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Breaking News Sun, 11 May 2008
Battle Buddies: Sergeant Major, Iraqi General's Son Share Special Bond
Baghdad   Defense   Government   Photos   Terrorism  
 International Herald Tribune 
Violence eases in Baghdad slum after truce
| : A deal to stop fighting between gunmen and security forces in the Baghdad stronghold of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr appeared to be holding on Sunday. | Residents in Sadr City said there w... (photo: army.mil)
Rice - Agriculture - Crops - Food - Livestock   (rhubie)
Food   Kenya   People   Photos   Society  
 The Miami Herald 
Violence has fanned flames of food crisis
NAIROBI, Kenya -- To see the lingering effects of Kenya's recent post-election violence, combined with the worldwide increase in food prices, look no further than the size of the lunches served at Fat... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
FARM - CROPLAND - CROPS - PHILIPPINES  San Diego 
Behind the food riots: a debate on how best to farm
MEXICO CITY - Sitting in a Mexico City office, dressed in a pressed white shirt, Gerardo Sanchez seems a world away from his herds of goats and fields of beans. | But he's no poster boy for the new wo... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Debate   Farm   Food   Mexico   Photos  
Tel Aviv, 16.03.08: Religious leaders too welcome the Chancellor                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Arab News 
Sinkable Israel
| Ayman El-Amir, Arab News | Next week Israel will celebrate the 60th anniversary of its declaration of independence in the presence of an enviable number of dignitaries and heads of state. One week l... (photo: REGIERUNGonline / Kugler)
Anniversary   Arab   Israel   Middle East   Photos   Politics   Slideshow   World  
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Iraqi Freedom IV, IRAQI FREEDOM Canada Dot Com
Clashes in Baghdad kill 19, wound 116: hospitals
| BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Nineteen people have been killed and 116 wounded in clashes between security forces and militants in eastern Baghdad's Sadr City district in the pas... (photo: Army / CPL JOHN WRIGHT, USA)
Baghdad   Death   Military   Photos   Terrorism  
 Iraq -Women react in grief over the coffin of a relative killed when a car bomber struck a wedding party, in al-Sadr hospital in Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Iraq, Wednesday Nov. 1, 2006. A suicide car bomber struck a wedding party in Baghdad on Tuesday Daily Star Lebanon
At least 15 die in fresh clashes in Sadr City
| By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Saturday, May 10, 2008 | BAGHDAD: Battles between Shiite fighters and US forces in Baghdad's militia stronghold of Sadr City killed at l... (photo: AP Photo)
Baghdad   Defence   Iraq   Photos   US  
Sandstorm in Baghdad Lexington Herald-Leader
Rocket hits BBC bureau in Baghdad
| BAGHDAD -- | Shiite militants launched rockets toward the fortified Green Zone on Friday, taking advantage of a sandstorm that gave cover from attacks by U.S. aircraft.... (photo: Jamal Penjweny)
Baghdad   Greenzone   Iraqi   Photos   Rockets  
INDIA-GJMM-MEETING The Statesman
Six arrested for attack on GJMM
| SILIGURI, May 9: The police in Siliguri have arrested six youths in connection with the 2 May attack on Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha supporters at Hospital More in Siliguri.... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Activists   Campaign   Kolkata   Photos   Police  
Rio de Janeiro San Diego
Booming Brazil struggles to get a grip on crime
RIO DE JANEIRO - Stretched out on a beach framed by the sparkling Atlantic Ocean and a violence-plagued slum in the background, Pedro Mena Barreto speaks of crime with a ... (photo: Antonio Cruz / ABr )
Brazil   Crime   Economy   Photos   S.America   Violence  
After the Attack The News International
'Baghdad slum needs urgent relief'
Friday, May 09, 2008 | BAGHDAD: Civilians caught up in fighting between security forces and Shia militiamen in a Baghdad slum are running out of food, water and medicine ... (photo: Jamal Penjweny)
Baghdad   Food   Health   People   Photos  
Narendra Modi Gulf News
Modi meets his match in secularism
| Narendra Modi of Gujarat, chief minister, orator extraordinaire, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Hindutva exponent and business comrade, take your pick, he's the f... (photo: AP Photo)
Asia   Gujarat   India   Photos   Politics  
Globalisation Immigrants
- Neighbors may feel hunger pain of ruined rice fields
- Theatre of the absurd in Manipur
- World's Giants to Alter Food EquationAs China and India
- The silver lining of shortages
Shakel Ahmed, 28, left,whose kidney was removed, recovers at city civil hospital as his mother father sit near him, in Gurgaon, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. Ahmed is one of three people who were rescued by police from the illegal transplant racket that allegedly removed kidneys from up to 500 poor laborers and sold their organs to wealthy clients.
Kidney market shut as Pakistan cuts supply
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- Provision to keep illegal immigrants from getting rebates cu
- Provision to keep illegal immigrants from getting rebates cu
- Immigrants become citizens at cultural festival
- Gunning for truth: Real-life Chicago slaying inspires immigr
 San Diego bar /ntf1
Anti-illegal immigration group wants San Diego highway sign
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Social Liberation Cultural Diversity
- Warning over social care funding
- Faith leaders seek to bridge divisions, work for social just
- Lie detectors extend their reach to social security helpline
- Hillary, Social Conservative (Sort Of)
NFA Rice - Philippines
Social protection for informals is a fair-trade issue—Tañada
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- Immigrants become citizens at cultural festival
- The Earth Garden Festival – Art, music and culture
- Killing highlights gang culture
- Barcelona: city of sport, art and culture
An street vendor waits for customers as he tries to sell his food next to Punja Sahib, where thousands of Sikh devotees gathered to celebrate the religious annual festival of Baisakhi in Hasan Abdal, 48 kilometers (30 miles) north of Islamabad, Pakistan, on Sunday, April 13, 2008
Sikhs share, celebrate at cultural event
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Human Rights Racism
- Give generals the boot, it's the only way
- Tear down Burma's bamboo curtain
- Gaza blackouts as fuel runs low
- Zimbabwe opposition seeks peacekeepers for run-off
A wide-view of the Security Council members voting unanimously to renew the arms embargo against the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Give generals the boot, it's the only way
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- Jean makes plea to combat intolerance, racism
- Canadian 'icon' urges extra caution against racism
- Racism alive and well and targeting Obama Tacoma
- E-mails filed in racism case against Secret Service
South Africa's Graeme Smith, who scored the most double centuries for his country, walks out after being dismissed by Bangladesh's Abdur Razzak, unseen, during their second test match in Chittagong, Bangladesh, Saturday, March 1, 2008. Smith and Neil McKenzie scored a record 415 runs breaking previous best opening stand in test cricket on the second day of the second test against Bangladesh on Saturday.
Speed's exit disgraceful, smacks of racism: Malcolm Gray
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Population Global Justice
- Myanmar seizes UN relief material while its cyclone stricken
- Palm oil plantations may kill off Borneo's Orangutan pop
- Orangutan population plummets
- Population figures spark fears
A Myanmar child displaced following Cyclone Nargis looks on at a temporary shelter on the outskirts of Yangon, Myanmar, Friday May 9, 2008.
Myanmar seizes UN relief material while its cyclone stricken population live in misery
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- Champion for peace
- Event celebrates a clean, peaceful world
- A battle for peace
- UAE leading way in peaceful use of civilian nuclear energy
 GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP
Elusive Peace: 60 Years of Pain and Suffering
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