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Britain’s Brown: Skipping Olympics opening not a boycott Can – or, some might say, should – any politician ever be trusted? And when is a gesture that looks like a boycott not really a boycott? Those are some of the questions the latest news about British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s on-again, off-again plans for attending [...]
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[I want to move on to subjects other than the Lindsay Hawker murder (although as long as it remains unsolved, I'll no doubt return to it from time to time). But here, anyway, is a piece I wrote for yesterday’s paper. Read more
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So what’s Dick Cheney doing going fly fishing with a naked lady? Hasn’t he got a superpower to help run? This official White House photo of the US Vice-President enjoying an afternoon’s fishing at Snake River, Idaho, set off a bit of a storm after an American blogger noticed what looked like a woman in [...]
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Cuando la crisis financiera internacional de fines de los 90 golpeó duro a América Latina, lÃderes regionales prometieron encontrar su propio camino hacia la recuperación y reducir su dependencia de instituciones financieras con sede en Washington. Nadie pudo imaginarse entonces que Estados Unidos serÃa el epicentro de la próxima turbulencia internacional, una crisis crediticia global [...]
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Watching Pervez Musharraf perform brings to mind Fred Astaire. The Pakistani president tap-dances so nimbly across the world stage with such flair that you forget he is practicing a dying art. Read more
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SODERTALJE, Sweden — Behind the wheel of his old Ford Escort, Oshin Merzoian puttered happily along snowy streets. Back home in Baghdad, he said, he always drove at crazy speeds to avoid killers and kidnappers. Read more
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BEIJING, April 11 — The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee ended its last session before Beijing’s Summer Games Friday without altering plans for the torch relay, despite disruptions and protests that have taken the joy out of what was meant to be a journey of harmony. Read more
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MEXICO CITY, June 29 — Latin America reacted with sharp disappointment Friday to the U.S. Senate‘s defeat of an immigration bill, a decision that Mexican President Felipe Calderón called “a grave error” and Salvadoran President ElÃas Antonio Saca said was “a pity.” Read more
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The House voted yesterday to delay consideration of a trade agreement with Colombia, despite fierce opposition from the Bush administration and accusations by Republicans that Democrats were subverting long-standing laws on such pacts. Read more
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VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico, Nov. 6 — Roofs rot underwater, stretched out by the thousands over miles and miles. But it is the roofs jutting just above the brown, stinking floodwaters that truly make the heart ache. Read more
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AXIM, Ghana — In a world mad for oil, last year’s discovery of massive new reserves off Ghana‘s coast has been greeted as a national lottery ticket improbably paying off: Fishermen fantasize about steady jobs, politicians about gushing revenue. A traditional chief imagines a sparkling new city rising where now there are only impoverished coastal [...]
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The Bush administration is negotiating two accords with the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to replace the U.N. mandate for a multinational military presence there that expires at the end of this year. Read more
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The United States is prepared to lift two key economic sanctions against North Korea under a tentative deal reached with that country this week, which requires Pyongyang to acknowledge U.S. concerns and evidence about a range of nuclear activities, U.S. and Asian diplomats said yesterday. Read more
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DUSHANBE (Reuters) – French troops operating in Afghanistan will number about 3,000, France’s Foreign Minister, Bernard Kouchner, said on Friday on a visit to the central Asian state of Tajikistan. Read more
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China said it was outraged by a resolution by U.S. lawmakers urging an end to a crackdown in Tibet as a Beijing-run newspaper linked al Qaeda to claimed plots to attack the Beijing Olympics. Read more
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Democratic opponents of US President George W Bush have accused him of putting off tough decisions on Iraq until after the presidential elections. Read more
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Police and protesters clashed on the streets of San Francisco yesterday before the Olympic torch had even started its six-mile journey through the city. Read more
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Kate and Gerry McCann set off for Brussels last night hoping to persuade MEPs to introduce a Europe-wide alert system they believe could prevent other children going missing like their daughter Madeleine. Read more
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“We face a real terrorist threat,” Wu said. The arrests took place between March 26 and April 6, he said. Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror hijackings, China has tried to portray the simmering separatist rebellion in Xinjiang as being fueled by terrorist organizations in Central Asia and the Middle East. But evidence made public [...]