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Archives for July, 2011

Zambia sets elections for September 20

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=104894697&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Zambian President Rupiah Banda on Thursday set elections for September 20, hoping a humming economy will help him win his first full term in office against an opposition whose alliance has already cracked….

Fighting breaks out in Somali capital

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=104823796&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Heavy fighting broke out Thursday in the Somali capital Mogadishu as government forces backed by African Union troops launched an assault on an insurgent stronghold, officials and witnesses said….

China tells US to halt spy plane flights

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=104565134&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK China has demanded that the United States stop spy plane flights near the Chinese coast, saying they have "severely harmed" trust, but the Pentagon insisted Wednesday it was within its rights….

Palestinians to press on with UN statehood bid

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=104449606&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK The Palestinians will approach the UN Security Council in September to seek full membership in the global body, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Wednesday….

Indian right-wing Hindus reject Norway killer’s praise

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=104428403&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK India's right-wing Hindu groups on Wednesday rejected lavish praise heaped on them by Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik in his online manifesto….

Dubstep leaping to international acclaim

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=104339078&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK Five years ago, dubstep was just another fresh but obscure strain of dance music, limited almost exclusively to a handful of nightclubs in south London. Today it is taking over dance floors worldwide….

China tells US to halt spy plane flights: report

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=104248628&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK China has demanded that the United States stop spy plane flights near the Chinese coast, saying they have "severely harmed" trust between the two countries, state-run media reported Wednesday….

Measles kill over 1,000 DR Congo children since January: UN

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=103566929&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK A measles epidemic has killed 1,145 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo since January, the UN's Humanitarian Affairs mission in Kinshasa said Monday….

China high-speed train crash fuels safety concerns

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=103540077&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK China's media and public voiced anger Monday over a deadly train crash that caused a slump in railway stocks and cast doubt on the breakneck expansion of the country's high-speed network….

Coe confident one year from London Olympics

http://www.mochila.com/article_powered_by_mochila.html?articleId=103519583&buyerId=Antiwarcom&channelId=11339 MIKEBREAK From the late burst of speed which won him the 1,500 metres gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics to the devastating finish that saw him retain the title in Los Angeles four years later, Sebastian Coe has always been renowned for an impeccable sense of timing….