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Clergy sex abuse victims in protest - Melbourne Herald Sun

2008-07-12T02:11:00.007-07:00

Pope still has pulling power over irreligious Aussies
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 7 Jul 2008
By Greg Ansley CANBERRA - They may be one of the most irreligious mobs in the world, but Australians are preparing to greet Pope Benedict XVI by the tens of ...

Pope 'to address sex abuse issue'
The Press Association - 7 Jul 2008
The head of the Roman Catholic church in Australia says he expects Pope Benedict to express regret for sexual abuse by church officials when he visits the ...

A pilgrimage Down Under
TheChronicleHerald.ca, Canada - 5 Jul 2008
By LOIS LEGGE Features Writer And two Dartmouth youth will be among the throngs this month when an expected 250000 people gather in Sydney, Australia, ...

Australia Set to Welcome WYD 08 Pilgrims
Vatican Radio, The Vatican - 16 hours ago
(11 July 08 - RV) The Australian Ambassador to the Holy See, Anne Marie Plunkett, yesterday addressed journalists travelling to Australia with Pope Benedict ...

Sydney brothel welcomes 'World Youth Day sinners'
LIVENEWS.com.au, Australia - 10 Jul 2008
A Sydney brothel is welcoming World Youth Day pilgrims, urging potential sinners to commit their sins before the Pope leaves Australia. ...

'This will be a powerful trip'
Halifax News Net, Canada - 10 Jul 2008
Ten young people from our community will travel to Australia next week to be a part of the largest youth event in the world. World Youth Day, organized by ...

Let's enjoy the Pope Olympics
Daily Telegraph, Australia - 10 Jul 2008
SYDNEYSIDERS are used to new visitors to our brilliant city gazing in rapture at our Harbour, our beaches, our Opera House and our Bridge. ...

Fordham Students Blog from 'Down Under' for World Youth Day
Fordham University, NY - 9 Jul 2008
Members of the Fordham community are making a pilgrimage to Sydney, Australia, for the Catholic Church’s 2008 World Youth Day, and are blogging about their ...

Pilgrimage starts
Cairns Post, Australia - 9 Jul 2008
THOUSANDS of pilgrims are headed to the Far North as World Youth Day provides an unexpected boon to the tourism industry. Young Catholics from around the ...

Local youth attend gathering in Australia
Grand Traverse Herald, MI - 8 Jul 2008
By CAROL SOUTH Five youth from Immaculate Conception Church launched a two-week venture across the globe early Monday morning. Leah Aldrich, Luke Ansorge, ...

Pope draws Blenheim youth to Sydney
Marlborough Express, New Zealand - 8 Jul 2008
An elderly German man has the power to attract thousands of young people from every continent and nation to gather in Sydney next week. He is, of course, ...

Trains back on for pope's Sydney visit
Monsters and Critics.com - 8 Jul 2008
Sydney - The 200000 Catholic pilgrims hoping for a glimpse of Pope Benedict XVI when he makes his grand entrance on Sydney Harbour next week will be assured ...

Local Priest in WYD08 Opening Ceremonies
WTAP-TV, WV - 7 Jul 2008
It's going to be the largest event Australia's ever hosted, World Youth Day Sydney 2008, and one local priest will be there. The new priest at Saint Francis ...

Australia trip is a test for pope's stamina
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - 14 hours ago
By Victor L. Simpson AP VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI departs Saturday on a 10-day trip to Australia, the longest pilgrimage of his papacy and a test of ...

Australia prepares for Pope's visit
San Jose Mercury News, USA - 11 Jul 2008
By KRISTEN GELINEAU AP Writer Workers put finishing touches on the stage in Sydney Thursday, July 10, 2008, where the stations of the cross will take place ...

Catholic church reopens abuse case ahead papal visit
International Herald Tribune, France - 10 Jul 2008
By Michael Perry Reuters SYDNEY: Only days before Pope Benedict arrives in Sydney, a 25-year-old sexual abuse case involving a Sydney priest has been ...

Pope Benedict "rock star" of World Youth Day in Sydney
Calgary Herald, Canada - 10 Jul 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict arrives in Sydney on Sunday as the headline "rock star" act in the Catholic Church's World Youth Day -- its version of ...

Anti-Pope fashion show kicks off
The Times, South Africa - 9 Jul 2008
SYDNEY - Australians protesting against Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to Sydney took a creative turn today, staging an "annoying" fashion show of T-shirts ...

Catholics to combat condom handout
The Australian, Australia - 9 Jul 2008
THE Pope's visit to Sydney is also shaping up as an ideological clash of rival family planning methods. Anti-Pope demonstrators plan to hand out condoms to ...

Australian abuse victims want apology from Pope
Reuters - 7 Jul 2008
By Michael Perry SYDNEY (Reuters) - Victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and brothers in Australia, like Jose Respall who still vividly recalls being ...

Sex abuse victims want apology from Pope
Radio New Zealand, New Zealand - 3 hours ago
Supporters and victims of sexual abuse by clergy will hold a vigil in Melbourne on Saturday calling on Pope Benedict XVI to make an apology. ...

Georgia urges west to step up pressure on Russia over dispute - Financial Times

2008-07-12T02:11:00.005-07:00

Russia rebuffs US over Georgia mediation
National Post, Canada - 11 hours ago
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia will reject a call by the United States for international mediators to take a bigger role in defusing a row with Georgia, ...

Condoleeza Rice urges Russia to help resolve conflicts in Georgia
Xinhua, China - 10 Jul 2008
MOSCOW, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Visiting US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has urged Russia to help Georgia resolve conflicts with its breakaway regions ...

Russia, US Swap Warnings as Condoleezza Rice Visits Georgia
Deutsche Welle, Germany - 9 Jul 2008
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Tbilisi Wednesday, July 9 as the US and Russia accused each other of stoking unrest in Georgia while US ...

Rice lands in Georgia amid simmering tensions
ABC Online, Australia - 9 Jul 2008
US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice has started a visit to Georgia amid escalating tension between the Georgian government and neighbouring Russia. ...

Georgia sees Rice's visit as sign of support
Xinhua, China - 9 Jul 2008
MOSCOW, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Georgia said the ongoing visit of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice shows Washington's support for Georgia as a democratic ...

Rice: Russia should back off regional threats
The Associated Press - 9 Jul 2008
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Russia should back off its threats and intimidation of countries once under the Soviet clamp, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ...

Video: Russia blames Georgia for tensions with breakaway republics
RussiaToday - 9 Jul 2008
Violence doesn't come to an end on the de-facto borders between Georgia and its breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. ...

Official: 3 Georgian police wounded in border clash near breakaway ...
International Herald Tribune, France - 9 Jul 2008
AP MOSCOW: A Georgian official says three policemen have been wounded in a clash on the border with the country's breakaway province of Abkhazia. ...

Georgia says four separatists killed in clash
Reuters - 9 Jul 2008
TBILISI, July 9 (Reuters) - Four members of the security forces of Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region were killed in a gunfight with Georgian forces on ...

Russia seeks UN role for Georgia deal
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 8 Jul 2008
Russia asked the UN Security Council to call on disputing parties in Georgia to sign an agreement not to use force, as tensions mounted between Tbilisi and ...

Georgian rebel region calls for peace talks: report
AFP - 8 Jul 2008
MOSCOW (AFP) — The head of Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia region on Tuesday called for talks with Tbilisi to defuse mounting tensions over the ...

Germany Proposes Plan for Ending Violence in Abkhazia
Deutsche Welle, Germany - 8 Jul 2008
With recent bombings killing four people in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia, Germany has proposed a plan for ending the ongoing conflict in the ...

Escalating Tensions
Transitions Online, Czech Republic - 7 Jul 2008
Amid reports of weapon shipments, a Georgian analyst says Russia wants to escalate the Abkhazia conflict. In the latest escalation in tension between ...

Four die in Abkhazia cafe explosion
AFP - 6 Jul 2008
MOSCOW (AFP) — Four people died and six were wounded late Sunday when an explosion rocked a cafe in Georgia's pro-Russian separatist province of Abkhazia, ...

Selling Lofty Dreams in Separatist South Ossetia
The Moscow Times, Russia - 6 Jul 2008
At the launch of Dmitry Sanakoyev's autobiography, his beefy minders were taking no chances, despite the genteel surroundings. Sanakoyev, a leading figure ...

Reuters World News Highlights 1400 GMT July 6
guardian.co.uk, UK - 6 Jul 2008
ISLAMABAD - A blast was heard in Pakistan's capital Islamabad on Sunday but the cause was unknown, a Reuters witness said. TOYAKO, Japan - The head of the ...

Officials: 4 bombs explode near breakaway Georgian region of ...
International Herald Tribune, France - 6 Jul 2008
AP TBILISI, Georgia: Four bombs exploded early Sunday in the tense border area between Georgia and the separatist province of Abkhazia, officials said. ...

Medvedev Warns Georgia Against Inflaming Caucasus Tensions
Hartford Courant, United States - 6 Jul 2008
AP ASTANA, Kazakhstan — - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday warned his Georgian counterpart about inflaming troubles in the South Caucasus, ...

South Ossetia comes again under Georgian fire: separatists
AFP - 5 Jul 2008
MOSCOW (AFP) — A town in Georgia's rebel region of South Ossetia came under fire from the Georgian side of the border overnight, the Russian Vesti-24 ...

G8: India and China tell rich nations to lead greenhouse gas curbs - Times Online

2008-07-12T02:11:00.003-07:00

G-8 Summit Highlights Disparities About Global Warming
Voice of America - 10 Jul 2008
By Kurt Achin This week's summit of advanced economy leaders in Japan produced first steps toward a global climate agreement. However, it also spotlighted ...

Good Intentions, Vague Promises
New York Times, United States - 9 Jul 2008
This week’s summit meeting of major industrialized nations in Japan yielded two important firsts on global warming. For once, the Bush administration was ...

G8 leaders agree on halving emissions by 2050
Press Trust of India, India - 8 Jul 2008
Sapporo(Japan), July 8 (PTI) The group of Eight powerful nations (G8) today agreed to halve the global emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050 even as five ...

Big emerging nations demand G8 greenhouse gas cuts
Reuters - 8 Jul 2008
By Lucy Hornby SAPPORO, Japan, July 8 (Reuters) - Five big emerging economies on Tuesday staked out tough positions on greenhouse gas emissions and food ...

G-8 Leaders Pledge to Cut Emissions in Half by 2050
New York Times, United States - 8 Jul 2008
By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and ALAN COWELL RUSUTSU, Japan -- Pledging to "move toward a low-carbon society," leaders of the world's richest nations on Tuesday ...

Top nations stumble on plan to cut in half greenhouse gas output
The News Journal, DE - 10 Jul 2008
The world got a look this week at how hard it will be to cut greenhouse gas emissions. It seems to be a game of every nation wanting the other nation to go ...

G8 leaders follow Bush approach to emissions
Business Report, South Africa - 9 Jul 2008
By INGI SALGADO The disappointing consensus reached this week by the Group of Eight (G8) to cut greenhouse gas emissions 50 percent by 2050 - without ...

Is the G8 Target Meaningless?
It's Getting Hot In Here, DC - 9 Jul 2008
Yesterday’s announcement by the G8 that the world will reduce its emissions 50% by 2050 is yet another example of the folly of long-term emissions targets ...

G8 agree to fight climate change, lower emissions by 50 Pct
International Business Times, NY - 9 Jul 2008
By Isabel Gonçalves NEW YORK - Leaders of the world's biggest economies closed the G-8 summit on Wednesday by saying they would fight global warming, ...

