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| Author: | Madeline [ 03 Apr 07, 21:03 ] |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 05 Apr 07, 20:50 ] |
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Support For Alan Johnston Waveguide - Alan JohnstonMore than 6,500 people from around the world have added their names to the petition calling for the release of kidnapped BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston and some 500 people have also posted messages of support on the BBC News website. The petition was opened on April 2 to anyone wishing to express their support for Johnston at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/haveyoursay. It was launched in Monday's Guardian newspaper when 300 leading figures from the journalistic community called for Johnston's immediate release. Johnston was last seen on the afternoon of March 12 and has worked in Gaza for three years. waveguide |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 07 Apr 07, 16:13 ] |
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Radical Pakistani Cleric Threatens Suicide Attacks in Capital nytimes |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 09 Apr 07, 12:56 ] |
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Archbishop calls for release of BBC man kidnapped in Gaza guardian |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 09 Apr 07, 14:32 ] |
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2007-04-09 07 Rally Marks Anniversary of Baghdad's Fall aol |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 11 Apr 07, 14:36 ] |
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Bomb rocks Algerian prime minister's office Wednesday April 11, 2007 guardian |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 11 Apr 07, 14:37 ] |
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Russia threatening new cold war over missile defence Kremlin accuses US of deception on east European interceptor bases Luke Harding in Moscow - Wednesday April 11, 2007 guardian |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 11 Apr 07, 20:22 ] |
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Rare Protests at Brigham Young Over a Planned Cheney Appearance nytimes |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 12 Apr 07, 14:46 ] |
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Father appeals for Johnston's release guardian |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 13 Apr 07, 16:49 ] |
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At least four years' worth of e-mail from White House senior adviser Karl Rove - missing washingtonpost |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 13 Apr 07, 23:30 ] |
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Ugandan Asians stay off streets after racial violence 13/04/2007 Some members of the Asian community in Uganda’s capital Kampala kept their children home from school, skipped work and left their shops shuttered today, a day after a protest ignited racial violence. President Yoweri Museveni today condemned yesterday’s violence during which he said people of Indian and Chinese origin were attacked. A demonstration in Kampala against a company’s plans to cut down part of a prized rain forest set off racial tension that has long existed between black Ugandans and those of Asian origin. The company is a subsidiary of the Mehta Group, which is run by Ugandans of Indian descent, and it wants to slash trees in part of the Mabira Forest Reserve to expand a sugar plantation. A mob stoned to death two people of Asian origin and two other people were also killed in the violence, during which military police in armoured vehicles fired tear gas into the crowd. None of the victims was believed to be connected to the Mehta Group. “How would we feel if our people who go to Dubai, Japan, the USA … were attacked and stoned to death?” Museveni said in a statement distributed to journalists. “Whatever opinions we have about any subject, must be expressed peacefully. This is a must. Nobody has a right to use violence against any other Ugandan or visitors to Uganda or their properties.” This morning, many Asian-owned shops were closed in the capital, and a police spokesman, Simeon Nsubuga, said they had received reports that many Ugandan Asians had not reported to work and were keeping their children home from in school. The racial discord goes back several decades. In the 1970s, dictator Idi Amin expelled South Asians, saying they were trying to dominate the economy. An official of an Asian community association said Friday that they are going to petition Mahendra Mehta, a director of the Mehta Group, to stop the company’s planned expansion of its sugar plantation. “Mabira has made all of us suffer from some Ugandans’ anger. The earlier he (Mehta) gives up about Mabira the better for all of us,” said Sign Pravel, co-ordinator of the Association of Asian Community in Uganda. Nsubuga, the police official, spoke on three radio stations to try to reassure Ugandan Asians that officers had the situation under control. “We call upon our brothers and sisters of the Asian community to go back to their places of work and start working,” Nsubuga said later. “We have deployed police in all parts of the city and no one will attack them. We regret what happened yesterday but the situation is now under control.” Nsubuga said police are hunting for the people responsible for the killings. Police arrested 20 people yesterday suspected of being the ringleaders of the violence. The crowd burned cars, attacked a Hindu temple and chanted, “We are tired of Asians!” and “They should go back to their land!” Police fired live bullets in the air and used tear gas. A subsidiary of the Mehta Group, the Sugar Corporation of Uganda, wants to use 17,000 acres – nearly a third of the Mabira Forest Reserve – to expand the plantation. The Ugandan government owns a 51 percent stake in the company, and recent indications that it will allow the forest to be axed have enraged residents here. Phillip Karugaba, spokesman of the Environmental Action Network, a local lobby group campaigning against the Mehta Group’s plans, deplored today’s violence. But “this forest is our heritage and cannot be given away by the Ugandan government,” Karugaba said. breakingnews |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 15 Apr 07, 21:18 ] |
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BBC Concern Over Journalist - April 15 2007 A Palestinian group calling itself the Al Tawhid Al Jihad brigade has issued a claim that it has killed BBC Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston. The BBC said it is aware of the reports and is deeply concerned, but stresses there is no independent verification. In a statement faxed to news agencies, the group contrasts the attention given to Alan Johnston's captivity with that given to Palestinians held in prison. waveguide |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 16 Apr 07, 20:01 ] |
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32 Dead In Gun Rampage At least 32 people are feared dead in the worst ever gun rampage on an American university campus. A further 28 were injured before the gunman was himself shot dead, according to reports. The drama happened at the Virginia Tech college in Virginia. Police say the gunman opened fire at people in a classroom and dormitory. Witnesses said he was heavily armed and entered the college looking for his girlfriend. He reportedly lined up students and opened fire at them. He was said to be a young Asian. The name of the gunman has not been released. It is not known if he was a student. United States President George Bush is said to be "horrified" at the killings. "He was horified and his immediate reaction was one of deep concern," said White House spokeswoman Dana Perino. Virginia Tech says there were shootings at both ends of its 2,600-acre campus. The first was at about 0715am at West Ambler Johnston, a co-educational hall of residence that houses 895 people. There were further shootings about two hours later at Norris Hall, an engineering building. One student was killed in a dorm and the others were killed in the classroom. One first-year student said the shootings at West Ambler Johnston were on the fourth floor, one above her room. The resident assistant in her dormitory knocked on her door about 8am and told her to stay put. "They had us under lockdown," said the student. "They temporarily lifted the lockdown, the gunman shot again." "We're all locked in our dorms surfing the Internet trying to figure out what's going on," she added. Virginia Tech, which has 26,000 students, is located in the southwest corner of the state, about 240 miles from Washington DC. The rampage was one of the worst on a university campus in the US since Charles Whitman ran amok at the University of Texas in August, 1966. He killed 15 people, including his mother and wife the night before, and wounded 31 others. Skynews |
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| Author: | qwertynels [ 16 Apr 07, 23:25 ] |
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Saw this earlier, really hard to comprehend, quite shocking. The mobile phone footage is particularly harrowing, shot by shot you can tell more people are dying. |
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| Author: | trolleydolley [ 17 Apr 07, 0:16 ] |
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George Bush may well be "horrified", but as it was noted on the news tonight, after all the initial outrage nothing is EVER done after terrible events such as this to toughen up legislation surrounding the buying and using of guns. It's a tragedy that all these people have died, and it's also a tragedy that the gun lobby in the States is so powerful. |
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