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View Article  The Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Centre opens in Tripoli

TRIPOLI, LIBYA (MARCH 12, 2008) (REUTERS) - JEAN-PHILIP CHAUZY HEAD, MEDIA AND PUBLIC RELATION
AT INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION FOR MIGRATION, SAYING:
    "The opening of this centre is important because it will be
providing assistance to ...   more »

View Article  Colombia captures six-ton marijuana haul
The Colombian army seizes a giant haul of marijuana, that is says belongs
to the leftist FARC guerrillas.

CALI, COLOMBIA (MARCH 11, 2008) (RCN TV) - The Colombian army took possession on Tuesday (March 11) ...   more »
View Article  Brazil and Spain in diplomatic spat over immigration

Brazil turns away another Spanish tourist for not meeting entry
requirements.  The incident follows a similar one barring eight Spanish
tourists last week and comes amid a diplomatic spat with Spain over
Brazilians' entry into ...   more »

View Article  France's last World War One veteran dies at 110

France's last surviving veteran of World War One, an Italian immigrant who
fought in the trenches with the Foreign Legion, has died at the age of 110

 KREMLIN-BICETRE, FRANCE (NOVEMBER 11, 2007) (REUTERS) - France's ...   more »

View Article  Kosovo's national anthem contest

Under the rules, the new anthem must reflect the values of all Kosovans,
including the country's Serb minority, which refuses to recognise the new
state

Since declaring independence from Serbia last month, the world's newest...   more »

View Article  Horny old rhino celebrates 50th

The zoo says that there is no record of any older rhinos in the world's
zoos, and they rarely live beyond 40 in the wild.
Charly celebrated his half-century with a "cake" of fruit and...   more »

View Article  Israel renews its boycott of Al-Jazeera

Israel issues formal complaint to Qatar based Al-Jazeera television
network, Arabic and English, over what officials call non-objective coverage
of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 

JERUSALEM (MARCH 12, 2008) (REUTERS) - Israel has formally issued instructions to ...   more »

View Article  Leaders of the world's biggest Islamic body gather in Senegal

Leaders of the world's biggest Islamic body, the 57-nation Organisation of
the Islamic Conference (OIC) , begin to arrive in Dakar ahead of a two-day
summit. Chadian president Idriss Deby also arrives in the capital ...   more »

View Article  Hamas sets terms for ceasefire with Israel, but Israel denies calm
Gaza's Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh says ball in Israeli court for ceasefire
deal mediated by Egypt, but Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak denies talks
on truce.

GAZA CITY, GAZA (MARCH 12, 2008) (AL AQSA TV) ...   more »
View Article  Unusual child born in northern India treated as a godsend and worshipped
Villagers throng to worship an unusual girl child born with a deformity
resulting in two faces and four eyes in a village of Gautmam Buddha Nagar
district in northern Uttar Pradesh state.

SAINI VILLAGE (MARCH ...   more »
View Article  Scientists warn Giant Patagonian glacier is melting rapidly

Scientists warn that glaciers across the world's third largest continental ice field could disappear within the next 60 years.

SHOWS: (W5) SANTA CRUZ, ARGENTINA - Argentine scientists warned on Tuesday (March 11) that a giant ...   more »

View Article  The Kurdistan Region - A Bright Future in the Other Iraq

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- SML Strategic Media announces the publication of a sponsored section entitled "The Kurdistan Region - A Bright Future in the Other Iraq" in Foreign Affairs Journal.

http://www.foreignaffairs.org/sponsored_sections/country_focus/kurdistan/

Featured in ...   more »

View Article  Guitar Hero Player Jams His Way into the Guinness World Record Book

NEW YORK, March 12 /PRNewswire/ -- To mark the launch of the inaugural Guinness World Records(TM): Gamer's Edition 2008 some of the nation's best players of Guitar Hero(R) III: Legends of Rock convened in New ...   more »

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