Bush Talks Up Progress towards Climate Change Strategy
ToTheCenter.com, NY - 9 Jul 2008
According to CNN, Bush hailed the move by G-8 leaders to get behind a broad climate-change strategy. He stated that “significant progress” has been made on ...

G8 offers halving of emissions by 2050: Burden-sharing offer puts ...
TMCnet - 9 Jul 2008
(Japan Times Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Jul. 9--TOYAKO, Hokkaido -- The Group of Eight powers agreed Tuesday to "seek to share" with both developing and ...

Bush: Significant progress made on global warming
NECN, MA - 9 Jul 2008
(NECN/ABC) - Global warming was the centerpiece of the G8 summit, and as it ended the leaders called their agreement historic. Environmentalists will not be ...

Developing economies lead in risk management
ITP.net, United Arab Emirates - 9 Jul 2008
By Sean Robson on Wednesday, July 09, 2008 Risk management and the subsequent benefits are being embraced more readily in developing economies then in ...

G-8 edges closer to carbon curbs
Business Day, South Africa - 8 Jul 2008
TOYAKO — The Group of Eight (G-8) industrialised states, papering over deep differences, said yesterday they would work towards a target of at least halving ...

G-8 leaders aim to halve emissions by 2050
McClatchy Washington Bureau, DC - 8 Jul 2008
By Renee Schoof | McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON — Leaders of the Group of 8 leading industrial nations on Tuesday set a goal of cutting global emissions ...

G8 leaders urge nations to share emissions goal 08/07 20:04 CET
euronews, France - 8 Jul 2008
G8 leaders have reached agreement among themselves on reducing greenhouse gases but insist developing countries must play their part. ...

Zimbabwe: China justifies sanctions veto - Telegraph.co.uk

2008-07-12T02:11:00.001-07:00

Fury as Zimbabwe sanctions vetoed
BBC News, UK - 2 hours ago
Britain and the US have condemned Russia and China for vetoing a draft UN Security Council resolution to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe's leaders. ...

South Africans Call on Mbeki to End Increasing Crime Rate
Voice of America - 10 Jul 2008
By Peter Clottey The debate of South Africa's increasing crime rate took a dramatic turn after the house of a political icon and a chief was burgled and ...

We’ve confidence in Mbeki – Kikwete
DailyNewsOnline, United Republic of Tanzania - 9 Jul 2008
PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has expressed Tanzania’s full confidence in the ability of South African President Thabo Mbeki to resolve the reigning political ...

Zimbabwe brands G8 sanctions push 'international racism'
AFP - 9 Jul 2008
HARARE (AFP) — Robert Mugabe's regime Wednesday branded G8 leaders' threat of more sanctions "international racism" and a bid to force out the Zimbabwe ...

Brown Keeps Pressure On Mugabe
Sky News, UK - 8 Jul 2008
Use the drop down menu below to filter stories and videos the way you want - when you want it! Gordon Brown will keep up the pressure on Robert Mugabe when ...

Zimbabwe Opposition dismisses negotiation reports
ABC Online, Australia - 8 Jul 2008
By Africa correspondent Andrew Geoghegan Zimbabwe's Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has denied reports that it has agreed to resume talks ...

An illegitimate president
New Statesman, UK - 7 Jul 2008
For once Robert Mugabe did not get the unanimous support that he hoped for when he attended the African Union Summit in Egypt last week, after winning a ...

Kenya refuses to recognize Zimbabwean government
Xinhua, China - 7 Jul 2008
NAIROBI, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Kenya has joined African countries that have refused to recognize Robert Mugabe as the president of Zimbabwe, Wetangula said in ...

Britain Seeks Support for UN Sanctions Against Zimbabwe
Voice of America - 6 Jul 2008
By VOA News Britain is seeking support for a United Nations Security Council resolution that would impose tough new sanctions on Zimbabwe's President Robert ...

Shell ready to quit Zimbabwe as Mugabe cronies hoard fuel
guardian.co.uk, UK - 5 Jul 2008
Shell was considering pulling out of Zimbabwe last night amid claims that President Robert Mugabe was reserving the distribution of fuel at petrol pumps for ...

Mbeki pushes for Zimbabwean settlement
United Press International - 5 hours ago
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 11 (UPI) -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai have dropped rigid negotiating ...

Zimbabwe sanctions vetoed at United Nations
Radio New Zealand, New Zealand - 7 hours ago
Russia and China have vetoed an UN attempt to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and some of his key allies. The resolution would have ...

Is war imminent in Southern Africa?
Harare Tribune, Zimbabwe - 17 hours ago
By Scot Morgan | Harare Tribune News Earlier this year there was a Glimmer of Hope that the Presidential Elections in Zimbabwe could result in Change. ...

Sanctions delayed against Mugabe and cronies
Austin New.net, TX - 19 hours ago
The UN has delayed a vote on fresh sanctions against Robert Mugabe, after he and opposition members held a second day of talks in South Africa. ...

Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF, MDC Talks Under Way in South Africa
AllAfrica.com, Washington - 22 hours ago
Negotiators from Zanu-PF and the two MDC formations were meeting in Pretoria, South Africa, yesterday as the political parties continue the dialogue which ...

Tsvangirai Lays Down Talks Conditions
AngolaPress, Angola - 22 hours ago
HARARE, 07/11- Zimbabwean political leader Morgan Tsvangirai has characterised Thursday`s meeting between representatives of his party and the ruling ...

Tsvangirai: no headway
Pretoria News (subscription), South Africa - 11 Jul 2008
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai have agreed to a power-sharing deal, but are still ...

Zimbabwe rivals hold initial talks
Metro, UK - 11 Jul 2008
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change yesterday held their first talks since flawed elections last month ...

Zimbabwe gov't, opposition begin talks
PRESS TV, Iran - 10 Jul 2008
Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition MDC start preliminary talks in South Africa aimed at ending Zimbabwe political impasse. ...

South Africa ruling party backs Zimbabwe talks
elEconomista.es, Spain - 10 Jul 2008
By Nelson Banya HARARE (Reuters) - African National Congress leaders haveurged President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party to negotiate withthe opposition, ...

All the news Mugabe wants to print
The National, United Arab Emirates - 9 Jul 2008
A man reads the state-owned daily last month in Harare a day after Robert Mugabe was sworn in as president of Zimbabwe. ...

Turkey Holding 10 in Consulate Attack - New York Times

2008-07-12T00:11:00.003-07:00

Report: Alleged driver in US consulate attack in Istanbul denies ...
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - 12 hours ago
By Suzan Fraser AP ISTANBUL, Turkey – Istanbul's governor said 10 people were being interrogated Friday in connection with an attack on the US consulate – a ...

Suspect in Turkish attack says he was only a driver
The Associated Press - 14 hours ago
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — A man suspected of driving the getaway car in the US consulate attack says he was simply hired as a driver and had no idea that his ...

Governor: Attack on US consulate in Turkey considered suicide attack
Xinhua, China - 16 hours ago
ANKARA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler said on Friday that Wednesday's attack on the US Consulate General in the Turkish city of ...

Gunmen Linked To Al Qaeda
Sky News, UK - 20 hours ago
Use the drop down menu below to filter stories and videos the way you want - when you want it! One of three gunmen who attacked the US consulate in Istanbul ...

Turkey detains suspected driver in gun attack on US consulate
Hürriyet, Turkey - 23 hours ago
Turkish police detained late on Thursday the suspected driver of the car used in the attack on the US Consulate in Istanbul this week, in which six people ...

Turkey detains suspected driver in gun attack: reports
National Post, Canada - 10 Jul 2008
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish police on Thursday detained the suspected driver of the car used in an attack on the US consulate in Istanbul this week, ...

Al Qaeda-PKK cooperation lies behind Istanbul consulate attack?
Hürriyet, Turkey - 10 Jul 2008
Turkish security officials have been investigating whether a cooperation of PKK and al Qaeda lays behind the attack outside the US Consulate in Istanbul. ...

Davis returns with 15000 majority to fight for liberty - Independent

2008-07-12T00:11:00.001-07:00

Leading article: David Davis has struck a fine blow for the cause ...
Independent, UK - 8 hours ago
The Haltemprice and Howden by-election was not, in the end, the spectacular national debate on the state of civil liberties in Britain that David Davis ...

Davis regains seat amid low turnout
Reuters UK, UK - 20 hours ago
By Golnar Motevalli HALTEMPRICE (Reuters) - Former shadow Home Secretary David Davis on Friday won the Haltemprice and Howden by-election triggered by his ...

Haltemprice and Howden byelection explained
guardian.co.uk, UK - 9 Jul 2008
In a highly unusual and controversial move the sitting MP and shadow home secretary, David Davis, decided to express his opposition to government plans to ...

Tory Win 'A Farce'
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - 1 hour ago
Just 35 per cent of voters in his Haltemprice and Howden constituency turned out for the contest - sparked when the ex-shadow home secretary quit as an MP. ...

DAVID V DAVID
Mirror.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago
By Bob Roberts Political Editor 12/07/2008 Tory rebel David Davis yesterday sent a warning to David Cameron: I won't be a single-issue politician. ...

NO JOB FOR DAVIS, RULES CAMERON
UK Express, UK - 8 hours ago
By Alison Little, Deputy Political Editor DAVID Cameron made it clear yesterday that there would be no return to his shadow cabinet for by-election victor ...

Former UK shadow Home Secretary wins by-election on civil ...
JURIST - 15 hours ago
[JURIST] Former UK shadow Home Secretary David Davis [party profile], who resigned [statement text; JURIST report] his parliamentary position in protest ...

David Davis cruises to victory in the Haltemprice and Howden by ...
Channel 4 News, UK - 19 hours ago
David Davis wins with a 15355 majority in a by-election triggered by his stand on civil liberties. But the political cost to former shadow home secretary's ...

David Davis takes victory in controversial by-election
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - 20 hours ago
TORY candidate David Davis has claimed victory in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election today - but picked up fewer votes on a lower turnout than the last ...

Tributes to six killed in Leicestershire car crash - Telegraph.co.uk

2008-07-11T20:11:00.005-07:00

Faces of young road crash victims
BBC News, UK - 10 hours ago
Families have paid emotional tributes to the six young people who died in a head-on crash in Leicestershire. Relatives have spoken of their shock and ...

Teenage couple Chris Worrad and Carly Arrindell among six ...
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 10 hours ago
By Nick Britten and John Bingham A teenage couple who were "made for each other" were among six friends who died when their car collided head-on with a ...

Police name Leicestershire crash victims
Reuters UK, UK - 15 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Police on Friday named five of the six young victims who died when their car was involved in a crash with a lorry near Melton Mowbray in ...

Police to identify crash victims
BBC News, UK - 17 hours ago
The identity of some of the six young people who died in a head-on crash in Leicestershire will be released shortly, police have said. ...

Six killed in collision with lorry on country road
guardian.co.uk, UK - 10 Jul 2008
Six people were killed early yesterday after their car was in a head-on collision with a lorry on a country road in Leicestershire. ...

Six killed as car and lorry crash head-on
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 10 Jul 2008
By Ellen Branagh SIX people died yesterday when a car and a lorry collided head-on. The victims were all in the car, which crashed near Melton Mowbray in ...

Six killed as car hits 38-tonne lorry head-on
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 10 Jul 2008
By Nick Britten Six young friends died in a car believed to have been travelling on the wrong side of the road after a horrific head-on crash with a ...

