March 31, 2008

Olympic flame arrives in Beijing (AFP)

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Chinese Olympic Committee President Liu Qi holds the Olympic flame in Greece on March 30. A plane carrying the torch arrived in Beijing on Monday.(AFP/Louisa Gouliamaki)AFP - The Olympic flame arrived in Beijing on Monday ahead of the official start of the relay, with security tight at the Chinese capital’s airport amid concerns over protests.


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Opposition claim clear victory in Zimbabwe vote as riot police deploy (AFP)

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Supporters of Zimbabwe ruling party ZANU PF celebrate in Mbere township in Harare as first results in the general elections are announced. Zimbabwe's opposition claimed a clear lead over President Robert Mugabe and his party, as pressure mounted Monday for the swift announcement of full results from presidential and parliamentary polls.(AFP/Alexander Joe)AFP - Zimbabwe’s opposition claimed a clear lead over President Robert Mugabe and his party, as pressure mounted Monday for the swift announcement of full results from presidential and parliamentary polls.


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Tibet tense as Olympic torch heads for Beijing (Reuters)

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Chinese riot police patrol the streets in Lhasa, Tibet March 29, 2008. (Stringer/Reuters)Reuters - Tibet’s capital Lhasa was calm on
Sunday following a brief burst of unrest weeks after a bloody
uprising against Chinese rule, but in Greece and Nepal flurries
of pro-Tibet protest continued.


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Israel tells Rice will ease some West Bank restrictions (Reuters)

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Jordan's King Abdullah (L) chats with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the Royal Palace in Amman March 30, 2008. Israel announced plans on Sunday to ease some restrictions on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, responding to calls by visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to take steps to bolster peace talks. REUTERS'Yousef Allan (Reuters)Reuters - Israel announced plans on Sunday to
ease some restrictions on Palestinians in the occupied West
Bank, responding to calls by visiting U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice to take steps to bolster peace talks.


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France offers plane if Betancourt released (Reuters)

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Reuters - France said on Sunday it was ready to
evacuate French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt in the
event of a deal between Colombia and rebels holding her.

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Iraq’s Sadr orders followers off streets (Reuters)

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Women grieve during the funeral of shooting victims in Basra March 29, 2008. Gunmen wearing military uniforms stormed a house in Basra and killed four family members on Saturday, family of the victims said. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)Reuters - Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada
al-Sadr called on his followers on Sunday to stop battling
government forces after a week of fighting in southern Iraq and
Baghdad threatened to spiral out of control.


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Al Qaeda recruiting “western” fighters: CIA boss (Reuters)

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Director of the Central Intelligence Agency General Michael Hayden speaks during a live taping of Meet the Press in Washington, March 30, 2008. MUST USE BEFORE APRIL 6, 2008. MANDATORY CREDIT Reuters - Al Qaeda is training fighters that
“look western” and could easily cross U.S. borders without
attracting attention, CIA Director Michael Hayden said on
Sunday.


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Global arms shipments reportedly fell in 2007 (Reuters)

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Soldiers from Chad's National Army man their weapons in Adre, bordering Sudan's Darfur region, February 5, 2007. (Emmanuel Braun/Reuters)Reuters - Global arms deliveries fell 8 percent
in 2007, but there is little evidence of a long-term decline in
the weapons sector, the Stockholm International Peace Research
Institute (SIPRI) said on Monday.


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Davidson’s magic run ends against Kansas (AP)

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Kansas players hoist the trophy after beating Davidson 59-57 in the NCAA Midwest Regional basketball final Sunday, March 30, 2008, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)AP - Stephen Curry darted this way, faked that way. Nothing open, and the bright red numbers on the clock getting close to zero. He was the right guy — the only guy — to take the biggest shot of the NCAA tournament.


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Democrats face summer of bitter infighting (Reuters)

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Democratic presidential candidates Senator Hillary Clinton (L) (D-NY) and Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) square off in the last debate before the Ohio primary in Cleveland, Ohio February 26, 2008. Supporters of Obama backed away on Sunday from calls for Clinton to drop out of the presidential race as Democrats faced a long summer of bitter fighting to win the party's White House nomination. (Aaron Josefczyk/Reuters)Reuters - Supporters of Barack Obama backed
away on Sunday from calls for Hillary Clinton to drop out of
the presidential race as Democrats faced a long summer of
bitter fighting to win the party’s White House nomination.


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