AFP - Southern African leaders, under fire over their softly-softly approach towards Zimbabwe's post-election crisis, are unlikely to abandon their kid gloves any time soon, according to analysts.
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Regional leaders not about to change tack on Zimbabwe: analysts (AFP)
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:39am EDT
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Nepal authorizes deadly force to stop Olympic torch protests (AP)
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:38am EDT
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AP - Nepalese soldiers and police guarding the slopes of Mount Everest are authorized to shoot to stop any protests during China's Olympic torch run to the summit, an official said Sunday.
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Malaysia calls for Olympics not to be politicised (AFP)
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:25am EDT
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AFP - Malaysia Sunday called for the upcoming Beijing Olympic Games not to be politicised as the torch arrived here Sunday amid tight security after trouble flared at other stops on its global journey.
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BASF presses officials to approve its GM potato (AFP)
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:22am EDT
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AFP - German chemical giant BASF is cranking up pressure on the European Commission to get its green light for a genetically modified potato, a world first the company has decided deserves a few pages of advertising.
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Australian republic 'inevitable,' says FM (AFP)
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 2:09am EDT
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AFP - Australia's split from the British monarchy is "inevitable" but is not an urgent priority for the government, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Sunday.
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Anti-US cleric al-Sadr threatens new uprising in Iraq (AP)
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 12:39am EDT
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AP - Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gave a "final warning" to the government Saturday to halt a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown against his followers or he would declare "open war until liberation."
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Secretary Rice says Arabs should boost support for Iraq (AP)
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 12:30am EDT
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AP - Iraq's Arab neighbors have few remaining excuses for withholding diplomatic and economic support for the U.S.-backed government in Baghdad, now that daily life in Iraq is less deadly and the government has demonstrated resolve against militias and outliers, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday.
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Rights group: Israel must investigate cameraman's death (AP)
Posted: April 20th, 2008, 12:02am EDT
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AP - Israel must investigate the death of a television cameraman and three others who were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, a leading human rights group said Saturday.