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NZ prisoners given carrot sticks to quit smoking: report
WELLINGTON (AFP) – New Zealand prisoners are reportedly being offered carrot sticks to help them overcome nicotine cravings as jails prepare to go smoke-free next month. A leaked internal memo from Invercargill Prison said prisoners were being supplied with two carrot sticks a day in an effort to make them…
New military head Dempsey urges response to Arab Spring
LONDON (AFP) – The man named by President Barack Obama to be the top US military officer said Wednesday that American forces must adapt to an uncertain world after the Arab Spring and the death of Osama bin Laden. In his first public comments since Obama unveiled him as his…
U.S. concerned over Libya weapons reaching al Qaeda
ALGIERS (Reuters) – The United States has real concerns about weapons from Libya ending up in the hands of al Qaeda, the commander of the U.S. military’s Africa Command said on Wednesday. “There is a very real concern for all the regional partners, and the United States shares this concern,…
Web ‘friends’ could aid enemy, China’s PLA warns
BEIJING (AFP) – Making online friends could play into the hands of the “enemy”, according to China’s People’s Liberation Army, which has said its roughly 2.3 million soldiers will be banned from using social media. The world’s largest military force has notified servicemen and women that it will strictly enforce…
US condemns killing of Pakistani journalist
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the abduction and murder of a Pakistani journalist who had written about alleged links between the Pakistani military and Al-Qaeda. “The United States strongly condemns the abduction and killing of reporter Syed Saleem Shahzad,” she said in a statement. “His…
Pakistan orders probe of Osama bin Laden’s hideout
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Tuesday ordered an investigation to discover “the full facts” of how Osama bin Laden lived undetected, likely for years, on its soil until being killed in a US commando raid on May 2. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani announced that an independent commission would probe the…
Taiwan, Philippines warn of tainted sports drink that shrinks testicles
MANILA (AFP) – Taiwan and the Philippines have warned some sport drinks may have been contaminated with a chemical that could cause infertility and block boys’ sex organ development, officials said Tuesday. The Philippine Food and Drug Administration is monitoring some imported Taiwanese sport drinks, fruit juices and soft drinks…
Suspect arrested for 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian authorities have detained a long elusive suspect in the killing of investigative journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya five years ago, investigators said on Tuesday. Rustam Makhmudov, the man accused of fatally shooting Politkovskaya in Moscow in 2006, was detained in his native province of Chechnya…
Bombs explode in Ikea stores across Europe
Small explosives concealed in alarm clocks detonated at Ikea furniture stores in Belgium, France and the Netherlands, Belgian authorities said on Tuesday. The explosions in stores in the Belgian city of Ghent, Lille in northern France and Eindhoven in The Netherlands caused no damage or injuries. “The information we have…
North, South Sudan agree to demilitarized zone
JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) – Representatives from north and south Sudan have agreed to set up a demilitarized zone along their shared border, the African Union said Tuesday, ten days after the north seized the disputed Abyei region. South Sudan is scheduled to become an independent country in less than six…
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