Senhor, tem piedade de nos - 4/23/2008

Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Newspaper Calls for Transitional Government
Voice of America - 2 hours ago
By VOA News An article in Zimbabwe's state-run newspaper calls for the country's ruling party and the opposition to establish a transitional unity government to organize new elections.
Officials release 1st result in Zimbabwe election recount The Associated Press
Zanu-PF wins recount by one vote United Press International

Zimbabwe: Letter to President of China On Arms Sale
AllAfrica.com - 50 minutes ago
Human Rights Watch is a nongovernmental organization that monitors human rights in more than 70 countries around the world. We write to urge the government of the People's Republic of China to immediately recall the shipment of weapons aboard the An ...
US urges China to halt 'ship of shame' The Age

Zimbabwe : la cargaison d’armes qui dérange l’Afrique
France Info - Il y a 3 heures
Le "An Yue Jiang" arrivera-t-il à décharger sa cargaison ? Ce cargo chinois, transportant 77 tonnes d’armes envoyées par Pékin au ministère de la défense zimbabwéen, encombre les eaux territoriales africaines. Après avoir été refoulé du port de Durban, ...
Brown souhaite un embargo sur toutes les armes au Zimbabwe Le Point
Zimbabwe: Brown souhaite un embargo Le Figaro

Mugabe clearly stealing election: Smith
South Western Rural Advertiser - 21 Apr 2008
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will do anything in his power to steal the recent election, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says.
UK blasts Mugabe Mirror.co.uk
Detained in Zimbabwe African Path

Sri Lanka
Heavy fighting in Sri Lankan north kills 90-army
Reuters UK - 1 hour ago
By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO, April 23 (Reuters) - Heavy fighting in Sri Lanka's far north killed 52 Tamil Tiger rebels and 38 soldiers, while the air force bombed rebel positions, the military said on Wednesday.
At Least 90 Soldiers, Rebels Killed in Sri Lanka's Heavy Fighting Voice of America
90 killed in deadliest Lanka clash this year Hindu

Global Food Crisis
Assessing the global food crisis
BBC News - 16 hours ago
By Emily Buchanan That is how the head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) summed up the global food shortages. It is certainly a storm that has hit with little warning and has plunged an extra 100 million people into poverty.
Nigeria: High Food Prices, a Silent Tsunami - WFP AllAfrica.com
Tsunami Alerts of the Rhetorical Kind New York Times
UN warns of more unrest over food shortages Euronews.net

Iran
India rejects US advice on Iran (Roundup)
Monsters and Critics.com - 2 hours ago
New Delhi - India on Wednesday rejected advice from the United States to talk tough during Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit scheduled for next week and said it was for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and not the US to decide ...
IAEA should decide Iran's nuke status: India Times of India
Ahmadinejad: Iran ready to discuss nuclear issue with any country Xinhua

Iran agrees to discuss alleged nuclear weapons program
The Associated Press - 1 hour ago
VIENNA, Austria (AP) - The UN nuclear monitoring agency on Wednesday announced what it called a "milestone" agreement with Iran that aims to provide answers about allegations that Tehran tried to develop nuclear weapons.
Iran agrees to address atom arms allegations: IAEA Reuters
ElBaradei hopeful about resolving Iran issue by May (Roundup) Monsters and Critics.com

Iran shipping hit by nuclear sanctions
France24 - 5 hours ago
Iran's leading shipping company has said US sanctions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear programme have hurt the industry, the Aftab Yazd newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Israel - Palestine
Jordan's King Abdullah II pays call on Bush
The Associated Press - 45 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jordan's King Abdullah II told President Bush on Wednesday that stalled negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis should be based on "clear grounds and fixed timetables" as the United States pushes for reaching a Mideast peace ...
Bush to Host Middle East Leaders, Discuss Peace Effort Voice of America
Abbas to ask Bush to jump start peace plan Reuters

Israel resumes Gaza fuel supplies
BBC News - 5 hours ago
Israel has allowed fuel to be delivered to Gaza's power plant, averting the possibility that it would be forced to shut down within hours.
Israel Resumes Fuel Delivery to Gaza Voice of America
Mubarak says Egypt awaiting responses from Israel, Hamas over Gaza Monsters and Critics.com

Georgia - Russia
UN to meet on Georgia-Russia row
BBC News - 3 hours ago
Georgia has said it will call upon the international community to stand up against Russia at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.
UN takes up Russia-Georgia crisis over downed drone Christian Science Monitor
Georgia: Russia is harassing us CNN

Afghanistan
Suicide Bomber Kills 5 Civilians in Southern Afghanistan
Voice of America - 1 hour ago
By VOA News In southern Afghanistan, two suicide attacks claimed by the Taliban have killed at least five people and wounded more than 17 others.
Deadly attacks hit Afghanistan BBC News
Suicide bombings, attacks in Afghanistan kill 13, wound 24 The Associated Press

Iraq
Civilian casualties mount in Iraq as Shiite clashes spread
The Associated Press - 3 hours ago
Two US Marines and an Iraqi civilian also were killed when a bomb-rigged water tanker truck exploded at a checkpoint near the western city of Ramadi on Tuesday in another apparent strike by al-Qaida in Iraq in one of its former strongholds.
Video: Troops join forces in Basra bbcworldnews
Civilian, Militant Casualties Increase As Violence Flares In Parts ... RTT News

