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- Commission wants to rein in warmongering US presidents
Middle East 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
Middle East 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
Middle East 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
Middle East 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
Middle East 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
Middle East 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
Middle East News.Net
A genocide suspect from the Rwanda uprising in 1994 has been arrested in Germany.
- Tibetans get out of Nepalese jail
Middle East 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
Middle East 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
Middle East News.Net
A shopping mall housing more than seventy stores has been closed by the Israeli army.
- Mexican police chief forced out of office
New Zealand Herald
File photo of Police Chief Joel Ortega. Photo / Mexico City's police chief was forced out of office on Tuesday following a botched nightclub raid that resulted in the deaths of 12...
- 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...
- McCain, Obama pitch economic plans to Hispanics
New York Post
Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama sought Tuesday to send the same message to a critical constituency: they understand that Hispanics share the same economic concerns...
- More than 500 Scottish-based Marines are to spearhead the next British deployment to Afghanistan in October.
The Herald
More than 500 Scottish-based Marines are to spearhead the next British deployment to Afghanistan in October, in their third operational tour of Helmand province in six years and the second since last...
- Divorcing couples unable to sell up
The Herald
SEPARATING couples are being forced to continue living together due to housing and mortgage problems caused by the credit crunch, divorce lawyers said yesterday. Alan Susskind, partner in charge of...
- Rightist MK tries Knesset caucus effort to thwart Israeli Arabs
Haaretz
While the official name of the parliamentary alignment created Tuesday is the Legislative Caucus to Preserve the Jewish Identity of the State of Israel, it could more correctly termed the demographic...
- TV viewing up overall, but not last week
New York Post
Last week was no different. Even though CBS averaged more viewers than any other network, it still had a record low rating in the youthful demographic of 18-to-49-year-old viewers. The start of...
- Expect 9.8% spike in
CNN
Americans may face dramatically higher electric bills next year, according to a government report released Tuesday.The U.S. Energy Information Administration forecast that...
- 46 killed in when truck plunges 650 feet
CNN
Police say at least 46 people were killed when a truck carrying farmers plunged 650 feet (200 meters) into a ravine in Bolivia's southern Andes.
- 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...
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