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Yearly Archives: 2008

Thai Protest Stops Trains and Planes

3 hours ago

Protesters in Thailand ratcheted up their campaign to oust the government, stopping trains and blocking provincial airports, as well as waging an attack on police headquarters in Bangkok.

Tagged: politics and government, police, airports, thaksin shinawatra, bangkok thailand, airlines and airplanes, demonstrations and riots
Karadzic Declines to Plead

4 hours ago

The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic refused Friday to enter pleas on the 11 charges he faces at the United Nations war crimes tribunal.

Tagged: hague netherlands, war crimes genocide and crimes against humanity, karadzic radovan
Zimbabwe Says It Will Lift Ban on Aid Groups

5 hours ago

Zimbabwe’s state radio announced that the government had lifted a two-month-old ban on non-governmental organizations, according to news agency reports.

Tagged: zimbabwe, politics and government, political prisoners, foreign aid, mugabe robert, tsvangirai morgan
Pakistan’s Presidential Favorite Under Guard

11 hours ago

Asif Ali Zardari, the favorite to be Pakistan’s next president, has moved into a guarded government compound over security fears, officials said.
Floods in India May Displace Millions

11 hours ago

NEW DELHI -- Millions of destitute farmers and their families may be displaced for months after severe floods in northern India wiped out crops and homes, leaving hundreds of villages under several feet of water.

Tagged: floods, india, levees and dams