| SOP newswire |  | Iran hit with additional UN Sanctions - Fourteen Council members voted in favour of the resolution, which voiced concern at 'the proliferation risks presented by the Iranian nuclear programme.' |
| SOP newswire |  | Hugo Chavez suggests Trade War with Columbia - Mr. Chavez made the threat Wednesday in Caracas during a joint news conference with Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa. |
| SOP newswire |  | EU softens Russia; Natural Gas restored to Ukraine - Russia halved gas shipments to Ukraine, claiming it had some $600 million of unpaid bills for gas delivered in 2007. |
| SOP newswire |  | Not since 1967 has Gaza been more oppressed - Humanitarian aid groups say the blockade has dismantled the economy and impoverished the population. |
| SOP newswire |  | Did Turkish military bomb Iraq? - Officials said Wednesday that the bombs landed in Irbil province, a Kurdish region close to the Turkish border. |
| SOP newswire |  | Wind Driven Wheat Killing Fungus Detected in Iran - Called Ug99, the disease first surfaced in Uganda and subsequently spread to Kenya and Ethiopia, with both countries experiencing serious crop yield losses. |
| Krzys Wasilewski |  | World Chronicle: March 5 - U.S. President George W. Bush said Wednesday that Americans should use less oil to cut the country's dependence on the fragile Middle East. |
| SOP newswire |  | Fire compounds woes of Refugees - Outbreak of fire at Goldhap Refugee Camp (Jhapa, Nepal), leaves more than 12,000 refugee homeless. |
| SOP newswire |  | Kofi Annan praised by Ban Ki-moon - UN Secretary-General hailed the leadership of his predessor in the mediation efforts to bring an end to two months of violence in Kenya. |
| SOP newswire |  | Israel becomes target of United Methodist Church Groups - 'Israel is unremittingly portrayed as the chief obstacle to Middle East peace by these radicalized United Methodist groups.' |
| SOP newswire |  | War criminal transferred to Denmark - In 2004, Radoslav Brdanin was convicted by the ICTY of the wilful killing, torture and persecution of non-Serbs. |
| SOP newswire |  | 10 confirmed dead following helicopter crash in Nepal - The United Nations confirmed that seven of its staff and three crew members died when one of its helicopters crashed in eastern Nepal Monday. |
| SOP newswire | | Maternal Health Biggest Challenge Facing Afghan Women - Mr. Penumaka noted that 1,600 out of every 100,000 women that give birth die in the process. |
| SOP newswire | | Maternal Health Biggest Challenge Facing Afghan Women - Mr. Penumaka noted that 1,600 out of every 100,000 women that give birth die in the process. |
| SOP newswire |  | Rice continues Middle East Shuffle - She met today with Palestinians; now on her way to Israel. |
| SOP newswire | | Rice continues Middle East Peace Shuffle - She met with Palestinians; now on her way to Israel |
| Krzys Wasilewski |  | World Chronicle: March 4 - Venezuela has sent 10 battalions, or hundreds of troops, to its western border with Columbia. |
| SOP newswire |  | Lebanon stability threatened says Ban Ki-Moon - Lebanon has remained in the grip of an intense political crisis which has shut down the work of key State institutions. |
| SOP newswire |  | Emergency meeting called by OAS - The Organization of American States will attempt to peacefully resolve a dispute involving Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela. |
| SOP newswire |  | Palestinians urged to meet with Israelis - Secretary Rice called for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to resume, saying the situation in the Middle East needs negotiations, not finger-pointing. |
| SOP newswire |  | US Housing Market makes mincemeat of Britain's Largest Bank - HSBC has written off $17.2 billion in bad debt after the U.S. housing market slide hit the value of its loans in 2007. |
| SOP newswire |  | Gaza is focus of Condoleezza Rice now in route to Middle East - State Department Deputy Spokesman Tom Casey said the trip will give Rice an opportunity to hear about the situation directly from Mr. Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. |
| SOP newswire |  | Fear Follows Global Markets - Wall Street Woes felt around the world. Dollar slides to 3-year low against yen. |
| Krzys Wasilewski |  | KHARTOUM, Sudan 20 Villagers Were Killed - The Hillary Clinton campaign questions the ambiguous rules of the Texas primaries. |
| Krzys Wasilewski |  | World Chronicle: February 28 - On Thursday, President Mwai Kibaki and his main political rival Raila Odinga signed a peace agreement that forms a government of national unity. |
| Glenn James |  | Shaky Ground in the UK (English Earth Tremor 5.3 on the Scale) - A little past 1.00 a.m. (Greenwich Meantime), on the morning of Wednesday 27th February 2008, an earthquake hit mainland Britain. |
| Krzys Wasilewski |  | World Chronicle: February 27 - William F. Buckley Jr., a man who for decades was the face of American conservatism, died at his home on Wednesday. |
| Krzys Wasilewski |  | World Chronicle: February 26 - The Polish government recognized Kosovo on Tuesday, becoming the first Slavic country to officially establish diplomatic relations with this former Serbian province. |
| Zoneziwoh Mbondgulo |  | Meritocracy should be your Principle - Journalists and the media are crying for the state to cease using firearms as this will only aggravate the situation. |
| SOP newswire |  | Ban Ki-moon fights violence against Women and Girls - 'At least one out of every three women is likely to be beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her lifetime,' he said. |
