Saturday, November 21, 2009

Weekend World Watch: Opening the gates

* Sri Lanka: International pressure and domestic “security concerns” were reportedly behind the Sri Lankan government's move to free 130,000 Tamil refugees kept in internment camps.

* China: At least 87 people have died and 21 are missing after an explosion at a northeastern Chinese coal mine.

* Middle East: Hamas and other Gaza-based rebel factions agreed to end rocket attacks against Israel yet warned that it would resume doing so “in the event of any Israeli incursions.”

* Vatican City: Pope Benedict XV met with the head of the Anglican Church as more conservative Anglicans are increasingly upset at the Church's wider of acceptance of gays and women.

Image – Guardian UK (“Tamil civilians peep over a fence at an internment camp in Vavuniya yesterday.”)
Online Sources- Al Jazeera English, MSNBC, Bloomberg, BBC News

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