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Bill Gates, Britain boost child vaccine funding
LONDON (AFP) – Britain and Bill Gates joined forces on Monday to pledge more than half of the $3.7 billion (2.6 billion euros) sought to vaccinate nearly 250 million children against preventable diseases. Prime Minister David Cameron told a donors’ conference in London that Britain would contribute a further £814…
Syrian forces round up hundreds near northern town
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian troops rounded up hundreds of people in a sweep through villages near Jisr al-Shughour on Monday, fleeing residents said, after President Bashar al-Assad’s army retook the rebellious town. Nearly 7,000 Syrians have already fled the region around Jisr al-Shughour, seeking sanctuary in neighboring Turkey, while thousands…
Farmers must boost sustainable crops to feed world: UN agency
MILAN (Reuters) – The ravages from half a century of intensive farming must give way to a more sustainable approach if farmers are to feed the world in 2050, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Monday. Global farm output must increase 70 percent, including a nearly…
Race for Strauss-Kahn successor goes to IMF board
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The IMF’s executive board meets Monday as the campaign to find a replacement for scandal-tainted former chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn reels from the unexpected twist of a dark horse candidacy. Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer publicly announced his bid to become managing director after the close of…
Sudan army planes ‘downed’ amid UN alarm
KHARTOUM (AFP) – Embattled fighters in north Sudan’s flashpoint state of South Kordofan claimed they had shot down two northern army planes, and said the conflict had so far displaced 75,000 people. UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for an end to the conflict in central Sudan, saying in a statement…
U.S., Russia, China faulted for ‘serious deficiencies’ in rule of law
WASHINGTON (AFP) – An annual survey of the rule of law around the world released Monday sees weak protections for fundamental rights in China, “serious deficiencies” in Russia, and problems with discrimination in the United States. Sweden and Norway scored highest on the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index,…
Gaddafi plays chess as fighting rages across Libya
TRIPOLI (AFP) – Libyan state television showed footage of Moamer Kadhafi playing chess with the head of the World Chess Federation, as fighting between the Libyan strongman’s forces and rebels raged on many fronts on Monday. The images broadcast late Sunday showed the chess game between Kadhafi and FIDE president…
Vietnam holds live-fire drill amid China tensions
HANOI (AFP) – Vietnam on Monday held live-fire naval drills in the tense South China Sea, a move that analysts see as raising the risk of a “showdown” with Beijing in a deepening territorial rift. A long-standing dispute between the communist neighbours over sovereignty of two potentially oil-rich archipelagos has…
Indonesia arrests 16 over ‘cyanide plot’
JAKARTA — Indonesia has arrested 16 terror suspects who planned to carry out a mass cyanide poisoning against police, the national police spokesman said Monday. “We rounded them up in a four-day operation last week. They planned to poison police personnel using cyanide,” Boy Rafli Amar told reporters. “Besides poisoning…
Syria troops seize hotbed town, ‘mass grave’ found
DAMASCUS (AFP) – Syrian troops on Sunday seized the flashpoint northern town of Jisr al-Shughur, state television said, as international outrage mounted at the regime’s harsh crackdown on protesters. Rights activists had earlier reported heavy gunfire and explosions in the town near the Turkish border after troops backed by helicopter…
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