http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with world news and current affairs that matter en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204389,france-calls-for-political-solution-to-lebanon-crisis.html Paris - As violence escalated in Lebanon, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner on Friday called for a political solution to the crisis. There is no other solution than a political one. Fifteen years of civil war have shown that one side cannot w... Fri, 09 May 2008 12:32:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204389,france-calls-for-political-solution-to-lebanon-crisis.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204388,lothar-matthaeus-obtains-german-coaching-licence.html Frankfurt - Lothar Matthaeus can officially call himself a football coach after obtaining the necessary licence on Friday in his native Germany. Matthaeus, 47, passed the final test after a special three-month course only for him, conducted by Erich ... Fri, 09 May 2008 12:26:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204388,lothar-matthaeus-obtains-german-coaching-licence.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204387,missing-link-found-in-german-rock--fossil-record-fixed.html Wuppertal, Germany - A fossil which was hailed Friday as the missing link in a worldwide evolutionary mystery has been discovered by a rock hunter poking around after a building demolition in Germany. The carpoid, which lived 360 million years ago, i... Fri, 09 May 2008 12:26:01 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204387,missing-link-found-in-german-rock--fossil-record-fixed.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204385,more-domestic-violence-in-austria-during-euro-minister-fears.html Vienna - Domestic violence could rise sharply during the European football championships in June, Doris Bures, Austria's minister for women's affairs, said on Friday. Frustration and increased alcohol consumption would drive up domestic violence duri... Australasia,World Fri, 09 May 2008 12:20:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204385,more-domestic-violence-in-austria-during-euro-minister-fears.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204383,incest-trial-not-before-autumn-austrian-prosecutors-say.html Vienna - The trial of Josef Fritzl, accused of imprisoning and raping his daughter for 24 years in a dungeon in the Austrian town of Amstetten, is not expected before autumn, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office said Friday. Speaking to reporters ... Europe,World Fri, 09 May 2008 12:08:10 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204383,incest-trial-not-before-autumn-austrian-prosecutors-say.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204382,china-confirms-kidnap-of-three-workers-in-nigeria.html Beijing - China's foreign ministry on Friday confirmed that three Chinese construction workers were kidnapped in southern Nigeria and said the government was trying to secure their release. The Chinese embassy in Nigeria was exerting all efforts wit... Africa,World Fri, 09 May 2008 12:08:10 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204382,china-confirms-kidnap-of-three-workers-in-nigeria.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204381,girl-who-rescued-schoolmates-from-fire-to-be-made-heroine.html Kampala, Uganda - A 10-year old girl, who rescued an unknown number of her classmates from a school dormitory fire on April 14 before she and 19 others died in the inferno, is to be declared a national heroine, the Ugandan parliament confirmed Friday... Africa,World Fri, 09 May 2008 12:02:07 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204381,girl-who-rescued-schoolmates-from-fire-to-be-made-heroine.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204380,mbeki-back-in-zimbabwe-for-round-two-talks-with-mugabe.html Johannesburg - South African President Thabo Mbeki returned to Zimbabwe Friday for talks with President Robert Mugabe on the country's post-election impasse as foreign ambassadors visited the victims of attacks carried out by Mugabe-loyal youth milit... Africa,World Fri, 09 May 2008 12:02:07 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204380,mbeki-back-in-zimbabwe-for-round-two-talks-with-mugabe.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204379,jordan-police-questions-family-members-over-new-crime-of-honour.html Amman - The Jordanian authorities are questioning a 22-year- old man, who allegedly killed his pregnant married sister for reasons related to family honour, the Jordan Times reported Friday, quoting official sources. The 20-year-old victim, who was n... Middle East,World Fri, 09 May 2008 11:50:00 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204379,jordan-police-questions-family-members-over-new-crime-of-honour.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204378,analysis-new-olmert-probe-creates-more-uncertainty-for-peace-process.html Jerusalem - The already tenuous Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations are facing yet another uncertainty. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's political future is once again being called into question, with a new police investigation into alleged co... Middle East,World Fri, 09 May 2008 11:43:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204378,analysis-new-olmert-probe-creates-more-uncertainty-for-peace-process.