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Gen. Pervez Musharraf declared a state of emergency in Pakistan on Saturday, suspending the constitution, replacing the chief justice before a crucial Supreme Court ruling on his future as president, and cutting communications in the capital.
Pakistan's main opposition leader, Benezir Bhutto, flew back to the country...(more)
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With his silver-topped cane, finger-wagging rhetoric and a tendency to refer to himself in the third person, rebel leader Laurent Nkunda is the latest big man to stake his claim in this troubled country.
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This report argues that governments have failed to acknowledge a looming oil supply crunch. Their collective failure means we have lost a decade in which action could have been taken. Recognition of the oil supply crunch would also have injected a sense of urgency and increased...(more)
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It is 30 years since the film Mad Max was made, launching the career of Mel Gibson.
The film made a big splash at the time for its terrifying view of a world without oil, where gangs of grisly looking people roam deserts in a post-apocalyptic world,...(more)
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The opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is in talks with advisers to President Robert G. Mugabe of Zimbabwe, amid signs that some of those close to Mr. Mugabe may encourage him to resign, a Western diplomat and a prominent Zimbabwe political analyst said Tuesday. The negotiations about...(more)
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Rock-throwing protesters fought riot police officers through clouds of tear gas near Egypt’s Interior Ministry, on a second day of clashes triggered by the deaths at a soccer riot in Port Said.
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Executive order halts transactions by Iranian bank in US, despite concerns that it may drive up petroleum costsBarack Obama has ordered the freezing of Iranian government assets in the US, including transactions by the Iranian Central Bank, in tightened sanctions over Tehran's nuclear programme.The White House...(more)
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A simple trip to the store in Iran these days offers a crash course in life under Western economic sanctions....
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Villagers in south-west China attack family planning officials, overturned cars and set fire to government buildings.
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US President Barack Obama places new sanctions on Iran, blocking government assets held in the US, including the Iranian Central Bank.
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Myanmar's military leaders said weapons had been seized from Buddhist monatasteries and announced dozens of new arrests today, defying global outrage over its violent repression of protestors who sought an end to 45 years of dictatorship.
Recent raids on monasteries turned up guns, knives and ammunition, though...(more)
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• Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov due in Damascus • Bombardment of Homs continues for fourth day• Splits emerge between Free Syrian Army and opposition10.10am: There has been much discussion about what Lavrov might say to Assad during their meeting. Twitter user @KarlreMarks (who specialises in...(more)
