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Brazil’s Supreme Court sided Thursday with Amazonian Indians in a land dispute that some have called critical for determining the future of the rainforest that sprawls the size of Western Europe.
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Is any UN legislation in place as Russia is going to dig up Helium on the Moon in 2015 and Japan has found Uranium recently?
made popular Jul 1 2009
The idea of engaging Kenya in the Somalia war is generally tickling many Kenyans but as it is daggers seem to have been drawn.
With the news that the Kenyan army is...
made popular Jun 27 2009
Almost 10 days before the scheduled American pullout from Iraq’s urban centres, US forces on Saturday handed their base in the Baghdad neighbourhood of Sadr city to...
made popular Jun 26 2009
Well, most of the thinking public should be very well aware that war is a hell of a bad thing. In many ways it is the conglomeration of everything bad and evil that...
made popular Jun 22 2009
The UN war investigation Richard Goldstone’s team wasted international taxpayer money in Gaza as Israel refuced to cooperated initially and HAMAS obstructed its...
made popular Jun 10 2009
Intelligent, convincing and sincere- This campaign for Medecins San Frontieres, created by McCann-Erickson London, rightly adorns all these good adjectives. The...
made popular Jun 5 2009
This is a highly creative spot from JWT/London for client Benadryl. The spot, which is named ‘war’, presents some unusual visuals with immaculate thinking from JWT...
made popular Jun 1 2009
I was on a trip for some documentary film project in Mindanao, the beleaguered region in southern Philippines that has lately figured in international news once again...
made popular May 11 2009
AP, Asuncion
A former dictatorship-era official considered a brutal torturer by human rights groups has made a surprise return to Paraguay, where he faces six pending trials for the...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Washington
Amid complaints that terror suspects could be brought to the U.S., House Democrats on Monday rebuffed the Obama administration’s request for $50 million to...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Washington
House Democrats are refusing to pay for President Barack Obama’s plan to relocate prisoners from the Guantanamo detention facility where enemy combatants are...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, The Hague
Judges on Monday rejected a request by former Liberian President Charles Taylor for an immediate acquittal on war crimes charges, saying he must answer allegations that...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Colombo
Sri Lankan forces battled Tamil Tiger insurgents from three sides Monday, pushing deeper into rebel-held territory in its bid to end this island nation’s...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, The Hague
War crimes judges say they have dismissed a motion to acquit former Liberian President Charles Taylor because he may have been responsible for mass murder, rape and...
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Acapulco
Police say they found 11 bodies dumped around a southern Mexican state, including seven wrapped in plastic bags and thrown off a bridge.
made popular May 4 2009
AP, Colombo
Sri Lanka’s separatist rebels have asked Britain and France to continue pushing for a cease-fire in the island’s civil war after the two European...
made popular May 3 2009
AP, Mexico City
It seemed an odd precaution, given his risky way of life: A man targeted by drug traffickers was wearing a germ-blocking surgical mask when his bullet-riddled body was...
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Colombo
Sri Lankan forces shelled a makeshift hospital in the war zone Saturday, killing 64 civilians despite a pledge to stop using heavy weapons in its battle with the Tamil...
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Colombo
A health official says artillery shells have hit a makeshift hospital in Sri Lanka’s war zone, killing at least 64 people.
made popular May 2 2009
AP, Mexico City
Mexican authorities have detained 12 federal police investigators accused of leaking information to hit men who ambushed and killed eight officers in a failed attempt...
made popular Apr 30 2009
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AP, New York
An estimated 26 million people uprooted by conflict or human rights violations remained in their own countries in 2008, far more than the 16 million who crossed borders...
made popular May 1 2009
AP, United Nations
A young woman abducted and repeatedly raped by the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda told the Security Council on Wednesday how she became a rifle-toting child...
made popular Apr 29 2009
AP, Brasilia
Brazil’s Supreme Court says a vast Amazon Indian reserve must remain intact in a ruling seen as bolstering indigenous rights.
made popular Mar 19 2009
AP, Englewood
An inexperienced coach. An immature quarterback. The rocky relationship that sprung out of Josh McDaniels’ efforts to trade Pro Bowler Jay Cutler might actually...
made popular Mar 13 2009
AP, Buenos Aires
Argentine farmers said Friday that they would fight a reported plan to nationalize grain trading, warning that such a move would deepen a long-running conflict between...
made popular Feb 28 2009
AP, La Ventosa
Mexico inaugurates one of the world’s largest wind farm projects on Thursday as the nation looks for alternative energy, in part to compensate for falling oil...
made popular Jan 22 2009
Until 20 years ago Brazil was an isolated country, with little political contact with the rest of the world. The almost apathetic stance Brazil took with world affairs...
made popular Jan 14 2009
War in the Gaza Strip has continued now over week, diplomats and demonstrations are demanding ceasefire immediately - war news and high-flown statements are following...
made popular Jan 6 2009
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After being slaughtered by the millions, after having suffered for millennia at the hands of Romans, Arabs, Spaniards,...
made popular Jan 5 2009
After six days of the war that was launched by Israel on Gaza, number of casualties has reached its highest ever. 420 were killed and more than 2000 were injured, 250...
made popular Jan 2 2009
1947- First Kashmir War
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Scene of the First Kadish War Action
Jammu and Kashmir was one of the many Indian states recognized by the British. Both India...
made popular Dec 3 2008
AP, Bangkok
The international airport in the Thai capital of Bangkok has been closed for departing flights because anti-government demonstrators have swarmed the terminal.
made popular Nov 25 2008
AP, Washington
A former Interior Department official who pleaded guilty to creating a lucrative post-retirement consulting position for himself received probation from a federal judge...
made popular Nov 14 2008
Rights groups say more than 10-thousand Maoist child soldiers in Nepal need help integrating back into their communtiies .. after failing to be registered at UN...
made popular Oct 24 2008
AP, Austin
A company that became a national leader in providing patrol cameras to police was built on the strength of a Texas contract obtained while two state lawmakers were...
made popular Oct 16 2008
AP, Austin
A company that became a national leader in providing patrol cameras to police was built on the strength of a Texas contract obtained while two state lawmakers were...
made popular Oct 16 2008
AP, Washington
The government’s plan to make sure private managers of a $700 billion bailout plan are free of conflicts of interest is weak, according to some critics, and...
made popular Oct 12 2008
Brazilian construction company Odebrecht says it has accepted terms from the Ecuadorean government to end a dispute over a troubled hydroelectric plant.
made popular Oct 4 2008
AP, Jefferson City
The Missouri treasurer’s office rejected financial incentives Thursday for an $82 million ethanol plant whose investors include the governor’s brother, a...
made popular Sep 25 2008
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