Category: Quicklinks

Quicklinks: 2007.11.18

18 Nov 2007 @ 21:08 GMT | Permalink | Comments

• Up To 10,000 Dead in Cyclone-Hit Bangladesh (Agence France-Presse)
• Congress Silent on Party-Sanctioned Violence, Land Dispute at Nandigram (Press Trust of India via The Hindu)
• MoD Halts West Bank Construction Permits Under U.S. Pressure (Jerusalem Post)
• Rpt.: Dying Ocean, Changing Climate, Looming Disaster (The Independent)
• Carpe Diem: Ahmadinejad Wants Dollar Replaced for OPEC (IRNA)
• France Expanding Real Champagne to Meet Global Demands (The Canadian Press)
• Cure for Mitochondrial Disease vs. Cloned Embryo From Three Parents (The Independent)
• 16,000 Bolivian Children Emigrated and Trafficked (La Nacion (Costa Rica))
• 'Katrina Cars' Showing Up in Bolivia En Masse (AP)
• Criminals Infiltrate South African Security Agencies (Cape Argus via IOL)
• Let Mugabe Stay 'Till Death; He's Not a T-Shirt! (Zimbabwe Sunday Mail [official])
• Britain to Tax Farmers to Recover Animal Disease Expenses (The Observer)
• Guerilla Thaci Wins Kosovo Vote, Vows Independence (Financial Times)
• GreenPeace, Pacific Council of Churches to Fight Climate Change (Fiji Times)
• Koreas Agree to Open North-South Railway (Chosun Ilbo)
• Chávez Certain Íngrid Betancourt Is Alive (El Tiempo [Colombia])
• UK Labor Kills Off 'Husbands' and 'Wives' From Gov't Forms (Mail on Sunday)
• Lords Face Bill Granting Equal Rights to Gay Couples (The Sunday Times [London])
• Pact With One Moro Upsets the Other (The Philippine Inquirer)

Posted by Dayhawk Kim at 21:08 | Permalink | Comments (0)
TAGGED: Bangladesh | Climate Change | Disaster | Equal Rights | Trafficking

Quicklinks: 2007.11.13

13 Nov 2007 @ 18:41 GMT | Permalink | Comments

• Political Gamble: Rain Dance and Prayers for Politics (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
• Farmers: Australia Lacks Vision to Deal With Drought (AAP via The Age)
• Children Wasting in Lesotho as Drought Worsens (IRIN)
• Calif. Farmers Switching to Crops That Need Less Water (LA Times)
• Philippine Lawmaker, an Alleged Abu Sayyaf, Dies in Bomb Blast (The Philippine Inquirer)
• Nepotistic Lawmaker Ruled Basilan; Enemies Killed Him (ABC-CBN News)
• India Happy to Join UN Security Council Permanently (Rediff)
• H5N1 Bird Flu Returns to Rural England; Culling Begins (The London Telegraph)
• Sarkozy: Europe Lacks Clear Identity, Should Be More Selfish (Financial Times)
• Leibler Laments Lack of Interest in Israel Among American Jews (The Jerusalem Post)
• Suicide Rate Higher Among SDF Troops in Iraq, Afghanistan (Mainichi Shimbun)
• Cholera Outbreak Amid Fight for Oil in Lake Albert (IRIN)
• China: Mental Health Therapy, Counseling Losing Stigma (Christian Science Monitor)
• Asteroid Warning! Sorry, It Was a European Probe (New Scientist)
• Who's Really Raising the Oil Price? (Financial Times)
• Stomach Trouble Mistaken for Bird Flu; 747 Quarantined (AAP)
• 4,000-Year-Old Fire Temple Unearthed in Peru (The Scotsman)

Posted by Dayhawk Kim at 18:41 | Permalink | Comments (0)
TAGGED: Avian Flu | Disease | Identity | Shortage | Water

