Darfur peace accord fuels insecurity and clashes in Et Fash er
Fresh fighting in Darfur after a Nigeria brokered peace deal has displaced about 50 000 more people and worsened aid worker danger. Four aid groups warn that without security the humanitarian crisis could rapidly worsen, with malnutrition disease and access limits rising as combat and abductions continue.
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African Union
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Paul Smith-Lomas
Oxfam
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World Vision
Alan McDonald
Kurt Trossen
Twin giant pandas birth new cubs in Sichuan centers
Qi Zhen and Qi Yuan at Chengdu center each delivered twins this week increasing China’s captive panda births to six for the year. A separate cub born at Wolong weighed 7.7 ounces, the heaviest in China’s breeding program, and its mother Zhang Ka set a 34 hour labor record. Meanwhile Mexico and Brazil faced protests and violence with toll booths seized and gang clashes in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
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Qi Yuan
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Sichuan
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Wolong
Zhang Ka
Silence Deepens Amid Floods and Crises in North Korea
Kim Jong II has not appeared publicly for over a month following missile tests as floods batter North Korea. Analysts link his absence to a possible internal crisis, noting massive flood damage, hundreds of deaths, and widespread farmland destruction amid ongoing economic strain.
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Songun
Cheong Seong-chang
North Korea
Sejong Institute
Cheong
Japan
Indonesia tops world with 43rd bird flu death in 2006
A 16 year old boy died in Jakarta from suspected H5N1 bird flu after contact with sick poultry. If confirmed by WHO accredited labs, Indonesia reaches 43 bird flu deaths since July 2005, a third this year, with Vietnam second at 42 but no 2006 fatalities.
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Vietnam
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Prince Charles phone tapping probe leads to three arrests
Three men aged 35, 48 and 50 were arrested at homes in London under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act after complaints from Prince Charles office. One reported suspect alleged to be Clive Goodman, editor for News of the World royal section. Police said royal family phones were not tapped though other public figures may have been intercepted.
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News of the World
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Hayley Barlow
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Art theft hits Russia archives and Hermitage
Drawings by Yakov Chernikhov valued in the millions vanished from the Russian State Archive of Literature and Art. Rosokhrankultura said 274 drawings, worth about 1.3 million dollars, were recovered abroad or on the antiques market. Three suspects were detained, including kin of a late Hermitage curator. The Hermitage theft involved more than 220 artworks valued around 5 million dollars.
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State Hermitage
Yakov Chernikhov
State Archive of Literature and Art
Rosokhrankultura
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Hermitage
Catherine the Great
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