NewsCloud.com World News http://www.newscloud.com/section/world Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:58:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 en-us Ransom claim in Ingrid Betancourt release | World news | guardian.co.uk http://www.newscloud.com/read/Ransom_claim_in_Ingrid_Betancourt_release_World_news_guardiancouk Ingrid Betancourt arrived in France today after being held captive for six years in the Colombian jungle, amid claims that a ransom was paid to free her.

The Colombian government said that she was freed in an audacious operation after the military tricked Farc into handing the French-Colombian politician over without a shot being fired.

]]> Mexico Cracks Down on Cubans http://www.newscloud.com/read/Mexico_Cracks_Down_on_Cubans For the first time, Mexican immigration authorities have launched raids on safe houses where Cubans await transportation to the U.S. border. In the first such raid, reported widely throughout Mexico on July 2, 20 Cubans were arrested in Cancun. Once Cubans present themselves to U.S. officials on the border, they are automatically granted asylum in the United States. Mexicans are angered at the disparate U.S. laws that give Cubans permanent residency while Mexicans attempting to enter the United States are deported. Mexico's President Felipe Calderon has also ordered Mexico's Navy to increase patrols in the Yucatan Channel, the body of water that separates Cuba and Cancun.

]]> Beijing Turns Green Before the Olympics http://www.newscloud.com/read/Beijing_Turns_Green_Before_the_Olympics From shopping to driving to eating, Beijing residents are rearranging their lives to help save the environment just in time for the Olympics Games this August.

]]> Alleviate world hunger produce more clean carbon dioxide By Dirck T. Hartmann http://www.newscloud.com/read/Alleviate_world_hunger_produce_more_clean_carbon_dioxide_By_Dirck_T_Hartmann What is your carbon footprint? That is the wrong question to ask. A more meaningful question is--How much carbon dioxide does it take to grow the wheat required to produce a loaf of bread? Or--How much carbon dioxide does it take to grow the corn for the chicken feed required to produce a dozen eggs?

Far from being a pollutant, man along with every animal on land, fish in the sea, and bird in the air is totally dependent on atmospheric carbon dioxide for his food supply. ...

]]> 4 Burma - Post Cyclone Chronicle http://www.newscloud.com/read/4_Burma_Post_Cyclone_Chronicle As Irrawaddy went to report on Wednesday, June 11th 2008, despite the announcement of a major multilateral operation to determine the scope of cyclone Nargis on Burma, 18 cyclone victims (women and children) were arrested following their call for help at the UN's office in Rangoon. They walked there to complain about not receiving any government assistance.
On May 23rd the UN' Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, met General Than Shwe to secure free access ....

]]> Deadly Jerusalem bulldozer attack http://www.newscloud.com/read/Deadly_Jerusalem_bulldozer_attack A Palestinian man has driven a bulldozer into a bus and several cars in Jerusalem, killing three people, before being shot dead.

]]> McCain Backer's Firm Pleaded Guilty To Funding Terrorist Group In http://www.newscloud.com/read/McCain_Backer_s_Firm_Pleaded_Guilty_To_Funding_Terrorist_Group_In The co-host of a recent top-dollar fundraiser for Sen. John McCain oversaw the payment of roughly $1.7 million to a Colombian paramilitary group that is today designated a terrorist organization by the United States.

]]> Real change happens off-line http://www.newscloud.com/read/Real_change_happens_offline Canada: Our foreign policy myth http://www.newscloud.com/read/Canada_Our_foreign_policy_myth As Canada turns 141 years old tomorrow, few beliefs and values are held more strongly in common by Canadians than their thoughts of their country on the international stage. They have been seduced by mythology. The reality of Canada's foreign policy - the country's official face to the world - for the most part is starkly different from the altruistic image of Canada with which its citizens are in love.

]]> Heroism of Conflict Survivors Inspires New Program in Central Africa http://www.newscloud.com/read/Heroism_of_Conflict_Survivors_Inspires_New_Program_in_Central_Africa Ricky Richard was fourteen when he was abducted from his home in Uganda and drafted into the Lord's Resistance Army, a violent rebel militia that has forced almost two million Ugandans from their homes.

]]> Afghan civilian deaths up 60 per cent http://www.newscloud.com/read/Afghan_civilian_deaths_up_60_per_cent The number of civilians killed in fighting between insurgents and security forces in Afghanistan has soared by two-thirds in the first half of this year, to almost 700 people, a senior UN official said Sunday. The figures are a grim reminder of how the nearly seven-year war has failed to stabilize the country and suggest that ordinary civilians are bearing a heavy toll, particularly from stepped-up militant attacks.

]]> Preparing the Battlefield http://www.newscloud.com/read/Preparing_the_Battlefield Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources. These operations, for which the President sought up to four hundred million dollars, were described in a Presidential Finding signed by Bush, and are designed to destabilize the country's religious leadership.

]]> 50 Percent Chance of Ice Free North Pole this Summer http://www.newscloud.com/read/50_Percent_Chance_of_Ice_Free_North_Pole_this_Summer Via

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: There's a 50-50 chance that the North Pole will be ice-free this summer, which would be a first in recorded history, a leading ice scientist says. The weather and ocean conditions in the next couple of weeks will determine how much of the sea ice will melt, and early signs are not good, said Mark Serreze. He's a senior researcher at the National Snow and Ice Data Center and the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo. The chances for a total meltdown at the pole are higher than ever because the layer of ice coating the sea is thinner than ever, he said.

]]> How Google Earth is Trying to Wipe Israel Off the Map http://www.newscloud.com/read/How_Google_Earth_is_Trying_to_Wipe_Israel_Off_the_Map Disturbing....

Google Earth: A New Platform for Anti-Israel Propaganda and Replacement Geography

]]> Bloomberg.com: Worldwide http://www.newscloud.com/read/Bloombergcom_Worldwide June 24 (Bloomberg) -- The world's biggest financial firms may lose as many as 175,000 jobs by this time next year as Citigroup Inc. and other banks shed workers amid slowing revenue and billions in writedowns, executive recruiters say.

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