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Tuesday 1st December |
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One night in Bhopal http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/bhopal/default.stm Two decades after the Bhopal gas disaster in India, the UN money has failed to reach those who need it and the death toll is increasing daily. Read the stories of the ever-increasing number of victims their own country and the world forgot. Ukraine Elections http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4042979.stm The result of the Ukraine elections caused outrcries of 'fraud' as Prime Minister Yanukovych was announced victor instead of Yushchenko. A court spokeswoman has said the results of the election cannot be published until they have reached a decision.
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Breaking News: http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres... Al-Qaeda have released another video with Ayman al-Dhawahiri, bin Laden's right-hand man, saying the way the US dealt with Muslims was unacceptable. He also warned various Middle Eastern governments that "the fall of Baghdad was just the beginning." |
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Roger Sylvester fell into a coma after he stopped breathing |
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Breaking News: Sharon survives ‘no-confidence’ votes http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/4F38FD... Ariel Sharon has narrowly survived the three parliamentary no-confidence votes sponsored by left-wing and religious opposition parties over the deepening poverty in Israel. Iraq log: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/middle_east... A range of accounts from ordinary Iraqis and others caught up in the events. Iraq Healthcare Crisis http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east... http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/30C967... Iraq's healthcare is in a far worse condition than before the war, say Doctors from the British medical charity 'Medact'. "Twenty-five per cent of Iraqis suffer from psychological illnesses or disturbances" says a consultant psychiatrist of 20 years, a result of almost a quarter of a century of them facing conflict including the bloody war with Iran and crippling UN imposed sanctions. |
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Small factions decided not to bring Sharon down. |
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Rwandans’ making DR Congo ‘raids’ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4052487.stm Rwandan troops may have already crossed the border into the Democratic Republic of Congo in pursuit of Hutu rebels, some of whom took part in the 1994 Rwanda geneocide. |
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Rwandan troops left DR Congo in 2002 |
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ICRC highlights Guantanamo torture http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/405EE... In a confidential report the International Committee of the Red Cross has said it found prisoner abuse that amounted to a form of torture at the US military facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Torture victims slam Chile payout http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4053777.stm Four groups representing torture victims of General Augusto Pinochet's military government in Chile have staged a protest against the compensation deal of $190 a month. Gen Pinochet ruled Chile for 17 years and the new study, an official report, found there are at least 28,000 torture victims. |