Pakistani Militant Halts Attacks as Talks Begin 2008-04-25 05:50 - The Pakistani government is close to an agreement with militant tribes in its border area, marking a break with the policies of President Musharraf.
101 million smuggled cigarettes seized in Belgian raid 2008-04-25 05:45 - Customs seized 101 million smuggled cigarettes destined for Britain yesterday
in a raid which highlights the huge black market in contraband tobacco
driven by the highest price of smoking in Europe.
The French connection who recalled savage glories of past 2008-04-25 05:10 - Jean-Pierre Thierry, the avuncular Frenchman who gained the respect of Australians for his selfless work over many years to honour the memory of the young soldiers who arrived in their thousands from Down Under to fight in France in World War I, has died in Villers-Bretonneux.
Kevin Rudd drives campaign for Australia to become a republic 2008-04-24 06:01 - A renewed push for Australia to become a republic took a “big step forward” at the weekend, Kevin Rudd, the Prime Minister, said after the issue dominated a conference of the country's top minds.
Greenpeace wages sushi war against tuna fishers 2008-04-24 06:01 - Greenpeace, emboldened by its recent success in harrying the Japanese whaling
fleet, is now turning its attention to tuna fishers in the Pacific Ocean.
Ships from several countries have been singled out by the environmental
activists, who say that they are defending the region’s rapidly dwindling
tuna stocks from legal and illicit “plundering”.
Afghan TV station defies President Karzai and keeps Bollywood soaps on... 2008-04-24 06:01 - Kabul’s biggest private TV station has defied a Government order to take
Indian soap operas off the air, insisting that it had been made at the
behest of religious conservatives who want to ’re-Talebanise’ Afghanistan.
Zimbabwe church leaders warn of genocide 2008-04-24 06:01 - Violence in Zimbabwe will reach full-scale genocide if the international
community doesn’t intervene, church leaders in the beleaguered country
warned today.
Pennsylvania triumph hardens Clinton’s resolve 2008-04-24 06:01 - Hillary Clinton scores a decisive victory over Barack Obama in the Pennsylvania primary, giving her candidacy a critical boost.
