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OneWorld.net – SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 18 (New America Media) – More than 400 homeless veterans from across Northern California relaxed
in comfort at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton. The occasion: a âStand Down,â where the homeless veterans were given access to good food, clean clothes, showers and beds.
Read More: Standing Up for Homeless Vets at Stand Downs
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The Christian Science Monitor – Savoring the diplomatic victory of renewed direct peace talks announced last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his cabinet today that a peace treaty with the Palestinians would be “a difficult thing, but it is possible.”
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AP – Dozens of biologists and environmental activists rescued two freshwater dolphins Sunday among nine that have been trapped in a river by low water levels for more than a month.
Read More: 2 of 9 trapped dolphins rescued in Bolivia river
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AP – For 33 men found alive after 17 days trapped deep in a copper and gold mine, the toughest challenge now may be preserving their sanity during the months it may take to carve a tunnel big enough for them to get out.
Read More: 33 miners in Chile are alive, but stuck for months
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AFP – Rwanda’s capital is changing from a sleepy backwater where most things closed at 9:00 pm to a future Singapore with gleaming office blocks and all-night shopping.
Read More: Kigali — from sleepy backwater to Africa's Singapore
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AP – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday inaugurated the country’s first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an “ambassador of death” to Iran’s enemies.
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Time.com – Australia has its first hung Parliament in 70 years, with neither the conservative Liberal-National Coalition nor the Labor Party getting the requisite 76 seats to win the national election
Read More: Australian Voters Face Hung Parliament in Close Election
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AP – NATO says roadside bombs have killed two members of the international security force in Afghanistan, including one American.
Read More: NATO: Bombs kill 2 foreign troops in Afghanistan
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 CBC.ca |
Philippine Hostage-Taker Releases 7 of 25 Captives
Voice of America Photo: AP Hostage negotiators, left and right, talk to foreign tourists taken hostage by Police Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza after securing their release at Manila's Rizal Park Monday Aug. 23, 2010. An ex-policeman who hijacked a tour bus in the … Dismissed police inspector takes tourist bus hostage in Philippines 8th passenger released from tourist bus hijacked in Manila Manila police: Optimistic hostages to be released 0700 GMT |
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 Daily Mail |
Cairo museum officials admit $50m Van Gogh Poppy Flowers still missing
Daily Mail By Mail Foreign Service The fate of a £32million Van Gogh masterpiece stolen from a Cairo museum remained a mystery last night. The 12in-square painting of red and yellow flowers was cut from its frame at the Mahmoud Khalil Museum on Saturday. … Van Gogh Painting Remains Missing No alarm at Egypt Van Gogh museum Van Gogh $55 Million `Poppy Flowers' Theft in Cairo Blamed on Lax Security |
Read More: Cairo museum officials admit $50m Van Gogh Poppy Flowers still missing – Daily Mail
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 The Hindu |
Ottawa to match aid for Pakistani flood victims
Globe and Mail Villagers, displaced by floods, lead their livestock through flood waters on August 22, 2010 in the village of Baseera near Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops … Pakistan appeal donations to be revealed Feds to match Pakistan relief donations Economic outlook dire for Pakistan flood victims |
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Reuters – A fire at a Toronto transformer station knocked out power to much of the city on Monday, snarling traffic in the midst of a blistering heatwave, but appearing to have little impact on financial markets.
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AFP – India’s largest phone operator Bharti Airtel said Tuesday it will invest 600 million dollars in Nigeria’s mobile market following a huge recent acquisition deal spanning 15 African nations.
Read More: India's Bharti Airtel plans heavy investment in Nigeria
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Time.com – Bronislaw Komorowski’s victory in Poland’s presidential election opens the way for stronger ties with the E.U.
Read More: Poland: Komorowski's Election Win May Help Boost E.U. Ties
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OneWorld.net – NAIROBI, Jul 5 (IRIN) – “Crowd-sourcing” is a new buzzword in the world of
humanitarian information. The combined power of mobile phones, mapping
technology and social networking can enable citizens in crisis to seek
help, facilitate aid deliveries, bear witness to abuses and hold
governments and aid agencies more accountable, advocates say.
Read More: Finding Space for Crowd-Sourcing in Humanitarian Response
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AP – Hundreds of protesters, led by a government minister, laid siege to the U.N. compound in Colombo on Tuesday, refusing to let workers out in an effort to force the world body to cancel its investigation of alleged abuses committed during Sri Lanka’s civil war.
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AFP – Amnesty International called Tuesday for the release of an activist charged with endangering Zimbabwe’s economic interests by highlighting abuses at diamond mines.
Read More: Amnesty demands release of Zimbabwe diamond activist
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AP – Thousands of Italian farmers and farm activists massed at Italy’s border with Austria on Tuesday to protest the importation of what they called sub-quality foods pretending to be from Italy.
Read More: Italy farmers protest import of "blue" mozzarella
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AP – An American soldier suspected of leaking a military video of an attack on unarmed men in Iraq was charged with multiple counts of mishandling and leaking classified data and putting national security at risk, the U.S. Army said in a statement Tuesday.
Read More: US soldier linked to Iraq attack video charged
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 Sydney Morning Herald |
Kaczynski's 47% Support May Slow Polish Deficit Cuts
BusinessWeek July 6 (Bloomberg) — Jaroslaw Kaczynski's stronger-than- expected performance in losing the July 4 presidential election may revitalize the opposition, damping optimism for government plans to reduce the budget … In Poland, Loser Could Still Play the Spoiler Poland: Komorowski's Election Win May Help Boost E.U. Ties Instant View: Komorowski wins Polish presidency |
Read More: Kaczynski's 47% Support May Slow Polish Deficit Cuts – BusinessWeek
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