Sunday, January 27, 2008

International News

Rice to show Colombia support
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is visiting ally Colombia to try to secure a free trade accord. (see map)


Kosovo 'days away' from independence
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci tells reporters a declaration of independence is a matter of days away.

Italy's Prodi resigns after losing Senate vote
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned on Thursday after his centre-left government lost a confidence vote in the Senate, prompting opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi to demand immediate elections.

China’s Genocide Olympics
China’s leaders are tarnishing their own Olympiad by abetting genocide in Darfur and in effect undermining the U.N. military deployment there.

Annual War Cost at $171B and Rising
Reuters reports: "The Iraq war may not dominate US news reports as the carnage drops, but a new report underscores the financial burden of persistent combat that is helping run up the government's credit card."

Pakistan Bans International Observers From Exit Polling
Jonathan S. Landay, McClatchy Newspapers, writes: "Despite assurances to the Bush administration that it will allow unrestricted international monitoring of crucial Feb. 18 elections, Pakistan is refusing to permit observers to conduct exit polls, an important method of detecting fraud."

'Top militant killed' in Kashmir Police in Indian-ruled Kashmir say a leading Islamic militant behind a string of attacks has been killed.

US ready to send troops to Pakistan Robert Gates says US soldiers and Pakistan troops could work alongside each other.
Pakistan nuclear sites on alert Pakistan raises the state of alert around its nuclear sites amid concerns they could be targeted by militants.
New U.S. strategy working in east Afghanistan
SAKYAN, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan village elder Noor Mohammad stroked his white beard as he listened to a local government chief appeal for help to rebuild the economy of this snow-bound plateau shattered by war and the fight with the Taliban.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The front page articles are really terrific and cover a wide range of topics. I also love the "TV" links from youtube for all the candidates. But I heard from someone else that there was some forum feature and I was trying to find it. This is my first time on the sight, so I might just have missed it out of stupidity, but could you tell me where I could find this.

Eyck Freymann said...

Of course. The forum is one of the links at the top.

Thanks for your interest.

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