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The Read International For 8/23/10: News Runthrough

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Spanish Journalists are freed from Al Qaeda's captivity. (Photo from AFP) His weird media tour continues : The commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan says the momentum built up by the Taliban has been reversed in the south of the country and capital Kabul. General David Petraeus said it was important to destroy the safe havens of Taliban. He also said he would offer President Obama his best professional advice on the wisdom of handing control to Afghan forces next July. $815.58 million given to Pakistan is still not enough for its epic disaster. But with NATO forces focusing on silly wars, I guess that isn't a surprise indeed. Julian Assange seems to be in the midst of fighting a smear campaign against him, especially after the charges of him raping someone was dropped in Sweden . Sudan, an ally of Iran, is looking to start its own nuclear programme : The Sudanese government is planning to build a nuclear reactor which is first of its kind purposely for peaceful e...

The Read International For 2/23/10: A Beginning Of The End For The Darfur Disaster?

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Action in Qatar could spell the possible end of one of Earth's darkest conflicts (Photo from EPA) Could the enormous conflict that has received major international attention be on the precipise of ending ? Sudan's largest opposition group is set to sign a peace deal with the government that could end the conflict in Darfur. Documents setting out the terms of the deal, to be signed in Qatar on Tuesday, appear to offer government positions for the Justice and Equality Movement (Jem), the Reuters news agency reported. The documents are the first concrete sign that Khartoum is prepared to share power with the group. A major reason for this potential deal is because of upcoming elections and pressure throughout the world to end the human ugliness that has transpired for seven long years. But there is still a ways to go before that ultimate result becomes reality: But officials warned a March 15 deadline for a final peace deal was overly ambitious. "After the agreement...