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Thursday, 20 November 2008

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Goma - Military personnel of the Indian battalion of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) patrol the Virunga Market area, as part of their new duties, following the 23rd January peace agreement.

UN agrees to send 3,100 more peacekeepers to Congo

International Herald Tribune

: The U.N. Security Council agreed Thursday to send 3,100 more peacekeeping troops to Congo, while rebels said they remained committed to a pullback from the front lines despite an army attack. There are currently 17,000 peacekeepers in the vast Central African nation — the world's largest U.N. peacekeeping mission — but they...

photo: UN file / Marie Frechon

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama speaks on human affection at Lions Club dedication

His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala, India. 1

WorldNews.com

By Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala-20 November 2008 - His Holiness the Dalai Lama spoke at the dedication of the Lions Club Dr. Pushpa Devi Goleria Memorial Hall today in Dharamsala. In his address he spoke on his two commitments to...

photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang

Brother of His Holiness reconfirms chairman Deng Xiaoping's offer on Tibet talks

Brother of His Holiness reconfirms Deng Xiaoping's offer on Tibet talks 3

WorldNews.com

By Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala: 20 November 2008-The Former Kalon Tripa (Fomer prime minister) and brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama Gyalo Thondup gave his first-hand account in a press conference today of the late and former...

photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang

Hicks to be a free man again

Former Guantanamo terror prisoner David Hicks is escorted to reception before walking out of the Yatala high security prison in the southern city of Adelaide Saturday, December 29, 2007.

NZ Herald

CANBERRA - In 31 days David Hicks will be a free man. For seven years the United States military at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, and then Australian police in his home country have known exactly wherehe is. But that is about to end for the convicted...

photo: AP / Rob Hutchison

Slow progress on ocean protection

Nature - Climate - Global Warming - Ocean - Island - Kaputian, Samal Island, Philippines

BBC News

Less than 1% of the world's oceans have been given protected status, according to a major survey. Governments have committed to a target of protecting 10% by 2012, which the authors of the new report say there is no chance of meeting. Protecting...

photo: WN / Janice Sabnal

Thai protesters blame government for grenade attack

Security staffs of the anti-government protesters examine the site where a bomb exploded at their protesting ground of government house in Bangkok, Thailand Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008.

The Star

BANGKOK (Reuters) - The leader of a long-running anti-government street movement in Thailand called for a major rally on Sunday to oust the "murderous" administration after one of its supporters was killed in a grenade attack. An anti-government...

photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong

US says Afghanistan insurgent leader captured

Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division patrol a small village during an air assault mission in eastern Afghanistan, Nov. 4, 2008. (Photo by Spc. Mary L. Gonzalez, CJTF-101 Public Affairs)

The Guardian

By HEIDI VOGT Associated Press Writer= KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan and coalition forces captured an insurgent leader in eastern Afghanistan, and in a separate operation 10 militants were killed in a firefight, the U.S. military said Saturday....

photo: US Army / Spc. Mary L. Gonzalez