Pakistan militants in Karzai ambush

Afghanistan’s intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh blamed militants from Pakistan for Sunday’s incident, saying it was unclear if Pakistan’s special agencies gave the “go ahead” for attack, which killed three people but left Karzai unscathed.
“The evidence once again shows that the soil of Pakistan has been used against us,” Saleh told CNN. “Clearly there (is) very, [...]

Zimbabwe goes for a run-off

A senior official with Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party said opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai and incumbent President Robert Mugabe must compete in a presidential run-off, based on its election results.
Tsvangirai received 47 percent of the vote in last month’s election while Mugabe received 43 percent, the senior official said. A candidate must receive 50 percent plus [...]

Candelit in Austria for the cellar family

Hundreds of people have held an emotional candlelit vigil in the Austrian town where Josef Fritzl kept his daughter in a cellar for 24 years.

The residents of Amstetten were showing solidarity for the woman, Elisabeth, and the children she bore him. “We want to show that Amstetten is not a town for criminals”, said the [...]

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Diametrically Different: Dragons East & West by Valerie Sartor To begin to grasp the extreme differences in culture and thought between China and the western world one of the most startling distinctions can be found by examining the universal dragon motif.
By example by Thanos Kalamidas
It sounds ironic that Syria is building a nuclear reactor, especially [...]

Obama offended with pastor …teachings

Democratic US presidential hopeful Barack Obama has expressed “outrage” at comments made by Rev Jeremiah Wright.

He said that any relationship he had with his former pastor “has now changed” as a result of the comments. Clips of Rev Wright’s fiery sermons triggered a storm of criticism when they were aired last month.
Meanwhile, Mr. Obama’s rival [...]

Turkey becomes …very slowly democracy

Turkey’s parliament has approved the softening of a law criticized by the EU for limiting free speech.

Article 301 of the penal code has been used to prosecute Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk and other intellectuals. Since 2003, hundreds of people have been tried under the controversial law for “insulting Turkishness”.
However, critics argue the amendments do [...]

Russian tensions with Georgia

Russia has warned it will retaliate if Georgia uses force against its breakaway regions.

Moscow has accused Georgia of preparing to invade Abkhazia, and says it is boosting Russian forces there and in the South Ossetia region. Georgia has reacted angrily to the Russian move, which its prime minister called “irresponsible”.
The EU also urged caution; saying [...]

Zimbabwe, the activists are free

Police in Zimbabwe have freed more than 180 opposition activists without charge four days after they were detained.

This comes as a Zimbabwean human rights group accuses the government of using violence in rural areas to rig a possible presidential run-off. A BBC contributor in the southern town of Masvingo reports that the bodies of two [...]

DNA proved that he is the father

DNA evidence supports an Austrian man’s confession that he fathered six children by his daughter while keeping her prisoner for 24 years, police say.

Lower Austria police chief Franz Polzer said Josef Fritzl, 73, had completely deceived his wife, his family and the authorities in the town of Amstetten. Hospital officials meanwhile said Mr. Fritzl’s daughter [...]