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| Obama: US, Russia Not Destined to Be Adversaries | |
| President Barack Obama, working to drastically reshape U.S. relations with a skeptical Russia, said Tuesday the two countries are not "destined to be antagonists." (July 7) | |
| Date: 2009-07-07 09:29:40 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Kettle Black: O'Reilly accuses Al Franken of trafficing hate?! | |
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| Date: 2009-07-07 09:15:25 - Added by: KMC | |
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| china; Chinese protests spread 156 dead & over 1400 arrests july 7 | |
| http://www.cheatedge.com/488 Last Updated: Monday, July 6, 2009 10:48 PM ET CBC News The Chinese government blocked access to cellular service and internet sites Monday, the second day of deadly rioting between government forces and members of the ethnic Uighur minority in the northwest province of Xinjiang, according to Chinese state media. The official Xinhua news agency also reported that police have arrested 1,434 people in connection with the violence that left at least 156 dead. The agency didn't provide further details. Protesters from the Uighur ethnic group took to the streets in the city of Kashgar in northwestern China on Monday, a day after a demonstration in Xinjiang's capital of Urumqi turned into a lethal riot. A Uighur man in Kashgar said he was among more than 300 protesters who demonstrated outside the Id Kah Mosque late Monday afternoon, The Associated Press reported. He said police surrounded them, and the two sides were yelling at each other, but there were no physical clashes. Chinese state media said that along with the dead, 828 people have been injured in the riots. The Uighurs — an ethnically Turkic, predominantly Muslim group — make up the majority in Xinjiang, a region in northwest China bordering Central Asia and Mongolia. Their relations have often been tense with the ethnic Han Chinese who predominate in the country as a whole. Many Uighurs feel they're discriminated against by the government in Beijing, and a Uighur separatist movement has existed for decades. Alarmed by the reports of violence and deaths, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon issued a statement Monday calling for restraint from both sides. | |
| Date: 2009-07-07 09:14:03 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Honduras: One Dead, Two Wounded amid Pro-Zelaya Protests | |
| Protests continued in the Honduran capital a day after the ousted President, Manuel Zelaya attempted to return. | |
| Date: 2009-07-07 08:57:41 - Added by: KMC | |
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| War refugees kept in Sri Lanka welfare camps - 06 July 09 | |
| Sri Lanka's government has been accused of killing thousands of its own civilian citizens, war crimes, rape, torture and inhuman treatment of hundreds of thousands of refugees from its war against the Tamil Tigers. Al Jazeera has conducted its own investigation into the conflict and spoken to Tamils who have suffered and aid workers who have remained silent until now, revealing testimonies that call into question the version of events Sri Lanka's government wants the world to believe. Al Jazeera's Tony Birtley reports. | |
| Date: 2009-07-06 10:00:49 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Michelle Obama Tries to Win Over Russians | |
| Michelle Obama has made a splash on the international stage, but she'll find a challenge as she tries to win over Russians, who aren't used to seeing politicians' wives in the spotlight. (July 6) | |
| Date: 2009-07-06 09:48:49 - Added by: KMC | |
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| China clamps down on Uighurs - 06 Jul 09 | |
| Chinese state media says more than 100 people have been killed and another 800 people injured in rioting in the far western Xinjiang Autonomous Region.  The violence broke out after a protest on Sunday by ethnic Uighurs - Muslims who accuse the Beijing government of a systematic campaign to dilute and destroy their culture. Al Jazeera's Melissa Chan reports on the protests, which the government blames on overseas agitators. | |
| Date: 2009-07-06 09:45:26 - Added by: KMC | |
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| American President Barack Obama in Moscow for arms talks | |
| The US and Russian Presidents are holding talks aimed at reducing the number of deployed warheads.. Follow us on twitter at http://twitter.com/itn_news | |
| Date: 2009-07-06 09:38:12 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Obama not keen to bring Ukraine and Georgia into NATO | |
| The Obama administration sees that Georgian and Ukrainian accession to NATO may never be possible, says New America Foundation senior researcher Anatol Lieven. | |
| Date: 2009-07-06 09:35:37 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Rebel Bomb Blast in the Philippines | |
| A bomb blast outside a church in the southern Philippines has killed several people and wounded dozens more. Rebels are blamed for the attack A bomb blast outside a church in the southern Philippines has left at least five people dead. The army says a woman working on a food stall died instantly. Four others including a three-year-old boy died later in hospital. About 45 more have been wounded in the attack in Cotabato City. Officials say the bomb went off as an army truck was passing by. Authorities are blaming the attack on rogue members of the rebel Moro Islamic Liberation Front. The accusation is being denied by a senior leader of the separatist rebel group. Some elements of the group have been fighting the Philippines army since last August when the government ended peace talks. Nearly 600 people have been killed since then. In the last couple of months alone fighting on the central island of Mindanao has forced more than 350,000 people to flee their homes. The escalating conflict is pushing back any prospect of the peace talks resuming. | |
| Date: 2009-07-06 09:34:28 - Added by: KMC | |
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