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Husband of Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez attacked
21 Nov 2009 03:55:46 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Husband of Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez attacked * Pro-government website: Cubans "tired of provocations" HAVANA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The husband of Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez ... 
Colombia says will not be provoked by Venezuela
21 Nov 2009 03:55:14 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Chavez's insults, dynamited bridges raise tensions * Colombian military chiefs meet, no troop build-up seen * Chavez says U.S. preparing for war in Latin America ( ... 
Thailand: End Detention of Lao Hmong Refugees
20 Nov 2009 23:42:56 GMT
Source: Human Rights Watch
(New York) - The Thai government should immediately end the detention of 158 Lao Hmong refugees held in poor and abusive conditions for three years, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime ... 
Top US House Democrat questions 9/11 criminal trials
20 Nov 2009 23:22:45 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Representative Ike Skelton, cast doubt on Friday about the Obama administration's decision to try the Sept. 11, ... 
U.S. to drop charges against one Blackwater guard
20 Nov 2009 22:46:29 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Justice Department prosecutors asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss the charges against one of five Blackwater security guards accused of killing 14 unarmed ... 
Afghan govt would fall if NATO withdraws - UK minister
20 Nov 2009 22:38:17 GMT
Source: Reuters
LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of the country now, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Friday. "If ... 
U.S. electric carmaker Tesla prepares IPO
20 Nov 2009 22:02:41 GMT
Source: Reuters
* IPO timing capitalizes on environmental enthusiasm * Filing is near but exact date not clear (Adds background on Tesla and industry) By Poornima Gupta SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - U.S. ... 
Swine flu may have hit one peak; more to come
20 Nov 2009 21:50:26 GMT
Source: Reuters
(For more flu stories click on [ID:nWORLDFLU]) * Disease may be on the wane in Northern Hemisphere * New peaks could come at any time * Drug-resistant strains not yet worrying By Maggie Fox, ... 
U.S. to tighten control of Afghan contracts- Gates
20 Nov 2009 20:53:40 GMT
Source: Reuters
* U.S. eyeing tighter control of its Afghan contracts * Timing of "endgame" depends on situation on ground * Afghan mission "sustainable" despite some withdrawals (Adds ... 
UK investigates spread of drug resistant swine flu
20 Nov 2009 20:42:10 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Adds details and reaction) * Five H1N1 patients resistant to Tamiflu * Possible person-to-person spread of resistant strain LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - British health officials are ... 
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Maggy Barankitse wins The Guardian's Achievement in International Development Award
20 Nov 2009 16:23:27 GMT
Source: ActionAid
Maggy Barankitse has been announced as the winner of the Guardian's first ever Achievement in International Development Award. 
ACT Rapid Response Payment: Landslide in Tanzania
20 Nov 2009 16:09:00 GMT
Source: Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland
Rapid Response Payment Request No. 16/2009 Funds Sent To: Christian Council of Tanzania (CCT) Amount Sent: US$ 28,500 Date: October 20, 2009 Details of Response Emergency: Landslide in ... 
Gazan farmers unable to work their land in ‘buffer zone’
20 Nov 2009 15:25:47 GMT
Source: Oxfam GB - UK
Gazans don't want to rely on aid. They want to work on their land. 
Celebrity wine-lovers out-smart each other in aid of global poverty
20 Nov 2009 12:17:04 GMT
Source: ActionAid
Emma Thompson, Stephen Merchant, Jan Ravens, Shappi Khorsandi, Olly Smith, Lee Mack and Michael Ball became the most skilled of wine buffs and wine bluffers at ActionAid's celebrity fundraising event, Call My Wine Bluff. 
DCA handed over cleared fields to villagers
20 Nov 2009 11:46:35 GMT
Source: DanChurchAid - Denmark
In the village of Mitondo in Congo 27 anti personnel mines were found and destroyed by DanChurchAid. Recently the fine results were celebrated in a handover ceremony.  



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