New York - U.S. authorities have charged four people in connection with an alleged Islamic terrorist plot to blow up John F. Kennedy airport in New York. Officials say the plot allegedly involved blowing up the airport's jet-fuel tanks and part of a pipeline from New Jersey.
(Full Story)Source: rferl.org
- Sunday, June 3rd 2007
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By Trish Anderton
Jakarta - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has softened his county's rhetoric about China's military buildup, telling a regional security conference in Singapore that he sees "reason to be optimistic" about the U.S.-China relationship. Trish Anderton filed this report from Jakarta.
(Full Story)Source: voanews.com
- Saturday, June 2nd 2007
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United Nations - The Security Council agreed that the special tribunal set up to try the suspected killers of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri will enter into force on 10 June unless Lebanon ratifies the tribunal itself before that date.
(Full Story)Source: un.org
- Thursday, May 31, 2007
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By Jeffrey Donovan
Washington - U.S. President George W. Bush announced today his nominee to head the World Bank: Robert Zoellick, a former trade representative and top diplomat. Within hours of the first reports of the expected announcement on May 29, the bank's board issued a statement listing the "essential" qualities of its next chief. It did not mention Zoellick, but said the next president should have a "track record of leadership," a "commitment to development" and "multilateral cooperation," and "political objectivity and independence."
(Full Story)Source: rferl.org
- Wednesday, May 30, 2007
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MOSCOW - Russian police detained gay-rights activists, including two European lawmakers, as they gathered in central Moscow today, while members of a hostile crowd shouted, "Death to homosexuals!" and punched and kicked the demonstrators and pelted them with eggs.
(Full Story)Source: rferl.org
- Monday, May 28, 2007
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Kyiv - More than 2,000 Ukrainian Interior Ministry troops loyal to President Viktor Yushchenko have been sent to Kyiv, where Yushchenko and rival Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych are holding crisis talks, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reported.
(Full Story)Source: rferl.org
- Saturday, May 26, 2007
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London - Powerful governments and armed groups are deliberately fomenting fear to erode human rights and to create an increasingly polarized and dangerous world, said Amnesty International today as it launched Amnesty International Report 2007, its annual assessment of human rights worldwide.
(Full Story)Source: thereport.amnesty.org
- Thursday, May 24, 2007
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By David McKeeby
Washington – The White House expressed its support for Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora as his government confronts militants linked to al-Qaida and continues to seek an international tribunal to hear cases arising from the international probe into the 2005 murder of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
(Full Story)Source: usinfo.state.gov
- Wednesday, May 23, 2007
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The latest movie by the controversial U.S. filmmaker Michael Moore has opened at the Cannes Film Festival in France. Moore is known for his harsh criticism of American culture. This time, he is taking on the U.S. health care system. And the U.S. government is reported to be investigating whether it can take him to court.
(Full Story)Source: voanews.com
- Monday, May 21, 2007
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By Jeffrey Donovan
May 16, 2007 -- Western governments and human rights activists are concerned over the possibility that Belarus -- sometimes called Europe's last dictatorship -- could win a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council.
(Full Story)Source: rferl.org
- Wednesday, May 16, 2007
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