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Morning News


Apr.24   South Africa     Zuma: Zimbabwe crisis at critical level  The leader of South Africa's ruling party said that Zimbabwe's election crisis will 'explode' if other nations fail to take action

  Sunni Triangle 2 U.S. soldiers die as fighting continues  Their vehicle rolled onto its side. Elsewhere, U.S. troops killed four Iranian-backed Shiite militia members

  Pakistan Top militant calls truce  Baitullah Mehsud, a top Taleban commander in Pakistan, has ordered his followers to stop all attacks in the country

  London Church calls for Zimbabwe action  The leaders of the Anglican church have called for international action to prevent violence reaching 'horrific levels'

Day News


  Syria     Syria 'had covert nuclear scheme'
  The United States has accused N. Korea of helping Syria build a nuclear reactor that 'was not intended for peaceful purposes'
 A covert nuclear reactor destroyed last year in Syria would have been capable of producing plutonium. But senior intelligence officials had only low confidence that the facility was meant to build nuclear weapons


  Zimbabwe     U.S.: Mugabe trying to steal election  The top U.S. envoy to Africa: Opposition leader won the disputed March 29 presidential election, and President Mugabe should step down

  Florida Snipes sentenced to three years  Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes has received a prison sentence for tax offences of wilfully failing to file a tax return

  Japan Olympic flame lands in Japan  From Tokyo, the flame travels to Nagano, the city that hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1998, for the next leg of the relay

  Gaza Hamas offers truce in Gaza Strip  Palestinian militant group has proposed a 6-month truce in the Gaza Strip, which it says could then be extended to the West Bank

  Japan U.S. Marine charged with rape  U.S. forces in Japan have charged Tyrone L. Hadnott with raping a 14-year-old girl in Okinawa. The case that spurred protests

  USA Report ties U.S. retailers to sweatshop  Several leading retailers received shrimp from plants in Thailand and Bangladesh where workers as young as 8 are subject to sweatshop conditions

Evening News


  Beijing Olympics sponsors targeted over Darfur  Dream for Darfur said 16 companies including General Electric, Coca-Cola and Microsoft have shown 'moral cowardice'
San Francisco Bay Area , April 24, 2008 Timeline