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WORLD / NEWS Wed May 21, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- Myanmar shunned a U.S. proposal for naval ships to deliver aid to cyclone victims on Wednesday, according to state-run media, dimming hopes that the vessels could provide a major boost to relief efforts. The New Light of Myanmar, a mouthpiece for Myanm.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Oct 30, 2007 @ 8:17am neoform

MSNBC -- When al-Qaida’s media arm released its first Osama Bin Laden video in nearly three years, most of the media attention was focused on Bin Laden's beard. It appeared either dyed — or perhaps even pasted on. He was ridiculed and a variety of theories wer.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Aug 3, 2007 @ 1:01am neoform

FOX News -- Iran held a public execution on Wednesday of seven men convicted of rape, according to the state-run ISNA news agency. Two other men were hanged Wednesday in a separate prison, convicted of armed smuggling of narcotics, according to state-run media in a r.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Dec 8, 2006 @ 2:44am neoform

Reuters -- The number of journalists jailed worldwide for their work rose for the second year with Internet bloggers and online reporters now one third of those incarcerated, a U.S.-based media watchdog said on Thursday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Apr 14, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

BBC News -- A British journalist has been freed by forces in Iraq, local media quoted the Iraqi defence ministry saying. The journalist, who has not been named, and his Iraqi interpreter, who was previously released, were seized in Basra in February. Both were.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Mar 28, 2008 @ 8:03am neoform

CNN -- She came. She curtsied. She conquered. Chic Carla Bruni-Sarkozy -- like a cross between a Catholic schoolgirl and Jackie O according to one fashion writer -- won the hearts of the British public, and the media, with her grace and the demure grey outfits s.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Fri Mar 14, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- Zimbabwe's police chief has warned he will not let opposition "puppets" take power in elections later this month, state media reports. Augustine Chihuri said President Robert Mugabe's redistribution of white-owned land would never be reversed. Mr Mu.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Jan 17, 2008 @ 8:21am neoform

BBC News -- China is facing its worst drought in a decade, with water in parts of the Yangtze River at the lowest level in 142 years, state media has reported. Millions of people were short of water, and dozens of ships had run aground in the river since October,.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed Oct 10, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

News.com.au -- NETWORK Ten's controversial show Californication will be investigated by media watchdog the Australia Communications and Media Authority. The smutty satirical show was immediately infamous for featuring former X-Files star David Duchovny in four sex sc.. Read More

WORLD / OPINION Sun Jun 24, 2007 @ 1:10pm neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- It's an easy target, but it's time to stop mocking the States. They could sure teach the Brits a thing or two. Once again, this time for a report commissioned by the broadcaster itself, the ostensibly neutral BBC stands accused of a sneaky preference f.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Jun 19, 2007 @ 12:12am neoform

CNN -- Chinese police have detained 168 people accused of involvement in slavery that trapped victims in scorching brick kilns, state media said on Monday, as outrage over official complicity rippled through the usually tame press. Of those held, 48 were caug.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Wed May 23, 2007 @ 10:43am neoform

BBC News -- The German authorities are compiling a database of human scents to track down possible violent protesters at the G8 summit in June, local media report. The method, once used by East Germany's secret police, the Stasi, involves collecting scent samples.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Apr 16, 2007 @ 8:38am neoform

CNN -- The British media continued Monday to pick at the bones of Prince William's broken romance, eager for anything fit to print, everyone claiming to know "what really happened." The prince and longtime girlfriend Kate Middleton have been under the microsc.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Apr 9, 2007 @ 1:23pm neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- Military personnel have been banned from selling their stories to the media, the defence secretary, Des Browne, announced tonight, amid a growing row over the returned captives from Iran. He said the Royal Navy had faced a "very tough call" over its de.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sun Apr 1, 2007 @ 8:31pm neoform

CNN -- Tsunami warnings have been issued following a strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.8 jolted the South Pacific Ocean on Monday, Japanese media reported. Kyodo news agency said there was a possibility of tsunami in the Pacific Ocean after.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Sat Mar 24, 2007 @ 5:09am neoform

News.com.au -- KNUT the polar bear cub appeared unfazed by the media scrum surrounding his public debut at Berlin Zoo today. The three-and-a-half-month old white cub padded gingerly round his new enclosure to the gasps and sighs of onlookers. Fortified by a breakf.. Read More

WORLD / NEWS Tue Feb 6, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

Yahoo News -- At a time when China's government has granted the foreign media greater freedom, it is tightening controls on Chinese who write about politically sensitive or embarrassing topics, human rights activists and journalists say... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Mon Jan 8, 2007 @ 1:05pm mrmdc

Yahoo News -- A woman gave birth to six babies at a hospital in Vancouver, the first time sextuplets are believed to have been born in Canada, local media reported on Monday... Read More

WORLD / NEWS Thu Nov 16, 2006 @ 3:50pm neoform

Yahoo News -- Online enyclopedia Wikipedia was accessible again in China on Thursday after being blocked for more than a year, a move hailed by free media advocacy group Reporters Without Borders... Read More