World News
- Chinese army moves into earthquake affected areas
Sweden News.Net
The death toll resulting from the powerful earthquake that hit China on Monday afternoon today is continuing to rise.
- Bush urges world to scorn Myanmar generals
Sweden News.Net
US President George Bush has suggested the world should be angry enough to condemn the Myanmar junta.
- Iraqi militants attack US troops in Shiite stronghold
Sweden News.Net
Gunmen have launched numerous attacks on US troops in the Baghdad bastion of militia loyal to Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al Sadr.
- Indian army on guard against cross-border infiltrators
Sweden News.Net
The Indian Army plans a massive operation to weed out infiltrators from areas along the India-Pakistan border after foiling a major terror strike in Samba in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Fossil find turns history on its head
Sweden News.Net
Scientists have found a 1.2 million year old fossilized jawbone in northern Spain, which belongs to the oldest-known human ancestor in Europe, thus shattering previous theories about human migration to Europe.
- Polish ghetto heroine dies at 98
Sweden News.Net
A Polish woman who saved thousands of Jewish children during World War II by smuggling them out of the Warsaw Ghetto has died in the Polish capital after a long illness, aged 98.
- McCain to be challenged by fellow Republican
Sweden News.Net
A former Republican Representative has said he will run for US president as a Libertarian.
- Civil strife in Lebanon - Bush offers help
Sweden News.Net
Deadly sectarian violence has plunged Lebanon further into crisis.
- Afghan villagers flee NATO strikes
Sweden News.Net
People have been fleeing their homes in a southern Afghanistan district for fear that NATO strikes will affect them.
- Opposition politician arrested in Zimbabwe
Sweden News.Net
Heya Shoko, a newly-elected legislator for Zimbabwe's opposition MDC party has been arrested.
- Nepal monarchy will go in May
Sweden News.Net
The Nepal monarchy will be formally abolished on the 28th of May when the country will be declared a republic.
- UN fears shocking outbreak of disease in Myanmar
Sweden News.Net
Myanmar's military rulers have been castigated by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
- Israeli police raid Olmert files
Sweden News.Net
Police have raided Jerusalem's City Hall and seized documents as part of a corruption investigation against Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
- Pakistan parliament starts to crumble
Sweden News.Net
Pakistan's coalition government is on the verge of collapsing after only seven weeks of debate.
- Toads warned of impending quake in Sichuan province on Saturday
Sweden News.Net
New Delhi, : Warnings about a major earthquake taking place in China's Sichuan province were, would you believe it, given by toads, two days before the tragedy.
- Fuel supplies restored to Gaza
Sweden News.Net
The Gaza Strip's sole power plant is once again being supplied with fuel by Israel.
- US begins aid flights to Myanmar cyclone victims
New York Post
Myanmar agreed to accept more American aid, officials said Tuesday, opening the door for what could be a massive relief operation as the U.N. warned that less than a quarter...
- China earthquake toll rises to 5,000
Sweden News.Net
Chengdu (China), (Xinhua) At least 5,000 people may have been killed after a major earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale jolted the country's southwestern Sichuan Province, local disaster relief headquarters said Monday.
- Another Corruption Scandal Pursues Olmert
IPS
Badly tarnished by his management of the Lebanon war in the summer of 2006, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert had begun, in recent months, to resurrect his public image....
- Clinton poised for W.Va. win; Obama looks ahead
New York Post
The Democratic presidential race runs on two tracks now, one snaking through the West Virginia primary Tuesday and the other mapped out by Barack Obama through battleground...
- Efforts to remove Detroit mayor to go to vote
New York Post
The Detroit City Council has spent weeks debating what to do with scandal-plagued Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick: force his ouster or slap him on the wrist.
- Subsidies Fail the Poor Among the Rich
IPS
Romanian farmers have started receiving the first payments under the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). But the poorest farmers might have to wait years to...
- Youth Get a Push Towards Nationalism
IPS
A new plan has been set up to promote nationalism among Russian youth.The programme was initiated by Children Against Terrorism, Extremism and Drug Addiction, a Moscow-based...
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