Quicklinks: 2007.11.09

09 Nov 2007 @ 20:30 GMT | Permalink | Comments

• Stage Set for Confrontation With General Musharraf (The New York Times)
• Georgia Opts for Early Vote Amid Rising Tension and Mistrust (BBC News)
• Georgia Seeks Badri Patarkatsishvili for Plotting 'Coup' (Reuters)
• Truth Comes Out: Georgian Billionaire Patarkatsishvili Wants to Be President (The Guardian)
• Ex-Thai Army Chief Threatens Another Coup If Thaksin Wins (Bangkok Post)
• Go Monks! Cracks Within the Burmese Military Appears (International Herald Tribune)
• Bolshevik Revolution Going Down as 'Political Coup' (Itar-Tass)
• Coup Within Coups: Wolfowitz's Affairs Ruined Neocon Plans (Salon.com)
• Denmark's First Muslim MP Could Become Kingmaker (Spiegel)
• Germany in Hot Seat Over Holocaust Reparation (Haaretz)
• Belgium, 'An Accident of History,' Squabbles for 150 Days Without a Government (The Economist)
• Election Time in S. Korea: Slew of Bribery Scandals Exposed (Financial Times)
• Druze Leader Jumblatt: End War With Israel, Settle Sheba'a Farms Peacefully (Jerusalem Post)
• Putin 'Urged to Rule' Russia After His Term Expires (Kommersant)
• Beaujolais Nouveau Est Arrivé, Au Japon! (Mainichi Shimbun)
• Turkana Boy Triggers Christian Opposition in Kenya (Times of London)
• Chávez: Protests Against 'Reform' Is Another U.S.-Backed Plot (El Universal (Spanish))
• Mexico Considers National Space Agency (LiveScience.com)

Posted by Dayhawk Kim at 20:30 | Permalink | Comments (0)
TAGGED: Archeology | Belgium | Burma | Georgia | Kenya | Thailand | Venezuela

Quicklinks: 2007.11.07

07 Nov 2007 @ 19:35 GMT | Permalink | Comments

• Trinidad Ruling Party Returns After Opposition Split Votes (Trinidad & Tobago Express)
• Cuba Sending Seasoned Diplomat to Interest Section in D.C. (The Miami Herald)
• Who's Who of Fiji Arrested for Alleged Assassination Plot (Agence France-Presse)
• Michael Field: Fiji Plot a Cover-Up for Military Blunder (Fiji Times)
• First School Shooting Since 1989 Shakes Finland (Finnish News Agency via MinFor)
• 'Racist' Reax to Roma in Italy Rising (The Financial Times)
• Wolfgang Wagner's Death Awaited as Heirs Feud Over Post (The Independent)
• Boeing 737 Engine Falls Off On Takeoff (Sapa via Indpendent Online)
• Costa Rican Community to Receive Potable Water, Finally (La Nacion (Spanish))
• Bihar Man Gambles Wife Away After Losing Everything Else (IANS via Hindustan Times)
• Russian Neo-Nazis Are Hooligans That Help Putin (Spiegel)
• Lashmi, the Eight-Limbed Toddler, Goes Under the Knife (Evening Standard)
• Arroyo's Opponents Want Her 'Corrupt' Gov't Out Now (The Philippine Inquirer)

Posted by Dayhawk Kim at 19:35 | Permalink | Comments (0)
TAGGED: Cuba | Fiji | Finland | Germany | India | Music | Philippines | Russia | Trinidad

Quicklinks: 2007.11.01

01 Nov 2007 @ 19:51 GMT | Permalink | Comments

• Bhutto Quits Pakistan Amid Fears of Emergency Rule (The Guardian)
• Crop Failure, Debts Blamed for Farmer Suicides in India (Times of India)
• Look Who's Back: Paraguay's Gen. Lino Oviedo (The Miami Herald)
• Robert Mugabe Paves Way to Handpick Successor (Reuters)
• Sarah Kennedy: 'Can't See Black People In Dark' (The Telegraph)
• UK Ahead With Invisibility Shield for Tanks (The Register)
• Canadian General's Remark About Afghanistan Scares Ottawa (Globe and Mail)
• DP World Takes Over Egyptian Container Handling for $670 Million (Thomson Financial)
• Emirates Airlines IPO May Spur Privatization of Gov't Assets (GulfNews.com)
• Six Real-Life Gangs Act Out Life in "Tribu" (Inernational Herald Tribune)
• Political Frill: Russian Naval Command Moving to St. Petersburg (Kommersant)
• Very Bad News for Russian Vodka Drinkers (Kommersant)
• Winter of Discontent: Americans Unhappy About the Country (USA Today)
• 'Big Brother: Africa' Broadcasts Rape Live (The First Post)

