Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Sunday, 28 November 2010


Today from VOANews.com

Seoul Rejects China's Call for Emergency Talks to Defuse Korean Tension

South Korea is effectively rejecting immediate resumption of multi-party dialog involving North Korea

At Least 12 Killed in Pakistan Plane Crash

Russian-made cargo plane crashed into a housing complex killing 8 crew members, and some on the ground, toll likely to increase
Pakistani firefighters struggle to extinguish fire at the site of a plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan, 28 Nov 2010

Brazilian Police, Troops Search Rio Drug Gang Haven

Soldiers and police in Rio de Janeiro invade a city slum, exchange gunfire with the drug gang members
Policemen move inside the Complexo do Alemao slum during an operation against drug traffickers at in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 28 Nov 2010

Polls Open in Haiti Presidential Vote

Over 4 million voters will choose a successor to President Rene Preval among 18 candidates
A voter casts his ballot during the presidential and legislative elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 28 Nov 2010

Presidential Voting Under Way in Ivory Coast

Many polling stations in Abidjan opened late as a result of a curfew to maintain order after at least three people were killed Saturday
Voters, angry at polls not opening one hour after their scheduled start, break down a gate at Groupe Scolaire Saint Jeanne in the Abobo neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 28 Nov 2010

Elections in Egypt Expected to Produce Gains for Ruling Party

President Mubarak's NDP poised to win a solid majority in parliamentary poll amid allegations of harassment, other irregularities
An Egyptian woman casts her vote at a polling station in Alexandria, 10 Nov 2010

WHO Fears Growing Malaria Drug Resistance May Be Spreading

Signs of growing drug resistance to mosquito-borne malaria raising concern
Patients suffering from malaria crowd a ward of a government hospital in Mumbai, India, 30 Jul 2010

Israel Approves Detention Center for Illegal Immigrants

PM Netanyahu says illegals, most of them from African countries, threaten not only Israeli jobs but the character of the country
Children of African migrants that have crossed into Israel from Egypt (file photo)

Swiss Hold Referendum on Expulsion of Foreign Criminals

Head of the Federal Migration Office warns Switzerland could earn a reputation as a xenophobic country if deportation plans passes
A campaign poster at a train station in Zurich reads 'Ivan S, rapist and soon to be Swiss?', 28 Nov 2010

Thousands of Irish Protest Austerity Measures

Protesters march to express their anger at the government's handling of country's financial crisis
Thousands of protesters parade through Central Dublin against the Republic's four-year austerity plan, Ireland, 27 Nov. 2010
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