 26 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Nearly 100 former Chilean soldiers and secret police from Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship were ordered detained on Monday in the biggest single mass arrest for abuses during the period, judicial sources said. |
China one-child policy lifted for quake victims: reportTue, 27 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT Families who lost their only child in China’s devastating earthquake will be allowed to have another baby under clarifications made to the nation’s “one-child” policy, state press said. |
Denmark could put Canada’s Arctic ambitions on ice, expert warnsMon, 26 May 2008 05:00:00 GMT It’s Canada’s forgotten neighbour, better known as the source of Havarti cheese and puff pastries than as a nation sharing 2,000 kilometres of our coastal waters - or as a serious rival in the intensifying international competition for Arctic power and wealth. |
Sri Lanka train bombing kills at least 8Mon, 26 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT
At least seven people were killed and more than 60 injured when a bomb exploded on a train during rush hour in the Sri Lankan capital on Monday, military officials said.
Hollywood heavyweights Robert De Niro and Al Pacino reunited on the red carpet in New York Wednesday night for the premiere of their new crime thriller “Righteous Kill” — their first film together since making 1995’s “Heat.”
The movie also stars
The Pakistani Army has been given orders to retaliate against any unilateral strike by the Afghanistan-based US troops inside the country.
Army Spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas confirmed the orders in a brief interview with Geo News on late Thursday night.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says he will not accept military action or new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear activities.
“We should not take any unilateral steps. It is not acceptable to opt for a military scenario. It would be dangerous,”
As the world marks the seventh anniversary of 9/11, some European experts say security improvements in the US have been undercut by fairly basic mistakes. Among the remedies is more trust in America’s laws and allies.
Seven years after the attacks
David Miliband has allegedly come in for a rather undiplomatic tongue-lashing from his Russian counterpart.
The Foreign Secretary was apparently given a furious dressing down by Sergei Lavrov over the telephone.
Mr Miliband’s criticism of Russia’s recent incursion into Georgia is believed
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa - A South African judge ruled Friday that prosecutors were wrong to charge ANC President Jacob Zuma with corruption, effectively clearing way for the 66-year-old former freedom fighter to become the country’s next president.
Judge Chris Nicholson’s ruling
Thailand’s political turmoil deepened Friday when the ruling coalition failed to turn up to parliament to reelect leader Samak Sundaravej as prime minister.
Lawmakers from the six-party coalition did not attend an emergency session of parliament called to choose a prime minister, three days after a court stripped Samak of power for accepting payments for hosting
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