Taliban in Swat valley announce indefinite ceasefire

Taliban militants have declared an indefinite ceasefire and vowed to release prisoners in Pakistan’s Swat valley where they have fought for nearly two years to enforce sharia law.

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Posted in World News Comments Off 25.02.2009 on 04:02.

US warns that Pakistan needs 5bn urgently to avoid collapse

The United States and Europe must give Pakistan up to 5bn ?3.5bn in urgent aid or risk seeing the nucleararmed country slip into chaos two leading US foreign policy voices warned Tuesday.

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Posted in World News Comments Off 25.02.2009 on 04:02.

Hundreds seek compensation after sofa rash outbreak

Thousands of people across the UK have been urged to seek legal advice following reports that some leather sofas manufactured in China contain a fungicide that could damage skin.

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Posted in World News Comments Off 4.11.2008 on 05:18.

Give human trafficking the red light

Illegal the world over, human trafficking is a damaging trade which remains rife in the 21st century. Those ensnared by the traffickers need practical advice and treatment in order to deal with their pasts and build new futures.

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Posted in World News Comments Off 30.09.2008 on 11:27.

The success of Africa’s exports

While Africa faces tremendous challenges on the road to integration into the world trading system, many African export sectors have actually outperformed world market growth.

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Posted in World News Comments Off 16.09.2008 on 10:32.

Police snare Miss Puerto Rico final saboteurs

Miss Puerto Rico, Ingrid Marie Rivera, is at last feeling vindicated following the recent arrest of two beauty pageant employees, who police say pepper-sprayed her clothes prior to her crowning appearance last November. The police have identified the joint culprits as the pageant’s security director and a catwalk co-ordinator in a case that has suffered [...]

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Posted in Fashion and Beauty, World News Comments Off 24.01.2008 on 07:59.

Fictional Nightmare Becomes Congo Reality

Simon Tisdall, world briefing: The chaos Le Carrй conjured in North Kivu is now a cruel reality More: continued here

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Posted in World News Comments Off 19.12.2007 on 04:12.

If Clegg Gets It Right in 2008, He Could Bring the Lib Dems Into Government

Jonathan Freedland: The new leader’s start was uninspiring, but next year will bring the real test, and may pave the way for a hung parliament More: continued here

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Posted in World News Comments Off 19.12.2007 on 03:12.

Fairytale of Hypocrites

Peter Tatchell: Radio 1 needs to develop a consistent policy to cover all forms of bigoted language in song lyrics More: continued here

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Posted in World News Comments Off 19.12.2007 on 03:12.

Reconciliation, Sealed With a Bombing Run

Weekend air raids aimed at Kurdish PKK separatists were the biggest Turkish incursion since the US seized Baghdad in 2003. But their significance is more political than military More: continued here

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Posted in World News Comments Off 18.12.2007 on 10:12.