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Thursday,
04 December 2008
Canadian PM to call for suspension of parliament
OTTAWA (AFP) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was Thursday to call for the two-week old parliament to be suspended to block an opposition bid to topple his government and take over without fresh elections.
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
Zimbabwe declares cholera national emergency
HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- The Zimbabwean government has declared a national emergency in the face of a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 560 people, the state-owned newspaper The Herald said Thursday.
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
Gaza banks face cash crisis
Banks across the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip have closed because of a shortage of bank notes in their vaults, caused by the Israeli blockade of the territory.
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
Indian airports on high alert after fresh tip-off
THE main Indian airports were on high alert last night after intelligence warnings that India may be the target of a fresh airborne terrorist attack following the assault on Mumbai last week.
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
Uganda: Its Time for ICC to Walk the Talk
Justice delayed is justice denied. Should we be arguing whether or not to prosecute the perpetrators of war crimes around the world, especially in Africa, or should we just bring them to justice in order to deter others from doing the same
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
Palestinians’ Rift Prevents Gazans From Traveling to Mecca
By TAGHREED EL-KHODARY and ETHAN BRONNER GAZA - For the first time since the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, no Palestinians from Gaza are making the sacred annual pilgrimage to Mecca this year because of a power struggle over which Palestinian...
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Thursday,
04 December 2008
China, India Want More Commitment From Obama on Climate Change
By Alex Morales Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- China and India, the developing nations with the highest carbon-dioxide emissions, want US President- elect Barack Obama to demonstrate more commitment in tackling climate change, delegates at...
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