http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/-t1.htm News around the world thats not Animation-Related. Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:58:31 GMT 10 http://i51.servimg.com/u/f51/12/81/28/92/ak_asf10.png http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/-t1.htm http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/disable-fly-outmarketplace-t102.htm D.W. S. Korea says N. Korea restarts nuclear work Pyongyang has accused U.S. of not meeting its end of disarmament deal SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has started work to restore its nuclear facilities after the country suspended operations last week to disable them, South Korea said Wednesday. South Korea, the United States and other members of a six-party group involved in nuclear negotiations with the North are working together closely to determine how to respond to the ... WORLD NEWS Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:53:14 GMT http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/disable-fly-outmarketplace-t102.htm#458 http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/disable-fly-outmarketplace-t102.htm http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/japan-s-unpopular-prime-minister-resigns-t103.htm D.W. Japan's unpopular prime minister resigns Move throws world's second-largest economy into political confusion TOKYO - Japan's chronically unpopular prime minister, Yasuo Fukuda, suddenly announced his resignation after less than a year in office Monday, throwing the world's second-largest economy into political confusion. Fukuda, in a hastily arranged evening news conference, said he was stepping down to avoid a "political vacuum" as the deeply troubled government heads into ... WORLD NEWS Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:55:55 GMT http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/japan-s-unpopular-prime-minister-resigns-t103.htm#459 http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/japan-s-unpopular-prime-minister-resigns-t103.htm http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/hanna-eyes-bahamas-after-battering-haiti-t101.htm D.W. Hanna eyes Bahamas after battering Haiti Emergency declared in Fla. as experts warn deadly storm could strengthen Ariana Cubillos / AP A man walks through a rice field in L'Artibonite, Haiti, that was flooded by rains from Tropical Storm Hanna on Tuesday SAINT-MARC, Haiti - A day after sending Haitian families scrambling onto rooftops to avoid flooding, Tropical Storm Hanna was meandering off the country's northern coast Wednesday, dumping heavy rain on ... WORLD NEWS Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:50:08 GMT http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/hanna-eyes-bahamas-after-battering-haiti-t101.htm#457 http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/hanna-eyes-bahamas-after-battering-haiti-t101.htm http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/judge-fears-secret-hearings-in-gitmo-cases-t104.htm D.W. Judge fears secret hearings in Gitmo cases Logistics remain uncertain as dozens of terrorism detainees get day in court WASHINGTON - A federal judge overseeing cases against dozens of Guantanamo Bay detainees said Wednesday that he fears the public — and the detainees themselves — will be locked out of the courtroom when evidence in the case is scrutinized for the first time. Hundreds of detainees are awaiting hearings in a Washington federal court in the coming ... WORLD NEWS Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:58:31 GMT http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/judge-fears-secret-hearings-in-gitmo-cases-t104.htm#460 http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/judge-fears-secret-hearings-in-gitmo-cases-t104.htm http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/foreign-missionaries-defy-ban-during-olympics-t45.htm D.W. Foreign missionaries defy ban during Olympics 'We did see some conversions,' says one missionary from Florida Young Christian missionaries visit the Olympic green outside the "Bird's Nest" stadium in Beijing on Wednesday. As the Olympics end, Christian groups are calling their quiet evangelizing throughout the country a success. Elizabeth Dalziel / AP Young Christian missionaries visit the Olympic green outside the "Bird's Nest" stadium ... WORLD NEWS Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:53:08 GMT http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/foreign-missionaries-defy-ban-during-olympics-t45.htm#227 http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/foreign-missionaries-defy-ban-during-olympics-t45.htm http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/russians-dig-in-despite-promised-georgia-exit-t44.htm D.W. U.S. general complains promised pullout is 'far too little and far too slow' Sergei Grits / AP Local residents receive food supplies in the village of Nadarbazevi, outside Gori, Georgia, on Thursday POTI, Georgia - Russian troops held their position in the key town of Gori and were digging in deeper in other strategic areas of Georgia on Friday, the day that Russia's president said a pullback would be complete. In Igoeti, a major checkpoint on the road from the capital Tbilisi ... WORLD NEWS Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:42:48 GMT http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/russians-dig-in-despite-promised-georgia-exit-t44.htm#226 http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/russians-dig-in-despite-promised-georgia-exit-t44.htm http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/russian-jets-attack-georgian-city-as-battles-rage-t4.htm D.W. TBILISI, Georgia - Russian military aircraft raided the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, leaving scores of civilians killed