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BEIJING (July 12) - North Korea agreed to disable its main reactor by the end of October and allow international inspections to verify its nuclear disarmament in a deal reached Saturday at the end of six-nation talks.
In exchange, the United States, China, and three other countries promised to complete deliveries of fuel oil and […]
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The scourge of knife crime gripping Britain has reached new depths with six murders across the country in less than 24 hours.
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World Youth Day (WYD) is making its presence felt in Sydney, with pilgrims flocking to the city and traffic restrictions coming into force.
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Question: What’s next for Zimbabwe?
On June 27, 2008, Robert Mugabe ran for his sixth term as president of Zimbabwe, a position he’s held since the country’s 1980 independence. However, Mugabe competed in the runoff election against himself: Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who led after the first round of voting and is widely […]
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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 resembled […]
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When Cub third baseman Aramis Ramierez whacked the decisive three-run homer in the bottom of the 8th inning of the Cubs 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants this afternoon, radio color commentator Ron Santo crowed that Chevrolet would be making a “big, big, big donation” to the WGN Radio Neediest Kids Fund in honor […]
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An attempt to bring sanctions against Robert Mugabe has been torpedoed by Russia and China at the United Nations in New York.
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Amy Winehouse has described her jailed husband as “the best thing” to happen in her life.
Speaking to fans at the launch of her own club night on Thursday, the troubled star confirmed that she plans to reunite with Blake Fielder-Civil when he is released from prison. The future of their rocky relationship had appeared […]
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The South African government has said the veto of a new sanctions resolution at the UN against Robert Mugabe will have a positive impact on dialogue between Zimbabwe’s rival political parties.
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ISTANBUL, Turkey - Istanbul’s governor said 10 people were being interrogated yesterday in connection with an attack on the US consulate - a strike that showed homegrown terrorists can launch sensational attacks even without massive truck bombs.
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The latest ad from the John McCain ad dropped Friday in Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico — aka the Western battleground frontier, and home to tons of Latino voters. The minute-long ad is called “God’s Children” and while it is almost entirely policy free, it is notable for the whopper it omits.
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The current Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet who also serves as the head of its government in exile, is one of those figures in the news today, like Madonna, Brad and Angelina or the British soccer player David Beckham, whose name and what he stands for - in effect, his brand - are […]
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El video de tres minutos está colmado de imágenes que seguramente se convertirán en íconos: los últimos minutos en libertad de “Cesar”, comandante de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia; la mirada de resignación del rehén estadounidense Keith Stansell al dejarse poner las esposas plásticas; las ruidosas protestas del rehén colombiano Raimundo Malagón; el silencio […]
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BERLIN, July 11 — The German government strongly denied Friday that it had been pressured by the Bush administration to discourage Sen. Barack Obama from giving an address in front of the landmark Brandenburg Gate during his upcoming European tour.
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UNITED NATIONS, July 11 — Russia and China on Friday vetoed a U.S.-sponsored Security Council resolution that would have imposed an arms embargo on Zimbabwe and sanctioned President Robert Mugabe and his top advisers for rigging the country’s presidential elections.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 26 — Tropical Storm Ernesto gathered strength as it steamed through the central Caribbean toward Jamaica on Saturday and threatened to enter the Gulf of Mexico as the first hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic season.
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MEDELLIN, Colombia — This labyrinthine metropolis transformed over the course of a decade from a battlefield of drug lords, paramilitaries and leftist guerrillas into one of the safest, most dynamic cities in Latin America. Visionary inner-city renewal projects and a push to take back the lawless hillside slums by force deserve credit, but many here […]
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MEXICO CITY, July 10 — The Mexican government plans to nearly double the size of its federal police force in order to reduce the role of the military in combating drug trafficking, under a confidential anti-narcotics strategy that officials made available Thursday.
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NAIROBI, July 9 — Seven peacekeepers were killed and seven critically injured when their convoy was ambushed in Darfur, the biggest hit so far on the struggling United Nations-African Union force that took charge in January, officials said Wednesday.
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The 1973 War Powers Resolution is ineffective, possibly unconstitutional and should be repealed, two former secretaries of state said yesterday in proposing new legislation to govern the war-making powers of the president and Congress.
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