Israel an insult to human dignity, says Ahmadinejad
Iran's hardline president called the existence of Israel an "insult to human dignity" yesterday during annual rallies in support of Muslim claims to the holy city of Jerusalem.
UN envoy warns Myanmar of international reaction
United Nations envoy Ibrahim Gambari warned Myanmar yesterday of serious international repercussions from its crackdown on pro-democracy protesters and urged the ruling junta to release all political prisoners.
Richard Roberts, wife accused of improprieties
Twenty years ago, tele-vangelist Oral Roberts said he was reading a spy novel when God appeared to him and told him to raise US$8 million to found a university, or else he would be "called home." Now, his son, Oral Roberts University President Richard Roberts, says God is speaking again, telling him to deny lurid allegations in a lawsuit ...
Caribbean briefs
The head of the newly formed Regional Integration and Diaspora Unit says he is not optimistic that Caribbean Community countries will establish a single currency in a bid to further deepen the regional integration process.
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