{"id":4684,"date":"2009-05-05T13:40:42","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T17:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=4684"},"modified":"2009-05-05T14:09:08","modified_gmt":"2009-05-05T18:09:08","slug":"world-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/world-links\/4684\/","title":{"rendered":"World Links: 500,000 People Expected To Leave Swat Valley; Georgia Accuses Russia of Backing Mutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Georgia sends tanks to a military base near the capital, Tbilisi, to quash what it says is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/article\/600\/42\/376833.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Russian-backed mutiny<\/span><\/a> attempting to undermine upcoming NATO exercises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Half-a-million people are expected to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dawn-content-library\/dawn\/news\/pakistan\/provinces\/09-500000-expected-to-flee-from-swat-nwfp-govt-szh--04\" target=\"_blank\">flee Pakistan&#8217;s Swat  Valley<\/a> to escape fighting between the army and militants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Fifteen activists from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zimonline.co.za\/Article.aspx?ArticleId=4555\" target=\"_blank\">MDC party are rearrested for<\/a> plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/8034565.stm\" target=\"_blank\">UN report is critical of Israel\u2019s raids on Gaza<\/a> four months ago, and recommends further investigation into possible war crimes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia sends tanks to a military base near the capital, Tbilisi, to quash what it says is a Russian-backed mutiny attempting to undermine upcoming NATO exercises. 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Fifteen activists from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai\u2019s MDC party are rearrested for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2254,309,310,4350,311,13,4294],"class_list":["post-4684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-georgia","tag-mdc","tag-morgan-tsvangirai","tag-nato","tag-robert-mugabe","tag-russia","tag-swat-valley"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Links: 500,000 People Expected To Leave Swat Valley; Georgia Accuses Russia of Backing Mutiny | Wide Angle | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Links: 500,000 People Expected To Leave Swat Valley; Georgia Accuses Russia of Backing Mutiny | Wide Angle | PBS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Georgia sends tanks to a military base near the capital, Tbilisi, to quash what it says is a Russian-backed mutiny attempting to undermine upcoming NATO exercises. 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