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Nepalese police officers detain Tibetan exiles participating in a silent peace march to protest against the Chinese government, in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, May 11, 2008.

600 Tibetan protesters detained in Nepal
The Miami Herald

KATMANDU, Nepal -- Police detained more than 600 female Tibetan protesters, including many Buddhist nuns, on Sunday after breaking up several demonstrations in Nepal's capital against China's recent crackdown in Tibet. The protesters held three separate rallies in Katmandu but were quickly stopped by police. Police official R.P....

photo: AP / Binod Joshi

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A Mother's Day pledge
The Washington Times

How fitting is it that Mother's Day and teen Pregnancy Prevention Month are both in May. On...

Rights group unhappy that Britain did not charge ex-Sri Lankan rebel with alleged abuses
International Herald Tribune

: Amnesty International said it is concerned that Britain released a former Sri Lankan rebel...

Lebanon does not want another war. Does it?
The Independent

I went to cover a demonstration in West Beirut yesterday morning - yes, please note the capital...

Israelis uneasy about nation's next 60 years

A Palestinian woman works in her field next to the Jewish settlement of Givat Zeev, north of Jerusalem Wednesday, June 6, 2001. According to an Israeli newspaper the United States has agreed to Israel´s interpretation of a settlement freeze, part o

Palm Beach Post

JERUSALEM - Sixty years after its founding, Israel boasts a powerful military, vibrant economy,...
photo: AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito

Boat carrying Myanmar aid sinks; toll climbs beyond 28,000

A Myanmar soldier, right, pauses and he and his colleagues unload bags of supplies aid, donated by Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej, from a Thai military plane onto a truck at Yangon airport in Myanmar Sunday, May 11, 2008. More food reached Myanmar's hungry cyclone victims as roads were cleared of fallen trees, but a British aid group warned that up to 1.5 million face death if they do not get clean water and sanitation soon

Philadelphia Daily News

The Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar - A Red Cross boat carrying rice and drinking water for cyclone victims sank Sunday, while the death toll jumped to more than 28,000 and aid groups warned of a humanitarian catastrophe. The double-decker boat that...
photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong

Obama outlines plans for race against McCain

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. speaks at a rally Friday, Feb. 8, 2008 (tmg1)

Buffalo News

Barack Obama began sketching the outlines of his expected presidential contest against Republican John McCain on Saturday, saying the fall election will be more about specific plans and priorities than about questions of political ideology or who is...
photo: AP / Ted S. Warren

Iran, IAEA to resume nuclear talks on Monday: report -

An Iranian worker works at the Iran´s Isfahan nuclear, UCF, facility on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004. The previous week, after negotiations with Britain, France and Germany, Iran announced it would suspend uranium enrichment activities in return for Eur

Yahoo Daily News

14 minutes ago TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran and the U.N. nuclear agency watchdog will resume talks on Tehran's disputed nuclear program in the Iranian capital on Monday, an Iranian official was quoted as saying on Sunday....
photo: AP Photo

Tibetan women protest in Nepal, 500 detained

Tibetan exiled monks and nuns shout slogans against China's government during a protest in front of the Chinese Embassy's consulate office in Katmandu, Nepal, Friday, May 9, 200

Khaleej Times

KATHMANDU - Nepali police detained 562 Tibetan women at an anti-China rally in Kathmandu on Sunday, the first all-women protest against Chinese rule in their homeland, officials said. Some shouted 'We want free Tibet' while others wept as they...
photo: AP / Binod Joshi

Turkey bombs Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq

Turkish Press

A Kurdish youth jumps over a fire during a celebration in Istanbul in March. Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel positions in neighbouring northern Iraq overnight, the latest in a series of air strikes in the region since December, the Turkish...
photo: Jamal Penjweny