Driver held after six die in crash
The Press Association - 10 Jul 2008
Six people have died in a crash between a car and lorry on the A607 near Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire Police have said. The lorry driver, a 48-year-old ...

Six die in two-vehicle collision
BBC News, UK - 9 Jul 2008
Six people have died in a crash between a car and a lorry in the early hours of the morning in Leicestershire. A Ford Mondeo and the lorry collided on the ...

Crash driver picked up friends as favour
Worksop Today, UK - 7 hours ago
A young Leicestershire father killed with five teenage friends in a head-on crash was travelling home after a long round trip to collect four of them as a ...

Pictured: Teenage mother among six friends killed in head-on crash ...
This is London, UK - 10 hours ago
The six young friends who were killed in an horrific head-on crash with a lorry have been named by police. The mangled wreckage of the group's Ford Mondeo ...

Six die in crash UPDATE 10 Tributes flood in Plus PHOTOS
Melton Today, UK - 12 hours ago
FRIDAY 3.20PM : Tributes have been flowing in for the six youngsters killed in yesterday's horrific crash. Police today named the occupants of the black ...

Six killed in road smash as overloaded car crashes head-on into truck
Glasgow Daily Record, UK - 20 hours ago
SIX young friends were killed when their overloaded car crashed head-on into a lorry yesterday. The victims were the 23-year-old male driver, an 18-year-old ...

Six killed in collision
TeleText, UK - 10 Jul 2008
Six people have died in a "harrowing" head-on collision with an articulated lorry on the A607 near Melton Mowbray. The Ford Mondeo's 23-year-old driver and ...

Six young people killed as Mondeo crashes with lorry
This is London, UK - 10 Jul 2008
Six young people were killed when the car they were travelling in hit a lorry head-on today. The black Ford Mondeo was partially crushed beneath the goods ...

Six die in Kirby Bellars crash UPDATE 6
Melton Today, UK - 10 Jul 2008
Police say the driver of the car was a 23-year-old man from Leicestershire but he has not yet been formally identified. He is one of the six young people ...

Six killed in road crash
Ipswich Evening Star, UK - 9 Jul 2008
Police said the lorry driver, a 48 year-old man from Melton Mowbray, has been arrested in connection with the incident. The six people who died, ...

Young Lorry Crash Victims Named
Sky News, UK - 14 hours ago
Use the drop down menu below to filter stories and videos the way you want - when you want it! Five of the six young people killed when their car slammed ...

Six killed in head-on collision
The Press Association - 10 Jul 2008
Six young people were killed when a lorry and a car crashed head-on. The Ford Mondeo's 23-year-old driver and his five passengers - two men, aged 18 and 19, ...

Bodies removed from crash scene
BBC News, UK - 10 Jul 2008
The bodies of six people have been removed from the scene of a crash between a car and a lorry. A Ford Mondeo and the lorry collided on the A607 between ...

Six youngsters die in head-on crash
WalesOnline, United Kingdom - 10 Jul 2008
The six were all in the car when it crashed on the A607 near Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire in the early hours. The lorry driver, a 48-year-old man from ...

Czechs See Oil Flow Fall and Suspect Russian Ire on Missile System - New York Times

2008-07-11T20:11:00.003-07:00

US prefers Poland as shield site but has options
Reuters - 9 Jul 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States continues to focus on Poland as a prospective site for part of its anti-missile defence shield but also has other ...

US and Czechs Sign Accord on Missile Shield
New York Times, United States - 9 Jul 2008
By JUDY DEMPSEY and DAN BILEFSKY BERLIN — The United States and the Czech Republic signed a landmark accord on Tuesday to allow the Pentagon to deploy part ...

Foes flex missile muscle
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 9 Jul 2008
MISSILE muscle was being flexed across the globe yesterday as tests were launched in Iran hot on the heels of a deal to boost America's missile shield. ...

US, Russia revert to cold-war rhetoric over missile-defense plan
Christian Science Monitor, MA - 9 Jul 2008
Russia says that the proposed US defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, an initial agreement for which was inked this week, is targeting Russia, ...

Russia: Missile defense needs military reaction
CNN International - 8 Jul 2008
MOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- Russia will be forced to make a military response if a US-Czech Republic missile defense agreement is ratified, the Russian Foreign ...

US, Czechs sign missile deal to Moscow's dismay
Reuters India, India - 8 Jul 2008
By Arshad Mohammed and Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) - The United States and the Czech Republic signed an agreement on Tuesday to build part of a US missile ...

Rice in Prague to sign radar deal, Poland wary
Reuters - 8 Jul 2008
By Arshad Mohammed PRAGUE (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Tuesday negotiations with Poland on a missile shield deal remained ...

Rice to visit Czech Republic
Xinhua, China - 3 Jul 2008
WASHINGTON, July 3 (Xinhua) -- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit the Czech Republic to sign an agreement on the installation of a radar base ...

Iran's Testing of Missile With Range Below 2000 Km Proves Nmd Not ...
istockAnalyst.com, OR - 2 hours ago
MOSCOW. July 11 (Interfax) - Iran's testing of missiles with a range below 2000 kilometers is proof that Russia was right in asserting that it is irrational ...

Poland Balances US Missile Defense Plans and Energy from Iran
World Politics Review - 10 hours ago
WARSAW, Poland -- To defend against the potential threat of a nuclear attack from "rogue states," the United States has been working to shore up support for ...

Czechs protest against US radar
PRESS TV, Iran - 10 Jul 2008
Thousands of demonstrators have gathered in Prague to protest against the placing of US anti-missile radar on Czech territory. On Friday, The "Ne zakladnam" ...

US may secretly deploy ballistic missiles in Poland - expert
RIA Novosti, Russia - 10 Jul 2008
MOSCOW, July 10 (RIA Novosti) - The US may station intermediary and shorter-range ballistic missiles in Poland under the guise of interceptors, ...

More than 100 Czech institutes may cooperate with USA
Czech Happenings, Czech Republic - 10 Jul 2008
Prague- A total of 119 Czech scientific and industrial institutes are now listed for possible future cooperation with the US on the anti-missile defence ...

Russia to Secure Itself In Context of US Missile Defense Shield in ...
Kommersant, Russia - 10 Jul 2008
Russia harbors no doubts about its ability to secure the country in the context of deploying components of the US missile defense shield in Europe, ...

Former Air Force Chief Calls on Russia to Respond With Action to ...
istockAnalyst.com, OR - 9 Jul 2008
Moscow, 9 July: The deployment of the third positioning area of the missile defence system in Eastern Europe will enable the Americans to significantly ...

Iran can be deterred
Washington Times, DC - 9 Jul 2008
In "Radar shield quest" (Commentary, Tuesday), A. Wess Mitchell makes three strategic arguments in favor of extending the US missile defense system to a ...

US: Russia bullying European allies
PRESS TV, Iran - 9 Jul 2008
The United States says Russia is trying to scare its allies from taking part in establishing a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe. ...

Russia Threatens Reaction Against US Missile Shield
ToTheCenter.com, NY - 9 Jul 2008
Russia turned down the temperature on already frosty relations with the United States on Wednesday when its foreign ministry issued a statement promising a ...

US missile shield in Europe bad for all sides
RIA Novosti, Russia - 9 Jul 2008
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Pyotr Romanov) - The United States and the Czech Republic have signed an agreement on the deployment of a missile ...

Interview With Martin Reznicek, Czech TV
US Department of State, DC - 9 Jul 2008
QUESTION: Today, you signed an agreement and you called it a landmark agreement, which has no clear support in the Czech parliament at the moment. ...

Rice leaves Prague after signing Czech-US radar treaty
Czech Happenings, Czech Republic - 9 Jul 2008
Prague- US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice today left Prague where she signed a treaty on the stationing of a US radar base in the Czech Republic on ...

Lack of Details in G8 Agreement on Climate Change Brings Criticism - Voice of America

2008-07-11T20:11:00.001-07:00

Let’s have a climate for change
Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - 18 hours ago
Linda McKee’s article ‘Ulster is a good place to live if climate change hits’ (Belfast Telegraph, July 7) highlighted the moral imperative upon Western ...

Commentary: We need serious policy on climate change, not gamesmanship
MarketWatch - 10 Jul 2008
By Thomas Kostigen, MarketWatch SANTA MONICA, Calif. (MarketWatch) -- George Bush is right: India and China need to sign on to a carbon-emissions agreement ...

G8 and climate change
Irish Times, Ireland - 10 Jul 2008
THE COMMUNIQUE issued by leaders of the world's richest countries after their G8 summit in Japan represents a small step forward in confronting the multiple ...

Editorial: Another fruitless summit
Business Standard, India - 10 Jul 2008
The declaration made at the Toyako (Japan) summit of the world's eight richest countries (G-8) on the critical issues of climate change and soaring food and ...

Bush's last climate summit leaves much to do
AFP - 9 Jul 2008
TOYAKO, Japan (AFP) — US President George W. Bush's last Group of Eight summit only inched forward the fight against climate change but drew the battle ...

G-8 in gas emissions 'breakthrough'
The Daily Yomiuri, Japan - 9 Jul 2008
With the United States, previously the Group of Eight member nation most staunchly opposed to setting numerical targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ...

FACTBOX-Major Economies Meeting nations gather at G8
Reuters - 8 Jul 2008
July 9 (Reuters) - The Group of Eight rich nations meet China, India and six other major greenhouse gas-emitting countries to try to agree on the adoption ...

G8 climate deal falls short, critics say
Toronto Star, Canada - 8 Jul 2008
US President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Stephen Harper share a laugh July 7, 2008, during the first day of the G8 summit in Toyako, Japan. ...

G8 to unveil agreement on climate change: report
MarketWatch - 7 Jul 2008
By MarketWatch HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Group of Eight leaders have brokered a tentative agreement on climate change, with details of a plan designed to ...

Why eight is not enough to change the world
Ottawa Citizen, Canada - 7 Jul 2008
As G8 leaders meet this week in Japan, so many major global issues seem at an impasse: nuclear weapons proliferation and disarmament, ...

Many issues, few choices for G8
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 6 Jul 2008
SELDOM have bigger problems – and such an array of them – clamoured for attention at a summit meeting of the world's eight leading countries. ...

Shrinking the footprints
The Statesman, India - 5 Jul 2008
Mitigating climate change will be the most daunting challenge of this century. Fortunately, years of effort and calls to action by environmental experts and ...

STEWART PATRICK: Extreme makeover, international edition
Belleville News Democrat, USA - 6 hours ago
This week's Group of Eight summit in Hokkaido highlights the growing irrelevance of some of the world's most important institutions. ...

Editorial: A time for action
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, WI - 10 Jul 2008
Nice words were issued at the G-8 summit about reducing emissions that are causing climate change. But nice words alone won’t change anything. ...

G8 Climate Change Decision a Mixed Bag
Popular Science, NY - 10 Jul 2008
By Holly Otterbein Posted 07.10.2008 at 11:24 am 0 Comments A Good Enough Effort?: The G8 nations are responsible for 62 percent of the world's emissions. ...

G-8 Leaders Pledge to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Half by 2050
Nick.com, New York - 10 Jul 2008
When it comes to the latest pledge by the G-8 nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, it depends on whom you ask. The reason: his fellow leaders ...

G-8 Produces Only Minor Steps on Tough Global Challenges
istockAnalyst.com, OR - 9 Jul 2008
By Rie Ishiguro Toyako, Hokkaido, July 9 (Jiji Press)--Leaders of the Group of Eight major nations faced an unusually difficult set of global problems at ...

