Politics

Love in a time of swine flu: no kisses for Argentines - 07/10/2009

BUENOS AIRES- Swine flu fears have already forced Argentines to give up sharing mate, the national drink usually enjoyed with friends, and now they're being told to keep their distance from others...

British far-right MEP says EU should sink immigrant boats - 07/09/2009

LONDON - The leader of the far-right British National Party, recently elected to the European Parliament, said Wednesday that the EU should sink boats carrying African immigrants trying to reach the...

Uighur group estimates China death toll at up to 800 - 07/09/2009

BERLIN - Between 600 and 800 people died in violence in the Chinese city of Urumqi between Muslim Uighurs and Han Chinese, the vice-president of the Uighur World Congress told AFP Wednesday. Asgar...

G8 rifts emerge as economic danger signs spied - 07/09/2009

L'AQUILA, Mathieu Gorse - The world's most powerful leaders warned Wednesday the global economy is still in peril, at a summit marred by Russia's renunciation of climate change targets and splits...

Detainees require more legal rights in court: US officials - 07/08/2009

WASHINGTON - US administration officials said Tuesday that terror suspects tried before military commissions can claim some constitutional rights, including protection against evidence obtained...

ActionAid charity throws down gauntlet to G8 over hunger - 07/07/2009

LONDON - Humanitarian charity ActionAid called Monday for G8 powers meeting in Italy this week to pump out billions more dollars to meet a key goal to halve world hunger. The Group of Eight must...

World powers call for restraint amid China unrest - 07/07/2009

GENEVA - The international community expressed alarm as ethnic unrest flared again Tuesday in northwest China, with the United Nations, the United States and the European Union leading calls for...

AU, ICC 'working together on Darfur crisis': prosecutor - 07/07/2009

ADDIS ABABA- The African Union and the International Criminal Court "are working together" to resolve the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region, court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo insisted Tuesday....

Organized crime plundering West Africa - 07/07/2009

UNITED NATIONS, Gerard Aziakou - Fewer drugs have been flowing into Europe from West Africa in recent months but organized crime is plundering the sub-region through illicit trafficking in arms,...

Harry Potter's nemesis revels in hard-edged new film - 07/06/2009

PARIS, Rebecca Frasquet - British actor Tom Felton said he was relishing two violent dust-ups with Harry Potter when he resumes his role as the evil Draco Malfoy in the sixth film of the boy wizard's...
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