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MDC calls on Mbeki to step down as mediator
ZIMBABWE: ZIMBABWE'S MAIN opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday called for President Thabo Mbeki to stand down as mediator, despite a shift by South Africa from its "quiet diplomacy" strategy to the country's electoral crisis. p
Clinton and Obama step up jibes and personal attacks
US: BARACK OBAMA and Hillary Clinton have exchanged
sharp jibes at what could be the last debate of the Democratic
primary campaign, as Mr Obama faced tough questions about
associations that could prove embarrassing in a general
election. p
Brown meets presidential candidates in Washington
US: IT WAS a case of the British prime minister Gordon Brown hedging his bets yesterday as, one by one, the three candidates for the White House trooped into the British embassy in Washington to meet him. Anxious to show no bias, he gave each of them 45 minutes and met them in alphabetical order, based on forenames. p
Suicide bomber kills 50 at Sunni funeral in Iraq
IRAQ: A SUICIDE bomber wrought havoc at the funeral
of two Sunni Arab militia members in north Iraq yesterday, killing
at least 50 people, and injuring another 50, amid an upsurge of
attacks against anti-al-Qaeda security groups. p
World Food Security
Farm reform is key to battling hunger
EGYPT: World food security A new report has called for a fundamental change in world farming to remedy inequality, writes Mary Fitzgerald from Alexandria in the last of her series on the world food crisis. pFrance and Germany at loggerheads on food shortages
Conflict over EU policy looms, writes Seán Mac Connell , Agriculture Correspondent. pMandelson warns of dangers of protectionism
BELGIUM: DEVELOPING COUNTRIES risk causing a "spiral of protectionism" and aggravating food shortages when they try to combat soaring food prices by blocking their own exports, Europe's trade commissioner said yesterday. p
Racism rife in Germany's youth, leaked report shows
GERMANY: A LEAKED German government report has suggested xenophobia is widespread among the country's youth. pCarter meets Hamas and calls blockade of Gaza an atrocity
EGYPT: FORMER US president Jimmy Carter is set to meet Hamas chief Khaled Mishaal in Damascus today in spite of stiff opposition from the US and Israel. pJournalist killed by Israeli shell darts
JERUSALEM: A PALESTINIAN journalist who died in Gaza on Wednesday was killed by metal darts from a shell fired by an Israeli tank, doctors said yesterday. pSecurity tight for low-key Olympic torch run in India
INDIA: SCORES OF Tibetan demonstrators were arrested in India's capital yesterday as thousands of paramilitary guards and police protected a lacklustre and sparingly attended run of the Beijing Olympic torch through the city. pJapanese troops in Iraq illegal, rules court
JAPAN: JAPAN'S SENDING of airforce troops to Iraq breaches the country's pacifist constitution, a court said yesterday, but the government said the finding will not affect the current deployment. pChad rebels 'not afraid to die' if fighting Irish
IRELAND: SUDANESE-BACKED rebels in eastern Chad, to which Irish troops are being deployed, would "not be afraid to die" in any potential clashes with Irish troops on peace-enforcement duties with EUfor, a noted author and expert on the conflicts in Darfur and Chad has warned. pFood rations for Darfur caused by security concerns
SUDAN: THE WORLD Food Programme is to halve food rations for up to three million people in Darfur from next month because of insecurity along the main supply routes. pPrestigious Brisbane boys' school bans gay partners from debs
QUEENSLAND LETTER: SYDNEY'S GAY and Lesbian Mardi Gras, which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, still attracts a few hundred protesters along with 10,000 participants and 300,000 observers. But, by and large, it has become an annual festival of pride, not protest. pElderly women conspired to kill homeless men for money
US: A court finds two down and outs were sacrificed for insurance money, writes Victoria Kim and Paul Pringle in Los Angeles. pIn short
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