G8 – an ornate debacle
Business Spectator, Australia - 9 Jul 2008
In the end the G8 meeting in Hokkaido became an ornate, hugely expensive debacle – a lucid display of how far apart the developed and developing countries ...

G8 Agenda: Oil, Food and Global Warming
The REAL TRUTH, OH - 9 Jul 2008
Assembling in Toyako, Japan, on the northern island of Hokkaido, member nations the United States, Japan, France, Russia, Germany, Britain, Italy and Canada ...

Group of Eight Leaders Impeach George Bush
OpEdNews, PA - 9 Jul 2008
by Brent Budowsky Page 1 of 1 page(s) The Group of Eight leaders have met, and with an energy crisis inflaming the domestic and world economy, ...

EU, G8, developing states tackle emissions
United Press International - 9 Jul 2008
TOYAKO, Japan, July 9 (UPI) -- World powers and emerging countries joined forces Wednesday in Japan to commit to long-range cuts in greenhouse gas emissions ...

President of Sudan 'likely to be indicted' for war crimes in Darfur - Independent

2008-07-11T20:10:00.003-07:00

Indictment of Bashir could spark backlash
guardian.co.uk, UK - 4 hours ago
Aid workers, peacekeepers and diplomats in Sudan are bracing themselves for a backlash on Monday when President Omar al-Bashir is expected to be indicted ...

Sudan aid staff fear violence if Bashir indicted
EcoDiario.es, Spain - 7 hours ago
By Opheera McDoom KHARTOUM (Reuters) - International organisations in Sudantightened security on Friday, fearing a violent backlash if theInternational ...

On the Possible ICC Indictments Against Members of the Sudanese ...
Common Dreams (press release), ME - 8 hours ago
WASHINGTON - July 11 -“I am pleased that the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is working hard to bring those most responsible for the ...

Sudan President Charged for Darfur Violence
Christian Broadcasting Network, VA - 8 hours ago
CBNNews.com - An international criminal court announced it will charge Sudan's President Omar Bashir with genocide for atrocities committed in Darfur. ...

Five Years After the Genocide Started, The World Finally Kind of ...
PoliGazette, Netherlands - 9 hours ago
If you want to know just how well the left’s strategy of using criminal laws and international institutions to fight Islamism, look no farther than the ...

In Darfur, Australia Says UN Has Suspended Deployment, Suspension ...
Inner City Press, NY - 9 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS, July 11 -- Days after seven UN peacekeepers were killed in Darfur, and with UN Ambassadors arguing about the expected indictment of the ...

The ICC should not indict Omar al Bashir
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 10 hours ago
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor appears to be on the verge of a fateful decision: whether to issue an indictment against Sudan's president ...

Sudan president faces war crimes before ICC
afrol News, Norway - 11 hours ago
afrol News, 11 July - Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir will face genocide and crimes against humanity for war crimes committed in Darfur before ...

Save Darfur: reported Al-Bashir genocide charges underscore need ...
Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiqués de presse), Switzerland - 12 hours ago
EL FASHER (DARFUR), Sudan, July 11, 2008/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Jerry Fowler, president of the Save Darfur Coalition, today responded to the ...

Sudanese president may face charges
istockAnalyst.com, OR - 12 hours ago
The International Criminal Court prosecutor said he will seek genocide charges against Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for atrocities in Darfur. ...

Sudan Leader To Be Accused Of Genocide
Enews 2.0, UK - 13 hours ago
By Larise Hoffman UN officials and diplomats announced that the head prosecutor of the International Criminal Court would request a detain warrant on Monday ...

'Genocide arrest for Sudan's al-Bashir'
ITN, UK - 13 hours ago
An arrest warrant is reportedly being sought for Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for war crimes committed in Darfur. The chief prosecutor of the ...

ICC prosecutor to open new Sudan case
EcoDiario.es, Spain - 15 hours ago
By Emma Thomasson AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The prosecutor of the InternationalCriminal Court is poised to seek the arrest of top Sudaneseofficials -- possibly ...

Deputy Prosecutor of the ICC to meet African Union Commission ...
Organisation de la Presse Africaine (Communiqués de presse), Switzerland - 18 hours ago
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 11, 2008/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- International Criminal Court (ICC) Deputy Prosecutor Mrs Fatou Bensouda is invited ...

Report: Sudan president to be charged with genocide background ...
Monsters and Critics.com - 20 hours ago
Washington - The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court plans to seek an arrest warrant against Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges ...

Darfur This Week
The Women's International Perspective, CA - 10 Jul 2008
This week I posted several articles that focused on constructive steps toward democracy in Sudan, reaffirmation of the need for peace in Sudan by the ...

Sudan president may face war crime charges
MSNBC - 4 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS - The prosecutor of the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal will seek an arrest warrant Monday charging Sudan's president with crimes ...

Sudan president expected to face war crime charges
guardian.co.uk, UK - 5 hours ago
By JOHN HEILPRIN AP Writer AP foreign UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The prosecutor of the world's first permanent war crimes tribunal will seek an arrest warrant ...

ICC prosecutor to seek arrest of Beshir
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 5 hours ago
International Criminal Court prosecutors will seek the arrest of Sudan's President Omar al-Beshir for war crimes in Darfur, it has emerged, ...

As Lambeth beckons, Anglican rebels don't know if they are coming ... - Times Online

2008-07-11T20:10:00.001-07:00

A divide widens in the Anglican Church
International Herald Tribune, France - 16 hours ago
By Alan Cowell PARIS: There are times when the great events of the day are glimpsed through a prism of small, personal rituals and routines that offer new ...

US-led strikes kills 64 Afghan civilians - AFP

2008-07-11T16:11:00.005-07:00

US bombers killed 47 Afghan civilians
Tehran Times, Iran - 2 hours ago
JALALABAD (AFP) -- An official investigation has found that US-led air strikes a week ago struck a wedding and killed 47 Afghan civilians, ...

Is US winning the battle for hearts and minds in Afghanistan?
guardian.co.uk, UK - 7 hours ago
A bride and 46 of her guests - including 39 women and children - were killed by a US air strike in Afghanistan, an official inquiry has found. ...

Concern over Afghan civilian death toll
BBC News, UK - 8 hours ago
By Martin Patience An Afghan parliamentary investigation has found that a US airstrike on Sunday in the eastern province of Nangarhar killed 47 civilians. ...

US air strike wiped out Afghan wedding party, inquiry finds
guardian.co.uk, UK - 8 hours ago
Forty-seven civilians, including 39 women and children, were killed by a US air strike while travelling to a wedding in Afghanistan, an official inquiry ...

US air strike kills 47 civilians -official
Reuters India, India - 9 hours ago
By Mohammad Rafiq JALALABAD, Afghanistan, July 11 (Reuters) - A US coalition force air strike on Sunday killed 47 civilians, including 39 women and children ...

47 Afghan civilians killed by US bombs, group says
The Associated Press - 11 hours ago
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A US military airstrike this week killed 47 civilians traveling to a wedding, the head of an Afghan government commission ...

Afghan MPs warn foreign troops on civilian deaths
Reuters - 9 Jul 2008
By Sayed Salahuddin KABUL, July 9 (Reuters) - Foreign troops led by NATO and the US military must exercise caution to avoid further civilian casualties ...

Afghan parliament condemns US air strikes
AFP - 7 Jul 2008
KABUL (AFP) — The Afghan parliament condemned Monday civilian casualties in US-led air strikes after Afghan officials said more than 40 people were killed ...

Afghans Say Civilians Killed in US Strike
New York Times, United States - 6 Jul 2008
By ABDUL WAHEED WAFA KABUL, Afghanistan — Local officials in eastern Afghanistan said Sunday that an American airstrike killed at least 27 civilians in a ...

Missile kills 20 wedding guests
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 6 Jul 2008
AT LEAST 20 people attending a wedding were killed in a missile strike by coalition forces in Afghanistan, it was reported yesterday. ...

US accused over second Afghan raid
Aljazeera.net, Qatar - 6 Jul 2008
Members of an Afghan wedding party have been killed in a second air strike over three days, local officials say. Witnesses said at least 20 civilians, ...

Karzai orders probe into deadly US
CNN International - 6 Jul 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an inquiry into allegations that 15 civilians were killed in a US military strike ...

Claims of more Afghans killed in US-led strikes
AFP - 6 Jul 2008
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AFP) — An Afghan district governor accused the US-led coalition of killing nearly two dozen civilians in an air strike on a wedding ...

Afghanistan orders investigation into US attack
The Associated Press - 6 Jul 2008
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's president has ordered an investigation into allegations that missiles from US helicopters struck civilians, ...

Coalition forces eliminate several militants in Afghanistan
Hindu, India - 5 Jul 2008
KABUL (Xinhua): The US-led Coalition forces have killed several militants in two separate operations in Afghanistan, said the Coalition statements released ...

Afghanistan's President wants deaths investigated
Radio Australia, Australia - 5 Jul 2008
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into the alleged killing of 16 civilians in an air raid by US led forces battling insurgents in ...

47 Afghan Civilians Die Sunday
ToTheCenter.com, NY - 3 hours ago
President Hamid Karzai has set up a nine-man commission to further investigate the US air strike on Sunday; resulting in the deaths of 47 Afghan civilians. ...

17 civilians killed in first US-led strike, say investigators
Zee News, India - 4 hours ago
Asadabad (Afghanistan), July 11: An investigation has found that 17 civilians were killed in a US-led air strike a week ago, an Afghan official said on ...

US Air Strike Killed 47 Civilians, Says Afghan Officials
RTT News, NY - 6 hours ago
(RTTNews) - An Afghan government team investigating into a US-coalition air strike in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan earlier in the week said the ...

US forces bomb yet another wedding in Afghanistan
Party for Socialism and Liberation - 6 hours ago
On July 6, US warplanes bombed a wedding party in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. In total, 47 civilians were killed according to the head of the ...

US airstrike 'killed 47'
TeleText, UK - 8 hours ago
The head of an Afghan government commission investigating a US military airstrike said it killed 47 civilians travelling to a wedding. ...

Charges for Omar al-Bashir would be justice - Times Online

2008-07-11T16:11:00.003-07:00

Sudan's president to be named war crime suspect, say diplomats
CBC.ca, Canada - 3 hours ago
Two boys in walk past a battlewagon belonging to rebel fighters in Darfur. About 300000 people have been killed in the region's conflict since 2003, ...

US Warns Sudan Against Retaliation for Genocide Charges
Voice of America - 3 hours ago
By David Gollust The United States Friday warned Sudan against retaliating against UN peacekeepers, foreign diplomats or others for expected genocide ...

ICC prosecutor to open new Sudan case
Irish Times, Ireland - 13 hours ago
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is poised to seek the arrest of senior Sudanese officials - possibly including president Omar ...

China fears Darfur charges fallout ahead of Games
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 15 hours ago
By Chris Buckley BEIJING (Reuters) - China fears the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor's likely charging of top Sudanese officials will ...

Memo From Africa The Pursuit of Justice vs. the Pursuit of Peace
New York Times, United States - 18 hours ago
Refugees hauled branches for firewood at the Farchana camp in Chad, where many Sudanese have fled. By LYDIA POLGREEN and MARLISE SIMONS DAKAR, ...

PRESS DIGEST - Washington Post - July 11
Reuters - 18 hours ago
WASHINGTON, July 11 (Reuters) - The Washington Post included the following items on its front page on July 11. Reuters has not verified these stories and ...

