tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50502661239435721732011-11-27T15:35:26.710-08:00WORLD NEWS DIGESTacfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06216531554066598146noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050266123943572173.post-73796504920188489762008-03-06T15:59:00.000-08:002008-03-06T16:00:36.343-08:00Angola NewsWeb RSS by FeedBucket.acfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06216531554066598146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050266123943572173.post-83184759324308777092007-11-22T14:08:00.000-08:002007-11-22T14:10:52.037-08:00Russian liaison officers to be posted at US missile sitesWASHINGTON, USA (November 22.2007) - The US sent Russia a formal proposal for cooperation on missile defense in Eastern Europe yesterday. A proposal aimed at discouraging Russia from withdrawing from a vital European arms control treaty was also sent.The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are expected to discuss the documents on November 26.The acfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06216531554066598146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050266123943572173.post-44665426582088050532007-11-10T14:30:00.000-08:002007-11-10T14:56:48.276-08:00UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits Antarctica to see global warming's impactANTARCTICA (November 10,2007) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the Antarctica yesterday to see firsthand the impact of climate change and the melting of glaciers.He flew from Chile's southernmost city of Punta Arenas to that country's station on the Antarctica, Chilean Air Force base, accompanied by Chilean officials and scientists.From there, he took a 45-minute flight over the region,acfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06216531554066598146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050266123943572173.post-13924214273029121962007-10-01T03:15:00.000-07:002007-10-01T03:18:09.793-07:00Microsoft To Extend Sales Of Windows XP As Vista Concerns Mount REDMOND, USA - Microsoft said it will extend availability of the operating system's predecessor, Windows XP,sesponding to some customers' lukewarm embrace of Windows Vista.Microsoft said it will make the full version of Windows XP available to PC manufacturers and retailers through June 30, 2008. It will continue to offer a basic edition in emerging markets through June 2010.The company acfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06216531554066598146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050266123943572173.post-88384663467083511292007-09-30T02:02:00.000-07:002007-09-30T02:06:20.369-07:00Dutch Bishop Martinus Muskens calls upon Christians to begin calling God Allah AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands - Bishop Martinus Muskens of Breda in The Netherlands has called upon Christians to begin calling God “Allah”. Bishop Muskens is confident this will promote better relations between Christians and Muslims.Bishop Muskens suggested in an interview with Radio Netherlands that Christians should refer to God as Allah. The 71-year-old bishop believes people are needlessly acfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06216531554066598146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050266123943572173.post-57972267445698170892007-09-29T18:38:00.000-07:002007-09-29T18:45:21.542-07:00Ahmadinejad Invites Bush To Speak At Any University In Iran NEW YORK, USA - After being welcomed in New York by the president of Columbia University, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad extended an invitation to US President George W. Bush.Ahmadinejad told Iranian state television if US president George Bush plans to travel to Islamic republic, he is welcome to make speech at any Iranian university."If their president plans to travel to Iran, we will acfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06216531554066598146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050266123943572173.post-36097351054338890622007-08-30T14:17:00.000-07:002007-08-30T14:33:22.392-07:00Taliban freed remaining seven South Korean hostages KABUL,Afghanistan - The Taliban released the remaining seven South Koreans held hostage since July 19 in central Afghanistan.The hostages were handed over today to the International Committee of the Red Cross in the eastern province of Ghazni, head of the ICRC's Afghan delegation said.The South Korean government later confirmed that it had taken custody of the former captives, part of a group acfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06216531554066598146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050266123943572173.post-28612516091693134732007-08-27T13:05:00.000-07:002007-08-27T13:23:49.614-07:00Obesity rates climb in most US states WASHINGTON,USA - Obesity rates continued their climb in 31 US states last year.No state showed a decline.Mississippi became the first US state to crack the 30 percent barrier for adult residents considered to be obese. West Virginia and Alabama are just slightly behind, according to the Trust for America's Health, a research group that focuses on disease prevention. Colorado continued its reign acfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06216531554066598146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050266123943572173.post-71927045510225276192007-08-25T14:53:00.001-07:002007-08-25T14:55:21.570-07:00Slovenian Mass Grave Could Be The Largest In EuropeMARIBOR,Slovenia - Slovenian authorities have begun exhuming a mass grave in the Tezno forest, north-eastern Slovenia, where over 15 000 victims slain after World War 2 by the former communist regime are supposed to be buried.Slovenian officials estimate that a mass grave found near Maribor will most likely prove to be the largest in Europe, surpassing even that of the eastern Bosnian town of acfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06216531554066598146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050266123943572173.post-72531883169269115582007-08-22T12:07:00.000-07:002007-08-22T12:09:49.797-07:00Cuba's Foreign Minister Backs Barack Obama On EmbargoCuba's Foreign Affairs Minister Felipe Perez Roque said he welcomed a call by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to ease the U.S. embargo on Cuba.In an opinion piece on Tuesday in The Miami Herald newspaper, the Illinois senator Barack Obama proposed easing restrictions for Cuban exiles to travel to Cuba or send money home."These declarations appear to express the sentiment of acfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06216531554066598146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050266123943572173.post-42348243480442504162007-08-21T21:56:00.000-07:002007-08-21T22:08:23.926-07:00Venezuela's National Assembly Enables Hugo Chavez To Become A Lifelong PresidentCARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's National Assembly gave yesterday unanimous initial approval to constitutional reforms.President Chavez proposed changes to the constitution, including the lifting of presidential term limits.The Venezuelan National Assembly President Cilia Flores said the proposed changes to the constitution, including the lifting of presidential term limits were approved by all acfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06216531554066598146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050266123943572173.post-13823098196887210542007-08-21T12:16:00.000-07:002007-08-21T12:45:12.406-07:00George Bush Concerned About Hurricane VictimsMONTEBELLO,Canada - American President George W. Bush,offered U.S. assistance and expressed his concern today for the citizens of Mexico and elsewhere whose lives were affected by Hurricane Dean,at a North American summit in Canada."We stand ready to help.The American people care a lot about the human condition in our neighborhood and when we see human suffering we want to do what we can," said acfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06216531554066598146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050266123943572173.post-39706651227919274142007-04-15T22:48:00.000-07:002007-04-15T23:27:14.074-07:00Garry Kasparov detained at opposition march in RussiaMOSCOW,Russia - The former world chess champion Gary Kasparov was detained by the Russian police on Saturday as supporters of his organization tried to hold a forbidden protest march in Moscow.Kasparov was seen inside a police van,after his arrest, waving and smiling to journalists clustered outside on the edge of Pushkin Square. The former world chess champion Gary Kasparov heads the United acfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06216531554066598146noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5050266123943572173.post-16846308796848051052007-04-15T07:29:00.000-07:002007-04-15T07:59:03.927-07:0042 Million illegal CDs and DVDs destroyed in piracy crackdown in ChinaBEIJING,China - Chinese authorities destroyed 42 million pieces of pirated digital videodiscs, compact discs, computer software and illegal publications in the government's latest campaign to curtail rampant theft of intellectual property,Chinese state media reported.The Saturday campaign follows a pair of complaints filed Tuesday by the U.S. against Beijing in the World Trade Organization over acfohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06216531554066598146noreply@blogger.com0