May 11
After repelling an attack by Darfur rebels on Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, the Sudanese government has broken off diplomatic ties with Chad whom it accuses of supporting the revolt. The two sides fought a pitched battle in a suburb of the city yesterday. It was the first time fighting had reached the capital in decades of conflict between the Arab-dominated government and rebels from peripheral regions. Continue reading »
Tags: attack Darfur, Chad, EuroNews, government, Khartoum, Sudan
May 11
It is a defining moment for Serbia as the country votes in a general election that will shape future relations with Europe. Serbs are deeply divided over how to respond to the West’s recognition of Kosovo’s independence. Continue reading »
Tags: Boris Tadic, Democrats, election, EU, EuroNews, Kosovo, poll, Radicals, Serbia
May 06
Newly elected PM Silvio Berlusconi has promised to tackle the crisis
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A mountain of uncollected waste in Naples has prompted the EU to announce it is taking Italy to court.
More than 1,000 tonnes of rubbish is rotting on the city’s streets, and the EU argues not enough has been done to get rid of it.
“The Commission is not convinced that this issue will be solved quickly enough,” said an EU official.
Italy could face a heavy fine if the European Court of Justice decides that Rome has infringed EU laws on waste. Continue reading »
Tags: BBC, Berlusconi, court, EU, Italy, Naples, Rome, rubbish
Apr 28
Americans don’t like to lose wars—which makes sense, since we have so little practice with it. Of course, a lot depends on how you define just what a war is. There are shooting wars—the kind that test our mettle and our patriotism and our resourcefulness and our courage—and those are the kind at which we excel. But other struggles test those qualities too. What else was the Great Depression or the space race or the construction of the railroads or the eradication of polio but a massive, often frightening challenge that we decided as a culture we ought to rise up and face? If we indulge in a bit of chest-thumping and flag-waving when the job is done, well, we earned it. Continue reading »
Tags: climate, deterioration, Global Warming, Time.com, USA
Apr 17
… after war service
WASHINGTON - Roughly one in every five U.S. troops who have survived the bombs and other dangers of Iraq and Afghanistan now suffers from major depression or post-traumatic stress, an independent study said Thursday. It estimated the toll at 300,000 or more. Continue reading »
Tags: AP, Iraq, soldiers, stress, study, troops, USA, veterans, war, Yahoo News
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