Mbeki holds talks with Mugabe, MDC faction Category: World NewsPublish Date: 07-05-2008 07:00 PM -0700
South African President Thabo Mbeki has met Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and members of a breakaway opposition faction, the South African Foreign Affairs Department said.
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50,000 S. Koreans protest 'unsafe' U.S. beef Category: World NewsPublish Date: 07-05-2008 06:21 PM -0700
Tens of thousands of South Koreans were demonstrating Saturday on the streets of the capital to protest the government's decision to import what they say is unsafe U.S. beef.
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Protests as G8 gathers for diplomacy Category: World NewsPublish Date: 07-05-2008 06:20 PM -0700
TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations meet this week in northern Japan to grapple with a raft of problems from soaring food and fuel prices to African poverty and...[more]
South Korea moves to cut oil consumption Category: World NewsPublish Date: 07-05-2008 06:18 PM -0700
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Sunday it would restrict driving of cars owned by public organizations from this week as part of contingency measures aimed at reducing energy consumption in...[more]
Babies' deaths cast shadow on Egypt's health care Category: World NewsPublish Date: 07-05-2008 05:12 PM -0700
CAIRO (Reuters) - The video shows a poorly lit hospital nursery filled with premature babies in incubators. Doctors are frantically trying to resuscitate some babies while others wail in the...[more]
Video appears to show Zimbabwe vote-rigging Category: World NewsPublish Date: 07-05-2008 03:57 PM -0700
Video secretly recorded by a Zimbabwean prison guard appears to show evidence of vote-rigging in the country's recent presidential runoff election.
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U.S. removes 'yellowcake' from Iraq Category: World NewsPublish Date: 07-05-2008 03:57 PM -0700
The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium — reached a Canadian port Saturday.[more]
