Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/index.php?category=world http://thesop.org/index.php?category=world http://thesop.org 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:53:00 GMT The sobbing girl, dressed in a dotted black skirt and a black jacket, was yesterday taken to hospital for medication. http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/20/a-young-female-girl-abandoned-by-family-over-killing-her-rapist http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/20/a-young-female-girl-abandoned-by-family-over-killing-her-rapist nelson@nelsonyiga.com (Prince Nelson Balina Omukisa Yiga) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:01:00 GMT Immediately after learning of Jiang's arrest, ChinaAid contacted the US Embassy in Beijing and several U.S. Congressional offices, notifying them of Jiang http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/19/jiang-tianyong-arrested-and-his-wife-beaten-in-front-of-daughter http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/19/jiang-tianyong-arrested-and-his-wife-beaten-in-front-of-daughter contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:36:00 GMT Although melting glaciers, rising sea levels and polar bears may be the faces of climate change, women who bear the brunt of global warming are on the front lines of its ravages. http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/18/un-climate-change-aggravates-gender-inequality http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/18/un-climate-change-aggravates-gender-inequality mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:25:00 GMT 250,000 Palestinians on the West Bank are at risk of violence in revenge attacks that Israeli settlers may launch against a large-scale attempt by Israel to evacuate outposts it considers illegal. http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/18/un-potential-israeli-settler-violence-threatens-palestinians http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/18/un-potential-israeli-settler-violence-threatens-palestinians mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:27:00 GMT Lured from the hills of Nepal, Nisha found herself sold to a brothel in Mumbai at 11. Two years later, she had contracted HIV. She had been entertaining five to ten customers a day for those two years. http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/18/lured-from-the-hills-of-nepal-and-sold-to-a-brothel-in-mumbai http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/18/lured-from-the-hills-of-nepal-and-sold-to-a-brothel-in-mumbai contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:21:00 GMT Shabina is from Uttar Pradesh, Khatoon Sheikh comes from Maharashtara, Naghma Nadaf has roots in Karnataka, Safia Akhtar hails from Madhya Pradesh and Rashida Bano belongs to Gujarat. http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/18/muslim-women-empowered-by-information-and-technology http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/18/muslim-women-empowered-by-information-and-technology contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:43:00 GMT Geoff considers "bowing" and wonders why Dick Cheney is so proud of not having done it. http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/18/the-bow-viewed-from-tokyo http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/18/the-bow-viewed-from-tokyo geoff@al-pha.com (Geoff Dean) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:27:00 GMT Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon deplored the Israeli Government's decision to expand Jerusalems Gilo settlement. http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/17/un-chief-ban-condemns-decision-to-expand-jerusalem-settlement http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/17/un-chief-ban-condemns-decision-to-expand-jerusalem-settlement mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:45:00 GMT International aid agencies are seeking nearly $144 million in a revised appeal to support humanitarian efforts in the Philippines, which was hit by a series of storms since September. http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/17/un-calls-on-world-to-aid-stormhit-phillipines http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/17/un-calls-on-world-to-aid-stormhit-phillipines mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:03:00 GMT Newly re-elected Afghan President Hamid Karzai must take significant measures to cut government corruption and establish its legitimacy, the top U.S. military officer said today. http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/17/mike-mullen-urges-karzai-to-stop-corruption http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/17/mike-mullen-urges-karzai-to-stop-corruption mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:49:00 GMT The NATO Deputy Secretary General Claudio Bisogniero visited Beijing from 9 -11 November for high-level talks with the Chinese government. http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/17/nato-deputy-secretary-general-visits-china http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/17/nato-deputy-secretary-general-visits-china mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:17:00 GMT As U.S. troops in Iraq prepare for national elections, an American commander in Anbar province said any potential uptick in violence is unlikely to derail the balloting. http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/17/american-troops-prepare-for-iraq-national-election http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/17/american-troops-prepare-for-iraq-national-election mmccagg@flagler.edu (SOP newswire3) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:30:00 GMT For almost two years we have been witnessing a complex series of discussions, pronouncements, United Nations speeches, and high-level visits between Washington and European http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/17/palestinian-authoritys-statehood-plan http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/17/palestinian-authoritys-statehood-plan contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:38:00 GMT Nasreen with her family elders and four children (two sons and two daughters) had to live on the streets. http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/17/riotaffected-area-in-mumbai http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/17/riotaffected-area-in-mumbai contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:30:00 GMT The award, she says, is recognition of her 27 years of dedicated service to promoting French here. http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/17/dr-asha-pande-awarded-chevalier-dans-lordre http://thesop.org/world/2009/11/17/dr-asha-pande-awarded-chevalier-dans-lordre contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2)