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May 1, 2008 (Bruno Waterfield, The Telegraph) - Nato warned Russia on Wednesday that it was "escalating tension" and threatening a Western ally by increasing the number of troops in two breakaway regions of Georgia.

April 30, 2008 (The New Times (Kigali)) - Rwanda has added its voice in calling for the UN to carry out a full inquiry into allegations that UN peacekeepers in the Congo was supplying weapons to rebel groups in exchange for minerals.

April 30, 2008 (Dawood Azami, BBC) - Doctors in Afghanistan say rates of some health problems affecting children have doubled in the last two years.

April 30, 2008 (AFP) - Clashes between Shiite militiamen and security forces have killed more than 900 people in Baghdad's Sadr City, an Iraqi official said on Wednesday, as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed to keep up the offensive.

April 29, 2008 (Lolita C. Baldor, AP) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the latest move to add a second U.S. aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf could serve as a "reminder" to Iran. But he says it's not an escalation of force.

April 29, 2008 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's Defense Ministry issued a stern warning to Georgia on Tuesday over its actions in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and pledged to deploy more Russian peacekeepers in the area.

April 29, 2008 (Press TV) - The commander of the Israeli Air Force says the regime's decision makers have been preparing plans to take out Iran's nuclear facilities.

DAMASCUS April 28, 2008 (AFP) - Syria said on Monday that US accusations it had been building a nuclear reactor until its destruction in an Israeli air raid last September were as bogus as American claims that Saddam Hussein's regime had weapons of mass destruction in 2003.

Washington and London’s concerns about escalating violence amid Zimbabwe’s election crisis are being used as a pretext for regime change.

Washington and London’s concerns about escalating violence amid Zimbabwe’s election crisis are being used as a pretext for regime change.