Archive for October, 2008

CHR: Gov’t violating right to food

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

MANILA, Philippines—The right to adequate food is a basic human right that is often overlooked or violated by the government, according to Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chair Leila de Lima De Lima said Friday that one’s right to food was among the numerous rights listed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). She noted how the Philippines had lagged behind in providing food rights to its citizens despite being…

Bombers strike in Mosul, Baghdad, killing 13 (AP)

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

A shoe of one of the victims, is seen, on the ground as Iraqi forces stand guard the area after a car bomb explosion in the predominantly Shiite Bayaa district, southwestern Baghdad, iraq, on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. The bomb exploded Sunday in a commercial street of Baghdad killing seven people and wounding nine others, police said. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - Suicide car bombers struck twice Sunday in the northern city of Mosul, killing at least six people and wounding dozens of others, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. A car bomb killed seven other people in Baghdad.


North Korea to resume disablement after nuclear deal (Reuters)

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (2nd L) visits a military unit at an undisclosed location in North Korea in this recent picture distributed by North Korea's official news agency KCNA on October 11, 2008. (KCNA/Reuters)Reuters - North Korea said on Sunday it would resume taking apart its plutonium-producing nuclear plant and allow in inspectors in response to a U.S. decision to remove it from a terrorism blacklist and salvage a faltering nuclear deal.


Texas knocks off Okla., hooks top spot in AP poll (AP)

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Texas quarterback Colt McCoy (12) flashes a hook 'em horns sign after beating No. 1 Oklahoma 45-35 in a NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)AP - Texas rode its resounding Red River Rivalry upset right to No. 1.


Clintons campaigning for Obama-Biden in Pa. (AP)

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.,speaks during a campaign rally in support of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 outside the Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)AP - When Bill and Hillary Clinton take the stage Sunday at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, it will be the launch of an active campaign for their former nemesis Barack Obama in the home stretch of the 2008 presidential race.


NKorea vows to disable nuclear plants after deal with US

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korea said on Sunday that it would resume work to disable plutonium-producing nuclear plants and readmit UN inspectors after the United States removed it from a terrorism blacklist.

Turnbull delivers searing attack on Howard

Sunday, October 12th, 2008

FEDERAL Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has delivered a searing attack on John Howard accusing him of losing Queensland votes with his hardline stance on climate change. In an exclusive interview, the former merchant banker said the Coalition government made a crucial error by not ratifying the Kyoto…