Iraq - "Success Central"Bush defends Iraq, accuses Congress of hectoring
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Andy Sullivan DAYTON, Ohio, March 27 (Reuters) - US President George W. Bush defended the pace of political and economic reform in Iraq on Thursday and accused members of the US Congress of "hectoring" Baghdad and threatening its leaders.
Analysis: Al-Sadr in trouble, Iraq headed for meltdown CNN International
Iraqi government spokesman abducted amid Baghdad violence Los Angeles Times
Total curfew imposed in Baghdad after clashes
Reuters - 41 minutes ago
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi authorities imposed a three-day curfew in Baghdad on Thursday to contain clashes between Mehdi Army militants and Iraqi security forces that have threatened to spiral out of control.
Analysis: Al-Sadr in trouble, Iraq headed for meltdown CNN International
Thousands in Baghdad Protest Basra Assault New York Times
Maliki stands firm on crackdown as huge protests grip Iraq
National Post - 48 minutes ago
Wathiq Khuzaie /Getty ImagesIraqi supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr carry his picture on March 27, 2008 during a protest in the Sadr city Shiite district in Baghdad, Iraq. BASRA, Iraq -- Iraq's US-backed Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed on ...
Militia battles threaten fragile Iraq BBC News
Bagdad sous couvre-feu total de jeudi soir à dimanche
Romandie.com - Publié depuis 1 heure
BAGDAD - Le commandement militaire de Bagdad a imposé un couvre-feu total dans la capitale irakienne qui interdit la circulation des véhicules et des piétons de jeudi soir à dimanche matin, ont indiqué à l'AFP des sources de sécurité. ...
Nouri al Maliki veut combattre les miliciens "jusqu'au bout" La Tribune.fr
L'opération contre Moqtada Sadr embrase le sud chiite TF1
Suman más de 100 muertos por combates en Basora
El Financiero (México) - hace 2 horas
Madrid, 27 de marzo.- El primer ministro de Irak, Nuri al-Maliki, prometió hoy continuar "hasta el fin" la lucha contra las milicias chiitas en la sureña región de Basora, al continuar por tercer día consecutivo los combates que han dejado más de 100 ...
Atentado en Basora causa tres muertos Milenio
Fuerzas iraquïes enfrentan a chiïtas en Basora Chetumail.com
Aumenta a 55 el número de civiles y milicianos muertos en combates ...
Terra España - hace 2 horas
Al menos 55 personas han muerto y otras 160 han resultado heridas en los combates entre el Ejército iraquí y las milicias fieles al líder religioso chií Muqtada al Sadr que comenzaron la noche del pasado lunes en la ciudad meridional de Basora, ...
Bush alaba al Gobierno iraquí por su actuación en Basora IBLNEWS
Iraq: La lucha continúa en Basora y el barril West Texas llega a $107 Bolsamania.com
$108 per barrel oil
Crude gains 2% to above $108 on Iraq tensions
MarketWatch - 2 hours ago
By Moming Zhou & Polya Lesova, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures rose more than $2 to above $108 a barrel on Thursday as tensions in Iraq raised worries that supplies from the crude-rich region may be disrupted.
Oil futures surge on Iraq output fears International Herald Tribune
Crude on the rise on Iraq tension, lower inventories MarketWatch
Oil Rises Above $107 After Iraqi Pipeline Blast Curbs Supply
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago
By Mark Shenk March 27 (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose above $107 a barrel in New York after a pipeline explosion in southern Iraq cut supplies to the country's main export terminal.
Bomb attack hit crucial Iraqi pipeline Times Online
Oil climbs above $107 a barrel Guardian
Basra fighting hits oil industry
Hindu - 1 hour ago
DUBAI: The southern Iraqi city of Basra has continued to witness heavy violence which has now hit its oil industry. As the fighting entered its third day, a bomb hit one of the two main crude oil pipelines heading towards the Basra oil terminal.
France - United Kingdom
You can watch and listen to Sarkozy's address to the Houses of Parliament (in French) at Nouvelobs.
Bruni and Sarkozy disarm the British in cross-Channel charm offensive
Christian Science Monitor - 1 hour ago
France's first couple breeze past centuries of British-French antagonism on two-day state visit. By Mark Rice-Oxley | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor London - They have perhaps the longest international rivalry in the history of the ...
Sarkozy and Brown Divided Over China The Associated Press
Sarkozy Ends Visit to Britain Amid Pledges of Closer Ties Voice of America
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy : "Aidons les mères des pays pauvres"
Le Point - Il y a 23 minutes
C'est sur un ton assuré et en anglais, devant un parterre réunissant 150 des plus importantes personnalités féminines britanniques, que Carla Bruni-Sarkozy a prononcé son premier discours officiel. Pour son unique engagement de sa visite à Londres ...
ZimbabweRural Voters Deserting President Mugabe in Re-Election Bid
Voice of America - 1 hour ago
By Peta Thornycroft For the first time, many people in Zimbabwe's rural areas have dropped their long-standing support of President Robert Mugabe and the ruling ZANU-PF, which has depended on the rural vote for victory.