Posted by Dayhawk Kim at 19:51 | Permalink | Comments (0)
TAGGED: Africa | Culture | India | Paraguay | Philippines | Russia | Zimbabwe

Quicklinks: 2007.10.31

31 Oct 2007 @ 20:44 GMT | Permalink | Comments

• Online Newspaper Readership Rising (Editors & Publishers)
• Bumbling Justice Minister Knew of Bali Bombings? Not! (The Economist)
• Certain Cultures Predisposed to Poverty, Says Greg Clark (Newsweek)
• Yushchenko's Web Site Downed by Eurasian Union of the Youth (Ukrainian Journal)
• U.S., Iran to Save Cheetahs; No U.S. Nationals Allowed (Spiegel)
• China Making New Booster Rockets as Lunar Race Heats Up (Xinhua)
• Doggie Urinals at Lamp Post May Prevent Corrosion (The Local)
• Fiji's Demographic Shift: Fewer Indians, More "Natives" (Fiji Times)
• King Abdullah in London: 5 Jets, 100 Servants, 53 Advisors, 1 Clinic, Several Wives (The Independent)
• N.Korean Papers Lay Psychological Groundwork for New Era (Chosun Daily)
• Busy Rape Center in S. Africa Told to Cut Staff (Cape Argus)
• Will Google's OpenSocial Make an Impact? (TechCrunch)
• Indonesia's Constitutional Court Upholds Death for Drug Traffickers (The Jakarta Post)
• Philippine Army: Victory Against Communist Rebels In Sight (The Philippine Inquirer)

Posted by Dayhawk Kim at 20:44 | Permalink | Comments (0)
TAGGED: Animals | Japan | KSA | Military | South Africa | Space

Quicklinks: 2007.10.30

30 Oct 2007 @ 01:58 GMT | Permalink | Comments

• Putin Claims He Is Poorer Than in 2004 (Reuters)
• Short-Tempered Sarkozy Storms Out of "60 Minutes" Interview Over Cecilia (International Herald Tribune)
• Argentina's First Lady Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Wins Presidency (The Washington Post)
• John Howard, Political Comeback Kid or Labor Booster? (The Australian)
• Olmert Has Prostate Cancer, Refuses to Step Down (The Jerusalem Post)
• President Enkhbayar Makes Mongolia Feel Almost Warm (The Northern Light)
• Journalist Tackles Realities of Poverty, Rights Violations, Corruption in Mongolia (The New Zealand Press)
• Chalabi, Liar and Crook, Back in Iraq for the U.S. (McClatchy Newspapers)
• King Abdullah, the Worst Friend to Have, Goes to Britain (The Guardian)

Posted by Dayhawk Kim at 01:58 | Permalink | Comments (0)
TAGGED: Argentina | Australia | Iraq | Israel | KSA | Mongolia | Sarkozy

Quicklinks: 2007.10.19

19 Oct 2007 @ 16:06 GMT | Permalink | Comments

• DOE Intel. Chief Convinced Al-Qa'ida Wants Nukes (David Ignatius)
• Springer Desperate for Forbes, Newsweek Partner (The Moscow Times)
• WFP Chief in Somalia Seized by Government Security (IRIN)
• 'Empress' Bhutto Returns, Wants Musharraf Out (The London Telegraph)
• Togo's Opposition Cry Foul; Ecowas Greelights Vote (VOA)
• Rpt.: Children, Pregnant Women Chained in Burma (The Age, Agence France-Presse)
• Draconian Censor Bans Video Game From Australia (Fairfax Network)
• Desperate Housewives Save Yucatan Cenote, Lure Tourists and Cash (Christian Science Monitor)

Posted by Dayhawk Kim at 16:06 | Permalink | Comments (0)
TAGGED: Australia | Burma | Censorship | Media | Mexico | Nuclear | Pakistan | Somalia | Togo