April 30, 2006

Two killed, several wounded in Iraq (AFP)

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A US soldier secures the scene around the wreckage of a minibus after it exploded in Baghdad's Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City. Two people have been killed in Iraq, including an Iraqi policeman shot dead on his way to work in the northern town of Samarra.(AFP/Wissam Al-Okaili)AFP - Two people have been killed in Iraq, including an Iraqi policeman shot dead on his way to work in the northern town of Samarra.


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Iran cannot be forced to halt nuclear programme: Larijani (AFP)

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International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) delegates speak in the boardroom at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna. Iran cannot be forced to halt its disputed nuclear programme and will defy any UN Security Council resolution demanding a freeze of uranium enrichment, the country's top national security official has said.(AFP/File/Joe Klamar)AFP - Iran cannot be forced to halt its disputed nuclear programme and will defy any UN Security Council resolution demanding a freeze of uranium enrichment, the country's top national security official has said.


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Olmert orders rapid completion of West Bank barrier (AFP)

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Palestinian school children wave flags in front of the controversial Israeli separation barrier, April 29. Israel's prime minister designate Ehud Olmert demanded the rapid completion of the controversial West Bank barrier as ministers met to approve amendments to its route.(AFP/File/Awad Awad)AFP - The Israeli government moved to speed up the completion of the controversial West Bank barrier as cabinet ministers approved amendments to its route.


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Apartheid army’s deadly secrets exposed (AFP)

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A Soweto resident reads the paper in front of the buliding site of "Freedom Square Hotel" April 11 where activists in 1955 signed the historic Freedom Charter. A report detailing white South Africa's deadly military involvement during apartheid's dying days has been made public for the first time.(AFP/File/Alexander Joe)AFP - A report detailing white South Africa's deadly military involvement during apartheid's dying days has been made public for the first time.


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Bush skewers self at correspondents’ dinner (Reuters)

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U.S. President George W. Bush (L) and Bush impersonator Steve Bridges deliver a parodic speech during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington April 29, 2006. (Hyungwon Kang/Reuters)Reuters - President George W. Bush shared the
stage at the White House Correspondents Association dinner on
Saturday night with someone else: himself.


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Nepal’s king swears in arch rival as new premier (Reuters)

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King Gyanendra of Nepal (R) speaks to Prime Minister designate and the leader of the Nepali Congress Girija Prasad Koirala before administering the oath of office at Narayanhiti Royal palace in Kathmandu April 30, 2006. (Gopal Chitrakar/Reuters)Reuters - Veteran Nepali politician Girija
Prasad Koirala was sworn in as prime minister of the Himalayan
nation on Sunday, days after King Gyanendra bowed to
pro-democracy protesters and returned power to political
parties.


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Israeli cabinet pushes on with West Bank barrier (Reuters)

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A Palestinian beggar sits in front of graffiti in the West Bank city of Ramallah April 30, 2006. (Loay Abu Haykel/Reuters)Reuters - Israel's cabinet approved a new route
for the controversial West Bank barrier on Sunday, giving the
go-ahead for the structure to cut deep into the West Bank in
order to take in two large Jewish settlement blocs.


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Sudanese rebels threaten 11th-hour pullout of peace deal (AFP)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

Displaced boys sit under a tent in a refugee camp, April 19, near Goz Beida. Sudanese rebels from Darfur province have threatened to withdraw their support for an African Union-brokered peace deal which the Khartoum government has pledged to sign despite "reservations".(AFP/File/Martin Van Der Belen)AFP - Sudanese rebels from Darfur province has threatened to withdraw their support for an African Union-brokered peace deal which the Khartoum government has pledged to sign despite "reservations".


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Economist John Kenneth Galbraith dies (Reuters)

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Harvard University professor and economist John Kenneth Galbraith sits in his house in Cambridge, Massachusetts in this October 13, 1998 file photo. Galbraith, an influential liberal economist and author of 'The Affluent Society,' has died at age 97, The New York Times reported on Sunday. (Brian Snyder/Files/Reuters)Reuters - John Kenneth Galbraith, an
influential liberal economist and author of "The Affluent
Society," has died at age 97, The New York Times reported on
Sunday.


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Renowned Liberal Economist Galbraith Dies (AP)

anchorman wrote this mid-morning:

Former Ambassador to India and Harvard Professor John Kenneth Galbraith gestures during a forum on health care reform at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 1998. Galbraith, the Harvard professor who won worldwide renown as a liberal economist, backstage politician and witty chronicler of the affluent society, died Saturday night, his son said. He was 97. Galbraith died of natural causes at 9:15 p.m. at Mount Auburn Hospital, where he was admitted nearly two weeks ago, Alan Galbraith said. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)AP - Harvard professor John Kenneth Galbraith, the renowned economist whose influence stretched from presidents, as adviser and diplomat, to Main Street, as a prolific best-selling author and TV host, has died at age 97.


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