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Ossetian militias 'looting Georgian villages'

Human Rights Watch says it has witnessed South Ossetian fighters looting ethnic Georgians' houses and has recorded multiple accounts of Georgian militias intimidating ethnic Ossetians. The report today by the respected international rights group is important independent confirmation of the claims by each side in the Russia-Georgia conflict. Both have accused the other of committing actions that could be counted...

AFRICA

Peitschen, Knüppel und Pestizide Oppositionelle in Simbabwe rufen die Welt dazu auf, die Vorgänge innerhalb ...

AMERICA

Colombie, tranquillité aux narcotrafiquants Les trafiquants de drogue les plus recherchés négocient dés...

EUROPE

Costituzione europea: iter sempre travagliato Nel 2005 si assistette al no referendario alla Costituzione europea da par...

ASIA-PACIFIC

Shock results in Northern Territory’s snap election Just 10 months after the resignation of Northern Territory’s Chief Ministe...

CULTURE & SOCIETY

Ljubljana held EVACS2008 For the last two weeks Ljubljana hosted already 16. European Veterans Athletic C...

BOOKS & MOVIES

Recensione de “Il deserto della Libia” di Mario Tobino L’esperienza che Mario Tobino ebbe sul fronte libico è condensata i...

ECONOMY

Qantas: destroying workers’ lives and the environment Qantas chief executive officer Geoff Dixon announced on July 18 that the company...

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LaSpecula.com meets the US Ambassador, Ronald Spogli The Ambassador of the United States of America, Ronald Spogli, guest of the Priv...

TRAVELS

L'Olanda che non è Amsterdam Se state cercando l'Olanda, quella vera, quella autentica fatta di fiori, mu...

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Lima, Peru - Former president Alberto Fujimori met in 1991 with the head of a military death squad that killed at least 25 people, despite his statements to the contrary, a witness in Fujimori's trial said Wednesday. Fujimori, 69, is charged with atrocities committed during his 1990-2000 rule, including two massacres in 1991 and 1992, blamed on an army hit squad known as the Colina Group, allegedly led by army major Martin Rivas.

Luanda, Angola - Angolan Foreign minister, João Miranda, was received Wednesday in Harare by Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, to whom he transmitted a verbal message from the head of State, José Eduardo dos Santos, ahead of elections set for March 29 this year in that country. "I am here representing the president of the Republic of Angola, to preside over the ceremony of launch of the mission of observers of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), that will supervise the general elections in Zimbabwe, expected for March 29," said the diplomat at the end of an audience of about 30 minutes.

Paris, France - President Nicolas Sarkozy of France and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany will end months of wrangling Thursday by presenting a joint plan to strengthen Europe's ties with countries on its southern borders. The French and German leaders, whose relationship has been marred by a series of differences, will brief colleagues at a summit in Brussels on proposals for a Union for the Mediterranean designed to intensify cooperation in the region.

Kuala Lampur, Malaysia - Malaysia's government-friendly media has changed its tone after shock election gains by the opposition, aiming to win back readers alienated by biased coverage, industry sources said on Wednesday. Malaysia's mainstream newspapers and television networks, many of them partly government-owned, were awash with flattering coverage of the ruling coalition ahead of Saturday's polls.

Camberra, Australia - Australia's foreign minister on Wednesday denied a cricket tour to Pakistan was scrapped so players could participate in the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL). Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Cricket Australia (CA) made its decision to postpone the tour independently on the basis of security concerns. "I have seen suggestions that somehow the decision by Cricket Australia and the Pakistan Cricket Board is related to proposed Twenty20 games in India. I absolutely reject that suggestion," Smith said.