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Why can’t U.S. soldiers who are stationed at American military bases in Japan represent their country honorably when they are overseas and just, well, you know, behave themselves? That’s the question many Japanese have been asking for a long time. There are roughly 50,000 U.S. troops based in Japan; the broader, American military-related population there [...]
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Hasta la semana pasada, Paraguay parecÃa congelado en el tiempo. Mientras otros paÃses en la región experimentaban transformaciones polÃticas y sociales exigidas por electorados insatisfechos con clases dirigentes corruptas y elitistas, el Partido Colorado del ex dictador Alfredo Stroessner habÃa entrado en su séptima década en el poder. Read more
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Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama offer the same beguiling Democratic version of the global war on terrorism: Get out of Iraq and put more U.S. forces into Afghanistan to win that conflict decisively. Republicans are also increasingly urging President Bush to adopt an Afghanistan-first policy. Read more
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CONNOLLY, Ireland — For generations, Carney’s, the only pub in this tiny village in western Ireland, had been the place to strike up a romance, celebrate a birth or mourn a death — or just sip a pint of Guinness among friends near a warm fire on a damp day. Read more
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The Bush administration and Congress have been caught flat-footed by rapidly escalating global food prices and are scrambling to respond to a crisis that they increasingly view as a threat to U.S. national security, according to government officials, congressional staffers and human rights experts. Read more
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MEXICO CITY, May 23 — A popular Haitian actor and radio talk show host was found shot to death Wednesday in Port-au-Prince, the second killing of a Haitian radio journalist in the past week. Read more
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LIMA, Peru, Dec. 12 — The United States on Wednesday said it had evidence that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s government tried to secretly funnel hundreds of thousands of dollars to the campaign of Argentina‘s new president. Read more
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BOCA DEL RIO, Mexico — Former president Vicente Fox was immortalized in bronze in this seaside resort city — for about seven hours. Read more
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A generation after the first attempt failed, people are once more talking seriously about eradicating malaria. Read more
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BAGHDAD, April 25 — Anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr ordered his millions of followers Friday to continue observing a fragile cease-fire and not attack Iraqi troops, a move apparently designed to stave off a bloody confrontation with the government. Read more
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BUENOS AIRES, April 25 — Inside a busy church hall early Friday morning, many of the 60 men waiting for a free breakfast tilted their heads upward to watch news flashes periodically scroll across a wall-mounted television. Read more
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HARARE (Reuters) – President Robert Mugabe’s party has failed to secure control of Zimbabwe’s parliament in a partial recount of March 29 elections, results showed on Saturday, handing the ruling party its first defeat in 28 years. Read more
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Three New York City police detectives were acquitted on Friday in the killing of an unarmed black man in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day — prompting angry demonstrations and a federal review. Read more
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None of the original results were overturned, making it difficult for the ruling Zanu-PF party to overturn an opposition majority in the lower house. Read more
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Although the government’s announcement, first reported Friday by the official Xinhua News Agency and carried again by other state media Saturday, stopped well short of promising to restart negotiations, it drew international praise. It came after weeks of calls from world leaders for dialogue between Beijing and the Dalai Lama. Read more
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Fears of petrol shortages across much of Britain were growing ahead of a walkout by workers at one of the country’s largest oil refineries. Read more
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WASHINGTON (April 24) – The White House said Thursday that North Korea’s secret work on a nuclear reactor with Syria was “a dangerous and potentially destabilizing development for the world,” raising doubts about Pyongyang’s intention to carry through with a promised disclosure of its nuclear activities. Read more
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Tom Austin, 22, was on a trip through the Andes when an overcrowded Toyota Land Cruiser 4 x 4 tried to overtake his tour group on a narrow mountain pass. Read more
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Three New York City detectives were found not guilty on Friday in the shooting death of an unarmed black man killed in a hail of 50 bullets on his wedding day, prompting angry reactions and a federal review of the case. Read more