World NewsWorld News continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Rights group documents Zimbabwe election violence- June 29, 2008 An international rights group says supporters of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe used batons and sticks to beat people who couldn't prove they voted in the country's presidential runoff.http://www.topix.net/world/2008/06/rights-group-documents-zimbabwe-election-violence?fromr... Thousands protest US beef after Rice visits South Korea; hundreds injured- June 29, 2008 Protesters fought riot police early Sunday at a rally opposing the resumption of American beef imports to South Korea, hours after the chief U.S. diplomat vouched for the health of U.S. cattle.http://www.topix.net/world/2008/06/thousands-protest-us-beef-after-rice-visits-south-korea... The World's Top 10 Intellectuals are Muslims- June 28, 2008 The bimonthly US international affairs journal Foreign Policy has just published a survey of the world's top 20 public intellectuals and the first 10 are all Muslims.http://www.topix.net/world/2008/06/the-worlds-top-10-intellectuals-are-muslims?fromrss=1 Greenland denied on whale hunt- June 28, 2008 The International Whaling Commission on Thursday rejected a request by indigenous Greenland fishermen to kill 10 humpback whales a year. The fishermen had offered to swap rights to eight fin whales for the humpbacks.http://www.topix.net/world/2008/06/greenland-denied-on-whale-hunt?fromrss=1 Fragile advances in Middle East need to turn into real progress, UN official says- June 28, 2008 The recent "fragile but real" steps forward in the Middle East peace process will not turn into real progress unless Israeli and Palestinian negotiators can find common ground on the core issues, a senior United Nations political official told the Security Council today.http://www.topix.net/world/2008/06/fragile-advances-in-middle-east-need-to-turn-into-real-... Militias force some to vote for Zimbabwe's Mugabe- June 28, 2008 Many Zimbabweans boycotted their one candidate-election on Friday, but witnesses and monitors said government militias forced people to vote for 84-year-old President Robert Mugabe in some areas.http://www.topix.net/world/2008/06/militias-force-some-to-vote-for-zimbabwes-mugabe?fromrs... Mexico cheers US aid against drug war- June 28, 2008 Victor de la Paz was riding back from school on a January evening with a friend, just three blocks from home, when uniformed men emerged from the darkness and motioned for them to stop.http://www.topix.net/world/2008/06/mexico-cheers-us-aid-against-drug-war?fromrss=1 Voting starts in Zimbabwe, Mugabe defiant- June 27, 2008 Zimbabweans began voting in a one-sided presidential run-off on Friday after President Robert Mugabe defied mounting world condemnation and calls to postpone an election which the opposition says is a farce.http://www.topix.net/world/2008/06/voting-starts-in-zimbabwe-mugabe-defiant?fromrss=1 No ice at the North Pole- June 27, 2008 It seems unimaginable, but it is possible that for the first time in recorded history the North Pole will be free of ice this summer, according to a published report Friday.http://www.topix.net/world/2008/06/no-ice-at-the-north-pole?fromrss=1 Britain's Brown faces fight for his political future after a single year as leader- June 27, 2008 Gordon Brown waited for more than a decade to be prime minister. After a dismal first year on the job, many wonder how long he'll last.http://www.topix.net/world/2008/06/britains-brown-faces-fight-for-his-political-future-aft... |