Former Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt has been awarded with one of the top French civilian award. She hold dual nationality of Colombia and France. "France has honoured the former hostage...
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Violence has erupted in Pakistan as the top Taliban leader there has called off all peace talks with the government in the tribal area along the Pakistan-Afghan border."Pakistani forces blew up the house of a leading...
"The standard-bearer for Zimbabwe's opposition was twice detained by the police on Thursday, and one of his most important deputies was arrested to face treason charges. The events underscored the daunting obstacles to campaigning against President Robert Mugabe in the two...
Morgan Tsvangirai rejected a call today for a national unity government in Zimbabwe, as he said his party was sure to win the election despite the continuing violence and problems his campaign has been...
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UPDATE: 5:39PM ESTMorgan Tsvangirai has now been released, after being detained for eight hours. "He was released without charge. Spokesman George Sibotshiwe said police had taken an armoured car from the Movement...
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A british artist has submerged in the sand for last 48 hours and plan to continue for more time. What a weired idea." A performance artist planning to stay buried in the sand on a Kent beach for the best part of 48 hours has said his stunt is going well. Mark McGowan...
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The fortunes of British prime minister Gordon Brown continue to slide as news comes that Tony Blair reportedly doesn't think Brown can beat David Cameron. With the London mayor elections coming up on Thursday, that...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCertainly an embarrassment on the World stage when Canada's Human Rights Commission is seen as a "Farcical Disgrace", The Commission is comprised of hand picked poltical...
Yeah, that’s just what we need. Rice, who is the leader of one of themost ineffectual organizations in America, was at one point universallyloved and adored on the right. But then she started to mellow out...
One of the most prominent conservationists in the world, who spent most of the 1980s campaigning for the suspension of elephant culling, is now calling it "a necessary part of population management." South Africa has...
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Having a hard time keeping track of the facts? Here are eight things to know:
1. They met in 1990. Obama was a student at Harvard Law School and got an unsolicited job offer from Rezko, then a low-income housing developer in Chicago. Obama turned it down.
2. Obama took...
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCanada - U.S. Military Pact certainly has ruffled the Feathers of Canada's Left Wing, and the U.S. Right Wing, with both parties trading barbs over...
Update: And the fallout from Iowa begins: Sen. Chris Dodd and Sen. Joe Biden are both out of the race. Both are Democrats. Update: John Edwards said: "The status quo lost." Update: Despite the complexity of...
"Gunmen in Pakistan have killed three supporters of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto amid campaigning for January general elections, police say.
The attackers opened fire on an office of Mrs Bhutto's opposition Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in a village in the...
"Supreme Court Finds Govenor Guilty of Violating Journalist’s Rights
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Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro, herself a victim of human rights abuses, listens to the tale of the...