GALVESTON'S top official, Judge Jim Yarbrough has called the 250 remaining residents on the largely wiped-out Bolivar Peninsula, "a hardy bunch" but now the plan is to force them out as part of a recovery operation. He concurred that some may have been washed out to...
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About 2,000 Islamist women gathered at the radical Red Mosque in the Pakistani capital on Wednesday and vowed to raise their children for holy war, days after a suicide bomber killed 18 people after a similar...
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The ongoing ethnic cleansing and violence, sparked by the elections on december 27th. The announcement was made by Kenyan Minister of Information Samuel Poghisio that the press ban will be lifted today.The government says it is tracking text messages that may have incited...
What I like about this article is the clever use of the word "moribund." "WASHINGTON -- Palestinian and Israeli leaders publicly pledged yesterday "to usher in a new era of peace," promising intensive, ongoing negotiations aimed at striking a deal before U.S. President...
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"Hong Kong's Chief Executive, Donald Tsang, has reiterated a pledge to create a more democratic system in the territory.
His comments came shortly after he was sworn in for a second term in office by Chinese...
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"TEHRAN (AFP) - Close allies President Bashar al-Assad of
Syria and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pledged they would work together to confront US and Israeli "plots" in the Middle East.
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Assad had earlier arrived in
Iran for a two day visit aimed at...
A hospital is set to close despite a pre-election promise from the Prime Minister that there was "no question" of it being shut down.
A review of health services in Teesside has recommended that two hospitals in Hartlepool and Stockton should close and be replaced with a...
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"Hundreds of supporters of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein have been protesting in the cities of Baghdad, Tikrit and Samarra against his hanging.
Many of the protesters vowed revenge for Saturday's execution, describing it as a criminal act of cowardice orchestrated by...