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KENYA: Call for seeds as thousands return to sodden fields

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:39:28 +0000

Source: IRIN Farmers returning to flood-damaged fields and food stores in Kenya's coastal Tana Delta and Lamu district have appealed for seeds and other inputs so as revive their livelihoods.

BANGLADESH: South Asian countries unite to combat climate change

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:39:08 +0000

Source: IRIN Eight South Asian nations have adopted an environmental action plan to mitigate against the impact of climate change in the region.

India government looks set to avoid early elections

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:37:56 +0000

Source: Reuters (Adds comment from foreign secretary paragraphs 16-17) By Bappa Majumdar NEW DELHI, July 4 (Reuters) - Facing the likely withdrawal of left allies, India's government moved closer on Friday to ...

Israel reclosure of crossings dampens Gazans' hopes

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:36:09 +0000

Source: Reuters By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, July 4 (Reuters) - Israel responded to Thursday's rocket attack by again closing its border crossing with Gaza on Friday, dampening hopes among Gazans that a ceasefire ...

Zimbabwe opposition says 103 killed, 1,500 arrested

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:34:44 +0000

Source: Reuters HARARE, July 4 (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's opposition said on Friday more than 100 of its supporters had been killed and 1,500 arrested in a crackdown by supporters of President Robert Mugabe. The ...

Hamas says suspends prisoner swap talks with Israel

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:17:00 +0000

Source: Reuters By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, July 4 (Reuters) - Islamist Hamas said on Friday it was suspending indirect talks with Israel over a prisoner swap deal, citing Israeli violations of a declared truce in ...

FEATURE-Siberian jail is champion in fight against TB

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:04:25 +0000

Source: Reuters By James Kilner TOMSK, Russia, July 4 (Reuters) - Alexander Pushkarev, head doctor at the 1,000-bed hospital in a Soviet-era prison nestling at the edge of Siberia, flashed a row of metal teeth with ...

Mugabe says opposition must drop claim to power

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:57:34 +0000

Source: Reuters * Mugabe says opposition must drop claim to power * Mugabe warns neighbours against provoking a fight * Botswana calls on region not to recognise Mugabe By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE, July 4 ...

China warns of Olympics unrest

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:51:44 +0000

Source: Reuters (Adds dismissal of more officials, paragraphs 12-13) By Chris Buckley BEIJING, July 4 (Reuters) - The Olympics are threatened by sabotage and unrest, a senior Chinese security official said in ...

Botswana calls on SADC not to recognise Mugabe

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:34:37 +0000

Source: Reuters GABARONE, July 4 (Reuters) - Botswana called on regional grouping SADC on Friday not to recognise the re-election of Robert Mugabe as president of neighbouring Zimbabwe. "As a country that ...