Thursday, April 17, 2008

Torch in India

Olympic torch arrives as India braces for protests
AP photographer freed by US after 2 years in custody
Congo crash victim: 'There is no reason we should be alive'
China summons CNN Beijing chief over commentator's remarks
East Timor's president returns home
British sailors captured by Iran were in disputed waters: report
Yemeni judge dissolves 8-year-old girl's forced marriage
Colombian president calls students accomplices of rebels
Zimbabwe under pressure over elections
First test for Beijing's Olympic stadium
Australia PM Rudd asks nation to agree on vision
--> Olympic torch arrives as India braces for protests
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:52 pm PDT
AP - Chinese cheerleaders and Tibetan protesters greeted the Olympic flame Thursday
asit arrived in India, the heart of the world's Tibetan exile community, amid massivesecurity for
the next leg of the torch relay. Full Story Top
AP photographer freed by US after 2 years in custody
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:25 pm PDT
AP - Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein was reunited with family and
colleaguesWednesday, ending more than two years in U.S. military custody after Iraqi judgesdropped
all legal proceedings against him. Full Story Top
Congo crash victim: 'There is no reason we should be alive'
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:55 pm PDT
AP - A hand reached out from beneath the smoldering, crushed seat. Marybeth Mosier
grabbedit and pulled, but she couldn't help the burning man trapped inside the wrecked jetliner.
Full Story Top
China summons CNN Beijing chief over commentator's remarks
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:34 pm PDT
AP - China rejected on Thursday CNN's response to its demand for an apology over remarksmade
by commentator Jack Cafferty after the Foreign Ministry summoned the network'sbureau chief in
Beijing the night before. Full Story Top
East Timor's president returns home
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:23 pm PDT
AP - President Jose Ramos-Horta returned to his tiny troubled nation early Thursday
afterrecuperating from wounds sustained in an assassination attempt more than two monthsago. Full
Story Top
British sailors captured by Iran were in disputed waters: report
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:35 pm PDT
AFP - Fifteen British troops who were held by Iran for two weeks last year were in
disputedwaters when they were captured, not in Iraqi waters as the government had publiclyclaimed,
The Times reported Thursday. Full Story Top
Yemeni judge dissolves 8-year-old girl's forced marriage
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:51 pm PDT
AP - A Yemeni judge dissolved the marriage of an 8-year-old girl to a man nearly fourtimes her
age, and the girl's lawyer said Wednesday that the court also ordered theyoungster removed from
the control of the father who forced her into the wedding. Full Story Top
Colombian president calls students accomplices of rebels
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:49 pm PDT
AP - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Wednesday that he does not regret orderinga
cross-border raid on a rebel camp in Ecuador, despite the deaths of four Mexicanstudents there.
Full Story Top
Zimbabwe under pressure over elections
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 08:55 pm PDT
AP - The U.N. secretary-general and the leaders of Britain and the African Union
urgedZimbabwe on Wednesday to ensure that the outcome of the presidential election reflectsthe
will of the people and is not rigged. Full Story Top
First test for Beijing's Olympic stadium
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:41 pm PDT
AFP - Beijing's eye-catching main Olympic stadium, better known as the Bird's
Nest,will open for business for the first time on Friday when it hosts a world-class
athleticsevent. Full Story Top
Australia PM Rudd asks nation to agree on vision

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