2009-03-23

    YICHANG, March 23 (Xinhua) - More than 7,000 homes were damaged and
two people injured in hailstorms over the weekend in central China's
Hubei Province. The storm, which started Saturday and ended Monday,
dropped some hailstones that were "as big as eggs," according to the
local government information office.

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Reuters
Saturday, March 21, 2009; 1:40 PM

MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Russian security forces in the southern
region of Dagestan on Saturday said they had ended an operation against
militants after three days of clashes in which they said 21 people were
killed.

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The outspoken Czech leader has warned of a ‘democratic deficit’
August 1968, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia --- A young man waves Slovak and
Czechoslovakian flags, as he watches Soviet tanks move slowly along a
Bratislava street

When Soviet tanks rolled into Czech streets
Bojan Pancevski

THE leader of the Czech Republic, which holds the rotating European
Union presidency, has warned that a “Europe of states” is in danger of
turning into a “state of Europe”, legislating on almost every aspect of
people’s lives but lacking in democracy and transparency.

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21 Mar 2009 21:29:16 GMT
Source: Reuters

* Israel blocks Palestinian events in Jerusalem

* Abbas urges Israel to change policies on city for peace

By Ori Lewis

JERUSALEM, March 21 (Reuters) - Israeli police dispersed crowds of
Palestinians on Saturday as they held celebrations in Jerusalem marking
the start of the city's tenure as the Arab League's "capital of Arab
culture" for 2009.

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