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Cuba hunger striker recovering after collapse

12 March 2010 09:27:53

Source: Reuters * Hunger striker recovering after receiving fluids * Havana will not bow to foreign pressure on rights * Cuban bloggers want Farinas to abandon hunger strike (Updates with hunger striker ...

Guantanamo prisoner known as Hambali seeks release

12 March 2010 09:16:57

Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - The Guantanamo Bay detainee accused of helping plan the 2002 bombings in the Indonesian resort area of Bali that killed more than 200 people on Thursday revived his ...

UN struggles to get funds for Haiti quake recovery

12 March 2010 09:04:13

Source: Reuters UNITED NATIONS, March 11 (Reuters) - The United Nations is struggling to provide support to earthquake-ravaged Haiti, as donor nations have been slow to hand over much-needed aid, U.N. humanitarian ...

Chile mines, refineries safe after new aftershocks

12 March 2010 09:01:51

Source: Reuters * Codelco, Anglo American mines operational after tremors * Copper prices boosted slightly by aftershock news * Oil refineries shut from quake suffer no new problems (Updates with details on fuel ...

More Americans say global warming exaggerated - poll

12 March 2010 08:48:49

Source: Reuters * Public opinion reversal could affect U.S. action * Congress hesitating on controversial environment bill * U.S. unlikely to meet emissions goals without it (Adds U.S. bird study; global ...

Obama gives $1.4 mln Nobel prize to 10 charities

12 March 2010 08:36:59

Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday named 10 charities to share his $1.4 million Nobel Peace Prize, with causes ranging from wounded veterans to Haiti's earthquake ...

Darfur donor meeting in March eyes $2 billion - Egypt

12 March 2010 08:32:27

Source: Reuters * Egypt, Turkey co-chairs of meeting in Cairo, March 21 * Projects include cement plants, roads, villages * Cost for all projects $2.04 billion (Adds direct Darfur peace talks delayed para 6 ...

Turkey recalls envoy to Sweden over Armenia vote

12 March 2010 08:23:12

Source: Reuters * Move comes one week after Ankara recalled U.S. envoy * Ambassador warns of "drastic effects" on Swedish ties * Armenia massacres deeply sensitive topic in Turkey (Adds Swedish ...

New railway links north and south Sudan

12 March 2010 08:13:33

Source: Reuters JUBA, Sudan, March 11 (Reuters) - Sudan on Thursday inaugurated a railway linking the north and south for the first time since decades of civil war ripped Africa's largest country apart. Officials ...

Updated Landslide Assessment for Namasheti & Ulukusi Parish, Uganda

12 March 2010 08:02:40

Source: UNOSAT Uganda - This map illustrates an updated satellite-based analysis of probable landside-affected areas as identified in post-disaster SPOT-5 imagery recorded 10 March 2010 and pre-disaster Spot-5 ...