 The UN has protested to the Sudanese authorities about the demolition of a camp that was home to 12,000 displaced people outside the capital, Khartoum. Residents said bulldozers began destroying their houses on Thursday morning with little warning. United Nations officials in the area were barred from entering the area, but heard gunshots. There are reports of deaths, including a child. The camp has hosted people from the Darfur region for more than 20 years. Heavily armed policemen and tanks had surrounded the squatter camp at Dar es Salaam, some 40km from the capital, before moving in at 0800 local time, the UN said in a statement on Thursday. Th UN special rapporteur for human rights in Sudan, Sima Samar, said later there had been reports of deaths and injuries of residents in the operation. ...
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 Video provokes questions of Lebanese army Lebanese forces move southward; Beirut airport reopens |
A video showing Lebanese soldiers cordially offering Israeli troops glasses of tea during the military offensive earlier this month has hit Israeli and Hezbollah airwaves.The video, shot by Israelis on August 10, when Israeli troops "took control" of the southern Lebanese town of Marjeyoun, aired on Israel's Channel 2 on Wednesday. Hezbollah's al-Manar TV network and pro-Hezbollah NEW TV then picked up the video and condemned the Lebanese soldiers as deserters. There have been conflicting accounts of what happened at Marjeyoun.In the video, two Israeli tanks roll up to the gate of the Marjeyoun garrison, where a white surrender flag flutters outside the barracks....
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| Ford to Cut N. America Output by 21 % in 4th Quarter |
Ford Motor Co., the second-largest U.S. automaker, will cut North American production by 21 percent in the fourth quarter and 11 percent in the current quarter. Ford is paring production by 168,000 vehicles in the fourth quarter to 625,000 cars and trucks, it said in a statement. It will make 650,000 vehicles this quarter, down from 728,000 a year ago and a previously announced plan of 670,000. ``It's a function of their sales and market-share slide,'' said Erich Merkle, an auto analyst at consulting firm IRN Inc. in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Ford reported a sales decline of 9.8 percent in its North American brands this year through July and 9.7 percent overall. The Dearborn, Michigan-based company hasn't had a gain in its U.S. market share since 1995. Shares of Ford fell 22 cents to $7.95 at 9:39 a.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. ...
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| Chinese drought affects millions |
At least 18 million people have been affected by China's worst drought in 50 years, according to the state news agency Xinhua. The south-western region of Chongqing has been worst hit, but areas of Sichuan and Liaoning are also affected. In Chongqing there has been no rain for more than 70 days, and two-thirds of the rivers have dried up, Xinhua said. Residents in some mountain villages are having to walk up to 2km (1.25 miles) to get water. At least one person is said to have died from heatstroke, and Xinhua estimates the drought has caused economic losses of 11.74bn yuan ($1.24bn). The Chinese Ministry of Civil Affairs said on Thursday that in 2006, China had faced its most severe natural disasters for six years....
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| Iraqi govt announces two-day vehicle ban in Baghdad |
The Iraqi government announced a two-day vehicle ban in parts of Baghdad starting on Friday night as thousands of Shi'ites converged on the capital to mark the martyrdom of a revered 8th century Imam. Some 1,000 Shi'ites were killed in a stampede during last year's ceremony after a crowd of faithful converging on the northern Kadhimiya district was panicked by rumors of a suicide bomber.It was the highest daily death toll since the end of the U.S.-led war in 2003 to oust Saddam Hussein....
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| Iraqi Forces Detain 77 In Crackdown Raids Aim To Stop Sectarian, Political Extremists; Convoy Attacked |
Unidentified gunmen attacked Friday a convoy of civilian trucks, killing one guard, as a cache of arms was seized in a Baghdad mosque, officials said. Security forces detained 77 people across Iraq in a crackdown on sectarian and political extremists. The convoy carrying unspecified goods had just left Baghdad for the northern city of Irbil when it came under attack in Taji, 12 miles north of the capital, said police Lt. Ahmed Al-Qaisi. He said one guard riding alongside in an SUV was killed and one guard was injured. Also Friday, Iraqi police found five bodies with gunshot wounds in Mahmoudiya, about 20 miles south of Baghdad, and a roadside bomb killed one person in Balad Ruz, 45 miles northeast of Baghdad. A statement by the General Command of the Armed Forces said Iraqi soldiers raided the Al-Sediq Sunni mosque in Baghdad's Ghazaliyah ...
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