June 27, 2009 Saturday
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WINDHOEK - THE Kimberley Process against 'blood diamonds' said on Friday it will send a team to Zimbabwe's troubled Marange diamond fields to assess alleged human rights violations.

 
12 killed in drug shoot out

MEXICO CITY - MEXICAN authorities say a shootout between police and gunmen killed 12 people in the central state of Guanajuato.

Iran violence 'outrageous'

TEHRAN - PRESIDENT Barack Obama on Friday praised the bravery of Iranians who protested against a disputed election in the face of 'outrageous' violence.

Journos among jailed in Iran

WASHINGTON - THE human rights group Amnesty International says more than two dozen Iranian journalists are among the hundreds of people being imprisoned by the hardline government in Tehran as part of the violent post-election crackdown.

   
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