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SILVERBELL, Ariz. — Among the statuesque saguaro cactuses in the desert south of this old mining town lies the remnant of a crime scene that federal authorities say signals a troubling and escalated level of violence associated with the human smuggling trade. Read more
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CUMANA, Venezuela — Few associates had been as loyal to President Hugo Chávez as the governor of the coastal state of Sucre, Ramón MartÃnez. And few are now more determined to defeat Chávez as he campaigns for constitutional changes that, if approved by voters on Sunday, could extend his presidency for life. Read more
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U.S. policy toward Cuba, set in stone for decades and long relegated to the far reaches of presidential campaign debate, is enjoying a brief appearance on center stage this week. Read more
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JOHANNESBURG, May 21 — President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday called on South Africa’s military to help quell widening attacks against immigrants in the nation’s poorest neighborhoods, where images of riots, overwhelmed police and burning victims have revived chilling memories of apartheid-era violence. Read more
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The Senate today approved $165 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan well into the next presidency, but in a break with President Bush, it also approved billions of dollars in domestic spending and a generous expansion of veterans education benefits. Read more
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BEIRUT, May 21 — The agreement Wednesday to end an 18-month crisis that brought Lebanon to the brink of civil war has redrawn the map of this fractious country, delivering the Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah a decisive say in the country’s government and serving as another setback for U.S. allies in the Middle East. Read [...]
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BAIJI, Iraq (Reuters) – A U.S. helicopter airstrike on Wednesday night killed eight civilians, including two children, north of Baghdad, police officials said on Thursday. Read more
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YINGXIU, China (Reuters) – More than 80,000 people are dead or missing from China’s worst earthquake in decades, the government said on Thursday, as concerns rose that disease, the rainy season and aftershocks could bring yet more pain. Read more
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in cyclone-hit Burma to tour the devastated Irrawaddy Delta and meet military ruler Gen Than Shwe. Read more
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The confirmed number of dead rose nearly 10,000 from the day before to 51,151, Cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin told a news conference. Another 29,328 people remained missing and nearly 300,000 were hurt in the May 12 quake centered in Sichuan province, he said. Read more
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The news of Ted Kennedy’s fatal illness marks the final chapter in the remarkable saga of a political dynasty THE Kennedys, it is said, don’t matter any more – that you have to be in advanced middle age to have any serious memory of that vanished golden age when John Kennedy was king, and [...]
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A seven-year-old girl allegedly neglected by her parents died of starvation, it was revealed last night. Read more
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BEICHUAN, China (May 22) – China said the death toll from last week’s powerful earthquake jumped to more than 51,000, while the government appealed Thursday for millions of tents to shelter homeless survivors. The confirmed number of dead rose to 51,151, a jump of almost 10,000 from the day before, Cabinet spokesman Guo Weimin told [...]
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Pictured: The seven-year-old girl who starved to death as her 5 siblings scavenged for bread left for the birds Surgeon husband of pregnant actress Natascha McElhone is found dead on his doorstep Triumph and tears after Man United seize European crown from Chelsea in epic Champions League final Riots in West London as Chelsea fans [...]
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BEIJING – Hundreds of Chinese orphaned by the devastating 1976 Tangshan earthquake have offered to take care of victims of last week’s devastating tremor in Sichuan, state media said on Thursday. Read more
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By the time Putin neared the end of his terms, Medvedev had been groomed to a “T” by his predecessor — and enjoyed national popularity due to the clever hand of President Putin. Some had speculated that Putin would have tipped his ushanka to another first deputy prime minister, onetime defense minister Sergei Ivanov, and [...]
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If there’s one hard reality shared by the genocides of the 20th century, it’s that time is running out to bring the perpetrators to justice. That’s true of the relentless hunt for the most wanted Nazis, and true of the masterminds of Cambodia’s Killing Fields. Khieu Samphan, 76, the president of Cambodia during the [...]
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As usual I don’t agree with much of what Dennis Byrne has to say, but this one sentence of his is spot-on. Read more
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Tonight’s Sky.Com News – we’ll have Olly Mann – of the Answer Me This podcasts – in the studio to chat through the quirky web news with Martin. We’ll also take a look at buzz around Google Health – would you upload your personal medical history? Let us know your thoughts below. Here are the [...]
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“Both sides have expressed their desire to conduct the talks in goodwill and decided to continue dialogue with seriousness to achieve comprehensive peace,” Syria’s foreign ministry said. Read more