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Awaz Apni WASHINGTON: Obama-fever swept the globe Tuesday carrying widespread public hopes that the incoming US president would lead the world into a new crisis-free era.In the hours before Barack Obama took the oath of office in Washington, foreign governments and new polls all showed huge support for the Democratic president even though many analysts have warned that expectations for his rule are unrealistic.Pictures of Obama dominated front pages and television news programmes around the world. A Spain's newspaper published a photo of Obama and his wife Michelle above the headline: "The American Dream Comes to Power"Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero said an "Obama effect" could shorten the global recession."We could see a rebound faster than expected, it is a question of confidence because the fundamentals of the global economy are good enough," added the socialist premier.German Chancellor Angela Merkel was looking forward to working close...

CNews LA PAZ: Deadly clashes in Bolivia Thursday further stoked fears of widespread unrest and possibly civil war, amid a furore over the expulsion of the US ambassador to the country.At least two people were killed and a dozen people wounded in violent clashes between pro- and anti-government protesters in the northeastern town of Cobija, officials said.It was the third day of street violence in parts of the country.The conflagration was a worsening of a months-long political standoff between Morales, who has been pushing through socialist reforms since becoming president in 2006, and conservative governors in the east opposed to his reforms.He is majority-indigenous Bolivia's first indigenous president, seeking to distribute resources more equally in the poorest country in South America.And the conflict has racial overtones as relatively prosperous regions of the eastern lowlands, where more people are of European descent and mixed-race, are keen to hold on to local resources the...

CNews TBILISI: Russian warplanes attacked more targets around the capital Tbilisi, early on Monday (August 10) while U.S. President George W. Bush condemned Moscow's "disproportionate response" to the South Ossetian crisis. Russian planes bombed a military base and radar installation the interior ministry said, hours after France's foreign minister arrived in Georgia on a mediation mission. "We detected a lot of objects moving from Tskhinvali on our monitors, and as usual we sent the information to the control point and then we saw three jets moving from the territory of Azerbaijan. Then we got an order to leave the radar building, looked around and saw it was headwind from Tbilisi direction," said Alexander Zikov, head of the locator set, shortly after the attack. "The radar set controlled planes during taking off and landing. It controlled the military crafts as well and that is why it was targeted," said Zikov looking at the installation ablaze...

CNews TBILISI: Around 150 Pakistan nationals have been stranded in Georgia during the war, a stranded Pakistani told.Naveed Ejaz, a Pakistani staying in Georgia, on a telephonic conversation said the more than 150 Pakistanis were stranded in Georgia and were failed to contact with the Pakistan embassy in the country, neither the mission itself contacted its nationals. “Forty-six Pakistanis have reached to Azerbaijan border but not being allowed entry in the country,” he said. He appealed the government of Pakistan to facilitate him and other Pakistanis stranded in Georgia to quit the war hit country and arrange their entry in Azerbaijan. “My driver’s daughter was killed in airstrikes in Tbilisi,” he added.

CNews BEIJING: President Bush on Monday sharply criticized Moscow's harsh military crackdown in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, saying the violence is unacceptable and Russia's response is disproportionate.The United States is waging an all-out campaign to press Russia to halt its retaliation against Georgia for trying to take control of the breakaway province of South Ossetia.Bush, in an interview said, "I've expressed my grave concern about the disproportionate response of Russia and that we strongly condemn the bombing outside of South Ossetia."On Sunday, Vice President Dick Cheney said that "Russian aggression must not go unanswered, and that its continuation would have serious consequences for its relations with the United States."The crisis over South Ossetia appeared to ebb as Georgian troops began retreating and honoring a cease-fire, a claim Russia disputed. U.S. officials said Moscow was only broadening its retaliation against Georgia fo...

CNews Russia has continued air raids deep inside Georgia, after it rejected Tbilisi's announcement that it had called a ceasefire and wanted talks. Jets bombed targets near Tbilisi, including the airport, and a Georgian boat was later sunk, reports said. Earlier Georgia said its troops had pulled out of the breakaway region of South Ossetia and Russia was in control of its capital, Tskhinvali. Thousands of civilians have fled - it is not clear how many have been killed. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili told the CNews his forces had observed a ceasefire since 0500 on Sunday morning, but had still been bombed by Russian planes. He said his government had been trying "all day" to contact Russia to discuss a ceasefire. Peace mission Russian jets were still carrying out bombing raids late on Sunday. Witnesses said jets had hit Tbilisi International Airport, as well as a military airfield close to the Georgian capital. The airport was hit only a few hours before French Fo...

جورجیا اور روس کی فوجوں میں علیحدگی اختیار کرنے والے صوبے جنوبی اوسیٹیا پر شدید لڑائی کے دوران جورجیا کے حکام نے اعلان کیا ہے کہ وہ جنوبی اوسیٹیا سے اپنی فوجیوں واپس بلا رہا ہے۔ اس اثناء روس کے جنگی بحری جہازوں نے بحیرہ اسود کے ساحل پر جورجیا کی بندرگاہوں کا محاصرہ کر لیا ہے جہاں سے گندم اور تیل کی درآمدات کو روکا جا رہا ہے۔ روس نے اس بات سے انکار کیا ہے کہ وہ تیل کی ترسیل میں خلل ڈالنا چاہتے ہیں تاہم انہوں نے کہا کہ وہ اس بات کا اختیار رکھتے ہیں کہ کسی بھی جہاز کو روک کر اس کی تلاشی لیں۔ یوکرین نے دھمکی دی ہے کہ وہ روس کے جنگی جہازوں کو سیواستوپول کی بندگارہ میں نہیں آنے نہیں دیں گے۔ بحریہ اسود میں یہ بندگارہ یوکرین اور روس کی فوجیوں مشترکہ طور پر استعمال کرتی ہیں۔جورجیا کے ایک اعلی اہلکار شوتا اوتیشاولی نے کہا ہے کہ جنوبی اوسیٹیا کا مرکزی شہر شیخنوالی اب مکمل طور پر روسی فوجوں کے قبضے میں ہے۔ جورجیا نے اس بات کی تردید کی ہے کہ اسے فوجی شکست کا سامنا ہے۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ جنوبی اوسیٹیا سے شہری اور فوجی جانی نقصان سے بچنے کے لیے نکالا گیا ہے۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ جورجیا کو اب بڑے انسانی بحرا...