Recession 'worse than first thought'
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Bank of England Governor Mervyn King has admitted the recession has been deeper than expected and that he just does not know when the economy...
By Robert Dreyfuss
May 12, 2009 "The Nation" -- The war in Afghanistan has been overshadowed in recent weeks by the crisis next door in Pakistan, but...
Kazi kweli kweli!
According to the latest state figures, through September 2008, there had been 12,167 same-sex marriages in Massachusetts - 64 percent of them between women - out of 170,209...
Darfur: A US-China Proxy Battle for Oil.
China and USA in New Cold War over Africa's oil riches
Summary:
There is oil in Darfur. The Sudanese government is using the same tactics to evict...
GOVERNMENT troops sodomised pygmies in March in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), believing they would gain supernatural powers, a regional rights group said on Saturday.
"Some...
Federal judge in sex case gets nearly 3 years
2 female employees say they were so scared they tried to hide from him
HOUSTON - A federal judge was sentenced Monday to nearly three years in...
US accused of illegal white phosphorus attack in Afghanistan
United States forces in Afghanistan are accused of illegally deploying white phosphorus against civilians following a firefight with...
Mon, 11 May 2009 14:42:30 GMT
US ambassador to Madagascar, Niels Marquadt
The Madagascan premier accuses the US envoy of meddling, saying "it would be better for him to leave the...
(April 26, 2009) - While the facts surrounding the kidnapping and rescue of the Maersk Alabama Captain Richard Phillips have been widely reported, less well-known is that ship which saved him was...
Saudi judge: It's OK to slap spendthrift wives
By Mohammed Jamjoom
CNN
(CNN) -- Husbands are allowed to slap their wives if they spend lavishly, a Saudi judge said recently during a seminar on...
In an interview with Italian TV, Palestinian president speaks of recent Durban conference and upcoming meeting with Obama; denies rumors that Arab peace initiative will be softened in any way
Ynet...
The Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa will be Mr Kgalema Petros Motlanthe.
1. Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Tina Joemat-Pettersson
Deputy Minister of...
Africans must go to the moon
Entebbe, Uganda - Africans must travel to the moon to investigate what developed nations have been doing in outer space, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said on...
Florida priest removed after beach photos with woman published
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- An internationally known Catholic priest sometimes called "Father Oprah" has been removed from his posts...
Marriage can be a very serious business
By Andrew Walker
BBC News
The question that has South Africa's media all of a twitter is: "Who amongst Jacob Zuma's three wives will be the...
Article's topics: Nuclear Program, Egypt, Avigdor Lieberman
Western policies based on pressuring Iran to give up its nuclear program will fail because they disregard Israeli nuclear...
Laos mum-to-be denied UK lawyer
A pregnant Briton facing a possible death sentence in Laos if convicted of drug smuggling has reportedly been refused access to a lawyer...