French nuclear power plant evacuatedA nuclear power station at Chinon in central France was evacuated today after a phone call warning of a bomb, power supplier EDF said. N. Korea Issues Threat on Uranium North Korea also threatened another missile launch and nuclear test unless the United Nations lifts sanctions. UK begins flu information campaignThe…
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World News – General – French nuclear power plant evacuated
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Lebanon Crisis Monitor – Lebanon releases four generals after tribunal decision – Summary (EARTHtimes.org)
Lebanon releases four generals after tribunal decision – Summary (EARTHtimes.org) Beirut – Lebanon released Wednesday four Lebanese generals who were held for nearly four years without charges over the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, shortly after Daniel Fransen, pre-trial judge at the special tribunal fo… ‘Little meddling’ in Lebanon polls (Gulf Times)…
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North Africa – US Mideast envoy meets Algerian president (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
US Mideast envoy meets Algerian president (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News) The U.S. special envoy to the Middle East stressed the importance of a two-state solution to bring peace between Israel and the Palestinians, after meeting Tuesday with Algeria’s president as part of a tour of Arab capitals. George Mitchell said he and Algerian President…
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African News Update – South Africa: Stop Deporting Zimbabweans (AlertNet)
South Africa: Stop Deporting Zimbabweans (AlertNet) Source: Human Rights Watch (Johannesburg) – The South African government should immediately halt detaining and deporting Zimbabweans from South Africa in violation of the government’s recently announced moratorium, Human … Zimbabwe: Country On High Alert for Swine Flu ZIMBABWE has increased surveillance at all entry ports of the country…
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Iraq – Iraq blames Baghdad bombings on Saddam loyalists (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Iraq blames Baghdad bombings on Saddam loyalists (AFP via Yahoo! News) The Iraqi army on Thursday blamed a wave of near-simultaneous bombings that killed more than 50 people in mostly Shiite districts of Baghdad on loyalists of Saddam Hussein’s toppled regime. Andy Worthington: Even For Cheney, The Al-Qaeda-Iraq Torture Story Is A New Low (HuffingtonPost)…
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South Africa Politics and News Monitor – South African Stocks: ArcelorMittal South Africa, Exxaro, Sasol (Bloomberg)
South African Stocks: ArcelorMittal South Africa, Exxaro, Sasol (Bloomberg) April 29 (Bloomberg) — South Africa’s FTSE/JSE Africa All Share Index added 153.50, or 0.8 percent, to 20,434.62 at 12:49 p.m. in Johannesburg, paring yesterday’s 1.9 percent slide. Anglo American, Kumba, New Clicks: South Africa Equity Preview (Bloomberg) April 30 (Bloomberg) — The following is a…
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Pakistan – Pakistan appeals for unity against Taliban (Channel NewsAsia)
Pakistan appeals for unity against Taliban (Channel NewsAsia) PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Pakistan’s leader has called on the nation to unite behind the armed forces as they pressed a new offensive against Taliban militants on Thursday north of the capital Islamabad. Pakistani Military Kills 50 Militants (WTVO – WQRF Rockford) (Buner, Pakistan) — Dozens of militants in…
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Eastern Europe – Croatia’s Boros falls at table tennis worlds (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Croatia’s Boros falls at table tennis worlds (AFP via Yahoo! News) Three-time European doubles champion Tamara Boros of Croatia became the biggest casualty in the women’s first round at the world table tennis championships. Ukraine, Hungary sign bilateral documents (Unian) Following Ukrainian-Hungarian talks, in presence of President Victor Yushchenko and President L szl S lyom…
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Somalia – Somalia: Deputy Speaker Says They Released About 100 Prisoners in Syria (AllAfrica.com)
Somalia: Deputy Speaker Says They Released About 100 Prisoners in Syria (AllAfrica.com) Somalia Professor Mohamed Omar Dalha, the deputy speaker of the Somali parliament has said on Wednesday that they have released more Somali people who were in the prisons of Syria. Two Abducted Doctors Without Borders Staff Released In Somalia (Medical News Today) Two…
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Philippines – Witness arrested over broadband deal in Philippines
Witness arrested over broadband deal in Philippines Manila: Police in the Philippines have arrested a former witness in a Senate corruption inquiry that implicated the Philippine president's husband in an aborted broadband deal with a Chinese company. … Put more funds into anti-swine flu campaign, Arroyo urged MANILA, Philippines – An opposition senator on Tuesday…
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