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 BBC News Fri 12 Aug 2011
Colombia tries to curb Farc rebel attacks
Colombian Defence Minister Rodrigo Rivera has been meeting the heads of the army and the police in an effort to curb attacks by the country's biggest left-wing guerrilla force, the Farc. | The meeting... (photo: AP / El Pais)
Colombia Defence Photos S America Wikipedia: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia |
 Al Jazeera Thu 11 Aug 2011
Pfizer pays Nigeria drug-trial victims
| US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has begun long-awaited compensation payments to families over a 1996 drug trial blamed for the deaths of 11 children and disabilities in dozens of others. | But the pa... (photo: AP / George Osodi)
Africa Health Nigeria Photos Wikipedia: Kano trovafloxacin trial litigation |
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 Al Jazeera Thu 11 Aug 2011
Obama's conservative pandering
| In mid-April, the House passed Paul Ryan's Budget Plan, complete with its provision to privatise Medicare. In late May, Democrat Kathy Hochul won an upset special elect... (photo: White House / Pete Souza)
Economy Photos Politics Washington Wikipedia: United States debt-ceiling crisis |
 BBC News Thu 11 Aug 2011
Israel approves 1,600 settler homes in East Jerusalem
Final approval has been given for the building of 1,600 settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem by the Israeli interior ministry. | The ministry is expected to approve t... (photo: AP / Sebastian Scheiner)
Israel Mideast Palestine Photos Wikipedia: Israeli settlement |
 The Independent Thu 11 Aug 2011
How Ai Weiwei lost his voice
| It was just eight months ago that the dissident Chinese artist, Ai Weiwei, told me that revolution was the only way to solve China's problems, and he felt change was in... (photo: AP / Focke Strangmann)
Artist China Human Rights Photos Wikipedia: Ai Weiwei |
 The Guardian Wed 10 Aug 2011
NATO: Libya airstrike killed troops, not civilians
| SLOBODAN LEKIC | Associated Press= BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — NATO and Libyan officials both refuted damaging claims Wednesday in the 6-month old civil war, with NATO ins... (photo: AP / Ivan Sekretarev)
Libya Nato Photos Troops Wikipedia: 2011 military intervention in Libya |
 All Africa Wed 10 Aug 2011
Education Sector Further Threatened By Famine Exodus, UN Warns
Immediate action and funding are urgently needed to prevent a dramatic worsening of the educational situation in war- and drought-wracked Somalia, where some 1.8 million ... (photo: WN / Eteh)
Drought Education Photos Somalia Wikipedia: Somali Civil War |
 BBC News Wed 10 Aug 2011
India court confirms death penalty for Red Fort attack
India's Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Ashfaq Arif, a Pakistani man convicted of attacking an army barracks at Delhi's Red Fort. | Arif, a Lashkar-e-Taiba... (photo: AP / Gurinder Osan)
Crime India Photos Terrorism Wikipedia: Lashkar-e-Taiba |
 Scoop Wed 10 Aug 2011
Groups urge UN human rights council session on Syria
Wednesday, 10 August 2011, 5:57 pm | Press Release: UN Watch | August 9, 2011 | 24 groups urge UN human rights council emergency session on Syria, hearings, investigator ... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
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 Scoop Wed 10 Aug 2011
Enhanced Cooperation Vital To Protect Forests from Weather
Wednesday, 10 August 2011, 5:49 pm | Press Release: United Nations | Enhanced Cooperation Vital To Protect Forests from Extreme Weather – UN | New York, Aug 9 2011... (photo: WN / Marzena Jazowska)
Climate Environment Photos Protection Weather Wikipedia: Forest |
