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International News
Canyoning forecast error 2008-04-18 06:01 - New Zealand’s weather service admits it bungled a weather forecast issued before torrential rain swept six students and a teacher to their deaths in a flooded river.
Emotional homecoming for Timor’s President 2008-04-18 06:01 - Jose Ramos Horta stopped briefly at the spot where he lay bleeding and near death outside his house overlooking Dili harbour in February.
US executions get green light 2008-04-18 06:01 - Executions in southern states with large death rows likely to resume shortly after a US Supreme Court’s decision upholding Kentucky’s method of killing prisoners.
South Africa Joins Call for Release of Zimbabwe Vote 2008-04-18 06:01 - In a change of tone, South Africa urged Zimbabwe’s government on Thursday to release results from the disputed March 29 presidential election.
British Leader Visits U.S. in Pope’s Shadow 2008-04-18 06:01 - Prime Minister Gordon Brown began a formal visit to the United States, facing eclipse by a simultaneous sojourn in America by Pope Benedict XVI.
Strong Talk About Zimbabwe at the U.N. 2008-04-18 06:01 - Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council that he was ?deeply concerned? by the delay in releasing the results of Zimbabwe’s presidential election.
Memo From Moscow: New Russian Leader’s Mandate for Changing Little 2008-04-18 06:01 - Dmitri A. Medvedev, who will take office as Russia’s president on May 7, appears likely to defer to his predecessor, Vladimir V. Putin. This seems to be an arrangement that many Russians want.
