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Top medic operates on New Zealand’s ‘lost’ penguin
WELLINGTON (AFP) – One of New Zealand’s top surgeons was enlisted to operate on an ailing Emperor penguin found on a beach near Wellington, some 3,000 kilometres (1,900 miles) from its Antarctic home. More used to dealing with sick humans than poorly penguins, surgeon John Wyeth on Monday performed a…
At least 60 migrants kidnapped in Mexico
OAXACA, Mexico (AFP) – Gunmen have kidnapped at least 60 undocumented migrants, including children, who were aboard a freight train in Mexico trying to get to the United States, a shelter director said. Alejandro Solalinde, a priest who heads the Brothers Along the Road hostel, in the southwestern state of…
Americans worried by soaring tuition fees
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The spectacular rise in US college tuition fees is becoming a serious problem for students and many American families as they grapple with the worst economic crisis since the 1930s. In the past week Michigan State University announced a 7% tuition hike, Oklahoma State University raised its…
Cambodian court opens landmark Khmer Rouge trial
PHNOM PENH (AFP) – Four top Khmer Rouge leaders went on trial at Cambodia’s UN-backed war crimes court on Monday for genocide and other atrocities during the hardline communist regime’s reign of terror in the 1970s. The case, described as the most complex since the Nazi trials after World War…
Obama to meet U.S. senate leaders on debt talks
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet leaders of the US Senate Monday in an attempt to break the impasse over raising the country’s debt limit, with a deadline fast approaching. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has warned lawmakers they have until August 2 to raise the debt…
Chinese cities owe $1.65 trln, some ‘may default’
BEIJING (AFP) – Chinese local governments held $1.65 trillion in debt by the end of 2010, the state auditor said on Monday, warning that there was a risk that some could default. Excessive borrowing by authorities to fund infrastructure and other projects has sparked fears among China’s leadership about the…
Poll surge boosts Bachmann to frontrunner status
WATERLOO, Iowa (AFP) – Michele Bachmann’s Republican presidential nomination bid received a boost with a poll showing her virtually tied with party frontrunner Mitt Romney in the key state of Iowa. The Iowa caucuses in early February are the first electoral event in the US presidential nomination process. They can,…
War crimes court issues arrest warrant for Gaddafi
THE HAGUE (AFP) – International Criminal Court judges on Monday issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi for crimes against humanity, committed against opponents of his regime since mid-February, a judge said. “The chamber hereby issue a warrant of arrest against Moamer Kadhafi,”Judge Sanji Mmasenono Monageng said during…
U.S. lightbulb rules spark new political fight
WASHINGTON (AFP) – With a January deadline looming on a US law mandating energy efficiency standards for lightbulbs, some political forces don’t want to turn out the lights. More than a dozen Republican lawmakers are backing efforts to repeal the 2007 law that requires bulbs to consume less energy. Meanwhile…
Venezuela denies Chavez in critical condition
CARACAS (AFP) – The Venezuelan government rejected reports Sunday that President Hugo Chavez is in critical condition following emergency surgery in Cuba, insisting the firebrand leftist leader was “recovering well.” Chavez’s government said he had an operation for a pelvic abscess on June 10 and continues to mend. “He is…
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