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Summit may bring tougher financial rules

date: 2008-11-15 13:28:42

Modest improvements expected in accounting, early warning systemLauren Victoria Burke / APWorkers prepare the National Building Museum in Washington on Friday for the Summit on Financial Markets.The Associated Press WASHINGTON - World leaders prepared Friday to adopt an early warning system for ...

source: article.wn.com

Militant killed in Gaza explosion

date: 2008-11-15 12:07:51

A member of a Palestinian militant group has been killed and another badly hurt in an explosion in the Gaza Strip, medical workers say.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

UN envoy to mediate in DR Congo

date: 2008-11-15 11:51:12

UN special envoy Olusegun Obasanjo is holding talks in the Democratic Republic of Congo in a bid to end months of violence.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Pakistan asks IMF for rescue loan

date: 2008-11-15 10:43:28

Pakistan has asked the International Monetary Fund for a loan of at least $7.6bn, its top economic adviser says.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

G20 nears deal for global oversight of banks

date: 2008-11-15 07:21:54

Washington, DC -- The Bretton Woods conference held in the dying days of World War II at a rural retreat in New Hampshire started off with modest expectations, but went on to create a new global financial system after weeks of painstaking work by mostly-anonymous officials from 44 countries. In ...

source: article.wn.com

No end to centuries of savagery in Afghanistan

date: 2008-11-15 07:21:54

By Robert Fisk Back in Afghanistan, the mind turns to the small matter of savagery. Not the routine cruelty of war but the deliberate inhumanity with which we behave. The torture and killing of prisoners in this pitiful place – the American variety in Bagram and the Taliban variety in Helmand – ...

source: article.wn.com

Thais pay respects to princess

date: 2008-11-15 05:43:29

Thousands of people have been paying their last respects to the sister of the King of Thailand, Galyani Vadhana.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Hamas fires rockets into south Israel

date: 2008-11-15 04:13:27

Hamas militants fired four Katyusha rockets at the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon yesterday as escalating violence threatened to end a five-month ceasefire that both sides insist they want to maintain. The rocket attacks, which caused no injuries, came after an Israeli airstrike which the ...

source: article.wn.com

World leaders begin crisis talks

date: 2008-11-15 01:46:15

World leaders arrive in Washington to discuss measures to contain the current financial turmoil as the G20 summit begins.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Spain: ETA and Colombian rebels helped each other

date: 2008-11-15 01:11:16

MADRID, Spain - A Spanish prosecutor says the Basque separatist group ETA and Colombia’s FARC rebels have collaborated with...

source: article.wn.com

Letters: Opposition to Jerusalem museum

date: 2008-11-15 00:06:42

Letters:

source: www.guardian.co.uk

Leaders set for G20 crisis talks

date: 2008-11-14 23:48:16

World leaders arrive in Washington to discuss measures to contain the recent financial turmoil as the G20 summit begins.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Rwandan aide to be sent to France

date: 2008-11-14 20:55:31

A Rwandan official held in Germany over a killing that triggered the 1994 genocide is to be sent to France.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Conrad Black in jail plea to Bush

date: 2008-11-21 20:12:57

Ex-media tycoon Conrad Black is appealing to US President George W Bush for clemency over his prison sentence for fraud.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

How to get out of the mess in Afghanistan

date: 2008-11-21 19:44:29

Afghanistan's swift unraveling has created new - and in some quarters unrealistic - enthusiasm for talks with the Taliban. We agree that there should be a serious effort to win over lower-level militants and tribal leaders - people who are ...

source: article.wn.com

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Cholera outbreak strikes Zimbabwe

date: 2008-11-21 18:18:25

The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe nears 300 as the water and sanitation situation "worsens", the UN says.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Arroyo husband falls ill on plane

date: 2008-11-21 16:50:57

The husband of Philippines President Gloria Arroyo is taken ill on a plane, forcing a diversion to Japan.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Imprisoned Human Rights Observers Start Hunger Strike In Israel

date: 2008-11-21 16:44:03

Massiyahu Prison, Lida, Israel (20 November, 2008) - Three Human Rights Observers (HRO) with the International Solidarity Movement will begin a hunger strike tomorrow in protest over their illegal detention by Israel. The three HROs, Darlene Wallach ...

source: article.wn.com


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Wildfire rages in Montecito and Santa Barbara, California

date: 2008-11-14 19:38:11

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has declared a state of emergency for Santa Barbara county after a wildfire destroyed over 100 homes

source: www.guardian.co.uk

Congo to help fight Rwanda rebels

date: 2008-11-14 18:46:27

DR Congo agrees to allow Rwandan intelligence teams over its border to help eradicate Hutu rebels blamed for the genocide.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Mothers hacked in albino attacks

date: 2008-11-14 18:00:45

Two Tanzanian women are attacked by gangs seeking to kidnap their albino children.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

G20 urged to reject protectionism

date: 2008-11-14 16:29:01

Prime Minister Gordon Brown urges leaders of the G20 developed and emerging economies to resist calls for protectionism.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Burma court jails more protesters

date: 2008-11-14 16:28:30

At least 11 more Burmese activists are jailed for their part in protests last year, bringing the total sentenced this week to 60.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Global crisis to hit India economy more in 2009: WEF

date: 2008-11-14 16:04:05

              Text: NEW DELHI: The global downturn will pressurise the Indian economy more next year and the government has to speed up reforms and boost investment to ...

source: article.wn.com

Freddie Mac asks for $13.8 billion after massive loss

date: 2008-11-14 16:04:05

: Freddie Mac asked the Treasury for $13.8 billion after a record quarterly loss caused its net worth to fall below zero. The third-quarter net loss widened to $25.3 billion, or $19.44 a share, the ...

source: article.wn.com

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