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Commission wants to rein in warmongering US presidents
Afghanistan News.Net
Two former U.S. Secretaries of State are recommending that the United States change its procedures for deciding to go to war.
Condoleezza Rice signs missile deal
Afghanistan News.Net
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has signed a landmark missile defence deal with the Czech Republic.
Shopping mall in West Bank taken over by troops
Afghanistan News.Net
Israeli troops have stormed a shopping mall in the West Bank city of Nablus, after claiming the centre had been frequented by Hamas members.
UK lawyers suspicious of anonymous evidence
Afghanistan News.Net
UK lawyers have warned about the broadly based plans to allow anonymous evidence in court cases.
US and Britain meet resistance over Zimbabwe
Afghanistan News.Net
The US and Britain met strong resistance from within the UN Security Council on Tuesday over proceeding with their proposals to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe and President Robert Mugabe.
Obama refuses to accept flip-flop description
Afghanistan News.Net
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has rejected charges that he has shifted positions on Iraq and other issues.
Police close boxer
New Zealand Herald
Police have closed an investigation without making an arrest into WBC and WBO middleweight boxing champion Kelly Pavlik's complaint that a former sponsor threatened to shoot his...
Rwanda genocide suspect arrested in Europe
Afghanistan News.Net
A genocide suspect from the Rwanda uprising in 1994 has been arrested in Germany.
Tibetans get out of Nepalese jail
Afghanistan News.Net
Three senior Tibetan refugee officials, recently arrested in Kathmandu, have been ordered to be released.
Talks to resume between party leaders in Zimbabwe
Afghanistan News.Net
President Robert Mugabe's ruling party and Zimbabwe's Opposition are set to resume talks to resolve the country's political crisis.
G8 accused of
The Independent
Leaders of the world's richest nations have kept alive hope of a global agreement to combat climate change by agreeing to cut their carbon emissions by at least 50 per cent by 2050. ...
Israeli army shuts down Palestinian mall
Afghanistan News.Net
A shopping mall housing more than seventy stores has been closed by the Israeli army.
Howard takes a swipe at Rudd
New Zealand Herald
Former prime minister John Howard has taken a swipe at his successor Kevin Rudd, eight months after Mr Rudd led Labor to victory for the first time in more than a decade.Mr Howard, who has kept a low...
No charges planned in death of woman ignored in L.A. hospital
C News
Los Angeles prosecutors say they won't file criminal charges against the medical staff of a hospital where a woman died after being ignored while screaming in pain. A newly issued...
Iraq needs time to stabilize after fight
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Even in the chin-high piles of roadside rubble, the crumbled cinderblock and the eerily empty streets of this neighborhood in western Mosul, America's top military...
US Congress wants to keep shark fins out of restaurant soups
New Zealand Herald
The US House of Representatives took steps Tuesday to keep shark fins out of soups served in pricey Asian restaurants.In a voice vote, the House tightened a 2000 law that bans the...
Iraq wants U.S. withdrawal deadline
CNN
Iraqi government spokesman: Any U.S.-Iraq security deal needs withdrawal deadline Al-Dabbagh: Pullout within five years possible, but timetable depends on conditions State Department spokesman:...
Fed to curb shady home-lending practices
New York Post
To prevent a repeat of the current mortgage mess, Bernanke said the Fed will adopt rules cracking down on a range of shady lending practices that have burned many of the nation's riskiest "subprime"...
Key ministers to discuss regenerated Hezbollah, Syria front
Haaretz
The diplomatic-security cabinet will meet Wednesday to discuss the situation on the northern border, with an emphasis on Hezbollah's regained strength in south Lebanon.Defense officials will brief...
46 die when truck plunges off Bolivia cliff
MSNBC
Police said at least 46 people were killed when a truck carrying farmers plunged 650 feet into a ravine in Bolivia's southern Andes.Col. Julio Sepcel said about 60 people were...
Survey finds abuse in teen romances
CNN
Teenagers and preteens endure significant levels of different types of abuse in dating relationships -- particularly among those who become sexually active at a young age -- and...
Fed may extend Wall Street lending
Reuters
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Tuesday the U.S. central bank may keep an emergency lending facility for big Wall Street firms open longer than it...
A miracle pill, a sports team and the most wanted man in Australia
The Independent
Tim Johnston seemed to have found the answer to the global energy crisis: a pill, which when popped into a car's engine, improved fuel efficiency by one-third and cut harmful emissions. ...

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