Government urged to join int'l criminal court
Jakarta Post, Indonesia - 19 hours ago
The National Commission on Human Rights urged the government to immediately ratify the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). ...

Sudan Leader To Be Charged With Genocide
Washington Post, United States - 19 hours ago
By Colum Lynch and Nora Boustany UNITED NATIONS, July 10 -- The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will seek an arrest warrant Monday for ...

The pain of the G-8's
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 21 hours ago
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF As President Bush and the Group of 8 leaders who are meeting in Japan again shun their responsibilities in Darfur, there is a serious ...

ICC prosecutor to unveil new case on Darfur
AFP - 10 Jul 2008
THE HAGUE (AFP) — International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo will unveil a new case involving crimes in Sudan's Darfur region next week and ...

International Criminal Court to announce details of new Darfur ...
The Canadian Press, Netherlands - 10 Jul 2008
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court says a prosecutor will name one or more new suspects in crimes committed in Darfur in the past ...

ICC to announce details of new Darfur prosecution next week
Jerusalem Post, Israel - 10 Jul 2008
By AP The International Criminal Court said its prosecutor will present evidence to judges next Monday of crimes committed throughout the Sudanese region of ...

Sudan: International Criminal Court: Possible arrest warrants ...
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland - 1 hour ago
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Luis Moreno Ocampo, will submit to the Judges of the Court evidence of crimes allegedly committed ...

Giving Bashir His Day in Court
UN Dispatch - 1 hour ago
Over at the Wonk Room, the Enough Project's David Sullivan offers a nice run down of Omar al Bashir's career low lights. - From 2000-2001, systematically ...

Global court may go after Sudan's leaders
South China Morning Post (subscription), Hong Kong - 1 hour ago
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is reportedly poised to seek the arrest of the Sudanese president and top officials on Monday as he opens ...

International Criminal Court (ICC) joins the Crusade
JURIST - 2 hours ago
Ali Khan [Washburn University School of Law]: "The International Criminal Court (ICC) joins the crusade to defame Islam, demonize internal conflicts in ...

Daily Press Briefing
US Department of State, DC - 2 hours ago
MR. MCCORMACK: Good afternoon, everybody. I don’t have anything to begin with, so you guys are welcome to start with your questions. Who wants to go first? ...

Sudan's President a War Criminal?
Christian Broadcasting Network, VA - 4 hours ago
Sudan's President, Omar al-Bashir is set to become the first sitting head of state to be indicted for genocide and crimes against humanity for his campaign ...

SIX stabbed to death in just 24 hours as Blade Britain's knife ... - Daily Mail

2008-07-11T16:11:00.001-07:00

PM pledge over knife crime measures
The Press Association - 1 hour ago
Gordon Brown has promised new measures to tackle knife crime following the latest "shocking and tragic" stabbings in London. The Prime Minister said in a ...

Is knife crime really increasing?
BBC News, UK - 7 hours ago
By Tom Warren After another four men are stabbed to death in London, are we right to worry that knife crime is becoming an epidemic? ...

Met chief calls for end to violence
The Press Association - 8 hours ago
Four knife murders in 24 hours in London "graphically illustrates" the need for everyone to pull together and end the violence, Sir Ian Blair has said. ...

London stab deaths pass the 50 mark
Reuters - 12 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Two more fatal stabbings in London have taken this year's grim toll past 50 but Scotland Yard said on Friday the city is not suffering an ...

Four Dead From Knife Crimes And Calls For Change
Londonist, UK - 9 hours ago
It's been a less than stellar year for London as far as knife crime is concerned and yesterday was particularly upsetting as four fatal stabbings took place ...

Mayor highlights further advances in the fight against knife crime
eGov monitor, UK - 9 Jul 2008
Mayor of London, Boris Johnson visited Mile End Tube station today to meet police officers at work on the anti-knife crime operation, Blunt 2. ...

British PM vows action on knife crime surge
Canada.com, Canada - 4 hours ago
LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged Friday to tackle the "shocking and tragic" wave of youth knife crime, as the latest round of stabbings ...

Brown pledges action after four knife killings
Reuters - 4 hours ago
By John Joseph LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged to introduce new measures to tackle knife crime on Friday, after four fatal stabbings ...

PM vows knife crime action
TeleText, UK - 6 hours ago
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised new measures to tackle knife crime following the latest "shocking and tragic" stabbings in London. ...

Four More London Stabbings But No `Epidemic`
Javno.hr, Croatia - 7 hours ago
Authorities have warned teenagers that carrying a knife makes them more at risk, not safer. The number of fatal stabbings in London this year has risen to ...

Mugabe survives UK-US campaign - BBC News

2008-07-11T16:10:00.001-07:00

Russia, China veto US-drafted resolution on Zimbabwe
Xinhua, China - 1 hour ago
UNITED NATIONS, July 11 (Xinhua) -- Russia and China vetoed a US-drafted resolution in the UN Security Council on Friday that would impose sanctions on ...

Russian veto on Zimbabwe casts doubt on 'reliability': US
Africasia, UK - 1 hour ago
Russia's veto of UN sanctions on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe raises questions about Moscow's reliability as a G8 partner, US Ambassador to the UN ...

Russia, China Veto UN Sanctions for Mugabe Regime
FOXNews - 1 hour ago
AP WASHINGTON — A United Nations resolution calling for sanctions against Zimbabwe's longtime leader Robert Mugabe failed Friday when Russia and China ...

UN sanctions resolution on Zimbabwe fails in security council
guardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago
Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe casts his vote at a polling station in Harare. Photograph: EPA A UN draft resolution to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe ...

No UN Sanctions For Zimbabwe
Sky News, UK - 1 hour ago
Use the drop down menu below to filter stories and videos the way you want - when you want it! China and Russia have vetoed a draft resolution in the UN ...

Zimbabwe sanctions vetoed at UN
BBC News, UK - 2 hours ago
A draft resolution to impose sanctions on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and a number of his key allies has been vetoed at the UN Security Council. ...

UN resolution on Zimbabwe fails
Reuters UK, UK - 2 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A UN resolution to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe for holding a violent June 27 presidential poll boycotted by the opposition ...

Zimbabwe's Gono Says Sanctions Against Mugabe Will Harm Economy
Bloomberg - 6 hours ago
By Nasreen Seria July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Zimbabwe's central bank Governor Gideon Gono said proposed sanctions against President Robert Mugabe and some senior ...

Zimbabwe facing isolation through United Nations sanctions
Times Online, UK - 6 hours ago
Robert Mugabe and his top henchmen will have their assets frozen and be barred from leaving Zimbabwe under tough UN sanctions due to be adopted tonight. ...

UN defers ballot on Zimbabwe
The Age, Australia - 8 hours ago
THE UN Security Council has delayed a vote on sanctions against Zimbabwe's leaders as the Harare Government and its opposition resumed South ...

Sanctions: How successful are they?
BBC News, UK - 13 hours ago
By Paul Reynolds The sanctions on Zimbabwe being discussed by the UN Security Council are the latest examples of a diplomatic and economic weapon that has a ...

Zimbabwe says UN sanctions could start civil war
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 14 hours ago
By Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Zimbabwe warned on Thursday that a proposed UN resolution imposing sanctions on its leadership because of a ...

Zimbabwe warns that sanctions may spark civil war
The Associated Press - 19 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Zimbabwe warned the UN Security Council Thursday that the sanctions it is considering could push the African nation toward civil war. ...

President: No schedule yet for UN vote on Zimbabwe sanctions
Xinhua, China - 10 Jul 2008
UNITED NATIONS, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council has yet to schedule a vote on a draft resolution proposing sanctions on Zimbabwe, ...

EU Parliament calls for sanctions against Mugabe
The Associated Press - 10 Jul 2008
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The European Parliament on Thursday called for tighter economic sanctions against President Robert Mugabe's government in Zimbabwe ...

PM: 'No Mugabe Cabal Safe Haven'
Sky News, UK - 10 Jul 2008
Use the drop down menu below to filter stories and videos the way you want - when you want it! The Prime Minister has set out plans to ensure there is "no ...

Russia joins call for curbs on Mugabe regime
Financial Times, UK - 10 Jul 2008
Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe last night faced a growing likelihood of global sanctions after world leaders, including Russia, backed international ...

End aid to Zimbabwe, end tyrant's rule
Arizona Republic, AZ - 9 Jul 2008
I am utterly amazed that politicians worldwide including the United Nations, the African Union, Group of Eight, US administrations over the last 20 years, ...

Zimbabwean gov't criticizes G8 for supporting US-proposed sanctions
Xinhua, China - 9 Jul 2008
HARARE, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The Zimbabwean government Wednesday criticized the Group of Eight (G8) for its support for an arms embargo and sanctions against ...

Russian intervention jeopardises Brown's bid for sanctions against ...
Irish Times, Ireland - 9 Jul 2008
G8: Britain was on course for a fresh diplomatic showdown with Russia last night after Moscow branded proposed new international sanctions against Zimbabwe ...

Britain looks to UN to squeeze Mugabe
guardian.co.uk, UK - 9 Jul 2008
Gordon Brown said yesterday that Britain would seek to tighten the vice around Robert Mugabe's government through a UN-imposed arms embargo, due to be voted ...

Sudan president expected to face war crime charges - The Associated Press

2008-07-11T12:12:00.001-07:00

ICC prosecutor to seek arrest of Sudan's Beshir
AFP - 26 minutes ago
THE HAGUE (AFP) — International Criminal Court prosecutors will seek the arrest of Sudan President Omar al-Beshir for genocide in Darfur, it emerged Friday, ...

UN officials fear reprisals over ‘indictment’ of President Bashir
Daily Nation, Kenya - 2 hours ago
By BBC Online and Reuters UN officials fear reports of an imminent indictment against Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir could endanger the lives of ...

Court likely to move against regime
The Press Association - 2 hours ago
UN officials and diplomats say the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court will seek an arrest warrant on Monday charging Sudan's president ...

ICC prosecutor likely to seek arrest for Bashir
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 2 hours ago
By Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS, July 11 (Reuters) - The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is likely to seek the arrest of Sudanese President ...

Sudan dismisses probe of alleged crimes in Darfur
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — A spokesman for Sudan's president is dismissing an investigation into crimes against humanity in Darfur and says his government ...

Sudan president in dock over Darfur
Aljazeera.net, Qatar - 2 hours ago
The US state department has confirmed that prosecutors from the International Criminal Court (ICC) were to seek an arrest warrant for Omar al-Bashir, ...

ICC to seek arrest of Sudan president
RTE.ie, Ireland - 3 hours ago
Prosecutors from the International Criminal Court are seeking an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir for genocide and crimes against ...

Is ICC setting its sights too high in Sudan?
Reuters India, India - 3 hours ago
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are readying arrest warrants for senior Sudanese officials, possibly even President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, ...

Al-Bashir would be first sitting president charged with genocide ...
CNN International - 3 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir may be charged with genocide, the Sudanese ambassador to the United Nations told CNN. ...

Sudan dismisses ICC proceedings on Darfur, reiterates refusal to ...
International Herald Tribune, France - 3 hours ago
AP KHARTOUM, Sudan: Sudan on Friday dismissed an investigation into crimes against humanity in Darfur and refused to deliver any suspects to the ...

Concern Arises Over Implications of New ICC Indictments on Darfur
Voice of America - 4 hours ago
By Derek Kilner As the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor prepares to issue new arrest warrants in an investigation into the conflict in the ...

Sudanese leader to be charged with genocide
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 4 hours ago
The International Criminal Court plans to seek an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir for genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur, ...

