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Guessing game in full-swing ahead of 2008 Nobel Prizes
STOCKHOLM, (AFP) - The pundits' wild guessing game is in full swing ahead of the Nobel season which opens Monday, with Chinese or Russian human rights activists favourites to win the Peace Prize and France's Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio tipped for the Literature Prize.
Nations:Sweden France Israel Russia Japan South Korea Source:(AFP)
2008-10-05
Officials say Taliban mad over alleged US strike
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - The Taliban are unusually angry about the latest suspected U.S. missile strike in Pakistan, a sign a top militant may have died in the attack, officials and residents said Sunday amid reports the death toll rose by two to 24.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan Activities:Afghan Terror War Source:(AP)
2008-10-05
French FM says Mideast peace deal unlikely in 2008
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner offered greater European engagement with the Middle East on Saturday but said an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal was unlikely by the end of the year.
Nations:France Russia People:Ehud Olmert George W. Bush Source:(AFP)
2008-10-04
Guns, dirty money and French elite on trial
PARIS - The 468-page French indictment makes seamy reading: secret arms deals feeding bloodshed in an oil-rich African country. Envelopes of cash changing hands in a Paris mansion. A cast of defendants ranging from a debt-ridden tycoon to a Chinese opera singer.
Nations:France Israel Russia South Africa People:Nicolas Sarkozy Jacques Chirac Source:(AP)
2008-10-03
Key question lingers: Who started the war in Georgia?
Tskhinvali, South Ossetia; and Moscow - Who started the Russia-Georgia war?
Nations:Russia U.S. People:Dmitry Medvedev Activities:2008 Georgia-Russia Crisis
2008-10-02
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- Guessing game in full-swing ahead of 2008 Nobel Prizes 2008-10-05
- Officials say Taliban mad over alleged US strike 2008-10-05
- French FM says Mideast peace deal unlikely in 2008 2008-10-04
- Guns, dirty money and French elite on trial 2008-10-03
- Key question lingers: Who started the war in Georgia? 2008-10-02
- China covered up milk scare to protect Olympics: critics 2008-09-30
- US nuclear envoy brings new proposal to NKorea 2008-09-30
- 200,000 Afghan children miss out on polio vaccination: UN 2008-09-30
- Unions in China still feeble, but gaining foothold 2008-09-29
- US ambassador appeals for patience in Iraq 2008-09-29
- UN nuclear inspector urges more openness from Iran 2008-09-29
- Iraq hopes economic crisis won't affect US troops 2008-09-27
- Quartet urges Israel, Palestinians to seal peace deal this year 2008-09-26
- EU monitors gear up for vital Georgia mission 2008-09-26
- Pakistan says top militants among 1,000 dead 2008-09-26
- Mideast peace takes center stage at United Nations 2008-09-26
- Letterman keeps up verbal assault on John McCain 2008-09-26
- Pakistan leader slams US after border gunfire 2008-09-25
- Pakistan's president condemns unilateral attacks 2008-09-25
- Bono says Africa could become breadbasket 2008-09-25
- Nearly 3 billion dollars pledged for malaria control 2008-09-25
- Zimbabwe's Mugabe to address UN General Assembly 2008-09-25
- Palin: US could face another Great Depression 2008-09-24
- Pakistan's Zardari Tries to Keep His Distance from US 2008-09-24
- Bush, Iraqi leader co-host thank-you for coalition 2008-09-24
- Unpopular British prime minister saves job with U.S. political tactic 2008-09-24
- Interview: Mugabe urges West to lift sanctions 2008-09-24
- Michael Douglas asked about Wall Street crisis 2008-09-24
- World leaders seek talks on financial crisis, multilateral reforms 2008-09-24
- Congress balks at huge US financial bailout 2008-09-24
- Iran's leader says 'American empire' near collapse 2008-09-23
- Ahmadinejad vows to resist Western nuclear 'bullying' 2008-09-23
- Congress balks at massive US financial bailout plan 2008-09-23
- Palin meets her first world leaders in New York 2008-09-23
- Bush, Zardari to discuss US incursions in Pakistan 2008-09-23
- Palin skips fundraisers; focuses on prep, crowds 2008-09-23
- Iran's president returns to UN General Assembly 2008-09-23
- Global financial crisis could hurt UN program 2008-09-22
- Pakistan Marriott blast shows signs of al-Qaida 2008-09-21
- With Olmert gone, clock starts on Israel coalition 2008-09-21
- McCain could be tougher than Bush with N. Korea 2008-09-19
- 100s of new creatures found on Australian reefs 2008-09-18
- Clinton avoids Palin, focuses criticism on McCain 2008-09-17
- Matt Damon, Wyclef Jean visit Haiti city in ruins 2008-09-14
- Unidentified foreign submarine spotted near Japan 2008-09-14
- Afghanistan blames vendetta for civilian deaths 2008-09-14
- Matt Damon, Wyclef Jean visit Haiti city in ruins 2008-09-14
- Pakistan pursuing diplomacy on cross-border raids 2008-09-13
- GOP foreign policy experts cool on Palin 2008-09-11
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