or wounded, as hundreds of Russian troops moved toward the Georgian separatist region of South Ossetia and fighting raged for a second day. An Associated Press reporter who visited Gori shortly after the Russian raid Saturday saw several apartment buildings ravaged by the Russian strike and scores of dead bodies and bloodied civilians, including elderly people, women ... WORLD NEWS Sat, 09 Aug 2008 11:21:36 GMT http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/russian-jets-attack-georgian-city-as-battles-rage-t4.htm#4 http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/russian-jets-attack-georgian-city-as-battles-rage-t4.htm http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/thai-court-jails-swirly-face-canadian-pedophile-t33.htm D.W. Thai court jails 'swirly-face' Canadian pedophile Experts unraveled man's digitally scrambled face from images of sex abuse Chaiwat Subprasom / Reuters Christopher Paul Neil arrives at the Bangkok Criminal Court on Friday ahead of his sentencing. BANGKOK, Thailand - A Thai court sentenced Canadian "swirly face" pedophile Christopher Neil to 39 months in prison on Friday for abducting and molesting a 14-year-old boy and posting pornographic ... WORLD NEWS Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:16:08 GMT http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/thai-court-jails-swirly-face-canadian-pedophile-t33.htm#105 http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/thai-court-jails-swirly-face-canadian-pedophile-t33.htm http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/chad-sentences-former-president-to-death-t32.htm D.W. 11 rebels also sentenced remain free; former president in exile in Senegal N'DJAMENA, Chad - A Chadian court on Friday sentenced a former president and 11 rebels to death for crimes against the state, an official said. Former president Hissene Habre awaited trial in Senegal for torture and murder. A Chadian commission of inquiry concluded Habre killed tens of thousands of political opponents during his eight years in power until he was ousted by rebels in 1990. Habre has been ... WORLD NEWS Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:07:06 GMT http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/chad-sentences-former-president-to-death-t32.htm#104 http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/chad-sentences-former-president-to-death-t32.htm http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/russia-poland-risks-attack-due-to-us-missiles-t24.htm D.W. Russia: Poland risks attack due to U.S. missiles Infuriated Moscow issues threat in reaction to deal on interceptor base Chief U.S. negotiator John Rood, left, and Polish negotiator Andrzej Kremer seal the missile defense deal in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday. Alik Keplicz / AP WARSAW, Poland - An agreement that will allow the United States to install a missile defense battery in Poland exposes the ex-communist nation to an attack, a Russian general said Friday. Poland ... WORLD NEWS Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:37:58 GMT http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/russia-poland-risks-attack-due-to-us-missiles-t24.htm#76 http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/russia-poland-risks-attack-due-to-us-missiles-t24.htm http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/2-olympians-fail-doping-test-at-beijing-games-t23.htm D.W. N. Korean shooter, Vietnamese gymnast both kicked out of games BEIJING - A North Korean shooter was stripped of his two medals and expelled from the Beijing Olympics along with a Vietnamese gymnast Friday after failing doping tests. They are the second and third athletes caught doping in Beijing, where the International Olympic Committee is conducting a record 4,500 drug tests. The IOC said shooter Kim Jong Su tested positive for propanolol after winning the silver medal in the 50-meter ... WORLD NEWS Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:29:21 GMT http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/2-olympians-fail-doping-test-at-beijing-games-t23.htm#75 http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/2-olympians-fail-doping-test-at-beijing-games-t23.htm http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/georgia-leader-signs-cease-fire-deal-with-russia-t22.htm D.W. Irakli Gedenidze / Pool via Reuters U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meets with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili in Tbilisi on Friday. TBILISI, Georgia - Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili said Friday that he had signed a cease-fire agreement with Russia, but that he would "never, ever surrender" in a showdown with Moscow over two pro-Russia separatist regions. Saakashvili, who said the deal protects the former Soviet republic's interests despite ... WORLD NEWS Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:19:58 GMT http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/georgia-leader-signs-cease-fire-deal-with-russia-t22.htm#74 http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/georgia-leader-signs-cease-fire-deal-with-russia-t22.htm http://animation-karma.forumotion.com/world-news-f3/mexican-army-takes-lead-fighting-crime-t5.htm D.W. TIJUANA, Mexico - If you witness a murder or a drug deal in the crime-stricken border city of Tijuana, don't bother calling the police — call the Mexican army. In a slap at the police, Gen. Sergio Aponte Polito, the army's top officer in northwest Mexico, has publicized a phone number for pleas for help and on Sunday gave the news media his latest 5,700-word bombshell letter complaining of police corruption. Such public provocations are extremely out of character for military leaders in ... 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