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| Author: | Madeline [ 15 Mar 07, 14:38 ] |
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49 police officers killed in India yahoo |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 15 Mar 07, 14:45 ] |
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World powers agree on new Iran sanctions yahoo |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 15 Mar 07, 14:46 ] |
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Al-Qaida No. 3 says he planned 9/11 yahoo |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 16 Mar 07, 11:58 ] |
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Elton John concert will corrupt Tobago, Archdeacon claims independent |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 16 Mar 07, 12:10 ] |
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Obama Echoes Clinton on Morality and Gays nytimes |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 16 Mar 07, 12:14 ] |
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Israel rejects Palestinian unity gov't yahoo |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 18 Mar 07, 10:53 ] |
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Death Toll Hits 'Million' Sunday March 18, 2007 The number of deaths in Iraq since the start of the conflict could be as high as one million, according to a new estimate. An Australian scientist published the figure using four sets of independent data, including information from the United Nations Children's Fund and the UN's population division, as well as medical literature. Dr Gideon Polya's figure is far higher than the previous biggest estimate of 655,000. "Using the most comprehensive and authoritative literature, and UN demographic data yields an estimate of one million post-invasion excess deaths in Iraq," he said. A spokesman for the Stop The War Coalition said the figure was "astonishing". He added: "Four years after the start of the conflict in Iraq we can now see what a disaster the war has been. "Everything that the Stop The War movement predicted would happen has taken place - but it has been far worse than we feared." Sky |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 18 Mar 07, 21:20 ] |
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US and Israel conduct major missile defence exercise 18/03/2007 Israel and the US are conducting a large-scale missile defence exercise aimed at combining their systems, American and Israeli officials said today, as both countries warn that Iran could obtain nuclear weapons and long-range missiles. The operation, code-named Juniper Cobra, is taking place in the Negev desert in southern Israel with thousands of American and Israeli troops. Both sides described the timing as routine, denying a direct connection to the Iran threat. Israeli and US forces are testing new ways to deal with missiles capable of carrying nuclear, chemical and biological warheads, according to military officials. The United States is Israel’s closest ally, providing about £1.1 billion a year in military assistance and co-ordinating many aspects of defence policy. Stewart Tuttle, the US Embassy spokesman in Tel Aviv, would not directly say if the goal was to counter a potential nuclear threat. “It is a computer simulation exercise designed to test the interoperability of the air defence system,” he said. “The air defence can protect you against whatever happens to be on the warhead.” Both Israel and the US have expressed concern about Iran’s nuclear programme. breakingnews |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 19 Mar 07, 13:47 ] |
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Growing concern for BBC reporter Alan Johnston Johnston has been the BBC's reporter in Gaza for three years BBC's appeal The BBC has said it is increasingly concerned about correspondent Alan Johnston, one week after his disappearance in the Gaza Strip. Middle East bureau chief Simon Wilson said he was disappointed there was no firm news, adding it was time to redouble efforts to find him. It now seemed certain that the reporter had been abducted, he added. On Saturday Palestinian journalists demonstrated outside parliament in Gaza City in support of the correspondent. Palestinian security officials say Mr Johnston was kidnapped from his car by masked gunmen on Monday. There has been a series of abductions of Westerners in the Gaza Strip where law and order has deteriorated. All were eventually released unharmed. 'Disappointing' The BBC says it has no official information about who may be holding him or where he is being kept. Mr Wilson said: "Over the past week we have worked intensively with the authorities here in Gaza and elsewhere to try to locate Alan and we continue to receive assurances that everything possible is being done. "However, it is disappointing that, after seven days, we still have no firm word either about his whereabouts or about his condition." The BBC deputy Director General, Mark Byford, has also be commenting on the disappearance of Mr Johnston. "We just hope that everybody who has any influence in being able to secure Alan's release will act on it. "We ourselves will remain in touch with the people in the authorities who can help secure his release and we hope that it will be secured as fast as possible," he said on Monday. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniya are among those who have called for Mr Johnston's release. He has been the BBC's correspondent in the Gaza Strip for the past three years - and the only foreign journalist from a major media organisation based in Gaza. The BBC describes him as a high experienced and respected reporter. Mr Johnston, 44, was born in Tanzania and educated in Scotland. He joined the BBC World Service in 1991 and has spent eight of the last 16 years as a correspondent, including periods in Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. His Gaza posting was due to come to an end at the end of next month. BBC |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 19 Mar 07, 16:07 ] |
