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Monday, 28 June 2010

Fiji dictator Frank Bainimarama cracks down on press freedom

FIJIAN dictator Frank Bainimarama has given News Limited three months to sell or close The Fiji Times in a crackdown on press freedom. The measures include jail...

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Belgium Church abuse commission head quits over raids BBC News

The head of the Belgian Church-backed commission investigating cases of clerical sexual abuse has resigned. Peter Adriaenssens said he was quitting and that the commission "had been used as bait", according to reports in the Belgian press. After meeting on Monday, members of the commission...

Robert Byrd, Senate's elder statesman, is dead Kansas City Star

More News WASHINGTON - Sen. Robert Byrd was very much a man of his turbulent era and a man of West Virginia, able to dramatically influence and shape policy for more than half a century while bestowing billions on his beloved state. Byrd died at 3 a.m. EDT Monday after a short hospitalization in...

Turkey 'closes airspace' to Israel Al Jazeera

Turkey's prime minister says his country has closed its airspace to some Israeli military flights. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was quoted by the state-run Anatolia agency, did not elaborate on the decision. He was speaking in Toronto, Canada, where he was attending the G20 summit. The move...

China Says 107 People Trapped in a Landslide The New York Times

Filed at 7:19 a.m. ET BEIJING (AP) -- A landslide caused by heavy rains has trapped at least 107 people Monday in southwestern China, and there is little hope for their survival, a local official said. Rescue work was under way and the number of casualties was not immediately known, said an official...

Israeli inquiry into Gaza flotilla raid opens The Star

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's prime minister and defence chief will be called to testify in an investigation into a deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, the leader of an Israeli commission of inquiry said in an opening statement on Monday. A Palestinian girl holds a Palestinian flag during a protest...

NATO's June death toll in Afghanistan nears 100 Khaleej Times

KABUL - The death toll for foreign soldiers in Afghanistan Monday neared the grim milestone of 100 for June alone as the CIA chief warned the anti-Taliban war would be tougher and longer than expected. Britain's Ministry of Defence said a soldier was killed in the southern province of Helmand on...

Women freeze eggs to wait for 'Mr Right' BBC News

Women in their late 30s are freezing eggs because they are still hunting for "Mr Right", research suggests. A study of women at a Belgian clinic found half wanted to freeze their eggs...

Nile basin countries stand by deal Al Jazeera

Five East African countries have announced their refusal to go back on a deal they signed last month to share the waters of the Nile, despite fierce criticism from Egypt and Sudan. The stand was adopted as the latest meeting of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) in Addis Ababa,...