Carried back in time with Ethiopia's Jews
GONDAR, Ethiopia (Reuters): The dusty compound where Ethiopian Jews await word on whether they can emigrate to Israel could not be more different from the world I left behind when I took the same path more than 20 years ago. The only familiar sight here, among the mud huts..
Bush pokes fun at himself, Cheney and Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP): Tell us, Mr.President, how have things changed since the last broadcasters' dinner? "A year ago, my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the Supreme Court had just withdrawn, and my vice president had shot someone...
WAITING FOR YEARS
Unlike the Jews airlifted out in Operations Moses and Solomon, those now waiting to leave are believed to be descendants of Ethiopian Jews who converted to Christianity, sometimes under duress, in the late 18th and 19th centuries.
Senate approves war bill forcing troop withdrawal
WASHINGTON (AP): Senate Democrats ignored a veto threat and pushed through a bill yesterday requiring President George W.Bush to start withdrawing U.S. troops from "the civil war in Iraq," dealing a rare, sharp rebuke to the president as a wartime commander in chief.
Suicide bombers kill more than 130
BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters): Suicide bombers killed more than 130 people in a crowded market in a Shi'ite district of Baghdad and a mainly Shi'ite town yesterday in an upsurge in the sectarian violence that threatens all-out civil war.
Jesse endorses Obama
CHICAGO (AP): Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson said yesterday he is backing Democrat Barack Obama in his U.S. presidential bid, giving his support to a new generation of black politicians. "He has my vote," the Rev. Jackson told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
Police battle rock-throwing students
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP):Police yesterday used tear gas and water cannons to disperse hundreds of rock-throwing high school students who repeatedly blocked traffic on Santiago's main avenue.The government said 159 students had been detained shortly after...
UN calls for freedom of detained seamen
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters):The United Nation Security Council expressed "grave concern" yesterday at Iran's detention of 15 British sailors and Marines and asked for their release. In a press statement, negotiated for hours and watered down considerably...
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