FACTBOX-Military and civilian deaths in Iraq
Reuters - 1 hour ago
April 23 (Reuters) - Two US Marines were killed and three Marines, two Iraqi police and 24 Iraqi civilians were wounded on Tuesday, when a suicide car bomb blew up at a checkpoint near Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, the US military said.
Maliki Tries to Rally Arabs Behind Iraq New York Times
Car bomb kills three US marines in Iraq Melbourne Herald Sun

Irak: à Sadr City, une délégation parlementaire demande la levée du
Romandie.com - Il y a 37 minutes
BAGDAD - Une délégation parlementaire irakienne en visite mercredi à Sadr City, dans le nord-est de Bagdad, a demandé la "levée du siège" autour du bastion du chef radical Moqtada Sadr, théâtre depuis près d'un mois de combats entre les miliciens ...
L'armée américaine annonce avoir tué 15 miliciens sadristes La Tribune.fr
Les habitants de Sadr City, otages des combats entre l'Armée du ... nouvelobs.com

Tibet - China - Jeux Olympiques - France - Spain
Chine: pas de manifestation anti-française signalée mercredi
France Info - Il y a 3 heures
PEKIN, 23 avr 2008 (AFP) - Aucune nouvelle manifestation anti-française n’avait été signalée mercredi en Chine à la veille d’une rencontre entre le numéro un chinois Hu Jintao et le président du Sénat français, Christian Poncelet, porteur d’un message ...
Sarkozy offre un cadeau à Hu Jintao Le Figaro
JO : la stratégie de Sarkozy nouvelobs.com

Kong Quan, ambassadeur de Chine à Paris
France Info - Il y a 22 heures
En pleine crise diplomatique entre Paris et Pékin, le nouvel ambassadeur de Chine en France, Kong Quan, a remis ses lettres de créance au président Nicolas Sarkozy. Ces dernières semaines les rapports entre les deux pays ne sont pas au beau fixe, ...
Boycottage des produits français: mise en garde de responsables ... nouvelobs.com
Tibet : trop tard 4 Vérités

Ibarretxe se declara tibetano
ABC - hace 14 horas
BILBAO. El lendakari comparó ayer la situación del País Vasco y la del Tíbet ya él mismo con el Dalai Lama, señalando que él respeta «profundamente» a España, al igual que el Dalai Lama respeta a China, y añadiendo que es «absolutamente necesario» que ...
Ibarretxe compara la situación del País Vasco con la del Tíbet La Rioja
Ibarretxe se compara con el Dalai Lama Diario de Sevilla

Cambodia
Tribunal des Khmers rouges : Vergès reçoit un "avertissement"
nouvelobs.com - Il y a 3 heures
L'avocat a qualifié "d'illégale" la détention provisoire de son client ex-Khmer rouge Khieu Samphan, affirmant que "toute la procédure" était "nulle" en raison d'un problème de traduction. Le tribunal chargé de juger des dirigeants khmers rouges et ...
CambodgeJacques Vergès mis au pas Radio-Canada
Cambodge: Jacques Vergès provoque l'ajournement d'une audience ... La Tribune.fr

Paraguay - Brazil - Argentina
"Paraguay no se puede permitir el lujo de seguir regalando energía"
Clarín.com - hace 58 minutos
El vicepresidente electo, Federico Franco, reiteró que reclamará a la Argentina ya Brasil "un precio justo por la energía" que producen las represas binacionales de Itaipú y Yacyretá. "Esa plata la necesita el país", señaló. Y reveló que el tema ya fue ...
Brasil deberá pagar un precio justo por la energía de la represa ... La Jornada (México)
Brasil defiende que paga a Paraguay un precio "justo" por la energía AFP

Cuba
Estimulada por EU, la “provocación contrarrevolucionaria”, dice La ...
La Jornada (México) - hace 5 horas
La Habana, 22 de abril. Las autoridades cubanas dijeron hoy que la protesta pública disuelta el pasado lunes por la policía en la Plaza de la Revolución fue una “provocación contrarrevolucionaria”, estimulada por Estados Unidos. ...
Califica Cuba a Damas de Blanco de “contrarrevolucionarias Milenio
Cuba critica a esposas de disidentes encarcelados Voice of America

ALBA - la Alternativa Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América
Presidentes del ALBA no reconocerán intentos autonómicos en Bolivia
Unión Radio - hace 26 minutos
En una sesión extraordinaria del Alba, los presidentes de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, de Bolivia, Evo Morales, así como el vicepresidente de Cuba, Carlos Lage, suscribieron un acuerdo de cooperación sobre seguridad alimentaria, ...
Líderes del ALBA firman acuerdo sobre seguridad alimentaria AFP
Integrantes del ALBA firman acuerdo de cooperación alimentaria El Universal (Venezuela)

Some of us think this means US will attack Iran - just saying
Petraeus picked to lead Mideast command
San Diego Union Tribune - 56 minutes ago
By Anne Flaherty AP WASHINGTON - The Associated Press has learned that Gen. David Petraeus, the four-star general who has been leading troops in Iraq, has been tapped to become the next commander of US Central Command.

Having learned the joyful proclamation of the Resurrection from the Angel, and having cast off the ancestral condemnation, the women disciples of the Lord spake to the Apostles exultantly: Death is despoiled and Christ God is risen, granting great mercy to the world.
--Wednesday of the Fifth Week, Pentecostarion

--the BB