ICC prosecutor to seek arrest of Sudan's president for genocide
Christian Science Monitor, MA - 4 hours ago
The pending charges by the international court have put the UN on edge, as it fears reprecussions against its peacekeepers in Darfur. ...

Darfur crime charges expected against Sudanese leaders
USA Today - 4 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is widely expected to be charged with crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur by the ...

Ambassador: Sudanese president may be charged with genocide
CNN International - 4 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS (CNN) -- Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir may be charged with genocide, the Sudanese ambassador to the United Nations told CNN. ...

Court to charge Sudan president
The Age, Australia - 4 hours ago
THE chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court will seek an arrest warrant on Monday for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, charging him ...

Tough talk as ICC celebrates anniversary
Radio Netherlands, Netherlands - 5 hours ago
By Thijs Bouwknegt and Perro de Jong* The International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC) has now been operating for five years as the world's only ...

Sudanese President to Face UN Arrest Warrant, Wash. Post Says
Bloomberg - 5 hours ago
By Mark Drajem July 11 (Bloomberg) -- An arrest warrant will be issued for Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court for ...

Darfur genocide charges will be sought
Los Angeles Times, CA - 5 hours ago
President Bashir would be the first head of state charged with genocide by the international court. The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor will ...

Backlash fears as Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, faces
Times Online, UK - 6 hours ago
The UN is braced for a fierce backlash from the imminent indictment of the Sudanese president for genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur. ...

Court seeks arrest of Sudan leaders over Darfur
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 9 hours ago
The International Criminal Court is to seek the arrest of senior Sudanese officials - possibly even the president - on Monday as a new war crimes case is ...

UK Diplomat In Spy Row - Sky News

2008-07-11T12:11:00.003-07:00

Russia accuses Britain of souring relations by harbouring Kremlin ...
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour ago
By Adrian Blomfield, Moscow Correspondent Russia's ambassador to London has blamed Britain for the poor state of Anglo-Russian relations because it provides ...

British spymaster emerges from 10-day coma
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
LONDON (AP) — A senior British intelligence official has emerged from a coma 10 days after he collapsed at home. The Cabinet Office said late Thursday that ...

Russia accuses British official of espionage
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has accused the British Embassy's top trade official in Moscow of espionage, the British Foreign Office confirmed Friday. ...

UK denounces Russian spy charge
CNN International - 6 hours ago
LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain has said it is "wholly unacceptable" for Russian authorities to have accused one of its diplomats of spying. ...

Russia accuses British diplomat of spying
Independent, UK - 8 hours ago
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "I can confirm that a member of the British staff is suspected of spying by the Russians. He is the acting director of UK ...

Russia Accuses British Embassy Official of Espionage
TransWorldNews (press release), GA - 2 hours ago
Russia accused a British diplomat in Moscow of engaging in espionage, the British Foreign Office confirmed Friday. Chris Bowers, acting head of UK Trade and ...

Russia accuses British official of espionage
New Hope Courier, OK - 3 hours ago
By PAUL SONNE, AP Writer 4 minutes ago MOSCOW - Russia has accused the British Embassy‘s top trade official in Moscow of espionage, the British Foreign ...

Russia accuses British diplomat of spying
United Press International - 8 hours ago
MOSCOW, July 11 (UPI) -- A Russian Foreign Office spokeswoman said a member of the British diplomatic corps in Moscow has been accused of espionage. ...

Official accused of spying
TeleText, UK - 8 hours ago
Russia has accused the British Embassy's top trade official in Moscow of espionage, the British Foreign Office has confirmed. A Foreign Office spokesman ...

Spy chief Alex Allan wakes from coma
Mirror.co.uk, UK - 10 hours ago
Police do not suspect foul play but confirmed he was still in a serious condition. Meanwhile, a top British diplomat has been accused by Russia of being a ...

Russia accuses UK diplomat of spying
PRESS TV, Iran - 10 hours ago
Russian authorities are accusing a member of the British Embassy of spying, a spokeswoman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office says. ...

Anglo-Russian tensions continue with new 'spy' allegations
Earthtimes (press release), UK - 10 hours ago
London - The British government confirmed Friday that Russia has accused one of its diplomats the embassy in Moscow of spying in what was seen as a further ...

British diplomat branded a spy by Russia as London-Moscow ...
Daily Mail, UK - 11 hours ago
By Will Stewart Last updated at 8:20 AM on 11th July 2008 Relations between London and Moscow hit a new low yesterday after Russia named a British diplomat ...

Russia 'accuses British diplomat of spying'
RIA Novosti, Russia - 11 hours ago
MOSCOW, July 11 (RIA Novosti) - A new spy row looks set to break out between Moscow and London after Russia apparently accused a British diplomat of ...

Russia asks UK to explain BBC Litvinenko claims
RussiaToday, Russia - 9 Jul 2008
Moscow is waiting for an official response from Britain regarding allegations that the Russian state was involved in the 2006 killing of former Russian ...

G8 summit: whilst Brown meets Medvedev, the British build Russia
cafebabel.com, France - 7 Jul 2008
By Ed Saunders / Tatiana Shramchenko. Peter the Great invited Italian architects to build his new city when he set out to transform Russia in the eighteenth ...

Russia accuses British diplomat of spying
Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia - 10 hours ago
A BRITISH diplomat working in Moscow has been accused of being a spy by Russian officials. Media reports in Russia claimed the officials believed British ...

London rejects BBC Litvinenko allegations
RussiaToday, Russia - 7 hours ago
The British government has stated that no intelligence or security officials are authorised to comment on the Litvinenko case. On Monday the BBC claimed ...

The 50 most influential figures in the Anglican Church: 30-21 - Telegraph.co.uk

2008-07-11T12:11:00.001-07:00

The history of the Lambeth Conference
Times Online, UK - 53 minutes ago
For 140 years, the bishops of the Anglican Communion have met once a decade. Our historical guide to Lambeth traces the origins and issues that dominated ...

Sex and schism in south London
Financial Times, UK - 1 hour ago
By Christopher Caldwell At the Lambeth conference, which meets once a decade, bishops from the 38 provinces of the worldwide Anglican communion gather to ...

In search of the wisdom between the extremes
Times Online, UK - 1 hour ago
Do the bishops of the Anglican Communion have something of real significance to say to a troubled and divided world? That seems to me to be the crucial ...

Caught in the middle
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 4 hours ago
With Anglican bonds stretched to breaking point, not everyone can be appeased, writes Andrew West. Robert Forsyth, the usually chirpy Anglican Bishop of ...

Anglican Communion: More than one in four bishops to boycott ...
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 4 hours ago
By Martin Beckford, Religion Correspondent A quarter of the world's Anglican bishops are to boycott the once-a-decade gathering of church leaders which ...

Kenya's Anglican bishops to boycott Lamberth conference
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation, Kenya - 5 hours ago
Kenya's Anglican bishops have confirmed they will boycott the 15 th Lamberth conference in Canterbury, England from July 16 to 3 rd August 2008. ...

ACK bishops boycott London meeting
Standard, Kenya - 7 hours ago
By Lucianne Limo Kenyan Anglican bishops have joined their counterparts in Uganda, Rwanda and Nigeria in boycotting the Church conference that begins on ...

Religion in the news
The Associated Press - 7 hours ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Episcopal Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori was installed as head of the US church less than two years ago, inheriting a mess not ...

Alf McCreary: Sexuality in the 21st century continues to plague ...
Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom - 10 hours ago
Dr Gene Robinson’s appointment at a bishop in the US has upset the Anglican CommunionTHIS week the Church of England voted to ordain women as bishops, ...

An evolving Anglican identity
Seattle Times, United States - 12 hours ago
A new chapter of Canterbury tales begins next week as modern religious pilgrims travel to the ancient cathedral site in southeast England. ...

Local Anglican delegation attending 15th Lambeth Conference
Jamaica Observer, Jamaica - 12 hours ago
BISHOPS of the Anglican Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands are in London to attend the 15th Lambeth Conference of Bishops, being held July 16 to ...

Region’s bishops shun Lambeth
Daily Nation, Kenya - 19 hours ago
Anglican bishops from Kenya and four other African countries will not attend the church’s biggest meeting, the Lambeth Conference, due to differences over ...

An Archbishop of Canterbury in retreat
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 22 hours ago
The immense damage done to the Archbishop of Canterbury during Monday night's debate on women priests is still sinking in. Dr Rowan Williams had not ...

US Anglican leader Katherine Jefferts Schori wades into women ...
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 22 hours ago
By Martin Beckford, Religious Affairs Correspondent The head of the Anglican church in America has stepped into the controversy over female bishops, ...

Created in the Image of God
Washington Post, United States - 10 Jul 2008
To say I am elated with the Church of England’s decision this week to allow the consecration of female bishops is not nearly enough. ...

Church of England When compromise fails
Economist, UK - 10 Jul 2008
WHAT makes a group (of voters, relatives, believers) stick together, even when its membership is varied and quarrelsome? Sometimes deference to a common ...

Tanzanian Church to opposed to women, gays as bishops
The Citizen Daily, United Republic of Tanzania - 10 Jul 2008
By Tom Mosoba Tanzania’s Anglican Archbishop Valentino Mokiwa yesterday hinted that the local church would oppose the mother church’s approval in England of ...

'A Bishop Who Happens to be a Woman'
Wall Street Journal - 9 Jul 2008
The Right Rev. Catherine Roskam -- the fourth woman ever to be consecrated -- discusses the rise of female leadership in the Anglican Communion By EMILY ...

Man held over theft of Shakespeare first folio - guardian.co.uk

2008-07-11T10:10:00.001-07:00

Man held over theft of rare Shakespeare folio
Reuters UK, UK - 4 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Police are quizzing a man over the theft of a rare collection of works by William Shakespeare stolen from Durham University 10 years ago. ...

William Shakespeare folio worth £15m recovered 10 years after ...
Times Online, UK - 4 hours ago
An edition of Shakespeare’s first folio stolen 10 years ago has been recovered after a British man took it into an American library to have it valued. ...

Stolen 17th century Shakespeare folio recovered
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 5 hours ago
By Richard Alleyne A "priceless" edition of Shakespeare's works stolen 10 years ago from Durham University has been recovered after a man took the book to a ...

Man held over Shakespeare theft
BBC News, UK - 6 hours ago
A man has been arrested over the theft of what has been described as the "most important book in the English language" which was stolen 10 years ago. ...

All's Well That Ends Well as lost Shakespeare is coming home - Summary
Earthtimes (press release), UK - 1 hour ago
London - A worldwide search for a "priceless" Shakespearean treasure stolen from a university library in Britain 10 years ago has led to the arrest of a man ...

Stolen Bard book is found
WTTE, OH - 1 hour ago
LONDON (AP) -- All's well that ends well -- in the case of a 400-year old volume of Shakespeare. The book, stolen a decade ago in England, will soon be back ...

Stolen Bard Book Recovered In DC; Man Arrested
NBC 4.com, DC - 3 hours ago
WASHINGTON -- Police have recovered a stolen 400-year-old volume of Shakespeare after a man walked into a Washington library and asked to have it ...

Shakespeare 'National Treasure' Back In Safe Hands
4ni.co.uk, UK - 3 hours ago
A man has been arrested for the theft of a "priceless" edition of Shakespeare's works. Printed in 1623, the First Folio edition was among a number of books ...

