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It’s just what the world needs now, right? Another multi-nation organization whose members will meet from time to time and promise to work together to address issues and maybe even solve problems of common interest, and then go back to their home countries and do - and do what, exactly?
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LONDON, July 14 — Three men accused of plotting to blow up transatlantic airliners in 2006 have pleaded guilty to conspiring to set off bombs, but denied targeting planes or attempting to cause injuries, prosecutors told a London court Monday as one of Britain’s most important terrorism trials neared its end.
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BEIJING, July 12 — Diplomats from six nations agreed in principle Saturday to set up an intrusive inspection program to verify that North Korea has dismantled its plutonium-based program to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons.
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NAIROBI, July 14 — The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court charged Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir Monday with genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity for orchestrating a brutal, scorched-earth campaign against particular ethnic groups in Sudan’s western Darfur region.
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As the armored truck rounds the street corner, nurse Lamyia Hussein Mohammed paces the crayon-scribbled hallways of a Sadr City elementary school with an army-issued rifle over her shoulder. From inside the building, now a temporary patrol base for the U.S. Army, she can hear the truck bouncing and jerking, full of food, cooking oil […]
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KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, July 13 — Nine U.S. soldiers were killed in heavy fighting Sunday at a military base in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border, according to a Western official. The attack was the deadliest against U.S. forces in the country since 2005.
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HADARIM PRISON, Israel (Reuters) - Israel prepared on Monday for a prisoner swap with Hezbollah by moving four Lebanese guerrillas in its custody to a holding facility ahead of Wednesday’s U.N.-mediated exchange.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Freddie Mac passed its first test of investor confidence on Monday as buyers flocked to its $3 billion sale of debt just hours after the U.S. government pledged to extend more credit or buy shares in the nation’s largest mortgage finance companies.
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Sudan’s president has been accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court.
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“The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court with his announcement demanding the arrest of President al-Bashir has proved that he is playing a political role, not a legal one,” Khalil said.
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The surviving children of Martin Luther King are embroiled in a legal battle over the estate of the iconic civil rights leader.
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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has revealed yet another layer of her relationship with the French president, by declaring she was most strongly attracted to him by his “paternal” nature.
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The assault was launched at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday in the village of Wanat in the mountainous northeatern province of Kunar near the Pakistan border. The attack came from multiple sides, with insurgents firing from homes and a mosque.
It was a “concerted attempt” to overrun the small base that was built only about three days […]
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Gordon Brown was today due to defend Government plans to stem the spate of stabbings after Britain’s new crime tsar suggested jobless teens should be sent on ‘national service’ to curb the problem.
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SEOUL: A five old blind girl is causing a sensation on YouTube after stories emerged of her uncanny ability to listen to a song just once then reproduce it perfectly on the piano.
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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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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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By its very nature, Maoism believes in power of the state — in the philosophy’s mind, the people — over the activities of its citizens, justifying that dissent can pose a threat to the strength of the socialist state. Where Marxist ideologies go, clampdowns on free speech follow: look at China, Vietnam, Cuba, etc. Yet […]
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Tuesday will be the 75th anniversary of “Italo Balbo Day” in Chicago, the date when bedazzled city officials renamed 7th Street for a visiting Italian aviator.
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1:50pm UK, Sunday July 13, 2008
Israeli and Palestinian leaders have “never been closer” to a peace deal, Ehud Olmert has declared.
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Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas with the French president
The Israeli prime minister’s comments came after talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the launch of the Mediterranean Union in […]