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| South Korea Braces For Olympic Torch Protests Government plans to deploy thousands of police to maintain order, including elite forces to accompany torch along rally route that has not yet been fully publicized 25 April 2008 |
| US Envoy Says Opposition Won Zimbabwe Presidential Election Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer says that based on what is known, Morgan Tsvangirai won first round of voting 25 April 2008 |
| Weak US Housing Data Add to Gloomy Economic Prospects Sales of new homes in United States fell by 8.5 percent in March 24 April 2008 |
| EU Officials to Promote Economic Ties, Human Rights in China Tibet, boycotts, trade and human rights focus of Bejing talks 24 April 2008 |
| Tibetan Buddhist Nuns' Protest Songs Bring Punishment From China Once imprisoned, surviving Drapchi 14 call for Tibet's freedom from China 24 April 2008 |
| Displacement Adds to Kenyan Food Price Fears Kenya's president, prime minister tour country's Rift Valley region, home to many of those displaced by recent post-election 24 April 2008 |
| Beijing Olympics: Political Battleground? Olympic competitions have long history as focus of political protest and activism 24 April 2008 |
| Belgium, DRC Collide Over Human Rights, Business Deals Belgium encourages Kinshasa to make economic reforms to attract foreign investors, especially in its mining industry 24 April 2008 |
| South African Party Leader Says Zimbabwe Arms Embargo Not Necessary ANC Jacob Zuma's statement contradicts British PM Gordon Brown's call for an arms embargo on Zimbabwe; two leaders met in London Wednesday 24 April 2008 |
| UN Climate Change Official: More Incentives Needed for Developing Countries China fast overtaking US as world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gasses 24 April 2008 |
| Chinese Nationalism May Tarnish Beijing Olympics Chinese people, around the world, increasingly showing their dissatisfaction with what they perceive to be Western China-bashing, in run-up to Summer Olympics 24 April 2008 |
| Thai Rice Prices Hit Record; UN Concerned About Asia Food Security The increase in rice and food prices generally will be the center of debate at a UN conference next week 24 April 2008 |
| No Let Up in China's Corporate Acquisitions, But Challenges Abound China's footprint in international corporate world growing, as Chinese state funds, enterprises buy stakes in large energy, resource companies 24 April 2008 |
| Stocks Soar in China After Government Cuts Trading Tax Chinese authorities apparently hope move will help bounce share prices back into positive territory after months of weakness 24 April 2008 |
| China Recalls Zimbabwe Arms Shipment Churches and international human-rights groups say President Robert Mugabe loyalists have been beating and torturing those who voted for MDC in March 29 election 24 April 2008 |
| North Koreans Taped at Syrian Nuclear Site US intelligence officials will meet with congressional lawmakers about North Korea's alleged nuclear cooperation with Syria Thursday on Capitol Hill 24 April 2008 |
| Olympic Torch Passes Peacefully Through Australian Capital Organizers say the event was a success because it avoided the chaotic scenes that marred the relay's journey through London, Paris and San Francisco 24 April 2008 |
| U.S. Power and Leadership Evolve There is a growing discussion in Washington about the need for a new vision of American leadership in world affairs. 24 April 2008 |
| Key US Diplomat Urges China to Open Talks With Dalai Lama Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte makes his comments in testimony at a Senate hearing 23 April 2008 |
| EU Official Says 27-Nation Bloc to Extend Sanctions Against Burma Slovenia's State Secretary for European Affairs, whose country is current EU president, says EU ministers will decide on sanctions extension during a meeting next week 23 April 2008 |
| 'Perfect Storm' of Factors Driving Up Oil Prices, Say Experts Rising cost inflicts pain on consumers and petroleum-dependent industries while massively boosting fortunes of oil-producing nations and petroleum companies 23 April 2008 |
| Ship Carrying Arms for Zimbabwe, Plays 'Cat and Mouse' with Monitors Ship last seen at 5:00 PM local time, south of Cape Town heading for West African coast 23 April 2008 |
| British PM Calls for Arms Embargo on Zimbabwe Gordon Brown also reiterates that delay in announcing last month's presidential election results is 'unacceptable' 23 April 2008 |
| US Congress Rebukes US Agency Over Inspections of Food and Drug Imports Lawmakers say inspection problems are putting Americans at risk from dangerous drug and food imports 23 April 2008 |
| Mugabe Isolated In Southern Africa As Arms Ship Barred From Ports Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa urged African states to bar the An Yue Jiang from their waters, saying transhipment of its cargo of arms to Zimbabwe could deepen the crisis there 22 April 2008 |
| Zimbabwean Churches Appeal For Help to Solve Election Crisis In a statement Tuesday, a coalition of Christian churches appealed for international help, saying the violence could reach genocidal proportions if nothing is done 22 April 2008 |
| Computer Geniuses Compete for World's Smartest Trophy Computer Geniuses Compete for World's College students from around the world race to solve technology challenges at the 32nd annual Battle of the Brains 22 April 2008 |
| US Pushing for Recall of Chinese Arms Shipment to Zimbabwe State Department acknowledges there is nothing illegal about China's arms sales to Zimbabwe, a long-time recipient of Chinese military hardware 22 April 2008 |
| China Denounces Paris Council for Honoring Dalai Lama Foreign ministry says gesture to grant Dalai Lama honorary citizenship is 'grave provocation' to all of China's people, including Tibetans, that could damage the two countries' relations 22 April 2008 |
| France Attempts to Mend Relations with China Pro-Tibet protestors attempted to steal Olympic torch from wheelchair-bound Chinese athlete during Paris leg of Olympic torch relay 22 April 2008 |
| New Report says Immediate Short-term Action Needed in Food Crisis Overseas development Institute says bio-fuel production only part of the problem 22 April 2008 |
| EU, France Send Delegation to Beijing Informal Chinese calls to boycott French products prompt France to try to lower tensions with Beijing 22 April 2008 |
| China Defends Arms Shipment to Zimbabwe as Normal Trade Workers at S. African port of Durban refused to offload 'An Yue Jiang,' a Chinese ship carrying weapons and ammunition to Zimbabwe 22 April 2008 |
| Olympic Torch Relay Held Behind Closed Doors in Indonesia Five thousand cheering, invited guests witness relay at Jakarta's national stadium 22 April 2008 |
| US Team Arrives in North Korea for Nuclear Talks Group, led by US State Department expert on Koreas Sung Kim, will stay in North Korea for three days to discuss nuclear declaration and how to verify it 22 April 2008 |
| US Olympic Athletes Mindful of International Attention at Beijing Games Many athletes feel politics, Olympics should not be combined 21 April 2008 |
| Plan to Harness Congo River Could Double Electricity Production in Africa Seven African governments, some of world's largest banks and construction firms plan world's biggest hydro-electric power project 21 April 2008 |
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