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After quixotic attack in Sudan, a question lingers: Why?

iht.com     23 mins ago    226 related    Send to a friend

In the past, Darfurian rebels have largely confined their attacks to government positions in Darfur, never once attempting an assault on the heavily fortified capital, Khartoum. ... And with good reason. Beyond the fact that the rebels, part of the Justice and Equality...

Zimbabwe election official: presidential runoff delay likely

iht.com     9 hrs ago    183 related    Send to a friend

The runoff pitting President Robert Mugabe against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will not take place in the next few weeks as required by law, the head of the electoral commission said in an interview published Sunday. ... Tsvangirai had announced over the weekend...

Arab League tries to broker Lebanon settlement

iht.com     3 hrs ago    40 related    Send to a friend

Arab foreign ministers urged warring Lebanese factions to immediately cease fighting and said Sunday they will send a delegation to try to broker a settlement between the Hezbollah-led opposition and U.S.-backed government. ... After an emergency meeting in Cairo on the...

Gaza City power plant shut down reducing electricity supply

iht.com     10 hrs ago    73 related    Send to a friend

Gaza City residents faced closed bakeries, stalled elevators and no water on Sunday after the ruling Hamas shut down the territory's only power plant, saying it ran out of fuel supplied by Israel. ... Gaza receives its fuel supplies from Israel, which has severely...

Dead Via Rail passenger identified

typepad.com     10 hrs ago    6 related    Send to a friend

Via The Globe and Mail, a Canadian Press report: Dead Via Rail passenger identified. Excerpt: Ontario police say the woman who died aboard a Via Rail Train on Friday, setting off a massive biohazard response, was a 43-year-old from South... ... . Excerpt: Ontario police...

Oil prices ease, above 125 dollars

afp.com     1 hr ago    34 related    Send to a friend

SINGAPORE (AFP) - World oil prices eased but remained above 125 dollars on Monday after an inflow of investment funds and supply worries helped push costs to another record high, analysts said. ... Protesters rally against rising oil prices near Manila with the cost of...

Moshi's Zefyr MacBook cooler is way hot

mister-wong.com     3 hrs ago    5 related    Send to a friend

Filed under: Laptops If you haven’t faced MacBook Air overheating issues, you’re clearly in the minority, and regular ol’ MacBook users have been faced with plenty burni ... nation of their own. While there are plenty of laptop coolers out there, none have been so...

Oil steady above $126

reuters.com     4 hrs ago    24 related    Send to a friend

PERTH (Reuters) - Oil hovered close to record levels above $126 a barrel on Monday as violence in the Middle East heightened worries of supply disruptions in the world's largest crude producing region. ... By Fayen Wong PERTH (Reuters) - It closed $2.27 higher at $125.96...

Archaeologists find Queen of Sheba's palace at Axum, Ethiopia

hnn.us     3 hrs ago    1 related    Send to a friend

Source: Earth Times (5-8-08) Archaeologists believe they have found the Queen of Sheba's palace at Axum, Ethiopia and an altar which held the most precious treasure of ancient Judaism, the Ark of the Covenant, the University of Hamburg said Wednesday. Scientists from the German city made the...

Floods kill seven people in Algeria

alertnet.org     11 hrs ago    2 related    Send to a friend

Source: Reuters ALGIERS, May 11 (Reuters) - Floods caused by torrential rains have killed seven people and partially damaged roads in eastern Algeria over the past two days, officials said on Sunday. Two corpses ... ... ALGIERS, May 11 (Reuters) - Floods caused by...