Betancourt reunited with family

A day after being freed from more than six years of captivity in the Colombian jungle, Ingrid Betancourt has been reunited with her children (photo, from huffingtonpost.com).
She was among 15 hostages rescued by Colombian military, without a shot being fired, as their rebel captors were tricked into handing them over.

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Military action on Iran not wished by US admiral

Opening a third front in the Middle East, by striking on Iran, would be “extremely stressful” for US forces, said America’s top military officer, Adm Mike Mullen (photo). The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was commenting on the likelihood of US or Israeli military action over Iran’s nuclear programme.

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NY pledge started by hospital neglect

After surveillance video (photo, from abcnews.go.com) showed staff ignoring the plight of a 49-year-old woman who lay dying on the floor of a hospital emergency room, after waiting for assistnace in the wheelchair for 24 hours.
On Tuesday, after the airing footage showed that the staff apparently did nothing for an hour after she fell, the [...]

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MPRP win confirmed in Mongolia

On Thursday, Mongolia’s election commission has announced in a live broadcast on state-run television that the MPRP had won the country’s disputed parliamentary elections, two days after violent protests swept the capital, Ulan Bator.

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Unity call rejected by the opposition

The idea of forming a unity government has been rejected by Morgan Tsvangirai (photo, from daylife.com), the opposition leader, if he is not recognised as the winner of presidential election in Zimbabwe.
Days after Robert Mugabe won a run-off boycotted by the opposition (link), African leaders called for a unity government.

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