Man arrested over Shakespeare theft
Sunderland Echo, UK - 4 hours ago
A man has been arrested on suspicion of the theft of a priceless book from Durham University ten years ago. The first folio edition of a collection of the ...

British police arrest man in connection with Shakespeare theft
Monsters and Critics.com - 5 hours ago
London - British police have arrested a man in connection with the theft from a university library 10 years ago of a collection of works by William ...

Four-hundred-year-old Shakespeare book recovered a decade after ...
The Canadian Press, LONDON - 1 hour ago
LONDON — A 400-year-old volume of Shakespeare stolen in England a decade ago and valued $30 million has been recovered after a man walked into a library in ...

Stolen 17th century First Folio Shakespeare recovered
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 2 hours ago
By Richard Alleyne and Paul Stokes A £15 million First Folio edition of the complete works of Shakespeare stolen 10 years ago from a British university has ...

Man held over theft of £15m Shakespeare tome
Northern Echo, UK - 3 hours ago
By Mark Tallentire A MAN is being questioned by police on suspicion of stealing a collected works of Shakespeare worth £15m from Durham University. ...

Priceless Shakespeare manuscript stolen from North East recovered
Journal Live, UK - 6 hours ago
A "priceless" edition of the works of William Shakespeare stolen in the North East 10 years ago has been recovered after a man took the book into a US ...

Police chief appeals for calm as 20th teenager killed - Times Online

2008-07-11T06:11:00.003-07:00

Four killed in spate of London knife attacks
guardian.co.uk, UK - 41 minutes ago
Four men have been stabbed to death across London in 24 hours, one of them a 19-year-old who became the 20th teenager to die in a violent attack in the ...

Driver Dies In Road Rage Stabbing
Sky News, UK - 58 minutes ago
Use the drop down menu below to filter stories and videos the way you want - when you want it! A young man has been stabbed to death after an apparent road ...

Road rage attack probed
The Press Association - 1 hour ago
Police are probing whether a man stabbed in Leyton was fleeing from the occupants of a van after an apparent road rage attack moments earlier. ...

Four stabbed to death in London
Independent, UK - 1 hour ago
By John Matthew Hall A 19-year-old youth, who has not been named, suffered multiple stab wounds after being knifed in a confrontation yesterday at a bedsit ...

Two knife deaths in three hours
BBC News, UK - 4 hours ago
Two men in their 20s have been stabbed to death within three hours of each other and just three miles apart. The first man was attacked in Downsell Road, ...

Four arrested after 20-year-old stabbed to death
Reuters UK, UK - 5 hours ago
LONDON (Reuters) - Police have arrested four people after a 20-year-old man died from stab wounds in London, Scotland Yard said on Friday. ...

Fatal Stabbing In East London
Sky News, UK - 11 hours ago
Use the drop down menu below to filter stories and videos the way you want - when you want it! A 20-year-old man has been stabbed to death in east London, ...

Police probe crash in stab inquiry
Bexhill Observer, UK - 1 hour ago
Detectives are investigating whether a man stabbed to death in east London was fleeing from the occupants of a van who stabbed him in an apparent road rage ...

Three Further Deaths In Stab Epidemic
4RFV, UK - 1 hour ago
Three young men have died within hours of being stabbed in knife attacks in close proximity to each other in London. A 19-year-old, who has not been named, ...

New spate of stabbing probed
TeleText, UK - 1 hour ago
Police are investigating after three young men were stabbed to death in London in a single day. A man and a woman have been held over the death of a ...

Driver killed in road rage knife murder as three young men are ...
Mail on Sunday, UK - 1 hour ago
By Daily Mail Reporter A man has been stabbed to death in an apparent road rage attack during a bloody night on London's streets. Adnan Patel was knifed in ...

LEYTON: Head injury attack on same day as stabbings
Epping Forest Guardian, UK - 1 hour ago
By Sarah Cosgrove Police were called to an address in Dunedin Road, Leyton at 3.30pm, after recieving reports of an injured man. Ambulance crews took the ...

Four men stabbed to death on day of bloodshed
This is London, UK - 1 hour ago
Four men were stabbed to death within the space of 16 hours as London's knife crime epidemic escalated. And a fifth man is fighting for his life in hospital ...

Teen one of four London stab victims
InTheNews.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago
A 19-year-old has become the 20th teenager to be murdered in London this year on a day when three other men were stabbed to death. The unnamed teenager died ...

Fatal stabbing: four held
TeleText, UK - 7 hours ago
Four people have been arrested after a 20-year-old man was fatally stabbed in east London, Scotland Yard said. Officers were called to Downsell Road in ...

Teenager among four people fatally stabbed in London
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour ago
A teenager is among four victims of separate fatal stabbings committed in London over the past day . His death brings the number of teenagers killed in the ...

Two held over stabbing death
The Press Association - 1 hour ago
Two people have been arrested after a 19-year-old was fatally stabbed, police said. The teenager died from his injuries after being knifed in a ...

Two held over stabbing death
guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago
The teenager died from his injuries after being knifed in a confrontation at a bedsit in Gloucester Road, Edmonton, north London. ...

Four quizzed over fatal stab attack
The Press Association - 4 hours ago
Four people were arrested on Thursday after a 20-year-old man was fatally stabbed, Scotland Yard said. Officers were called to Downsell Road in Leyton, ...

Two young men stabbed to death in London
Independent, UK - 4 hours ago
Two young men were stabbed to death last night just a few miles apart and within just a few hours. The first attack was in Leyton, east London, ...

Driver killed in road rage knife murder as four men are stabbed to ...
Mail on Sunday, UK - 1 hour ago
By Daily Mail Reporter A man has been stabbed to death in an apparent road rage attack during a bloody 17 hours on London's streets in which four men were ...

Davis 'could play role in future' - BBC News

2008-07-11T06:11:00.001-07:00

Davis romps to victory, but no return to shadow cabinet
Scotsman, United Kingdom - 49 minutes ago
By ANDREW PICKEN FORMER shadow Home Secretary David Davis has cruised to victory in the by-election triggered by his decision to make a stand over civil ...

Davis stood on principle
guardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago
My friendship with David Davis goes back 20 years, so no one would expect me to do anything but stand by my friend on the day he is re-elected to the House ...

Labour launches attack on Davis
BBC News, UK - 1 hour ago
A Labour minister has mounted an attack on Conservative by-election winner David Davis comparing him to cartoon character Homer Simpson. ...

Politics Weekly podcast: The return of David Davis
guardian.co.uk, UK - 1 hour ago
In Politics Weekly this week, Nick Watt asks what the future holds for two men: David Davis, after his victory in the Haltemprice and Howden byelection, ...

So Davis won, but what did he really achieve?
guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago
Start with the victory bit. The former shadow home secretary tripled his majority in Haltemprice and Howden and did so on a convincing turnout – or at least ...

David Davis Hails 'Stonking' Victory
Sky News, UK - 2 hours ago
Use the drop down menu below to filter stories and videos the way you want - when you want it! David Davis has told Sky News his victory in the Haltemprice ...

David Davis: a hollow victory?
Independent, UK - 2 hours ago
By Nigel Morris The humiliation predicted by David Davis's enemies – inside and outside his party – did not materialise in the Haltemprice and Howden ...

Davis Retains UK Parliament Seat for Conservatives (Update2)
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago
By Kitty Donaldson July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Conservative lawmaker David Davis retained his seat in the UK Parliament, beating 25 other candidates in a special ...

Brown Needs Win In Glasgow East
Sky News, UK - 2 hours ago
Use the drop down menu below to filter stories and videos the way you want - when you want it! With the farcical Haltemprice and Howden by-election result ...

Miss GB puts on her best face as DD celebrates victory
Times Online, UK - 3 hours ago
If it had been a beauty contest, there could only ever have been one winner. But it was a by-election, an unprecedented referendum on the erosion our civil ...

David Davis: A Hollow Victory?
New Statesman, UK - 3 hours ago
So David Davis now has a majority of 15355 votes. And to think he was a candidate for "decapitation" in the last election. With a turnout of 34 per cent, ...

Today in Politics: Davis 1, Labour 0 (no show)
Independent, UK - 3 hours ago
By Andrew Grice David Davis passed the credibility test by securing a turnout of 34 per cent in the "42 days-detention" by-election he provoked in his ...

Was the Davis by-election a gimmick?
Reuters UK, UK - 4 hours ago
To nobody’s great surprise, David Davis swept home at the “liberties” by-election in his Yorkshire seat that he himself had engineered by resigning. ...

Haltemprice by-election: David Davis to continue civil liberties ...
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 4 hours ago
By Jon Swaine David Davis has vowed that his by-election victory will be "only the beginning" of a campaign against what he sees as an assault on civil ...

'No shadow cabinet role' for Davis
The Press Association - 4 hours ago
Conservative leader David Cameron indicated that David Davis will not be returning to the shadow cabinet following his by-election victory in Haltemprice ...

Why Clegg was wrong to step aside from Haltemprice and Howden
Financial Times, UK - 10 hours ago
Maybe I’m just “emotional” because it’s 3.20am and I should be fast asleep. But David Davis’s “victory” - he’s just won 17113 votes, about 70 per cent ...

Davis victory in Haltemprice poll
BBC News, UK - 11 hours ago
He quit in June, the day after the vote on terror detention, to fight for his seat on a civil liberties platform. The Lib Dems and Labour did not stand, ...

Israeli troops kill Hamas gunman in West Bank clash - Reuters

2008-07-11T04:11:00.005-07:00

'This is like apartheid': ANC veterans visit West Bank
Independent, UK - 12 hours ago
By Donald Macintyre in Hebron Veterans of the anti-apartheid struggle said last night that the segregation endured by Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied ...

Palestinians: Let us tame wild Jenin
Christian Science Monitor, MA - 13 hours ago
The West Bank city of Jenin has been officially handed over to Palestinian control, but the Israeli army still goes in to arrest and assassinate militants. ...

Fayyad calls on Palestinians to defy Israeli army
Reuters - 14 hours ago
NABLUS, West Bank, July 10 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Salam Fayyad called on Palestinians on Thursday to defy an Israeli army attempt to shut down a major ...

The battle for the territories
Economist, UK - 17 hours ago
ISRAELIS can choose a new way to spend their summer holidays this month. Peace Now, a veteran peace organisation, is inviting people who have never been to ...

IDF non-combat reservists say they're being thrust into war zones
Ha'aretz, Israel - 18 hours ago
By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent The Israel Defense Forces is requiring reservists who serve in logistical, non-combat roles to assume operational ...

Gaza militants fire two rockets
BBC News, UK - 19 hours ago
A militant group in Gaza says it has fired two rockets at Israel after troops killed an unarmed Palestinian infiltrator at the Gaza-Israel border. ...

MIDEAST: PALESTINIAN KILLED IN GAZA, FIRST SINCE TRUCE
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, Italy - 10 Jul 2008
(AGI) - Gaza, July 10 - For the first time since the cease-fire with Hamas, which started three weeks ago, Israeli soldiers have killed a Palestinian in the ...

Israeli troops kill Hamas man in West Bank
Reuters - 9 Jul 2008
JENIN, West Bank, July 9 (Reuters) - Israeli commandos killed a Palestinian militant in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, a military spokesman said said. ...

Palestinians clash with Israeli troops at West Bank wall protest
Africasia, UK - 9 Jul 2008
Palestinian protesters clashed with troops in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, one of several protests marking four years since the world court called ...

Naalin rally turns into riot; IDF arrests 5 protestors
Ynetnews, Israel - 9 Jul 2008
Dozens of Palestinian, Israeli, foreign peace activists rally in Naalin in protest of security fence. Rally turns into riot as protestors begin stoning IDF ...

