Today's World News:
Castro reforms: DVDs, farms for Cubans
Colombian drug lord sentenced in Brazil
Zimbabwe opposition leader: I won
SKorea: NKorea should halt provocation
US wants 3,600 new troops in Darfur soon
British researchers create human-animal hybrid embryo amid political row
US military deaths in Iraq at 4,011
Cuba lends private farmers unused land
Zimbabwe suspense grows as results expected
US treasury chief in China to talk Tibet, trade
Stolen Aboriginal paintings found
AP - Cubans snapped up DVD players, motorbikes and pressure cookers for the first
timeTuesday as Raul Castro's new government loosened controls on consumer goods and invitedprivate
farmers to plant tobacco, coffee and other crops on unused state land. Full Story Top
Colombian drug lord sentenced in Brazil
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:24 pm PDT
AP - A judge has sentenced reputed Colombian drug lord Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia to morethan
30 years in prison for crimes he committed in Brazil. Full Story Top
Zimbabwe opposition leader: I won
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:48 pm PDT
AP - The main opposition leader insisted Tuesday he has won Zimbabwe's presidential
electionoutright and denied persistent reports he was negotiating to ease out President
RobertMugabe, who has led the country from liberation to ruin. Full Story Top
SKorea: NKorea should halt provocation
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:28 pm PDT
AP - South Korea's Defense Ministry called Wednesday on North Korea to halt its recentmoves
that have raised tensions on the divided peninsula. Full Story Top
US wants 3,600 new troops in Darfur soon
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:08 pm PDT
AP - The United States has urged the United Nations to get 3,600 new peacekeepers on theground
in conflict-wracked Darfur by June, according to a letter obtained Tuesdayby The Associated Press.
Full Story Top
British researchers create human-animal hybrid embryo amid political row
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:37 pm PDT
AFP - For the first time in Britain, researchers at Newcastle University said Tuesday
theyhad created human-animal hybrid embryos, amid a political row over a disputed embryoresearch
bill in parliament. Full Story Top
US military deaths in Iraq at 4,011
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:39 pm PDT
AP - As of Tuesday, April 1, 2008, at least 4,011 members of the U.S. military have diedsince
the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Presscount. The figure
includes eight military civilians. At least 3,270 died as a resultof hostile action, according to
the military's numbers. Full Story Top
Cuba lends private farmers unused land
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:00 pm PDT
AP - Communist Cuba is opening up unused land to private farmers and cooperatives as partof a
sweeping effort to step up agricultural production. Full Story Top
Zimbabwe suspense grows as results expected
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:13 pm PDT
AFP - The final results of Zimbabwe's parliamentary election were set to be
announcedWednesday amid growing clamour for the outcome of a simultaneous contest which couldsee
Robert Mugabe ousted as president. Full Story Top
US treasury chief in China to talk Tibet, trade
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:43 pm PDT
AFP - US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson began a two-day trip to Beijing Wednesday
thatwas set to see him raise concerns over the Tibet crisis as well as trade issues duringtalks
with China's leaders. Full Story Top
Stolen Aboriginal paintings found
Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:43 am PDT
AP - Seven historic Aboriginal paintings were stolen Tuesday from an Australian
museumthen recovered hours later after the thief apparently changed his mind and dumpedthem in a
park, police said. Full Story Top
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