IRAQ: Wider crackdown looms - cabinet reshuffle on the cards
BAGHDAD (Reuters): Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki yesterday told insurgents fighting his United States-backed government to accept an olive branch or face a security crackdown that will cover "every inch" of Iraq. The U.S. military said it was preparing to set up...
50 yearsof joy and pain
ACCRA (Reuters): Born on the day Ghana became independent from Britain, Godson Dag-Sosu has seen coups, food shortages and power cuts during his 50 years of life.After a chequered independent history, punctuated by a spate of military takeovers known...
Rats love Big Apple
NEW YORK (Reuters): Video of rats scampering across a New York City restaurant floor may have disturbed viewers worldwide but some experts say the rodents are less dangerous than other creatures drawn to restaurants - humans.
Rubbers slippery matter for men
NEW YORK (Reuters):Many young men could use a bit more instruction on proper condom use, according to lead author of a new study that found nearly one in three experienced recent condom breakage."I think it's important to take men beyond consistent use...
Defence budget soars, US concerned
BEIJING (Reuters): China will boost defence spending by 17.8 per cent in 2007, accelerating the emerging power's string of annual double-digit rises in money for a modern military that reflects its economic strength.Jiang Enzhu, spokesman ...
Kremlin sidelines critics in elections
ST.PETERSBURG (Reuters): Regional polls in Russia next Sunday may be a blueprint for nationwide elections in the coming 18 months. If they are, the Kremlin's harshest critics will be watching the national votes from the sidelines.
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