Emergency rule prompts aid review
ISLAMABAD (Reuters): Pakistan police rounded up hundreds of people yesterday after President Pervez Musharraf defied United States pressure and widespread domestic opposition by imposing a state of emergency.Washington said it would have to review...
Kurds free eight soldiers
ANKARA (Reuters): Eight Turkish soldiers captured last month by Kurdish guerrillas were released in northern Iraq yesterday, a move which could ease public pressure on Turkey's government to launch a major cross-border incursion.The release of the...
Take a hike, you're driving me mad!
PARIS (Reuters): Economy Minister Christine Lagarde urged French people yesterday to walk more and drive less, given the increase in oil prices."From time to time, you should forget your car to the benefit of your two legs and your two wheels," Lagarde...
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