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After passing through Hong Kong, yesterday the symbolic Olympic torch arrived in Sanya, in the southern-China island province of Hainan. Its headline-making, controversy-provoking, international relay trip began in Greece at the end of March. The state-controlled China Daily reports that, in Sanya, “[m]ovie stars, sporting icons and a beauty queen added glitz and glamour to [...]
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El gobernador de Nueva York dice que quiere hacer más seguras las carreteras, mejorar la labor policial y ahorrarle a automovilistas $120 millones de dólares en tarifas de seguro. Pero parece que por ahora su plan se ha varado. Read more
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MOSCOW — Relations between Russia and Ukraine, bedeviled by disputes over natural gas supplies and NATO expansion, have lately been roiled by one of the great tragedies of Soviet history: the famine of 1932-33, which left millions dead from starvation and related diseases. Read more
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TAIPEI, Taiwan, May 5 — Taiwanese prosecutors announced Monday that Vice Premier Chiou I-jen is suspected of corruption in connection with a diplomatic scandal involving an alleged attempt to defraud the government of nearly $30 million. Read more
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GUATEMALA CITY — It began with four charred bodies on a dirt road. Read more
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Dec. 7 — President Alvaro Uribe said Friday that his government was willing to meet with Marxist rebels in a specially demarcated swath of rural Colombia in a bid to win the release of high-profile hostages. The captives include a French-Colombian politician and three Pentagon contractors. Read more
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MEXICO CITY, Oct. 5 — Even before its unveiling, a massive proposed U.S. aid package to help Mexico battle drug trafficking is spawning some unease, grumbles and words of caution on both sides of the border. Read more
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Clashes between southern Sudanese troops and tribal militias in a contested oil-rich region of Sudan are intensifying, and the return of thousands of war refugees is fueling friction in the absence of adequate relief and basic services, according to the aid group Doctors Without Borders. Read more
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BAGHDAD, May 4 — The Iraqi government said Sunday that it has “concrete evidence” Iran is fomenting violence in Iraq and that a high-level panel had been formed to document the proof. Read more
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BANGKOK, May 5 — Burma’s military junta vowed Monday to push ahead with a controversial national referendum on a new constitution, even as the country was reeling from the impact of a cyclone that killed more than 350 and left tens of thousands homeless. Read more
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A young man was shot and killed when thousands of Somalis protested in Mogadishu on Monday over food traders’ refusal to take old currency notes amid spiraling inflation, witnesses said. Read more
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By Aung Hla Tun YANGON (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of people are without shelter and drinking water in military-ruled Myanmar after a devastating cyclone tore through the Irrawaddy delta, a United Nations official said on Monday. Aid agencies scrambled to deliver plastic sheeting, water and clothing from [...]
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Some aid is beginning to reach victims of the cyclone that hit Burma on Saturday, killing hundreds of people and leaving tens of thousands homeless. Read more
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With the city’s already unstable electricity supply virtually nonfunctional citizens lined up to buy candles, which doubled in price, as well as water since lack of electricity-driven pumps left most households dry. Some walked to the city’s lakes to wash. Read more
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The former First Lady has extolled the virtues of gun ownership and hunting Read more
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A couple believed to be from Northern Ireland had their three young children temporarily taken into protective custody after they became so drunk on holiday in Portugal that they passed out, officials said yesterday. Read more
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SAO PAULO, Brazil (May 4) – A boat ferrying at least 80 people home from a party sank in Brazil’s Amazon region early Sunday, killing at least 15 and leaving dozens missing, according to rescue officials and Brazil’s government. Read more
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The death toll is likely to climb as the authorities manage to contact outlying islands and villages that felt the full force of Cyclone Nagris. Read more
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This list, though hardly exhaustive, provides an overview of some of Africa’s major contemporary civil conflicts. Read more