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Colombia será un espectador más este otoño mientras dos de sus vecinos — Perú y Panamá — se convierten en los próximos paÃses latinoamericanos en conseguir acuerdos de libre comercio con Estados Unidos. Read more
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BERLIN, June 25 — As Italian police investigated the mysterious disappearance of a radical Islamic cleric in 2003, they found a trove of clues on the home computer of the CIA‘s chief spy in Milan, according to court testimony. Read more
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UNITED NATIONS, June, 26 — Afghan opium cultivation grew 17 percent last year, continuing a six-year expansion of the country’s drug trade and increasing its share of global opium production to more than 92 percent, according to the 2008 World Drug Report, released Thursday by the United Nations. Read more
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PANAMA CITY — Squeezing the hulking container ships known as “Panamaxes” into the Panama Canal’s Miraflores Locks requires a marvel of precision steering and patience. Read more
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TORONTO, June 19 — Ontario on Tuesday offered financial incentives to encourage production of “green” cars and fuels, the latest sign of competition among Canada‘s provinces to address global warming. Read more
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HARARE, Zimbabwe — President Robert Mugabe on Thursday said he is open to talks with the opposition, which is boycotting Friday’s runoff because its leader says state-sponsored violence has made it impossible to take part. Read more
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WASHINGTON — President Bush and Iraq’s president expressed cautious optimism Wednesday about prospects for completing a complex agreement that would keep U.S. troops in Iraq after a U.N. mandate expires at year-end. Read more
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MOSCOW — Vera Samykina is an A student in all subjects who just completed ninth grade, a significant marker in Russian education when some students bow out to pursue a trade or a technical education. But Samykina, 17, is determined to finish high school in two years and then pursue a university degree in English. [...]
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HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Thursday rejected African calls to postpone a presidential election on Friday, saying there could be no interference in his country even from the African Union. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – North Korea handed over a long-delayed account of its nuclear activities on Thursday, a step that will bring the isolated communist state relief from U.S. sanctions but left questions about its atomic ambitions. Read more
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North Korea has handed over a long-awaited account of its nuclear programme to China, diplomats said. Read more
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South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan told reporters that the North had submitted its declaration to Chinese officials in Beijing. The North was set to blow up the cooling tower at its Yongbyon nuclear complex Friday, he said. Read more
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The Pill is “outdated” and leading to more unwanted pregnancies and abortions because so few women take it correctly, a leading academic has said. Read more
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(June 25) – Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen left Tuesday night on an overseas trip that will take him to Israel, reports CBS News national security correspondent David Martin. The trip has been scheduled for some time but U.S. officials say it comes just as the Israelis are mounting a full-court press to get [...]
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Guilty: Sex-obsessed husband convicted of murdering wife and baby daughter in U.S. Mandela breaks silence to condemn Mugabe’s failure as tyrant is stripped of knighthood Ian Brady ‘shows no remorse’ says lawyer, as grave of Moors victim remains mystery Women in their 30s will be offered gene test to check risk of breast cancer There [...]
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Anti-graft authorities in a southern Chinese city are questioning mistresses of suspected corrupt officials and finding the information is paying off prettily, the state media has said. 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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I received an e-mail this morning from a Zimbabwean, whose name I’m withholding to not subject the writer to any additional danger: “Living here is like sheer hell. We don’t know from hour to hour what is going to happen and who is going to knock on our door next. There was another incident [...]