Sudan makes diplomatic efforts to block Darfur genocide case

After Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was charged by the prosecutor (Luis Moreno-Ocampo) of International Criminal Court (ICC) yesterday, his government unveil its diplomatic plan to stop the genocide case on Darfur: pressure on UN, refuse ICC jurisdiction to...

Mugabe: China's Military Is A Welcome Ally On The Streets Of Zimbabwe

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Members of the UN Security Council meeting in the United States may raise concerns about the Mugabe regime calling in Chinese military aid to help suppress the will of people in Zimbabwe....

Caloundra Bush Fire

"It started around mid morning 16th November 2006 near the Pelican Waters Golf Club. There were very high winds which made the control very difficult especially as a lot of the terrain was inaccessible. Two...

Dangerous correspondents

BAF reports on two Turks who are being prosecuted for 'insulting the Turkish identity', 'inciting hatred of Islam' and for 'spreading the message of the Bible by correspondence' (I'm not sure what this latter means: by mail? a correspondence course?); according the site a...

Public comment sought on the .au Internet domain

The (Aust) Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan, this week called for public comment on a discussion paper released as part of a review of the .au Internet domain arrangements.

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