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Arrest threat bad for Darfur talks: Bashir (Reuters)
Date : 02 Oct 2008
Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir said Thursday a possible indictment against him for war crimes threatens to der read more »
Sudan president says charges threaten Darfur peace (AP)
Date : 02 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Sudan's president has warned that attempts to prosecute him on charges of waging a genocidal campaign in Darfur are undermini read more »
Market turmoil won't change Rio's objection to takeover: CEO (AFP)
Date : 02 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto said Thursday the turmoil in the global financial markets would not alter its reject read more »
Two Koreas agree to military talks: defence ministry (AFP)
Date : 01 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - South and North Korea have agreed to hold military talks this week amid a deadlocked nuclear disarmament deal, the South Kor read more »
Cigarette packs to carry graphic picture warnings (AFP)
Date : 01 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Smokers buying cigarettes will from Wednesday be confronted with a series of gruesome images printed on the packets showing read more »
New tests find melamine in 31 Chinese milk batches (AP)
Date : 01 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - China's government said an additional 31 batches of Chinese milk powder were found contaminated with the industrial chemical read more »
Color, glitter enliven Saudi women's black abayas (AP)
Date : 01 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - For years, the only thing sold openly in Saudi stores selling women's cloaks were of the all-black, drab covering variety. No read more »
Australian watchdog says it will not block BHP's bid for Rio (AFP)
Date : 01 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Australia's competition watchdog said Wednesday it will not oppose BHP Billiton's 120 billion US dollar takeover bid for riv read more »
Suspected US missile strike kills 6 in Pakistan (AP)
Date : 01 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A missile strike by a suspected U.S. drone killed at least six people in a Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, tw read more »
Russian troops let EU monitors into buffer zone (AP)
Date : 01 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Russian troops have allowed a group of European Union monitors to enter a buffer zone on the edge of Georgia's separatist pro read more »
Cayman Islands to sink US ship to create reef (AP)
Date : 01 Oct 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - The Cayman Islands announced plans Tuesday to scuttle a decommissioned U.S. Navy ship to create an underwater attraction for read more »
Canada opposition party accuses PM of plagiarism (AP)
Date : 30 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A senior campaign staffer for the governing Conservative Party resigned Tuesday after admitting he wrote a speech for Prime M read more »
Libyans savour joys of consumerism (AFP)
Date : 30 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Libyans are shaking off decades of deprivation resulting from an iron-fisted socialist rule, international isolation and san read more »
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,176 (AP)
Date : 30 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - As of Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008, at least 4,176 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March read more »
Sudan desert gunfight kills 6 accused in abduction (AP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Eight kidnappers of a group of European tourists and their Egyptian guides led soldiers on a high-speed desert chase on Sunda read more »
Twin car bombings in western Baghdad kill 11 (AP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Two car bombs killed 11 people and wounded 26 doing evening shopping Sunday in mainly Shiite Muslim areas of western Baghdad, read more »
Sudan forces kill six kidnappers (AFP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Sudanese forces have killed six people who kidnapped 19 tourists and Egyptians in a remote desert nine days ago, and arreste read more »
Somali pirate demands $20m ransom for cargo ship (AP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - As a heavily-armed U.S. freighter patrolled nearby and planes flew overhead, a Somali pirate told The Associated Press that h read more »
US ambassador appeals for patience in Iraq (AP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker on Sunday accused Iran of trying to interfere with a new security pact between Iraq and the Unit read more »
Ecuadoreans vote on new constitution (AP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Ecuadoreans voted Sunday on a new constitution that would significantly broaden leftist President Rafael Correa's powers and read more »
Afghan woman police director gunned down (AP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Two gunmen on a motorbike shot and killed a high-ranking woman police official as she went to work in Afghanistan's largest s read more »
Mexico pushes national campaign to lose weight (AP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Abraham Leon was getting a checkup when he found out he had high blood pressure and was at risk of developing diabetes. read more »
US ambassador: Iran trying to block security deal (AP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker is criticizing Iran for trying to block a new security agreement between the United States and I read more »
S.Africa consortium interested in Newcastle (AFP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - A consortium of South Africa businessmen were on Sunday reported to be interested in purchasing crisis-ridden Premier League read more »
Belgian, Dutch officials hold Fortis crisis talks (AFP)
Date : 28 Sep 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Dutch and Belgian officials scrambled to hammer out a plan on Sunday aimed at keeping the troubled banking and insurance gro read more »