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El Presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez llegó a Chile esta semana alabando la determinación sudamericana de defender la democracia y lamentando los dÃas en que los lÃderes de la región se mantuvieron impávidos mientras un golpe de estado, apoyado por la CIA, derrocó en 1973 al Presidente de Chile Salvador Allende. “Las cosas ya no son [...]
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KVARIATI, Georgia — Kitty Arsenidze had beach plans in August, but then her country went to war. Russian troops occupied her town, Gori. A bomb hit her house. She spent her 50th birthday installing a new roof and windows. Only after the Russians left did she finally make it to the beach. Read more
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KOLKATA, India — In India, a divorce is slowly becoming a girl’s best friend. Read more
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Sept. 18 — Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has stacked the judicial system with supporters, weakened government institutions and demonized the opposition, debilitating democracy in that oil-rich country and violating its constitution, a leading human rights group said Thursday in an extensive report. Read more
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, June 30 — African leaders allowed Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to take his seat at a summit here Monday, but controversy over the coercion and violence surrounding his recent reelection prompted some of the leaders to begin discussing how to end his 28-year rule. Read more
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BAGHDAD, Sept. 19 — U.S. forces killed at least seven Iraqis, including three women, in a raid backed by an airstrike in a northern village, the U.S. military said Friday, describing the targets as Sunni extremists in al-Qaeda in Iraq. Read more
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stepped up U.S. criticism of Russia yesterday, saying its military action against neighboring Georgia last month failed to achieve Moscow’s objectives and has put Russia on a path to “self-imposed isolation and international irrelevance.” Read more
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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Friday it was working on restarting its nuclear plant and dismissed the prospect of being removed from a U.S. terrorism blacklist in return for a disarmament deal. Read more
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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Friday it was working on restarting its nuclear plant and dismissed the prospect of being removed from a U.S. terrorism blacklist in return for a disarmament deal. Read more
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By Patrick Fitzgibbons and Will Waterman NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. government laid out $50 billion to guarantee money-market mutual funds, curbed short-selling and crafted a sweeping plan to mop up toxic mortgage debt, sending global markets higher on Friday. As U.S. government authorities brought out the [...]
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. government pledged $50 billion to guarantee money-market mutual funds, curbed short-selling and crafted a sweeping plan to mop up toxic mortgage debt, sending global stock markets soaring. Read more
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European shares have rebounded sharply after a proposed US government plan to buy billions of dollars of US banks’ bad mortgage-related loans. Read more
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Under the landmark 2007 pact — involving the two Koreas, the U.S., China, Russia and Japan — North Korea pledged to disable its nuclear program in a step toward its eventual dismantlement in exchange for diplomatic concessions and energy aid equivalent to 1 million tons of oil. Read more
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Cilla Black stole the show when she took to the catwalk in aid of Naomi Campbell‘s Fashion For Relief show. Read more
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GENEVA (Sept. 18) – The world’s largest particle collider malfunctioned within hours of its launch to great fanfare, but its operator didn’t report the problem for a week. In a statement Thursday, the European Organization for Nuclear Research reported for the first time that a 30-ton transformer that cools part of the collider broke, forcing [...]
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Ruthless City traders who profit from falling share prices have been banned in a massive crackdown by watchdogs. Read more
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PARIS – Two unknown fragments of music by Mozart are believed to have turned up in a library in Nantes in western France. If authenticated by musical scholars, at least one of the pieces may be performed in a festival in the city next year. 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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When football teams are on offense at the end of the first half or, more often, near the end of the game, the rules allow for the quarterback to take the snap and immediately throw the ball down — spike it — to stop the game clock in the same way that an incomplete forward [...]
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11:56pm UK, Thursday September 18, 2008 The US Defence Secretary has told Sky News that another Russian attack on Georgia once it has joined Nato would result in an American armed response. [...]