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Chasing the Story on a Night That Changed AllRecalling the joy of unexpected liberation at the Berlin Wall, let loose on a city that knew how to party, makes an editor tremble with emotion even now.
New York Times Sunday, November 08, 2009SPECIAL REPORT: In eastern Europe, people pine for socialismBELENE, Bulgaria (Reuters) - In the dense forests of the idyllic Danube island of Persin, home to the endangered sea eagle and the pygmy cormorant, lie the ghastly remains of a communist-era death camp.
Reuters Sunday, November 08, 2009G-20 finance officials: Too early to end stimulusST. ANDREWS, Scotland -- Finance officials from rich and developing countries have pledged to maintain emergency support for their economies until recovery is assured, but failed to reach a clear agreement to bear the cost of fighting climate change.
Seattle Post Intelligencer Sunday, November 08, 2009Ida Becomes Hurricane as it Nears CancunStorm Expected to Pass Between Mexico and Cuba on Sunday
CBS News Sunday, November 08, 2009Kenyan officials face Hague trialInternational prosecutor ready to act against government officials accused over deaths of 1,133 peopleSenior Kenyan government officials suspected of committing crimes against humanity during last year's election violence could be indicted in The Hague as soon as next year, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced.Luis Moreno-Ocampo said two or three cases could be presented for trial by July 2010, well before the next presidential poll in 2012. The main suspects include powerful cabinet ministers on both sides of the coalition government.Ocampo was speaking in Nairobi after failing to obtain permission from President Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga, the prime minister, to prosecute those most responsible for the violence, during which at least 1,133 people died following Kibaki's dubious election win. The Argentine prosecutor will seek authority next month from the ICC's pre-trial chamber to begin a unilateral investigation, by arguing that Kenya failed to act against
Guardian Sunday, November 08, 2009Grief in Fort Hood after bitter betrayal of mass shootingAmerica's biggest military base is a tight-knit community. In the aftermath of mass murder by an army psychiatrist, many feel the horror and trauma of war has invaded their homes. Paul Harris reports from Fort Hood, TexasPrivate Marquest Smith thought the first sounds of gunfire sounded like popcorn being cooked. It was only when people started to scream that he realised what was going on.Smith, 21, had been processing routine paperwork at the Soldier Readiness Centre in Fort Hood, Texas, the biggest military base in America. Smith, a tall, soft-spoken native of nearby Fort Worth, dived to the floor, grabbing the woman in the cubicle opposite him to shield her from harm.As bullets flew he then got up and shepherded people in and out of the building while the bodies piled up. He thought it was a dream. War was something that happened overseas, not in a military base that seems more like a small city than an armed camp. He described his thoughts to the Observer. "I thought: 'Are you seri
Guardian Sunday, November 08, 2009Hezbollah gears up for new warFighters rearm and reinforce positions in valleys amid fears that Israel is about to launch attack on Islamic groupHezbollah is rapidly rearming in preparation for a new conflict with Israel, fearing that Benjamin Netanyahu's government will attack Lebanon again prior to any assault on Iran's nuclear facilities.Last week, Israeli commandos seized a ship in the Mediterranean loaded with almost 400 tonnes of rockets and small arms - which Israel claimed was being sent from Iran to its Hezbollah allies. In dramatic further evidence of growing tensions, the Observer has learned that Hezbollah fighters have been busy reinforcing fixed defence positions north of the Litani river.Having lost many of its bunkers in the south, Hezbollah is preparing a new strategy to defend villages there.Although the organisation denied last week that the weapons were intended for its use, senior commanders have done little to disguise the scale of rearmament. "Sure, we are rearming, we have even said that we
Guardian Sunday, November 08, 2009Dalai Lama begins visit to disputed India stateTAWANG, India (Reuters) - Thousands of Buddhist monks and supporters welcomed Tibet's exiled spiritual leader on Sunday to a remote Indian region also claimed by China, a trip that has renewed tensions between the Asian giants.
Reuters Sunday, November 08, 2009Market attack in NW Pakistan kills at least 8PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed an anti-Taliban village mayor and seven other people in an attack on the outskirts of Pakistan's volatile city of Peshawar on Sunday, officials said.
Reuters Sunday, November 08, 200910 People Killed in NW Pakistan Suicide Car BombNahamet, Online news portal, Beirut, Lebanon
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