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22 Australians charged over child pornography
Australian detectives have charged 22 men including a policeman, a senior lawyer and a child care worker in connection with a child pornography-sharing network spanning 70 countries, police said Thursday.-"These offenders have access to children, be it their own children, their neighbors' children, children from broken relationships, children they might have responsibility for-some of these people are in positions of responsibility," Colvin said.Two children had been removed from defendants although there was no evidence that they had been abused, he said.
Zimbabwe: More than 15,000 have cholera
Nearly 775 people have died in Zimbabwe from the recent cholera outbreak, an official from the World Health Organization said Wednesday, refuting the government's claim that the situation is under control. The number of overall cholera cases is also on the rise, hitting 15,141 on Wednesday-The WHO added that up to 60,000 people in Zimbabwe could be infected if the epidemic worsens.
2008 one of worst years for disaster losses: insurer
Weather-related disasters and earthquakes are likely to make 2008 the second most costly year for insurers after 2005, when Hurricane Katrina struck the United States, according to a leading insurer.
Abbas: I'll work with any Israeli leader
As the election campaign in Israel heats up � and is mixed with the diplomatic and security-related dilemmas, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas clarifies he will work with any elected Israeli prime minister.
Russia plans 'liquidation' of ministries
Dozens of Christian organizations that have been providing social services, ministry and other help inside Russia are being targeted for "liquidation" by the nation's Ministry of Justice.
Obama to address Islamic world
President-elect Barak Obama declared in an interview he plans to deliver a major address in an Islamic capital as part of his global outreach, which he said would target the Muslim world.
World Bank cuts East Asia growth
East Asian economies will probably expand at the slowest pace in eight years in 2009 as easing export demand and declining investment and consumer spending portend "hard times" for the region, the World Bank said.
Abbas: Israeli issues preventing deal
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that the only reason Israel and the Palestinians haven't reached an peace agreement is because of Jerusalem's internal problems.
Obama to offer Israel "nuclear umbrella"
President-elect Barack Obama plans to offer Israel a strategic pact designed to fend off any nuclear attack on the Jewish state by Iran, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday.
Ireland set for new EU treaty referendum in 2009
"The Irish government is committed to seeking ratification of the Lisbon Treaty by the end of the term of the current commission," in exchange for certain guarantees, the text said.
India announces security overhaul
The Indian government has announced a number of steps to strengthen internal security after the Mumbai attacks. Interior Minister P Chidambaram said a national investigative agency would be launched, anti-terror laws beefed up and coastal security strengthened.
US House backs car industry plan
The US House of Representatives has approved a $14bn bail-out of the US car industry. The vote came after the White House and leading Democrats reached broad agreement on the rescue package.
US details Afghan reinforcements
The US hopes to get three out of four combat brigades requested by the army into Afghanistan by the summer, Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said. Correspondents say his comments are the most specific to date on how the US will meet a pledge by President Bush to deploy 20,000 more troops.
Zimbabwe cholera is over - Mugabe
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has said there is no cholera in his country, despite UN reports that the epidemic is getting worse. "I am happy we are being assisted by others and we have arrested cholera," Mr Mugabe said in a speech. The outbreak has claimed nearly 800 lives.
The Irish government has betrayed its people
The French president yesterday told the group leaders of the European parliament that he has made a deal with the Irish government to hold a second referendum in Ireland to ratify the Lisbon treaty first rejected on 12 June by 53 percent of Irish voters.
EU leaders gather for rift-packed summit
Almost two years after adopting ambitious green goals, a year after signing the new Lisbon Treaty and some sixteen months after the first signs of the financial crisis, EU leaders are meeting in Brussels on Thursday (11 December) to write a new chapter in the three long-running dossiers.
Iranian cleric: Muslim anger will burn Israelis
Should Israel continue to impose an economic and physical blockade on the Gaza Strip, the consequences would be dire, Iran's former president and influential cleric said on Tuesday.
Nobel Peace winner to Obama: Focus on ME
Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari urged US President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday to start his term by giving "high priority" to the Middle East conflict, calling it the world's most challenging peace-building project.
'Iran wants to swallow Arab world'
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak spoke out against Iran during a meeting with members of the Egyptian ruling party, a report in the Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida said Thursday, according to Israel Radio.
'Money transfer to Gaza is foolishness'
MK Tzahi Hanegbi (Kadima), the chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Thursday leveled severe criticism at Defense Minister Ehud Barak over Barak's decision to allow the transfer of NIS 100 million from the West Bank to Gaza.
Dayton: New PA forces are the most capable ever
Keith Dayton, the US army general who is overseeing the training in Jordan of the Palestinian Authority's National Security Force for the West Bank, has praised the new recruits as "the most capable Palestinian security forces that have ever been fielded here," and firmly played down the notion that they might one day come to turn their weapons on Israel.
11 Dec 08
Blair says "SECRET AGREEMENT REACHED!!!"
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So... Are there any groups of 4 somethings right now that oppose the Quartet?
Syria? Turkey? Russia? China?
So, lets suppose for a minute that the 4 horns are the Quartet, and they do scatter Judah and Jerusalem. It sounds like the purpose of the 4 craftsmen is to throw down or split up the Quartet.
So... Are there any groups of 4 somethings right now that oppose the Quartet?
If you look at a map of the location of the tribes of Israel Judah included GAZA which under the Quartet was emptied of Jews and they to this day have nowhere etc. And now the Quartet wants to split Jerusalem. Plus from the 10 northern tribes which were called Israel they want to give away the two regions also.
