{"id":4689,"date":"2009-05-07T13:45:19","date_gmt":"2009-05-07T17:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=4689"},"modified":"2009-05-11T16:34:34","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T20:34:34","slug":"world-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/uncategorized\/world-links\/4689\/","title":{"rendered":"World Links: ICRC Warns of Humanitarian Crisis in Swat, European Interest Rates Cut to Historic Low"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dawn-content-library\/dawn\/news\/pakistan\/provinces\/11-gunship-helicopters-pound-mingora--01\" target=\"_blank\">Nine soldiers are killed<\/a> in northwest Pakistan as fighting in Swat Valley intensifies. The International Committee of the Red Cross warns that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dawn-content-library\/dawn\/news\/pakistan\/provinces\/16-nwfp-humanitarian-crisis-intensifying-icrc-hs-13\" target=\"_blank\">humanitarian crisis<\/a> in Pakistan is getting worse, and that dangerous conditions mean it can no longer reach the most affected areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The European Central Bank <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/newspaper\/breaking\/2009\/0507\/breaking42.htm\" target=\"_blank\">cut interests<\/a> rates to one percent, a historic low.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">A French judge clears the way for probes into <a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200905070613.html\" target=\"_blank\">assets of three heads of state in Africa<\/a>. 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