Israelis fire crude rockets into West Bank Palestinian villages
Xinhua, China - 9 Jul 2008
RAMALLAH, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Israeli settlers Tuesday night fired three crude rockets into Palestinian villages near West Bankcity of Nablus, ...

Israel's crackdown against Hamas West Bank charities continues
Xinhua, China - 9 Jul 2008
RAMALLAH, July 9 (Xinhua) -- Israeli army Wednesday continued its crackdown operations against West Bank civil associations and charities allegedly linked ...

Fayyad says IDF raids in West Bank undermining his authority
Jerusalem Post, Israel - 9 Jul 2008
By AP Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salaam Fayad warned on Wednesday that IDF operations in the West Bank were hampering his administration's effort ...

Israel orders Hamas-linked shopping mall closed
AFP - 8 Jul 2008
NABLUS, West Bank (AFP) — The Israeli army on Tuesday ordered the closure of a shopping mall in the West Bank, saying the company that runs it is linked to ...

Israel troops raid Islamic charity facilities
Independent Online, South Africa - 8 Jul 2008
Nablus, West Bank - Israeli troops are shutting down facilities of an Islamic charity in the West Bank town of Nablus. The military says the charity is a ...

Gaza Strip: Two Hamas men killed in explosion
Al-Bawaba, Jordan - 8 Jul 2008
Two Palestinian fighters were killed and two others were hurt on Tuesday in a blast that ripped through a Hamas training camp in the central Gaza Strip, ...

Israel Shuts Down Hamas-Linked Facilities
FOXNews - 7 Jul 2008
AP July 7, 2008: Palestinian women look at damaged items in a school operated by the Islamic group Hamas in the West Bank city of Nablus. ...

Israel raids Islamist buildings in West Bank town
Reuters - 7 Jul 2008
By Atef Sa'ad NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel raided a Palestinian religious affairs office on Monday and ordered a school, a clinic and a mosque shut ...

West Bank car enthusiasts start their engines
Christian Science Monitor, MA - 7 Jul 2008
One of the last cities remaining under the Israeli blockade hosts a rare showing of race cars – some of which predate the second intifada. ...

Israel seals off West Bank town to prevent anti-wall demonstration
Xinhua, China - 7 Jul 2008
RAMALLAH, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Israeli forces extended a curfew on the central West Bank town of Ni'lin for the fourth day on Monday in response to ...

Israel extends curfew in Palestinian town
Reuters Canada, Canada - 7 Jul 2008
By Rebecca Harrison OUTSIDE NILIN, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers fired teargas and stun grenades on Monday to stifle protests against a West Bank ...

Iran to hold nuclear talks with EU's Solana on July 19 - AFP

2008-07-11T04:11:00.003-07:00

UN chief urges Iran to nuclear talks amid warnings over tests
AFP - 39 minutes ago
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — UN chief Ban Ki-moon issued a fresh appeal for Iran to suspend nuclear enrichment work as Washington warned Tehran to cease its ...

Israel Concerned as Iran Conducts War Games
Voice of America - 19 hours ago
By Robert Berger A second day of military exercises in Iran is causing anxiety in nearby Israel. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem. ...

Iran Conducts Second Day of Missle Tests
Washington Post, United States - 10 Jul 2008
By Glenn Kessler and Howard Schneider Iran conducted a second day of high-profile missile tests on Thursday, as US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice ...

Iran test-fires more missiles in war games
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 10 Jul 2008
By Carolynne Wheeler in Jerusalem Iran has test-fired several more missiles in a second day of exercises, flexing its military muscle and further increasing ...

Computer glitch leaves iPhone customers stranded - Times Online

2008-07-11T04:11:00.001-07:00

London launch of iPhone 3G marred by software problems
Computerworld, MA - 1 hour ago
By Jeremy Kirk Software compatibility problems marred the launch of the iPhone 3G at Apple's flagship store in London, where customers had difficulty ...

O2 buckles under 3G iPhone demand
Register, UK - 1 hour ago
By Joe Fay → More by this author O2 customers reported that the firm's activation system crashed this morning as they raced to get their new 3G iPhones, ...

Any sufficiently advanced information is indistinguishable from noise
ZDNet UK, UK - 2 hours ago
Walking past my local O2 store on the Holloway Road at 7:45 this morning, I clocked around fifty north Londoners queuing outside. They were in good spirits: ...

New iPhone goes on sale across UK
The Press Association - 2 hours ago
The new iPhone went on sale across the UK on Friday with customers queuing through the night to secure one of the hotly anticipated gadgets. ...

New iPhone hits UK shops
The Press Association - 6 hours ago
The new iPhone goes on sale across the UK, with retailers warning customers that they are unlikely to be able to meet demand. ...

Hurry now while stocks last, the iPhone is on sale
Independent, UK - 12 hours ago
By Martin Hickman, Consumer Affairs Correspondent Shoppers will flock to 1250 stores across Britain today in search of the new 3G iPhone, Apple's combined ...

Apple iPhone shortage set to see thousands disappointed
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 16 hours ago
By Dominic White The launch of the new iPhone is threatening to descend into chaos with limited supply of the gadget set to leave hundreds of thousands ...

O2 prepares to disappoint new iPhone customers
guardian.co.uk, UK - 17 hours ago
O2 is preparing to face thousands of disappointed customers as the mobile phone company looks set to run out of the latest version of Apple's iPhone within ...

O2: some won't get new iPhone until August
Times Online, UK - 10 Jul 2008
O2 customers may have to wait until the end of August to get their hands on Apple's new iPhone, even though the device goes on sale tomorrow. ...

UK Sees Frenzied iPhone 3G Demand
InformationWeek, NY - 9 Jul 2008
Wireless carrier O2 said it received 13000 pre-orders per second on its Web site, and warns of shortages. By Marin Perez UK customers looking to get their ...

iPhone UK websites swamped before Friday launch
Reuters - 9 Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Apple's new iPhone sold out online in Britain ahead of its Friday launch, defying general consumer gloom as the country's economy ...

O2 sells out pre-order iPhones
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - 8 Jul 2008
O2 UK sold out a limited number of iPhones available for pre-order in just a few hours. Early interest for the phone, which goes on sale 11 July, ...

O2 sells out of iPhones despite website crash
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 7 Jul 2008
By Claudine Beaumont and Shane Richmond Mobile phone operator O2 has sold out of Apple iPhones - four days before the device goes on sale. ...

Frenzied demand for Apple's new 3G iPhone
guardian.co.uk, UK - 7 Jul 2008
Demand for the new 3G version of the iPhone has outstripped supply, and O2, Apple's exclusive UK mobile phone partner, says it has run out of stock for ...

O2 website crashes under 3G iPhone demand
Times Online, UK - 7 Jul 2008
O2 customers determined to get their hands on Apple's new 3G iPhone caused the network's website to crash this morning as they rushed to pre-order the new ...

O2 fears shortage of iPhones - report
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - 7 Jul 2008
O2 UK is fearing a shortage of the 3G iPhone handsets as Apple has limited production of the new device. The lower production is due to the over-supply of ...

Just an illusion - the iPhone hype machine
Computing, UK - 52 minutes ago
On the walk from Oxford Circus tube station to the Computing office in London’s Soho, there is a Carphone Warehouse shop. It is normally unremarkable ...

3G iPhone mania arrives
T3, UK - 1 hour ago
So it's finally here and we can all breathe a huge collective sigh of relief. At 8:02am this morning, O2, Apple and Carphone Warehouse stores across the ...

Apple can't activate UK iPhone 3G without Internet Explorer
Crave, UK - 1 hour ago
For the crowds of patient Apple fans queueing outside Apple's flagship UK store in London this morning for an iPhone 3G, the feeling of disappointment was ...

6 hour wait for iPhone 3G
Product Reviews, UK - 1 hour ago
If your thinking about popping to an O2 or Carphone Warehouse store now to get an iPhone 3G, you may as well just forget about it and relax this weekend. ...

O2's 3G iPhone opening day in "chaos"
Mobile News, UK - 1 hour ago
This morning's launch of Apple's 3G iPhone was in chaos following the failure of O2's 'Gateway' connection process for new and existing customers. ...

David Davis claims 'stunning' byelection victory - guardian.co.uk

2008-07-11T04:10:00.001-07:00

Token opposition
New Statesman, UK - 1 hour ago
To win back his seat, David Davis needed only to defeat a smokers' rights advocate and a man claiming to be the true Pope. What is more interesting ...

Analysis: David Davis' hollow victory in Haltemprice by-election
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 1 hour ago
David Davis's by-election victory party was dampened by more than the North East's rain, writes Rosa Prince. Just after 3am, minutes too late for the final ...

David Davis has raised question marks about his judgment
guardian.co.uk, UK - 2 hours ago
Michael White is an assistant editor of the Guardian and was its political editor from 1990-2006. Thirty-four per cent. ...

Did David Davis keep his dignity?
BBC News, UK - 2 hours ago
By Iain Watson The result was never in doubt. Some of the bookies had even stopped taking bets on a David Davis victory before the polling booths opened in ...

David Davis wins by-election
Conservatives.com, UK - 51 minutes ago
He captured 72% of the vote, and in his victory speech he stressed that the voters of Halemprice and Howden had sent a "stunning message to the Government". ...

David Davis is the Conservatives' lone defender of civil liberties ...
Liberal Democrats, UK - 1 hour ago
Responding to David Davis’s by-election victory, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has challenged the Conservative party on their commitment to civil ...

Davis eases to victory
Pocklington Post, UK - 1 hour ago
DAVID Davis has won the Haltemprice and Howden by-election - gaining 70 per cent of the vote. He polled 17, 113 votes of the 24, 421 votes cast. ...

Local man loses out in Davis by-election
Mirfield Reporter, UK - 1 hour ago
Mirfield man David Pinder has been unsuccessful in his bid to win the UK's biggest ever by-election. Mr Pinder, standing for the New Party, ...

Jill more deserving of `courageous' tag
East Anglian Daily Times, UK - 1 hour ago
I HAVE to say to David Davis, former shadow home secretary, that if I had lived in Haltemprice and Howden, I would not have voted for him in yesterday's ...

Harrow hopeful sinks in by-election
Harrow Times, UK - 1 hour ago
By Tristan Kirk A RAYNERS Lane resident suffered an embarrassing defeat in yesterday's by-election in Haltemprice and Howden. Herbie Crossman polled just 11 ...

Blackpool's smoking rebel loses by-election deposit
Blackpool Gazette, UK - 1 hour ago
By Paul Marsden BLACKPOOL landlord and anti-smoking ban campaigner Hamish Howitt lost his deposit as David Davis swept to an easy victory in the Haltemprice ...

Blackpool smoking ban rebel loses by-election
Blackpool Citizen, UK - 1 hour ago
By Andrew Greaves » Blackpool smoking ban rebel Hamish Howitt was soundly beaten by the Conservatives David Davies last night in the Haltemprice and Howden ...

David Davis: job done?
Manchester Evening News Blog, UK - 2 hours ago
Looks like David Davis won't be returning to the shadow cabinet after cruising to victory in the Haltemprice and Howden by-election last night - albeit with ...

Tom Richmond: Davis has his day – now for the poll that really counts
Yorkshire Post, UK - 2 hours ago
By Tom Richmond IT may have been the by-election that attracted a record number of candidates – but yesterday's poll in Haltemprice and Howden was never ...