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Father's appeal for BBC reporter The father of missing BBC correspondent Alan Johnston has appealed for information, one week after his disappearance in the Gaza Strip. Graham Johnston urged anyone holding his son to "just let him go", saying he was a friend to the Palestinian people. Earlier, the BBC said it now seemed certain the reporter had been abducted. The BBC's Middle East bureau chief Simon Wilson said he was disappointed there was no firm news, adding it was time to redouble efforts to find him. On Saturday, Palestinian journalists demonstrated outside parliament in Gaza City in support of the correspondent. Palestinian security officials say Mr Johnston was kidnapped from his car by masked gunmen on Monday. There has been a series of abductions of Westerners in the Gaza Strip where law and order has deteriorated. All were eventually released unharmed. Graham Johnston It it is no way to treat a friend of the Palestinian people, and all I can say to the men who are holding Alan is: please let my son go, now, today Graham Johnston In a televised appeal for information from the family home in Argyll, Graham Johnston said his son had made friends with many Palestinians while working in Gaza. "This holding Alan is not doing the Palestinian people any favours, quite the opposite," he said. "It is no way to treat a friend of the Palestinian people, and all I can say to the men who are holding Alan is: please let my son go, now, today." The BBC says it has no official information about who may be holding Mr Johnston or where he is being kept. Mr Wilson said: "Over the past week we have worked intensively with the authorities here in Gaza and elsewhere to try to locate Alan and we continue to receive assurances that everything possible is being done. "However, it is disappointing that, after seven days, we still have no firm word either about his whereabouts or about his condition." Highly respected The BBC Deputy Director General, Mark Byford, has also commented on the disappearance of Mr Johnston. "We just hope that everybody who has any influence in being able to secure Alan's release will act on it," he said on Monday. "We ourselves will remain in touch with the people in the authorities who can help secure his release and we hope that it will be secured as fast as possible." Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haniya are among those who have called for Mr Johnston's release. He has been the BBC's correspondent in the Gaza Strip for the past three years - and the only foreign journalist from a major media organisation based in Gaza. The BBC describes him as a highly experienced and respected reporter. Mr Johnston, 44, was born in Tanzania and educated in Scotland. He joined the BBC World Service in 1991 and has spent eight of the last 16 years as a correspondent, including periods in Uzbekistan and Afghanistan. His Gaza posting was due to come to an end at the end of next month. BBC |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 19 Mar 07, 16:09 ] |
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Monday, 19 March 2007 From hope to despair in Baghdad - By John Simpson, BBC World Affairs Editor. BBC |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 02 Apr 07, 19:45 ] |
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Support For BBC Correspondent Waveguide - Alan JohnstonThe journalist community has called for kidnapped BBC correspondent Alan Johnston to be released in a full page advert in the Guardian newspaper today. Well known figures from print and broadcast journalism including BBC Director-General Mark Thompson, Jeremy Paxman, David Dimbleby, Sir Trevor McDonald, Jon Snow, David Frost, Huw Edwards, John Humphrys and John Simpson joined national newspaper editors including the Daily Mail's Paul Dacre, the Guardian's Alan Rusbridger and Robert Thompson at The Times to pledged their support. A wide range of correspondents, editors and presenters from the UK and abroad – including many who have worked with Johnston – have signed the 300 name petition. The advert calls for Johnston to be released immediately and unharmed, noting that it has been 21 days since he was abducted. Johnston has worked in Gaza for three years. He was last seen on the afternoon of March 12 2007. waveguide |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 03 Apr 07, 16:35 ] |
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How Bogus Letter Became a Case for War washingtonpost |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 03 Apr 07, 16:38 ] |
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TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian diplomat seized two months ago in Iraq by uniformed gunmen has been freed — a move that suggested progress Tuesday in British efforts to win the freedom of 15 sailors and marines held by Iran. Neither British, U.S. nor Iraqi officials would say if the release of diplomat Jalal Sharafi was linked directly to Britain's efforts to gain its sailors' release. Britain has publicly sworn not to negotiate. And the Iranian news agency Fars issued a new picture of British sailors, an apparent breach of the understanding that no more such photographs would be published. But the moves outside Tehran seemed certain to increase the likelihood that Iran — which has been highly agitated by its diplomats' detention — would look more favorably on releasing some of the captured Britons. British Prime Minister Tony Blair told reporters in Scotland that the next two days would be "fairly critical" to resolving the standoff over the navy crew, although he gave no details what he meant. YAHOO |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 03 Apr 07, 20:59 ] |
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Aids Victims Risk Lives sky |
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