Abbas urges Hamas to agree to early elections Category: World NewsPublish Date: 12-31-2007 08:55 AM -0800
RAMALLAH (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Hamas Islamists on Monday to agree to early elections and to open a "new page" by ceding control of the Gaza Strip and holding...[more]
Kenya riots claim 135 lives Category: World NewsPublish Date: 12-31-2007 07:45 AM -0800
Kenya’s president threatened a tough crackdown Monday as rioters rampaged for a third day to protest what they called his sham re-election.[more]
Fireworks and Asian bomb explosion casualties mark New Year Category: World NewsPublish Date: 12-31-2007 07:19 AM -0800
One million revelers cheered as fireworks sprayed from Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge in a massive display at the stroke of midnight, hours after New Year-related explosions today caused casualties...[more]
Mogadishu violence kills 6,500 in '07: rights group Category: World NewsPublish Date: 12-31-2007 07:17 AM -0800
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Conflict in Somalia killed 6,501 civilians in the capital Mogadishu in 2007 and wounded 8,516 more, a local human rights group said on Monday.
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Abbas to urge Hamas to accept early elections Category: World NewsPublish Date: 12-31-2007 07:14 AM -0800
RAMALLAH (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected on Monday to urge Hamas Islamists to agree to early elections, cede control of the Gaza Strip and hold talks with his Fatah...[more]
Kenya election protests kill more than 100 Category: World NewsPublish Date: 12-31-2007 07:13 AM -0800
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police battled protesters in blazing slums on Monday after disputed elections returned President Mwai Kibaki to power and triggered turmoil believed to have killed more...[more]
Fireworks usher in New Year in Asia Category: World NewsPublish Date: 12-31-2007 05:54 AM -0800
One million revelers cheered as fireworks sprayed from Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge in a massive display at the stroke of midnight, hours after New Year-related explosions Monday caused casualties...[more]
Bhutto supporters pin hopes on son and heir Category: World NewsPublish Date: 12-31-2007 05:47 AM -0800
KARACHI (Reuters) - There is an eerie quiet at Benazir Bhutto's Karachi home-cum-campaign headquarters where grief is giving way to hope that her legacy will live on through her son and heir.
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N. Korea likely to miss end-of-year deadline Category: World NewsPublish Date: 12-31-2007 05:46 AM -0800
North Korea appeared set Monday to miss a year-end deadline to disable a key nuclear reactor and declare all its nuclear programs, key elements of its disarmament as agreed to in an international...[more]
