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May 19, 2008
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>>South Africa - Anti-immigrant attacks continued to escalate on Monday as mobs beat and raped foreigners and burned down their homes and shops. So far 22 have died in the violence. The groups mostly targeted Zimbabweans and Mozambicans, who they have accused of taking jobs and fueling the high violent crime rate. The unrest comes at a time when the nation is already struggling with power outages, inflation, and widespread anger at the government's pro-business policies. On the flip side, investors are already worried about the growing influence of labor in an ANC lead by Jacob Zuma. >>Myanmar - Today Myanmar agreed to open its doors to aid from Southeast Asian neighbors but will still restrict access to others. An estimated 2.5 million survivors are still in dire need of aid.
>>Iraq - An American sniper serving in Iraq has been sent home after it was discovered last week that he had used a Qur'an for target practice. Major General Jeffrey Hammond, the commander of U.S. troops in Baghdad, publicly apologized for the incident, which some Iraqi officers had threatened to quit over.
Yesterday in UN Dispatch
- UN Plaza: Faltering Peace in Northen Uganda
- Taking On Maternal Death, One Cause at a Time
- Over the Moon Over Somalia
- Bad News on World Economic Health
The Rest of the Story
Africa
- Egypt - Bush Calls for Democratic Reform in Mideast Region
- South Africa - Southern Africa eyes visa-free regime
- Sudan - AU optimistic on Chad-Sudan relations after talks
- Kuwait - Islamists Win 24 of 50 Seats in Parliament of Kuwait
- Somalia - Pirates Seize Jordanian Ship Carrying Aid to Somalia
- Senegal - World Aid Agencies Faulted in Food Crisis
- Algeria - Berber riots rock Algerian town
- Ethiopia - Drought returns to haunt Ethiopia
- Ethiopia - Clean sweep for Ethiopian party
- U.S.A - US sniper shot at Koran in Iraq
- Venezuela - Colombia Denies Its Forces Entered Venezuela Illegally
- Mexico - Police chief steps down in Mexico
- Colombia - Top Farc commander surrenders
- China - Quake rescuers work against time
- China - China declares three days of mourning after quake
- Myanmar - UN chief to visit Myanmar
- Myanmar - Hopes for Myanmar cyclone aid rise as ASEAN meets
- Japan - Tokyo set to relax investment stance
- Malaysia - Malaysia ex-PM Mahathir quits ruling party UMNO
- Taiwan - New Taiwan president to take reins, court China
- Philippines - 9 die in Philippines blood feud
- Poland - Poland planning mass privatisations
- France - France says its envoy held talks with Hamas
- Italy - Neapolitans torch rubbish piles
- Iraq - Death penalty over Iraq killing
- Israel - Bush urges more freedom in Arab states
- Qatar - Qatari mediator pushes proposals at Lebanon talks
- Yemen - Al-Qaeda Operative Loses Freedom in Yemen
- Iraq - Bomb under bed kills local Iraqi police chief