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DUBLIN, June 12 — Ireland cast ballots Thursday on a treaty overhauling the European Union, in a referendum that by a fluke of constitutional law gives 3 million Irish voters a big say in the future lives of nearly 500 million Europeans. Read more
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ISLAMABAD, June 13 — Tens of thousands of people marched on Pakistan’s capital Friday to demand the reinstatement of some 60 judges ousted by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf last year. Read more
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Nov. 6 — Daniel Ortega, the former Marxist president and nemesis of President Ronald Reagan, appears to have won back Nicaragua’s top job. Read more
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BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 27 — If the latest polls are right, the only real suspense that remains in Sunday’s election is whether Argentine first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will receive enough votes to win the presidency outright or be forced into a runoff next month. Read more
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MEXICO CITY The day was going badly for Alberto Jiménez RamÃrez. Very badly. Read more
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UNITED NATIONS, June 9 — About 3 million people infected with the AIDS virus in the developing world received life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs last year, a 42 percent increase over 2006 in the number with access to the medicines, a U.N. report said Monday. Read more
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A unanimous Supreme Court ruled yesterday that two U.S. citizens accused of terrorism-related crimes in Iraq cannot use American courts to challenge their transfer into foreign custody. Read more
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HARARE, Zimbabwe, June 12 — The Zimbabwean government’s crackdown on political opponents took an ominous turn Thursday with the arrest of the opposition party’s No. 2 official, who was charged with treason and could face the death penalty. Read more
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HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe said on Friday liberation war veterans would take up arms if he loses a June 27 presidential run-off vote. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A widespread power outage and subway fire left Washington dark and snarled traffic during the morning rush hour on Friday, power and transit officials said. Read more
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Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern says substantial vote tallies across the country show the European Union Lisbon reform treaty has been rejected. Read more
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Bush and the pope then strolled through the gardens to see the Lourdes Grotto, which was donated to Pope Leo XIII at the turn of the century by French Catholics. Bush and Benedict sat in wooden patio-style chairs admiring the grotto as Mrs. Bush rejoined them. Read more
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IN A maverick move, a senior member of the Conservative party resigned his seat in Britain‘s parliament yesterday, saying he plans to force and win a special election to expose what he called the government’s steady erosion of the country’s civil liberties. Read more
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The White House released a portion of Bush’s remarks on Thursday, while the president was still in Rome. He is on a weeklong European trip, where he is meeting with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. On his visit here, Bush was getting [...]
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After her condition deteriorated she went to hospital, but doctors were distracted by another emergency and delayed giving her a life-saving blood transfusion for more than four hours. Read more
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SEOUL – South Korean truckers extended their strike on Friday after talks on higher pay and demands for cheaper diesel broke down, threatening to further dent government efforts to boost the country’s export-dependent economy. Read more
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details: “The couple [...]
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In the 1980s, the stark images of starving children in Ethiopia launched countless charity efforts in response to famine that took a million lives. Now, the signs of starvation showing up on adults have officials worried that poor rains and crop failure have contributed to a devastating situation. From the Associated Press: “This [...]