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Dalai Lama meets U.S. envoy; asks for help
The Dalai Lama told the the U.S. special envoy for Tibet on Monday he appreciated U.S. concern with China's handling of the political unrest in Tibet and said "we need your help."
Britain backs militant reconciliation efforts
Britain backs efforts to reconcile with Islamist militants on the Afghan-Pakistani border, an area with links to terrorist attacks in Britain, a senior British minister said on Sunday.
Tsvangirai appeals for UN intervention in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai appealed to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday for the world body and the African Union to intervene in his country's post-election crisis.
UK's Brown offers olive branch to tax rebels
Prime Minister Gordon Brown held out an olive branch on Monday to rebels in his Labour Party angered by tax rises for the poorest in Britain, but failed to quell the biggest parliamentary revolt of his premiership.
Cuba breaks up sit-in, arrests women dissidents
A group of Cuban women peacefully demonstrating for the release of their jailed husbands were roughed up by a mob and arrested on Monday near the offices of President Raul Castro.
Saudi "guardianship" key to women rights abuse-HRW
Saudi Arabia's system of male "guardianship" or wide-ranging control over women lies at the heart of rights abuse in the conservative Islamic state, U.S.-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday.
US court rejects appeals by 11 death row inmates
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday followed up on its ruling last week upholding the commonly used lethal injection method of execution and rejected appeals by 11 death row inmates in seven states.
Serb PM slams EU pact, takes aim at pro-EU rivals
The European Union wants to offer Serbia a pre-accession pact to trick it into recognising Kosovo, Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Monday, warning his pro-EU rivals in government not to sign it.
UK unveils 50 bln pound credit crunch plan for banks
The Bank of England unveiled an ambitious plan on Monday to swap banks' risky mortgage assets for 50 billion pounds or more of government bills, in the latest bid to spare Britain from the ravages of a global credit crunch.
Two U.N. workers kidnapped in Pakistan
Gunmen kidnapped two U.N. workers on Monday while they were travelling in a lawless Pakistani region near the Afghan border, a U.N. official said.
Iraq urges Arab nations to forgive debt
Iraq on Monday called on its Arab neighbours to join Western nations and forgive their share of Baghdad's outstanding foreign debts that total up to $80 billion.
Abducted Pakistani U.N. workers released
Gunmen in a lawless Pakistani region near the Afghan border released two U.N. workers on Monday after security forces attacked the kidnap gang, officials said.
BAA set to learn about possible airports break-up
Britain's Competition Commission is set to indicate this week whether airports operator BAA should divest airports or even break itself up - a move that many think will solve the country's airport woes.
Russia's Putin wins the other Nobel Prize
Russian president Vladimir Putin has won a Nobel prize. Not the better-known Nobel Peace Prize handed out by the Oslo-based committee to luminaries such as last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev or ex-South African President Nelson Mandela.
Survivor and OTR present START SOMETHING...
Survivor and OTR present Start Something, a dynamic music event combing Worship, Rock, Hip Hop and Pop at the forthcoming Pentecost Festival.
'Ignored by the whole world' - a visit to Yambio, Sudan
People in Sudan's "forgotten" Yambio region still live in fear of attacks from Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army.