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South Korea says military hotline with North restored
Friday, 20 March 2009, 9:52 pm
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea reopened a military hotline with the South on Saturday, a day after Washington and Seoul ended annual defense drills that Pyongyang had called preparations for an invasio. […]
Venezuelans protest bid to arrest opposition leader
Friday, 20 March 2009, 6:56 pm
MARACAIBO (Reuters) - Thousands of Venezuelans protested on Friday against an attempt to arrest opposition leader Manuel Rosales on corruption charges, in a march that swelled a main avenue of the oil. […]
Obama offers new start with Iran
Friday, 20 March 2009, 6:46 pm
WASHINGTON/TEHRAN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama made his warmest offer yet of a fresh start in relations with Iran, which cautiously welcomed the overture but said on Friday it was waiting f. […]
Argentine farmers block roads, call strike over tax
Friday, 20 March 2009, 6:41 pm
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine farmers blocked roads and called an anti-government strike on Friday, reigniting a year-long standoff over soy taxes and challenging the president three months befor. […]
U.S. to suspend non-humanitarian aid to Madagascar
Friday, 20 March 2009, 6:21 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it would suspend all non-humanitarian aid to Madagascar after opposition leader Andry Rajoelina’s took power with the support of the army in wha. […]
Sudan says to never reverse decision to expel NGOs
Friday, 20 March 2009, 5:22 pm
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States and several other members of the U.N. Security Council urged Sudan on Friday to reverse its decision to expel 13 foreign aid groups, but Khartoum’s envoy s. […]
NATO commander sees Afghan security gains in 2010
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:27 pm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The arrival of 12,000 extra U.S. combat troops in southern Afghanistan this summer is not likely to bring major security gains to the volatile region until 2010, a top NATO comm. […]
Somalia, U.N. appeal for peace process backing
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:17 pm
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Somalia’s new government, backed by the United Nations, appealed for financial and political support from around the world on Friday to bolster the fragile peace process in. […]
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N Korea restores military hotline
Friday, 20 March 2009, 11:49 pm
North Korea has restored a military hotline with the South that it cut earlier this month, officials in Seoul say.
‘Propaganda’
Friday, 20 March 2009, 11:32 pm
Turkish film about 1915 ‘genocide’ revives old dispute
US halts Madagascar aid over coup
Friday, 20 March 2009, 11:20 pm
The US halts non-emergency aid to Madagascar, which continues to court global controversy after an army-backed coup.
Vicious cycle
Friday, 20 March 2009, 11:03 pm
Is there a way out of Kuwait’s repeating crises?
Queenslanders in ‘historic’ vote
Friday, 20 March 2009, 10:21 pm
Voters in Queensland, Australia, are voting in state elections - which could see a woman backed as premier for the first time.
Afghan blasts kill Canada troops
Friday, 20 March 2009, 7:29 pm
Four Canadian soldiers are killed and eight injured in two separate bombs in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province.
Gene ‘has key schizophrenia role’
Friday, 20 March 2009, 7:11 pm
Scientists have discovered a single gene may control how some patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder respond to their medication.
Iran seeking change in US policy
Friday, 20 March 2009, 6:27 pm
Iran welcomes an offer of “a new beginning” in relations from Barack Obama, but says the US must change its behaviour.
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Canada bars British lawmaker over Hamas support (AFP)
Friday, 20 March 2009, 10:49 pm
AFP - George Galloway has been blocked from visiting Canada because of his support of Hamas, which is banned here, the Canadian immigration minister’s office said.
China clears Johnson & Johnson baby products (AP)
Friday, 20 March 2009, 10:38 pm
AP - The State Food and Drug Administration said Saturday it found no evidence that Johnson & Johnson baby products made in China contain potential carcinogens as alleged by an activist group.
Peru police see 4 pct surge in coca crops in 2008 (AP)
Friday, 20 March 2009, 10:17 pm
AP - Peruvian coca cultivation likely rose 4 percent for a second straight year in 2008 despite efforts to eradicate the crop, the country’s top anti-drug official said Friday.
Prosecutor slams Sudan’s president over aid groups (AP)
Friday, 20 March 2009, 6:51 pm
AP - The Sudanese president’s decision to expel 13 foreign aid groups from Darfur shows the International Criminal Court is right to pursue him on war crimes charges in the region, the court’s chief p. […]
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,260 (AP)
Friday, 20 March 2009, 6:07 pm
AP - As of Friday, March 20, 2009, at least 4,260 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Afghan clerics urge Saudi-led talks with Taliban (AP)
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:27 pm
AP - Afghanistan’s top Muslim clerics urged President Hamid Karzai on Friday to push ahead with a proposal for talks with the Taliban that would be mediated by Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah.
Pope condemns sexual violence against women (AP)
Friday, 20 March 2009, 4:19 pm
AP - Pope Benedict XVI, welcomed to this sweltering capital Friday by the biggest crowds of his African pilgrimage, condemned sexual violence against women in Africa and chided those countries on the. […]
NKorea shuts border for third time in recent days (AP)
Friday, 20 March 2009, 11:35 am
AP - North Korea pledged Friday to restore its military communications hot line with the South but closed the border dividing the two Koreas for the third time in recent days, South Korean officials s. […]
