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- Afghan government investigates part of US in raid
Jamaica News.Net
An air raid which killed 15 civilians on Friday, is being investigated by the government in Afghanistan.
- Iraq car bomb kills six civilians
Jamaica News.Net
At least six people were killed Sunday in a car bomb explosion in the northeastern part of the Iraqi capital, an official of the interior ministry said.
- Israel to reopen Gaza border crossings
Reuters
Israel was reopening some border crossings with Gaza on Sunday, an official said, after it closed them on Thursday following the launch of a rocket into the Jewish state by...
- Russian president to conclude peace treaty with Japanese
Jamaica News.Net
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will discuss with Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda the conclusion of a peace treaty between the two countries that has been held up since the end of the World War II.
- Saddam nuclear material sent to Canada
Jamaica News.Net
US and Iraqi officials have sent a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium to a Canadian port, in a top-secret operation.
- Israel accused of burying nuclear wastes in Golan Heights
Jamaica News.Net
Syria has called on the United Nations to exert pressure on Israel to 'stop its continued practices and aggressions against Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan who suffer from the Israeli daily flagrant violations', the Syrian Arab News Agency reported this week.
- Serial-killer joke not appreciated at Scotland Yard
Jamaica News.Net
A Scotland Yard sharpshooter has been compensated after he was jokingly called a serial killer by a colleague.
- Ingrid Betancourt receives medical opinion
Jamaica News.Net
Ingrid Betancourt has been told by doctors in Paris she has suffered no side-effects from her kidnapping ordeal.
- US government rushes to secure terror prisoners
Jamaica News.Net
The Bush government in the US is believed to be drawing up plans to push Guantanamo prison inmates into normal jails.
- Mbeki speaks to Mugabe and breakaway MDC chief
Jamaica News.Net
Thabo Mbeki, the president of South Africa, has held talks in Zimbabwe with President Robert Mugabe and Arthur Mutambara, leader of a breakaway faction of the Movement for Democratic Change.
- Obama "puzzled" by Iraq comment frenzy
Reuters
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement this week...
- Hungarian right-wingers invade Gay Pride parade
Jamaica News.Net
Hungarian riot police have waded into far-right extremists after they tried to break up the annual gay parade in the capital Budapest.
- Massive riot in Syrian jail
Jamaica News.Net
A jail for political prisoners has erupted in extreme violence following a crackdown by guards.
- Catholic priest flies into the ocean
Jamaica News.Net
A Brazilian Roman Catholic priest, Father Adelir de Carli, who flew over the Atlantic Ocean in a bizarre event, is believed to have drowned.
- Obama insists he intends ending Iraq War
Jamaica News.Net
U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama told reporters Saturday he remains committed to ending the war in Iraq.
- Eating mushrooms can help boost immunity, fight cancer
KeralaNext
While addressing the health benefits of mushrooms in a session Monday at the Institute of Food Technologists Annual Meeting and Food Expo in New Orleans, several scientists pointed out that this food...
- Royal page provides the gin and tonic
New Zealand Herald
A cigarette box from the Queen Mother. Photo / AP Throughout his half-century of loyal service to the royal household, William Tallon kept every little memento, never wanting to put a price on the...
- US wavered over S. Korean executions
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
In this photograph taken by the U.S. Army in provided by the U.S. National Archives, South Korean troops shoot political prisoners near Daegu, South Korea. The South Korean government's...
- The Scottish Labour party has called for BBC Scotland reporters to be given guidance on how to report politics neutrally.
The Herald
The Scottish Labour party has called for BBC Scotland reporters to be given guidance on how to report politics neutrally. The party raised concerns over the network's political coverage in a...
- A suspected gunman threatened staff and stole cash in a daylight robbery at a Glasgow city centre bookies today.
The Herald
A suspected gunman threatened staff and stole cash in a daylight robbery at a Glasgow city centre bookies today. Police said a man entered a Ladbrokes shop on Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, and...
- Wall Street gets ready for earnings, oil moves
New York Post
The pair of Dow Jones industrials could give Wall Street a glimpse of what to expect when hundreds of other companies report results throughout the month. Not only are investors concerned that...
- G8 leaders face series of crises
BBC
Rising food and oil costs, an uncertain global economy, climate change and Zimbabwe's political crisis face the G8 leaders who are gathering in Japan. The summit is being held at a secluded resort...
- Bereaved families and survivors gathered today for a memorial service on the 20th anniversary of the Piper Alpha tragedy.
The Herald
Bereaved families and survivors gathered today for a memorial service on the 20th anniversary of the Piper Alpha tragedy. On 1988, 167 people lost their lives after a gas leak on the North...
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