Something to think about indeed.
Obama to offer Israel Safety, Security?
Israel warns southern cities to prepare for strikes by new 30-km range rockets
Syria? Turkey? Russia? China?
So, lets suppose for a minute that the 4 horns are the Quartet, and they do scatter Judah and Jerusalem. It sounds like the purpose of the 4 craftsmen is to throw down or split up the Quartet.
So... Are there any groups of 4 somethings right now that oppose the Quartet?
If you look at a map of the location of the tribes of Israel Judah included GAZA which under the Quartet was emptied of Jews and they to this day have nowhere etc. And now the Quartet wants to split Jerusalem. Plus from the 10 northern tribes which were called Israel they want to give away the two regions also.
Something to think about indeed.
Obama to offer Israel Safety, Security?
Israel warns southern cities to prepare for strikes by new 30-km range rockets
Obama to offer Israel Safety, Security?
Israel warns southern cities to prepare for strikes by new 30-km range rockets
10 Dec 08
Google Earth puts Israel Security at Risk
Israel warns southern cities to prepare for strikes by new 30-km range rockets
Rebuilding Babylon--in weeks?
Hit the road, Damascus tells Americans
Syria sees Iraq-U.S. pact as threat
UN official slams Israel 'crimes
Abbas: No Peace without Freedom
Blair says "SECRET AGREEMENT REACHED!!!"
IDF preparing options for strike at Iran without US assent
EU Presidency to Boost Ties With Israel
Clinton to Olmert: I will work for Middle East peace
Taliban threatens Pakistan takeover
Livni fed up with rockets
Iran Rejects Obama's Carrot/Stick Policy
Israel, when you go out to battle
Mideast quartet to hold ministerial meeting in NY on Dec 15.
Pentagon: Lebanese Army M-60 Tanks are No Match for Israel's Merkava 4
Economic crisis and treatment of Israel
4th, 2008) December 8th, 2008 09:53 AM
More Than 160 NATO Supply Trucks Torched in Pakistan
Sarkozy to visit Syria in bid to push for direct Israeli-Syrian talks
French President Nicholas Sarkozy will visit Syria in January 2009, his second visit to the country in the space of four months, Israel Radio reported.-Syrian-Israeli talks, which have been ongoing since April, have been mediated by Turkey and the Syrians have so far refused to sit directly with the Israelis.
Dire Forecast for the Global Economy and World Trade
The world economy is on the brink of a rare global recession, the World Bank said in a forecast released Tuesday, with world trade projected to fall next year for the first time since 1982 and capital flows to developing countries forecast to plunge 50 percent.The projections are among the most dire in a litany of recent gloomy prognostications for the world economy, and officials at the World Bank warned that if they proved accurate, the downturn could throw many developing countries into crisis and keep tens of millions of people in poverty.
Russia warns West not to meddle in former Soviet Union
Russia's foreign minister says the United States and other Western countries must not meddle in the former Soviet Union. Sergey Lavrov told a group of foreign business leaders Wednesday that Russia has no monopoly on relations with neighboring former Soviet republics. He said Moscow understands that the US and European Union have interests in the region.
UNHRC calls for more Israeli concessions
UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday called on Israel to lift its blockade on the Gaza Strip, Israel Radio reported. After two days of discussions, the council, which consists of 47 member states, passed a list of 99 'recommendations' of gestures for Israel to make to ease Palestinian suffering, including freeing all prisoners.
Why I want the world to watch my husband's death
The harrowing moment a retired university professor dies in an 'assisted suicide' will be shown on television tonight. Craig Ewert, 59, is filmed turning off his ventilator and taking a lethal dose of drugs washed down with apple juice.
Protesters clash with police during Athens rally
Riot police clashed with demonstrators outside Parliament Wednesday as a general strike paralyzed Greece, shutting down schools, hospitals and international flights and raising pressure on a fragile government reeling from four days of riots.
Anger as Egypt sheikh meets Peres
Egypt's top Muslim cleric is under pressure to resign from politicians and newspapers for shaking the hand of Israeli President Shimon Peres. Criticism has been steadily growing since the newspapers began running a photograph of the Sheikh Mohammad Sayyid Tantawi greeting Mr Peres.
Iraq pull-out may begin in March for Brits
British forces could begin pulling out of Iraq by next March, a senior defence source has revealed to the BBC. The UK has been negotiating the legal basis on which its forces can stay when its UN mandate expires at the end of the year.
Taking sustainable development seriously
If Europe is serious about responding to citizen's concerns and ensuring the responsible management of our common economy, environment and social welfare, the EU leaders need to implement and practice a true policy for sustainable development.
EU Somali mission able to arrest pirates
The EU naval mission off the coast of Somalia will arrest and transfer pirates for prosecution to member states or countries beyond the 27-country bloc, the mission's commander-in-chief has said.
Iraq plans EU-style Middle East union
Iraq has unveiled plans for the creation of a regional economic and security union for the Middle East explicitly modelled on the European Union.
Summit to test EU credibility on climate, Barroso says
European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso has called on EU leaders not to backtrack on the union's target of a 20 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, calling their top-level meeting later this week a "real credibility test."
Olmert, Barak, Livni discussing future of Gaza ceasefire
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni were meeting Wednesday morning to discuss the future of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which is set to expire on December 19.
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