Reuters - Zimbabwe's opposition has challenged
election results for about 60 parliamentary seats won by
President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party, a lawyer for
the Movement for Democratic Change said on Monday.
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Zimbabwe opposition challenges parliamentary results (Reuters)
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 2:30pm EDT
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UK official: Terror threat growing (AP)
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 2:29pm EDT
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AP - British anti-terror officials are monitoring 30 terrorism plots and some 2,000 people as the threat against the country continues to grow, Britain's Home Secretary said in a newspaper interview. -
U.S. envoy to see Dalai Lama in Michigan next week (Reuters)
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 2:25pm EDT
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Reuters - The United States' special envoy for
Tibet will meet the Dalai Lama next week while the exiled
Tibetan spiritual leader is visiting the United States, U.S.
officials said on Monday.
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Maoists set to play major role in Nepal (AP)
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 2:07pm EDT
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AP - Two years after coming out of the bush, Nepal's Maoists are marching across the Himalayan kingdom just not in the way many thought they would.
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Mexico opposition barricades Congress (AP)
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 1:57pm EDT
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AP - Leftist lawmakers erected makeshift barricades Monday around the podium in Mexico's lower house of Congress, where they have been camped out for more than five days to protest the president's oil reform proposal. -
British journalist rescued in Basra (AP)
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 1:41pm EDT
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AP - Iraqi troops rescued a British journalist for CBS News in the southern city of Basra on Monday two months after he was kidnapped, the Iraqi military said.
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US, Iraq far apart on security pacts (AP)
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 1:21pm EDT
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AP - U.S. and Iraqi negotiators are far apart over key issues in talks to replace the U.N. mandate that governs American military operations in this country, Iraqi officials said Monday. -
Beijing to close factories for Olympics (AP)
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 12:51pm EDT
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AP - Beijing will implement a series of temporary measures to stop construction and close heavy industries, all aimed at cleaning the city's notoriously polluted air when the Olympics begin in four months. -
Olympic torch travels to Oman (AP)
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 12:21pm EDT
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AP - The Olympic torch made its way through the steep streets of the Omani capital Monday on the brief Middle Eastern leg of a 20-nation tour that has been marked by chaos and protests.
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Zimbabwe court rejects opposition demand (AP)
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 11:27am EDT
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AP - Zimbabwe's High Court rejected an opposition demand Monday for the immediate release of long-delayed election results, prolonging a political crisis that has paralyzed this southern African nation for more than two weeks.
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Lonely Planet rejects fabrication claim (AP)
Posted: April 14th, 2008, 4:18am EDT
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AP - Lonely Planet said Monday it stands by the accuracy of its travel guides following news reports that one of its authors claimed he plagiarized and invented sections of the books.