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Guinea: on the verge of a civil war
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According to BBC breaking news, ‘Guinea’s vice-president has returned from business abroad to take charge of the country after an attempted assassination on the president. President Moussa Dadis Camara was flown to Morocco, where a spokesman said he underwent a “minor operation” after being shot on Thursday. ...1 day ago -
West Africa bloc calls for civilian rule in Guinea (AP)
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AP - A regional African bloc calls for Guineas military junta to immediately hand over power to civilians.1 day ago -
Guinea junta leader "out of danger": spokesman (Reuters)
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Reuters - Guineas military junta leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, is out of danger after an operation to treat injuries he sustained in a gun attack by his own soldiers, a spokesman said Saturday.2 days ago -
Myanmar Supreme Court agrees to hear Suu Kyi’s appeal
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Yangoon, Dec. 4 (ANI): The Burmese Supreme Court has decided to hear detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s appeal against the 18-month extension of her house arrest. The Nobel peace prize laureate was found guilty of violating the terms of her house arrest after she allowed an American citizen to stay when ...2 days ago -
Aide Shoots Guinean Leader In Head
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The head of Guinea’s military junta, Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara, was being flown to Morocco for medical treatment after being shot in the head by an aide. Analysts say this suggests splits the ruling junta and comes weeks after the massacre of 157 people at a sports stadium.3 days ago -
Driver who killed teens loses appeal
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A motorist who killed six teenage pedestrians in a crash near Mildura in north-west Victoria in 2006 has lost his application for leave to appeal against his jail term. Thomas Graham Towle was sentenced to 10 years jail with a minimum of seven over the crash at Cardross in which six teenagers died and four others ...4 days ago -
Burma’s Minorities Must Not Be Overlooked
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Rohingya children from Myanmar (formerly Burma) in a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazaar, Aug. 17, 2009. Rohingyas, not recognized as an ethnic minority by Myanmar, allege human rights abuse by its authorities, saying they deprive Rohingya of free movement, education and rightful employment. (Andrew Biraj/Reuters) Before ...1 week ago -
Liberal turmoil clouds debate on climate bills
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The Federal Opposition looks set to change leaders, as the emissions trading legislation that sparked the Liberal row comes back before the Senate. The Upper House failed to meet the Governments deadline of passing the scheme by last week, prompting the Governments Senate leader, Chris Evans, to accuse the Opposition ...1 week ago -
Rudd plays careful hand at CHOGM
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudds appearance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is an exercise in double-purpose diplomacy. First, he wants to keep a high profile among his Commonwealth colleagues, meeting all the big players of this 53-nation group: Britains Gordon Brown, Indias Manmohan Singh, South ...1 week ago -
Pedro’s Story. Peruvian Roots And Gold
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Andean Machu Picchu, Peru. Click for credits and larger picture As I said in the previous post I am impressed by Pedro’s personality, by his intelligence and extreme hardiness towards fatigue or any kind of climate. He has a lively and authoritative look. He’s pensive sometimes. Not the gloomy pensive, ...2 weeks ago -
Obama tells Myanmar to free Suu Kyi
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Singapore, Nov 15 (DPA) US President Barack Obama used a meeting Sunday with the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to urge pariah state Myanmar to free pro-democracy leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi.In what was the first meeting in 43 years between a US president and the leaders of ...3 weeks ago -
APEC leaders dilute carbon targets
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is jointly hosting a climate change breakfast on the sidelines of APEC in Singapore, though the Pacific rim leaders have watered down climate change targets in their final statement. Climate change has been the big new issue on the usually trade-centred agenda of the Asia Pacific Economic ...3 weeks ago -
Military Regime Hosts a Party for John Bolton
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Mark Leon Goldberg reports that John Bolton, the Bush administration’s former ambassador to the United Nations, has a new book out. It’s called ConUNdrum — har har — and apparently continues Bolton’s quest to shave several more floors from the U.N.’s Turtle Bay offices . But what’s more interesting, ...3 weeks ago -
YouTube video sinks Turnbull minder
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A media minder for Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly quit his job after being linked to an online bout of Liberal factional warfare. The video parodies Liberal MP Alex Hawke by portraying him as an enraged Adolf Hitler, echoing a YouTube trend of dubbing Hitler biopic Downfall with fake ...4 weeks ago -
United States To Continue Its Tough Stance On Myanmar
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The United States of America has declared that, even with the resumption of high level talks with the military junta of Myanmar, the sanctions imposed by the US will not be withdrawn, until the Myanmar government embraces democracy and makes necessary reforms in its administration. The US ambassador the ASEAN Affairs, ...4 weeks ago -
Poor leadership linked to soldier’s death
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Deficiencies in training, leadership and deployment readiness may have contributed to the death of Lieutenant Michael Fussell in Afghanistan last year, a Defence inquiry has found. The Major in charge of the operation in which Lieutenant Fussell died on November 27 has now been stood down from his command. ...5 weeks ago -
U.S. restricts travel by Guinea junta (Reuters)
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Reuters – The U.S. government has restricted travel to the United States by Guinea’s military junta, which has been accused of planning a bloody crackdown on opposition protesters who killed more than 150 people. Here is the original:Â (Reuters)"> (Reuters)">U.S. restricts travel by Guinea ...5 weeks ago -
Freedom Hell on Earth
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The social investigation was conducted by Freedom House. The organization’s Freedom in the World report entitled Worst of the Worst: The World’s Most Repressive Societies 2009 enumerates the bottom 21 countries and territories with regards to repression of human freedom. Here are some of the worst of hell on ...5 weeks ago -
Harbour Bridge picnic may become annual
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This mornings massive breakfast picnic which closed the Sydney Harbour Bridge could become an annual event. Sydneys first Breakfast on the Bridge, held as part of a city-wide food festival, has been hailed a success, with about 6,000 picnic goers in attendance. The eight lanes of bitumen were given a temporary ...6 weeks ago -
6,000 eat brekkie on Harbour Bridge
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Six thousand people have found the best picnic spot in Sydney this morning - sitting down to breakfast on the Harbour Bridge. The citys first Breakfast on the Bridge, held as part of a Sydney-wide food festival, was hailed a success. Picnickers say the event was well organised and there have been very few ...6 weeks ago
