June 27, 2008

Pakistan Taleban execute spies

Militants in Pakistan have carried out what officials have called a “public execution” of two Afghans before thousands of cheering supporters.

The pair was alleged to have helped an American missile strike that killed 14 people in a border village last month. Correspondents say that the brazen nature of the killings – one man was decapitated [...]

June 27, 2008

Clinton and Obama rally in Unity

Hillary Clinton is to join Barack Obama at a rally – their first public event since she pulled out of the race to be the Democratic presidential candidate.

The rally in Unity, New Hampshire, is seen as an opportunity for party supporters to come together after the divisive primary battle. The event follows a joint dinner [...]

June 27, 2008

Mugabe votes …Mugabe

Voting is reported to have got off to a slow start in Zimbabwe’s run-off presidential election in which Robert Mugabe is the only candidate.

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai withdrew from the contest because of violence against his supporters. He told them that if they had to vote to protect themselves from attacks to do so, but [...]

June 27, 2008

Ovi today

Voices and legality by Thanos KalamidasThe Iranian government condemned the new EU sanctions against Teheran over the uranium enrichment program as illegal and this raises the question what is legal and what illegal.
Nice Beavers! by Clint Wayne
As a self-confessed ‘Wildlife Freak’, it was with great interest that I watched this week’s BBC News report detailing [...]