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Ecuador In Migrant Massacre Row
Friday, 03 September 2010 16:15    PDF Print E-mail
Honduras has called Ecuador President Rafael Correa "irresponsible" for revealing that a second person survived a massacre in Mexico last month.

Honduran Foreign Minister Mario Canahuati said Mr Correa had risked the life of the survivor, a Honduran.
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US sees 54,000 jobs lost in August
Friday, 03 September 2010 16:15    PDF Print E-mail
High unemployment is undermining the US recovery
High unemployment is undermining the US recovery
The US economy shed another 54,000 jobs in August, the third month in a row that jobs have been lost, official figures have shown.

However,
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Bid For Middle East Peace Begins
Friday, 03 September 2010 16:15    PDF Print E-mail
The Israeli and Palestinian leaders have begun their first direct talks for nearly two years with a pledge of "full and active support" from the US.

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas had the "opportunity to end this conflict".
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South African unions reject government offer
Friday, 03 September 2010 10:00    PDF Print E-mail
Thousands of public servants took to the streets to demand higher wages from government on August 26, 2010
Thousands of public servants took to the streets to demand higher wages from government on August 26, 2010
South African union members Thursday rejected an improved wage offer from the government as a public sector strike continues to cripple the country.

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SA to resume Zimbabwe expulsions
Friday, 03 September 2010 10:00    PDF Print E-mail
Thousands of Zimbabweans fled political persecution and poverty
Thousands of Zimbabweans fled political persecution and poverty
South Africa is to start expelling Zimbabweans again, from 31 December, the government has announced, ending their special status.

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Trapped Chilean miners await rescue options from NASA
Friday, 03 September 2010 10:00    PDF Print E-mail
The men woule be blindfolded or sedated as they are hoisted up
The men woule be blindfolded or sedated as they are hoisted up
NASA experts will present options and recommendations Friday evening after assessing the situations and needs of the 33 miners trapped far below the surface of the Earth.

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Pakistan 'corruption' trio charged and suspended by ICC
Friday, 03 September 2010 07:15    PDF Print E-mail
The three Pakistan cricketers accused of corruption have been charged with various offences by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir are set to be questioned again by police over allegations that deliberate no-balls were bowled against England.

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Tony Blair tells of tension with 'maddening' Brown
Friday, 03 September 2010 07:15    PDF Print E-mail
Dr Tony Aidoo
Dr Tony Aidoo
Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has said his successor Gordon Brown could be "maddening" and accused him of lacking "emotional intelligence".

In
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Zimbabwe Needs $200 Mln For Fresh Polls
Thursday, 02 September 2010 12:15    PDF Print E-mail
Prez Robert Mugabe (left) and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai
Prez Robert Mugabe (left) and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai
Zimbabwe will need 200 million US dollars (157 million euros) to hold polls next year if leaders insist on meeting unity deal time-frames, media reported Wednesday.
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U.S. Completes Power Transfer In Iraq
Thursday, 02 September 2010 12:15    PDF Print E-mail
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Robert Gates helped usher in the next chapter for the United States in Iraq on Wednesday, presiding over a ceremony launching a new military operation designed to train, assist and advise the Iraqis.
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South Africa's public sector strike set to continue
Thursday, 02 September 2010 12:15    PDF Print E-mail
Further talks between unions are expected later on Thursday
Further talks between unions are expected later on Thursday
South Africa's public sector strike is set to continue after the main trade union federation rejected an improved wage offer from the government.

The
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THE 9/11 MOSQUE PROVOCATION
Wednesday, 01 September 2010 19:15    PDF Print E-mail
It is not a enough that Jihadists killed thousands of Americans on 11th September 2001. It's not enough that Americans are regularly targeted by violent Islamists in their own country (Nidal Hassan, Faisal Shahzad, Abdulmutallab etc).
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Obama hails end to US combat operations in Iraq
Wednesday, 01 September 2010 07:15    PDF Print E-mail
President Obama has hailed the end of US combat operations in Iraq, saying the US has paid a "a huge price" to "put Iraq's future in its peoples' hands".

In a speech delivered in a rare Oval Office address, he said he was "awed" by the sacrifice of the US military.

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US Imposing North Korea Sanctions
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 14:00    PDF Print E-mail
US President Barack Obama will sign an executive order on Monday mandating new financial sanctions on North Korea, senior administration officials say.

