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October 20, 2009, 11:40 AM (GMT+02:00)
The Goldstone report which condemned Israel and Hamas for war crimes in the January Gaza offensive, reserving special criticism for Israel, was carried by a majority of 25 of the 47-member Human Rights Council in Geneva Friday, Oct. 16. Six nations - the US, Holland, Italy, Ukraine, Hungary and Slovakia voted ...
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April 29, 2009, 8:40 PM (GMT+02:00)
The US reported its first swine flu death Wednesday, a 23-year old baby in Texas.<br/>The Mexican government said the number of swine flu deaths rose to 159 by Wednesday with another 2,428 suspected cases. Taiwan has placed all returnees from Mexico in quarantine. Germany has confirmed the first ...</br/>
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April 24, 2009, 9:06 AM (GMT+02:00)
Protesters constantly disrupted the speech as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad condemned Israel for "racism" at the Anti-Racism conference which opened in Geneva Monday, April 20. Some were bundled out. He went on to denounce the US invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan as an arrogant drive to "expand its sphere of influence." UN ...
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April 18, 2009, 2:44 PM (GMT+02:00)
Using novel, upgraded tactics, Al Qaeda and fellow Islamist terror groups are outperforming anti-terror agencies in their attacks on targeted countries. International counter-terror agencies are worried enough to start retooling their counter-measures after viewing terrorist performances in Mumbai on Nov. 2008, killing 172 people, Lahore on March 3, causing 8 ...
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December 14, 2008, 10:09 PM (GMT+02:00)
From Tuesday, Dec. 9, at least four British, French and Greek warships, two reconnaissance planes and 150 marines will escort merchant ships sailing through the Gulf of Aden and Horn of Africa waters. This force will expand to 6 naval vessels, 3 aircraft and 1,000 marines.<br/>But meanwhile, <span class="debka">debka ...</span></br/>
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July 14, 2008, 4:16 PM (GMT+02:00)
More fist-shaking from Ahmadinejad<br/>
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May 5, 2008, 10:47 AM (GMT+02:00)
Middle East Quartet urges Israel to halt West Bank settlement activity
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April 25, 2008, 10:14 AM (GMT+02:00)
They released the crew and carried the pirates off in chains Tuesday, April 22, to face trial on pain of death. The semi-autonomous Somali Puntland province government, determined to put a stop to surging piracy for ransom in its waters, has pledged to rescue a Spanish fishing ship held by ...
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August 16, 2007, 9:34 AM (GMT+02:00)
India's leading imam heads a delegation of prominent Muslim leaders on first visit to Israel. Their peace mission stirs protest at home<br/>
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June 8, 2007, 5:20 PM (GMT+02:00)
Turkish troop movements into N. Iraq raise oil prices past $71 in London Wednesday
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February 14, 2007, 11:20 AM (GMT+02:00)
Six-party talks achieve breakthrough on North Korean nuclear program
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March 27, 2006, 1:58 PM (GMT+02:00)
The two-day 18th Arab League Summit opening in Khartoum Tuesday, March 28, looks like being a semi-washout. Eight rulers announced their non-attendance including Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, Tunisia's Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and Oman's Sultan Qaboos. <br/>The Arab foreign ...</br/>
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March 11, 2006, 11:22 PM (GMT+02:00)
Former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, 64, was found dead in his cell at The Hague early Saturday, March 11. His lawyer Zdenko Tomanovic announced a few hours later that Milosevic had told him Friday that he feared he was being poisoned in the UN detention facility. He at once passed ...
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October 7, 2005, 3:43 PM (GMT+02:00)
In 2002, the United States, Britain and Israel strongly suspected the new Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Dr. Mohamed ElBaradai, of employing secret delaying tactics to help three Muslim nations get their nuclear weapons programs off the ground. The nations were Libya, Iran and Egypt.<br/>Intelligence data showed those programs as ...</br/>
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September 2, 2005, 11:02 PM (GMT+02:00)
Five days after Hurricane Katrina devastated three Gulf states of the United States leaving thousands dead and one million homeless and in deep distress, President George W. Bush flew in. The horrifying spectacles of suffering and the immensity of the calamity were far worse than he imagined. The US president ...
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May 17, 2005, 11:34 PM (GMT+02:00)
The US dollar finished last week's trading at its highest level in six months against the euro (1.2620 dollar per euro). It also made a strong showing against all other major world currencies.<br/>Another round of good economic figures - especially the surprise narrowing of the American trade deficit ...</br/>
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April 29, 2005, 11:42 AM (GMT+02:00)
Israeli officials are not sure what to make of Vladimir Putin's current Middle East tour, the first Russian president ever to initiate a visit to Jerusalem and the first world leader to call on Palestinian Authority leaders in Ramallah. Putin himself made much of the one million Israelis who ...
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April 21, 2005, 8:23 AM (GMT+02:00)
Sharp falls in equity markets around the globe, the $10 oil price drop from an all time high and the falling-off of US bond yields from 4.60 to 4.25% - all add up to a tremor rippling across world markets that is generated by fear of a slowdown in ...
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April 2, 2005, 11:50 AM (GMT+02:00)
The most peripatetic of all pontiffs, the waving white-cassocked figure of Pope John Paul II and his popemobile - bulletproofed since the 1981 attempt on his life - became a legendary figure as he crisscrossed the world's map for more than 20 years. <br/>One of the longest and most moving of ...</br/>
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March 30, 2005, 7:10 PM (GMT+02:00)
The US dollar ended the first quarter of 2005 with renewed vigor across the board of the foreign exchange markets. (Japanese yen at 107.20 per dollar and euro at $1.2880). The US 10-year bond yields climbed to 4.62 % although stock markets ended the quarter with some signs ...
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