Israel seals Gaza crossings after rocket attack
JERUSALEM - Israel closed its cargo crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after accusing Palestinian militants of firing a rocket at southern Israel in violation of a shaky truce.
Nations:Egypt Israel People:Mahmoud Abbas Ehud Olmert Activities:2007 Gaza Conflict Source:(AP)
2008-07-01
Zimbabwe president's spokesman to West: 'Go hang'
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will not step down and Western critics who called the country's recent election a sham can "go hang," the longtime ruler's spokesman said Tuesday.
Nations:Zimbabwe People:Gordon Brown Activities:2008 Zimbabwe Election Source:(AP)
2008-07-01
Zimbabwe's Mugabe sworn in after discredited vote
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's longtime ruler Robert Mugabe was sworn in as president for a sixth term Sunday after a widely discredited runoff in which he was the only candidate. His main rival dismissed the inauguration as "an exercise in self-delusion."
Nations:Egypt China Swaziland South Africa Russia Zimbabwe People:Morgan Tsvangirai Robert Mugabe Yang Jiechi Condoleezza Rice Activities:2008 Zimbabwe Election Source:(AP)
2008-06-29
Oil jumps above $140 on OPEC, Libya comments
NEW YORK - Oil futures shot above $140 Thursday after OPEC's president said crude prices could rise well above $150 a barrel this year and Libya said it may cut oil production. The advance raised the likelihood that gasoline prices would also extend their march higher, and that prices of goods and services throughout the economy would also keep rising.
Nations:Libya Nigeria Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-06-26
Eyeing tourism, Haiti battles its violent reputation
PortAuPrince, Haiti - Kidnappings, gang violence, drug trafficking, corrupt police, flaming road blockades. The reports out of the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere are enough to keep the most adventurous traveler away.
Nations:Dominican Republic Jamaica Brazil Cuba Mexico U.S. Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2008-06-21
Shell shuts down Nigerian oil field after attack
LAGOS, Nigeria - Royal Dutch Shell said it shut down production from an offshore oil field that produces about 200,000 barrels per day after the most powerful militant group in Nigeria launched an attack on an installation there Thursday.
Nations:Nigeria Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-06-19
Food Prices: Hunger Strikes
As the sun sets over Nairobi's sprawling Kibera slum, a sweet smell wafts through a small house where Malahasen Juma is cooking dinner for her eight children: a handful of onions, chopped and tossed into a pot of steaming maize porridge and leftover vegetables. Until recently Juma would spice up suppers with beef or fish stews. But not now. "Everything is more expensive," she says. "The children need milk, but I cannot afford that. Meat is a luxury now, not a necessity. We are just living at God's mercy."
Nations:India Somalia Uganda Myanmar China Niger People:Ban Ki-moon Robert Zoellick George W. Bush Activities:Global Food Crisis Source:(Time)
2008-06-11
Sudanese plane bursts into flames, killing dozens
A Sudanese jetliner landed in a thunderstorm and veered off the runway late Tuesday, bursting into flames and killing dozens of people, Sudanese officials said.
Nations:Sudan Source:(AP)
2008-06-10
UN: 1 million in Myanmar aren't getting basic aid
More than 1 million people still don't have adequate food, water or shelter a month after a devastating cyclone swept through Myanmar, and the military junta's policies are hindering relief efforts and driving up the cost of aid operations, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Nations:Uganda Activities:Myanmar Cyclone Disaster
2008-06-03
Bomb explodes outside Danish embassy in Pakistan
A huge car bomb exploded outside the Danish Embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens more, officials and witnesses said.
Nations:Pakistan Netherlands Denmark Algeria Activities:2006 Muslim Cartoon Crisis
2008-06-02
Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent dies at 71
Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent, who reworked the rules of fashion by putting women into elegant pantsuits that came to define how modern women dressed, died Sunday evening, a longtime friend and associate said. He was 71.
Nations:France Algeria People:Yves Saint Laurent Christian Dior
2008-06-01
Gas prices keep climbing even as oil prices drop
The gasoline price record keeps getting broken with each passing day. AAA puts the national average for a gallon of regular at a record $3.95. It's jumped 35 cents in the past month and is 76-cents-a-gallon higher than a year ago.
Nations:Nigeria Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis
2008-05-29
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