The sanctions will hit three North Korea state-owned entities and one individual, targeting the trade in arms, luxury goods and narcotics.
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Berlusconi Meets Gaddafi
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 14:00    PDF Print E-mail
Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met Muammar Gaddafi Monday looking to reinforce business ties, after the Libyan leader aroused a media storm by suggesting to a group of young women they convert to Islam.
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'Spiderman' held after scaling skyscraper
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 14:00    PDF Print E-mail
Alain Robert climbs the Lumiere building in Sydney
Alain Robert climbs the Lumiere building in Sydney
A skyscraper climber nicknamed "Spiderman" has been arrested after scaling a 57-storey building in Australia with his bare hands.

Alain
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Kenya, African Union defend Bashir visit
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 14:00    PDF Print E-mail
Al-Bashir, right, alongside Comoros President Ahmed Sambi Abdallah, center, and Rwandan President Paul Kagame, left
Al-Bashir, right, alongside Comoros President Ahmed Sambi Abdallah, center, and Rwandan President Paul Kagame, left
Kenya and the African Union are defending a visit by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted on allegations of war crimes and genocide.

Al-Bashir
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Bruni branded a prostitute in stoning row
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 14:00    PDF Print E-mail
Carla Bruni and her husband, French President Nicolas Sarkozy
Carla Bruni and her husband, French President Nicolas Sarkozy
France's first lady Carla Bruni has been branded a "prostitute" by Iran's hardline media after she expressed support for an Iranian woman facing death by stoning for adultery.

A
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South African government ups offer to striking workers
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 12:00    PDF Print E-mail
Public sector workers have been on strike for nearly two weeks
Public sector workers have been on strike for nearly two weeks
The South African government has increased its wage and housing offers to striking workers, a union spokesman said.

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Work begins on Chile rescue shaft
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 12:00    PDF Print E-mail
The drilling is the start of up to four months of work to free the men
The drilling is the start of up to four months of work to free the men
Engineers in Chile have begun drilling the rescue shaft through which they hope to eventually free the 33 men trapped in a collapsed gold mine.

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Daasebre Oti Boateng conferred Vice-Chancellor at Cambridge
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 10:00    PDF Print E-mail
Accra, Aug. 30, GNA - Daasebre Professor Oti Boateng has been conferred Vice-Chancellor of the World Academy of letters at Cambridge University, England during the 2010 World Forum.

The ceremony, which was jointly organized by the America Biographical Institute (ABI) and the International Biographical Centre (IBC), brought together about 150 academicians and achievers from over 40 countries of the world.
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Mexico sacks 10% of police force in corruption probe
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 08:30    PDF Print E-mail
More officers could face disciplinary action in the wide-ranging crackdown
More officers could face disciplinary action in the wide-ranging crackdown
The federal police force in Mexico says it has sacked almost 10% of its officers this year for corruption, incompetence or links to criminals.

Commissioner
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'Bin Laden Is CIA Agent'
Monday, 30 August 2010 16:15    PDF Print E-mail
Fidel Castro and Bin Laden
Fidel Castro and Bin Laden
CONTROVERSIAL ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro has claimed Osama bin Laden is a CIA agent.

He said former US President George W Bush rolled out the al-Qaeda leader whenever he needed to scare the world.
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Zuma Under Pressure As Strike Widens
Monday, 30 August 2010 16:15    PDF Print E-mail
South Africa Strikers Hit Streets
South Africa Strikers Hit Streets
A powerful South African labor leader threatened on Sunday to withdraw support for President Jacob Zuma's African National Congress, ending a long- standing alliance strained by a nearly three-week-old strike.
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Madagascan Ex-president Sentenced
Monday, 30 August 2010 16:15    PDF Print E-mail
Mr Ravalomanana fled Madagascar in March 2009
Mr Ravalomanana fled Madagascar in March 2009
Madagascar's exiled former president has been sentenced to life in prison with hard labour for ordering the killing of opposition supporters.
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Russian pilots abducted in Sudan's Darfur region
Monday, 30 August 2010 12:00    PDF Print E-mail
Omar al-Bashir
Omar al-Bashir
Two Russian pilots have been kidnapped in Sudan's western Darfur region, the country's state-run Suna news agency has reported.

They work for Sudan's Badr Airlines and were abducted in the town of Nyala on Sunday afternoon.

There
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