Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp-world-news.html en-en Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:48:00 +0800 5 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp-world-news.html http://sg.yimg.com/i/sg/mastheads/ma_nws_1.gif 30 140 http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080705/twl-france-colombia-hostages-betancourt-6b0205e.html /afp/20080705/r_t_afp_wl_eu/twl-france-colombia-hostages-betancourt-6b0205e_1 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:48:00 +0800 Former Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt said she had been given a clean bill of health on Saturday after a series of medical tests at a Paris military hospital. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080706/twl-g8-summit-zimbabwe-us-7e07afd.html /afp/20080706/r_t_afp_wl_us/twl-g8-summit-zimbabwe-us-7e07afd_1 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:12:00 +0800 The White House said Saturday that G8 leaders are likely to "strongly condemn" Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and "strongly question" his government's legitimacy, at their Japan summit beginning Monday. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080705/twl-cuba-dissidents-arrests-us-7e07afd.html /afp/20080705/r_t_afp_wl_us/twl-cuba-dissidents-arrests-us-7e07afd_1 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:09:00 +0800 Cuba this week rounded up and detained more than 30 dissidents after accusing the United States of "instigating" opposition to the Communist regime, a top rights activist told AFP Saturday. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080705/twl-russia-georgia-abkhazia-unrest-6b0205e.html /afp/20080705/r_t_afp_wl_eu/twl-russia-georgia-abkhazia-unrest-6b0205e_2 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:43:00 +0800 Russia's defence ministry on Saturday accused Georgia of harbouring plans to take back the separatist province of Abkhazia by force that could trigger a war, Interfax news agency reported. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080705/twl-spain-politics-6b0205e.html /afp/20080705/r_t_afp_wl_eu/twl-spain-politics-6b0205e_1 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 02:41:00 +0800 Spain's governing socialists, meeting at a congress in Madrid, said Saturday they wanted the law on abortion to be relaxed in the predominantly Catholic country. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080705/twl-turkey-crime-politics-4bdc673.html /afp/20080705/r_t_afp_wl_other/twl-turkey-crime-politics-4bdc673_1 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:27:00 +0800 A Turkish court on Saturday remanded seven people, including a retired army officer and a top businessman, in custody in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow the government, the Anatolia news agency reported. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080705/twl-france-colombia-rebels-hostages-6b0205e.html /afp/20080705/r_t_afp_wl_eu/twl-france-colombia-rebels-hostages-6b0205e_3 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:21:00 +0800 Former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt on Saturday left a Paris hospital after medical tests which her sister said were "satisfactory" following her six years as a hostage of rebels in the jungle. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080705/twl-eu-france-treaty-6b0205e.html /afp/20080705/r_t_afp_wl_eu/twl-eu-france-treaty-6b0205e_1 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 01:13:00 +0800 French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday urged his Polish counterpart to ratify the European Union's Lisbon Treaty, despite Ireland's rejection, as France seeks to resolve the first crisis of its EU presidency. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080706/twl-mongolia-vote-protest-4bdc673.html /afp/20080706/r_t_afp_wl_other/twl-mongolia-vote-protest-4bdc673 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:55:00 +0800 Mongolia has lifted the state of emergency imposed after deadly election riots hit the capital Ulan Bator, with the president Sunday appealing for calm amid lingering fears of further violence. AFP http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080705/twl-iran-nuclear-politics-575b600.html /afp/20080705/r_t_afp_wl_me/twl-iran-nuclear-politics-575b600_2 Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:49:00 +0800 Iran on Saturday offered to negotiate on its nuclear drive but without a freeze on uranium enrichment, in its first comments since responding to an international package aimed at ending the standoff. AFP