AP - Myanmar’s military regime took yet another step to expunge Aung San Suu Kyi from the political scene Wednesday by effectively barring her from the first elections in 20 years and pressuring her opposition party to expel her from its ranks.[Read more...]
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Thousands of displaced Somalis rely on food aid from WFP Up to half the food aid in Somalia is diverted to corrupt contractors, local UN workers and Islamist militants, a leaked UN report says.The report, by the UN monitoring group in Somalia, is [...]
AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama’s announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.[Read more...]
Mr Ahmadinejad offered Iran’s full support to Afghanistan Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused the US of playing a "double game" in Afghanistan after the US used the same term to condemn Iran’s role.Mr Ahmadinejad said the US had "created terrorists and now [...]
AP - Vice President Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday — a disagreement that tarnished a high-profile visit that had been aimed at repairing ties with the Jewish state and kickstarting Mideast peace talks.[Read more...]
Nearly 500,000 Jews live in more than 100 settlements built since 1967 US Vice-President Joe Biden has condemned Israel’s approval of 1,600 new homes for ultra-Orthodox Jews in East Jerusalem.Mr Biden, in Israel as part of US attempts to kick-start the peace process, [...]
DOGO NAHAWA, Nigeria— The attackers came at night and surrounded this small farming village, firing shots in the air to scare residents from their homes. Men, women and children were hacked with machetes as they rushed out. Several houses were set on fire with residents still inside. Details are beginning to emerge from [...]
AP - Vice President Joseph Biden has told Israel that the U.S. is willing to stand by those who will “take risks for peace.”[Read more...]
Joe Biden is the most senior Obama administration official to visit Israel US Vice-President Joe Biden has said there is a "moment of real opportunity" for peace between the Palestinians and Israel during a visit to the region.Mr Biden said he hoped the [...]
AP - The killers showed no mercy: They didn’t spare women and children, or even a 4-day-old baby, from their machetes. On Monday, Nigerian women wailed in the streets as a dump truck carried dozens of bodies past burned-out homes toward a mass grave.[Read more...]
Pelosi says Dems near deal on health care bill
(AP)Law bars Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi from elections
(AP)Contractors ‘divert Somalia aid’
Apology for women raped by fatherGates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early
(AP)Iran attacks US over AfghanistanObama pushing on health care end game
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Inmate reoffending ‘costs £10bn’Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan
(AP)US attacks East Jerusalem plans
Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California
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Troop bomb training ‘inadequate’Massacres Shake Uneasy NigeriaBiden urges Israel to take risks for peace
(AP)US eyes chance for Mid-East peace
‘Insurance for all’ plan for dogsHundreds slaughtered in Nigeria religious violence
(AP)US denies W Bank building breach
Strong earthquake slams eastern Turkey, kills 51
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Venables breaches ‘not made public’