Nigeria: Biafra War - FG Destroys 122 Explosives in Imo

allafrica Tuesday, March 16, 2010 12:06:00 PM CET | info

About 122 landmines and other wartime explosive devices recovered from Imo State were yesterday destroyed by the Federal Ministry of Defence under its humanitarian de-mining programme....

Google appears to drop censorship in China

msnbc Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:51:00 AM CET | info

Web sites dealing with subjects such as the Tiananmen Square protests could all be accessed through Google's Chinese search engine Tuesday in defiance of Beijing's censorship rules....

OSCE official criticizes Swedish ‘genocide’ vote

azernews Tuesday, March 16, 2010 11:35:00 AM CET | info

16-03-2010 10:19:57 Goran Lennmarker, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s special representative on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Upper (Nagorno) Garabagh conflict, has described as wrong the Swedish parliament’s recent decision to brand the alleged killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks as “genocide”....

Rwanda: Judges Censuring Rusesabagina Are Fighting Fraud

allafrica Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:06:00 AM CET | info

In the last one year, Paul Rusesabagina, who has been portraying himself as a hero who purportedly saved thousands of Tutsi during the Genocide, has been censured by two courts of law across two continents, as a fraud whose testimony cannot be admissible....

In Iraq's Restive Anbar, Many Sunnis Now Resigned

NPRnews Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:54:00 AM CET | info

In Iraq, the minority Sunnis have boycotted previous elections many of them under threat from insurgents. But now that Sunnis have cast their votes in this month's parliamentary elections, how will they react if their side loses? Many in Fallujah seem resigned to accept what they get....

Thai protest: Blood on streets threat

australianetworknews Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:49:00 AM CET | info

Conor Duffy, Bangkok Last Updated: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:40:00 +1100 The numbers of red-shirt supporters of ousted Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra appear to have fallen, as the group begins drawing blood from supporters in a new angle for their protest. At their headquarters, leaders are still shouting.......

Advice to Prime Minister Erdogan: Continue Denying the Armenian Genocide

panorama-am Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:18:00 AM CET | info

It is a well-known fact that Turkish leaders are exceptional diplomats. However, as soon as they hear the words Armenian Genocide, Greece, Cyprus or Kurdistan, these diplomats lose their cool ......

Erdogan and Davutoglu traveled to London

panorama-am Tuesday, March 16, 2010 9:18:00 AM CET | info

Turkeys Rejep Tayip erdogan traveled to London where he was met in Heathrow airport by Turkish Ambassador Yigit Alpogan. Turkish Anadolu reported Erdogan traveled to London on the invitation of ......

Bloor-Danforth bikeway plan rolls on

theglobeandmail Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:34:00 AM CET | info

City Hall quietly requests proposals for environmental assessment as debate continues...

Juarez Killings: Mexico's Calderon Steps Up Drug War

time Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:34:00 AM CET | info

The vicious attack on individuals connected to the U.S. consulate in the border city may be a reaction to improved coordination between Mexico City and Washington...