Friday, April 8, 2011

Court orders halt to Zimbabwe grave exhumations

Court orders halt to Zimbabwe grave exhumations


Court orders halt to Zimbabwe grave exhumations

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A court has ordered militant supporters of President Robert Mugabe to stop exhuming hundreds of skeletons they say were the victims of colonial-era massacres, a project that critics say is stoking racial hatred in Zimbabwe.


Mexico finds 13 more bodies, 2 new mass graves

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Mexican investigators have uncovered 13 more bodies in mass graves in the violent northeastern state of Tamaulipas, where 59 dead were exhumed earlier this week, officials said Friday.


At least 20 killed in Syria protests

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A mass protest calling for sweeping changes in Syria's authoritarian regime turned bloody on Friday, with the government and protesters both claiming to have sustained heavy casualties in a restive southern city as the country's three-week uprising entered a dangerous new phase.


NATO: No apology for hitting rebels in tanks

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NATO acknowledged on Friday that its airstrikes had hit rebels using tanks to fight government forces in eastern Libya, but said it would not apologize for the deaths because no one told them the rebels had tanks.


Egyptian protesters demand Mubarak prosecution

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Tens of thousands of Egyptians waved flags and shouted slogans Friday in Cairo's central Tahrir Square, demanding that Hosni Mubarak and his family be put on trial over allegations of corruption in one of the biggest protests since the longtime president was ousted two months ago.


US: No accord in budget talks as policy fights hamper deal

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Another day of intense negotiations between the two parties failed to yield a budget deal on Thursday, leaving the federal government hours from a shutdown. After the third round of White House talks in 24 hours with Speaker John A. Boehner and Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, President Obama said that they had made progress and that he hoped a compromise could be reached early Friday.


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