http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/index.html SearchLiberia.com and SLNews : Searching Liberia for the Truth. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:44:28 -0500 http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/middle-east-and-asia/global-trends-driving-land-grab-in-poor-nations.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/middle-east-and-asia/global-trends-driving-land-grab-in-poor-nations.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:06:00 -0500 Resource-hungry nations are snapping up huge tracts of agricultural land in poor Asian nations, in what activists say is a "land grab" that will worsen poverty and malnutrition. Middle East and Asia http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/middle-east-and-asia/worldwide-alarm-at-israeli-ground-offensive.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/middle-east-and-asia/worldwide-alarm-at-israeli-ground-offensive.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:59:00 -0500 Israel's tank and troop assault on the Gaza Strip unleashed worldwide cries of alarm on Sunday, but Israel won heavyweight US backing and moves for an immediate ceasefire foundered at the United Nations. Middle East and Asia http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/middle-east-and-asia/cut-oil-sales-to-israel-s-backers-iranian-commander.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/middle-east-and-asia/cut-oil-sales-to-israel-s-backers-iranian-commander.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:53:00 -0500 TEHRAN, Jan 4 (Reuters) - An Iranian military commander called on Islamic countries to cut oil exports to Israel's supporters in response to the Jewish state's offensive in Gaza, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday. Middle East and Asia http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/united-states/accused-9-11-plotter-mohammed-faces-a-french-trial.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/united-states/accused-9-11-plotter-mohammed-faces-a-french-trial.html Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:48:00 -0500 The self-described mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks goes on trial in absentia in France on Monday for allegedly ordering a deadly Tunisian synagogue bombing less than a year after the assault on New York and Washington. United States http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/united-states/laura-bush-rice-defend-bush-era.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/united-states/laura-bush-rice-defend-bush-era.html Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:25:00 -0500 US President George W. Bush's top women advisers -- wife Laura and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice -- fought back Sunday against critics who say his presidency was one of the worst ever. United States http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/united-states/zimbabwe-could-face-same-fate-as-guinea.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/united-states/zimbabwe-could-face-same-fate-as-guinea.html Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:31:00 -0500 The top U.S. envoy for Africa has warned that Zimbabwe could face the same fate as Guinea when Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe dies. United States http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/middle-east-and-asia/china-donates-500-000-us-dollars-to-zimbabwe-for-cholera.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/middle-east-and-asia/china-donates-500-000-us-dollars-to-zimbabwe-for-cholera.html Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:23:00 -0500 China has donated 500,000 dollars (357,930 euros) in cash to Zimbabwe's government to fight a cholera epidemic that has killed nearly 1,200 people, a state daily reported Wednesday. Middle East and Asia http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/middle-east-and-asia/piracy-draws-china-back-to-the-ranks-of-maritime-giants.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/middle-east-and-asia/piracy-draws-china-back-to-the-ranks-of-maritime-giants.html Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:21:00 -0500 Piracy off the coast of Somalia has forced China to send its navy far afield and return to the ranks of maritime powers in the same seas where the last great Chinese fleet operated some 600 years ago. Middle East and Asia http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/united-states/blagojevich-questioning-takes-up-obama-s-time.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/united-states/blagojevich-questioning-takes-up-obama-s-time.html Wed, 24 Dec 2008 12:13:00 -0500 President-elect Barack Obama has said all along that neither he nor his team was involved in any eye-popping dealmaking over filling his vacated Senate seat. Obama's hand-picked investigator agreed United States http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/middle-east-and-asia/no-proof-china-provided-ammo-flown-from-congo-to-zimbabwe.html http://www.searchliberia.com/slnews/world-news/middle-east-and-asia/no-proof-china-provided-ammo-flown-from-congo-to-zimbabwe.html Tue, 23 Dec 2008 12:43:00 -0500 A UN weapons expert said Tuesday that there was no evidence that ammunition flown from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Zimbabwe in August originated from China. Middle East and Asia