Pope joins calls for peace in Myanmar
ROME (AP):A worried Pope Benedict XVI added his voice yesterday to calls for Myanmar's military leaders to peacefully end their crackdown on protesters demanding democracy.Benedict made his first public comments on the deadly crackdown a few hours after...
Olmert, Abbas to meet Wednesday
JERUSALEM (Reuters): Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Wednesday to try to narrow differences over a U.S.-led conference on Palestinian statehood, officials said yesterday. Israeli government spokesman...
Rebels kill ten in Darfur
KHARTOUM (Reuters): Ten African Union soldiers were killed and dozens were missing after armed men launched an assault on an AU base in Darfur, the worst attack on AU troops since they deployed in Sudan's violent west in 2004....
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