Could Zimbabwe vote oust Mugabe? Christian Science Monitor
Mugabe critics predict fraud in Zimbabwe elections CNN
Tibet - ChinaTour of Lhasa Shows Wide Scope of Unrest
Wall Street Journal - 1 hour ago
By SHAI OSTER LHASA, China -- A government-led tour of Lhasa nearly two weeks after antigovernment riots by Tibetans sparked a continuing wave of unrest showed that authorities were ill-prepared for the violence and that it spread far beyond the ...
Monks Protest During Press Tour of China New York Times
Monks interrupt Tibet media event United Press International
Bush asks Hu to talk to Dalai Lama
Hindu - 1 hour ago
Washington/Beijing: Joining others, US President George W Bush has asked his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao to talk to the Dalai Lama’s side on the Tibet issue but the latter said they would do so only if the Tibetan spiritual leader “truly” abandoned ...
Crying monks disrupt China's Tibet media tour Telegraph.co.uk
Des moines tibétains perturbent une visite de presse à Lhassa
Le Point - Il y a 8 heures
Des moines tibétains ont perturbé jeudi un point de presse officiel dans un temple de Lhassa en accusant les autorités chinoises de mentir sur les troubles des deux dernières semaines et en soulignant que le dalaï-lama n'y était pour rien, ...
Des moines interrompent le tour organisé des journalistes ... La Presse Canadienne
Manifestation de Tibétains contre la Chine à Paris et Strasbourg Romandie.com
Italy - European UnionItaly must do more to stop dioxin in mozzarella-EU
Reuters - 43 minutes ago
BRUSSELS, March 27 (Reuters) - The European Commission urged Italy on Thursday to take urgent steps to ensure that mozzarella cheese contaminated with cancer-causing dioxin will not enter EU markets, saying steps Rome had taken so far were not enough.
EU threatens a mozzarella ban International Herald Tribune
Italy pressed on mozzarella scare BBC News
Pakistan - United StatesUS Says No Meddling to Save Musharraf
The Associated Press - 2 hours ago
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) - A senior US envoy promised Thursday that Washington would not interfere in Pakistan's politics to save longtime ally President Pervez Musharraf, but he was cautious on the new government's hopes to talk peace with pro-Taliban ...
US Envoy Visiting Pakistan Denies Pressuring New Government Voice of America
US envoy defends Pakistan visit BBC News
Afghanistan - United States militaryUS military suspends Afghanistan ammunition deal
Reuters - 2 hours ago
WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - The US military has suspended a Florida company's contract to provide ammunition to Afghan security forces because of concerns about the packaging, age and origin of the gun cartridges, US defense officials said on ...
Army Suspends Munitions Contractor The Associated Press
US Army Suspends Miami Company Accused of Supplying Chinese MyFox Washington DC
Comoros
Renversé, l'ex-président d'Anjouan demande l'asile politique à la ...
Le Monde - Il y a 5 heures
Il avait beaucoup promis, peu tenu. Sa sortie ne déroge en rien à cette règle. Mohamed Bacar, l'ex-président d'Anjouan, dans l'archipel des Comores, s'était solennellement engagé à mourir les armes à la main alors que s'achevaient les préparatifs d'un ...
Comores : la fuite du président déchu provoque des émeutes Le Point
Anjouan: Bacar transféré vers la Réunion, manifestations aux Comores AFP
Argentina - food shortage because of a strikeRestringen ventas de alimentos básicos en Argentina
El Financiero (México) - hace 3 horas
Buenos Aires, 27 de marzo.- "Sólo dos pollos por compra", advierte hoy un cártel en un supermercado de Buenos Aires que, como otras cadenas de la competencia, ha agotado sus reservas de carne y ha optado por restringir la venta de alimentos básicos ...
Argentina • Escándalos Ira argentina por Cristina K Milenio
Crece desabasto de alimentos en Argentina El Economista (Suscripción)
Patronales del campo piden mecanismo de diálogo al Gobierno para ...
Terra España - hace 1 hora
Los dirigentes de las cuatro grandes patronales agropecuarias argentinas pidieron hoy al Gobierno la creación de una instancia de diálogo para deponer las medidas de fuerza, en una jornada crucial para el conflicto en la se espera un pronunciamiento de ...
Comienzan a escasear los alimentos básicos en Argentina por la huelga AFP
ACTUALIZA 2-Enfrentamientos en Argentina por huelga agraria Reuters América Latina
Latin America'Lula' dice que Chávez es 'el gran pacificador' entre Colombia y ...
Terra España - hace 1 hora
El presidente de Brasil, Luiz Inacio 'Lula' da Silva, consideró hoy que su par venezolano, Hugo Chávez, es 'el gran pacificador del conflicto entre Colombia y Ecuador'. En esa línea, el mandatario venezolano dijo durante su visita a Brasil que 'se debe ...
Brasil y Venezuela refuerzan su alianza energética El País (España)
Angels in the Heavens, O Christ our Saviour, praise thy Resurrection with hymns; deem us also who are on earth worthy to glorify Thee with a pure heart.--Thursday of Renewal Week, Pentecostarion
--the BB
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