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Impasse threatens Australian PM Gillard's rule

06/10/2010 16:20

SYDNEY — Australian leader Julia Gillard moved into the prime minister's official residence Sunday, but a political standoff threatened to derail her fragile rule just two days before parliament was due to begin.toys storeGillard, Australia's first female prime minister, seized the leadership in a...

Nigeria floods displace 2m people

27/09/2010 10:24

Nigerian authorities opened the gates at two swollen dams in the country's rain-soaked north, sending a flood into a neighbouring state that has displaced two million people, officials said.UGG Boots sale Water from the Challawa and Tiga dams has swept through rural Jigawa state, bordering the...

Taking sides on genocide

25/09/2010 11:20

Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, made a hurried and unexpected visit to Kigali last week to persuade Rwanda's president, Paul Kagame, not to carry out a threat to withdraw all Rwandan peacekeepers from UN duty – including troops protecting civilians in Darfur. The UN delegation would be well...

France says EU censure over Roma unacceptable

17/09/2010 11:34

An elderly Roma man smokes after he arrives at Baneasa international airport in Bucharest from Marseille, in the latest wave of what French President Nicholas Sarkozy's government calls a voluntary repatriation scheme, September 14, 2010. ugg boots for salePARIS (Reuters) - France hit back on...

Israel official: Netanyahu to offer Palestinians partial settlement freeze

15/09/2010 09:50

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks to adopt a policy identical to that of his predecessor for construction in West Bank settlements - a partial freeze - as the September 30 end of the moratorium approaches. cheap ugg boots Under Ehud Olmert, more than 90 percent of construction was carried out...

Violence mars Guinea election campaign

13/09/2010 16:22

Guinea has temporarily suspended campaigning for its first-ever democratic presidential election after weekend violence reportedly left one person dead and dozens injured.Moncler clothing Government spokesman Aboucar Sylla announced Sunday in a televised statement at that all campaign activity for...

Numsa holds out for ‘better offer’

10/09/2010 11:02

THE National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) rejected a revised 10% wage offer from motor industry employers yesterday, and called on its members to continue striking until a settlement was reached.cheap nike shoesThe strike has already shut down some vehicle dealerships and halted component...

Mozambique: Government Reverses Major Increase in Price of Bread

08/09/2010 11:35

The government has decided to reverse a major increase in the price of bread that helped set off deadly riots last week in a nation where poverty is widespread, Planning Minister Aiuba Cuerenei said Tuesday. He said that a subsidy would allow the price to be set at the previous level. Higher global...

Cell C's broadband network: What to expect

07/09/2010 10:22

Cell C officially switched on their 21 Mbps HSPA+ network in PE, with plans to move to 42 Mbps in futurembt shoes Cell C launched their HSPA+ network, controversially branded “4Gs”, in Port Elizabeth on Friday, 3 September 2010. “What is significant about Cell C’s network, is that the HSPA+ release...

Bombing at an Iraqi army base in Baghdad kills 12, injures at least 20

06/09/2010 15:40

Just five days after the United States declared the end of its combat mission in Iraq, U.S. soldiers opened fire Sunday morning on suicide bombers who snuck into an Iraqi army base in Baghdad, a U.S. military spokesman said. Nike Air Max 95 The assailants detonated a car bomb outside an army...