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204377,lebanons-majority-under-siege-negotiations-under-way--summary.html Beirut - Beirut residents were seen early Friday fleeing the city towards Christian east Beirut after clashes engulfed the city throughout the night, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 30 others. Taking advantage of sporadic lulls Frid... Middle East,World Fri, 09 May 2008 11:43:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204377,lebanons-majority-under-siege-negotiations-under-way--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204376,serbs-wrap-up-dirty-campaign-as-election-looms--feature.html Belgrade - Serb politicians finally were muzzled by a media blackout ahead of Sunday's snap elections, ending a marathon campaign that was the dirtiest since the era of Slobodan Milosevic and left voters weary. Scrambling for votes in the wake of Kos... Europe,World Fri, 09 May 2008 11:43:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204376,serbs-wrap-up-dirty-campaign-as-election-looms--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204374,mayors-of-london-and-new-york-in-first-exchange-on.html London - London's new Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson held talks Friday with Michael Bloomberg, his New York counterpart, whose zero tolerance policies on crime and anti-social behaviour he wants to copy. The two men exchanged novelty gifts - a ... UK,World Fri, 09 May 2008 11:37:04 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204374,mayors-of-london-and-new-york-in-first-exchange-on.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204373,hungarian-croatian-presidents-hoping-for-pro-europe-win-in-serbia.html Budapest - The presidents of Croatia and Hungary on Friday said they hoped that Europe-friendly forces would win parliamentary elections in Serbia scheduled for Sunday. The election is being billed as a choice between closer ties to Europe with event... Europe,World Fri, 09 May 2008 11:30:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204373,hungarian-croatian-presidents-hoping-for-pro-europe-win-in-serbia.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204372,zimbabwean-aid-worker-killed-in-kenya.html Nairobi - Unknown attackers killed a 37-year-old staff member of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Lokichoggio, north-west Kenya, a spokesman said Friday. The aid worker, identified as Silence Chirara, was ambushed Wednesday evening only 100 metres f... Africa,World Fri, 09 May 2008 11:30:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204372,zimbabwean-aid-worker-killed-in-kenya.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204371,visa-delays-continue-to-hamper-overstretched-rescue-efforts.html Geneva - UN aid agency officials in Geneva could only confirm that three visas had been granted to relief specialists a week after the cyclone struck Myanmar. Two out of five experts from a UN emergency assessment team (UNDAC), who had been waiting i... Asia,World Fri, 09 May 2008 11:23:03 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204371,visa-delays-continue-to-hamper-overstretched-rescue-efforts.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204368,india-protests-to-pakistan-over-border-firing.html New Delhi - India on Friday lodged a strong protest with Pakistan after its border guards came under heavy fire from suspected Muslim militants attempting to cross into India-administered Kashmir, news reports said. The firing took place in the Sam... India,World Fri, 09 May 2008 11:17:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204368,india-protests-to-pakistan-over-border-firing.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204367,former-prisoners-of-war-protest-in-sarajevo.html Sarajevo - Some 2,000 former prisoners of war, members of 51 war prisoners associations in Bosnia's Muslim-Croat Federation, gathered Friday before government building in Sarajevo for peaceful demonstrations demanding a resolution of status from the ... Europe,World Fri, 09 May 2008 11:17:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204367,former-prisoners-of-war-protest-in-sarajevo.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204365,aid-group-says-people-dying-in-new-north-korean-famine.html Seoul - People have begun to starve to death in famine-plagued North Korea, where food supplies are declining, the Buddhist aid group Good Friends said Friday. The Korean organization quoted an unnamed senior North Korean ruling party official as say... Asia,World Fri, 09 May 2008 11:11:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204365,aid-group-says-people-dying-in-new-north-korean-famine.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204364,jordan-supports-lebanese-government-arab-league-meeting.html Amman - Jordan on Friday expressed support for the legitimate Lebanese government and welcomed a call to convene an emergency Arab League meeting to discuss latest developments in Lebanon. Jordan backs Lebanon's legitimate government and constitut... Middle East,World Fri, 09 May 2008 11:11:06 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/204364,jordan-supports-lebanese-government-arab-league-meeting.html