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The clock is ticking: it’s been 42 days since Gov. Sarah Palin was named as the GOP running mate. She actually made headlines taking a handful of questions (Tina Fey, etc.) on a press plane this week — but we beg to differ with our colleagues in the media. Read more
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Television viewers instinctively understand, psycholinguists have pointed out, that often there is a considerable discrepancy – a “disconnect,” as it’s sometimes called – between what a politician says with words and what he or she says with his or her “body language” of facial expressions, voice inflections, posture and hand gestures. Read more
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Your comments are flooding in after the publication today of Ben Webster’s story about the introduction of clusters of speed cameras monitoring the average speed of drivers. The digital cameras will be rolled out on hundreds of roads next year, making it impossible to evade detection when drivers rise above the speed limit because they [...]
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REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct. 9 — The government of Iceland on Thursday seized control of the country’s largest bank — the third bank takeover this week — and suspended trading on the stock market, as the North Atlantic island nation grapples with an unprecedented financial meltdown that has made it the first national casualty of the [...]
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BANGKOK, Oct. 9 — Thailand’s political stalemate erupted into open conflict this week, but far from being the “final battle” that the government’s opponents anticipated, it has left the country even more divided and further than ever from a solution. Read more
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JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 8 — South Africa’s former defense minister on Wednesday launched a scathing attack against the ruling African National Congress and suggested that hundreds of members loyal to ousted president Thabo Mbeki were on the verge of forming a breakaway party. Read more
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 8 — Iraqi insurgents are increasingly using magnetically attached bombs known as “sticky IEDs” to assassinate mid- and low-level Iraqi officials, Iraqi and U.S. officials said. Read more
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The White House has launched an urgent review of Afghanistan policy, fast-tracked for completion in the next several weeks, amid growing concern that the administration lacks a comprehensive strategy for the foundering war there and as intelligence officials warn of a rapidly worsening situation on the ground. Read more
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VIENNA (Reuters) – North Korea Thursday barred U.N. monitoring throughout its Yongbyon nuclear complex in a significant step toward scrapping a disarmament pact with five powers, diplomats said. Read more
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LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s leading finance ministers faced calls on Thursday for united action after an emergency round of interest rate cuts and government support for ailing banks won only lukewarm market support. Read more
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Most European and Asian shares have moved ahead as investors absorbed news of a co-ordinated interest rate cut. Read more
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Gardaizi said a man in a green car drove to the building, went inside and handed boxes of candy to a person inside. Within moments, the explosion happened, Gardaizi said. It was unclear what happened to the delivery man. The police chief said authorities would probe why a civilian vehicle was allowed in the area. [...]
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AN IRISHMAN spent more than two days in a “cramped, filthy and hellish” prison last week because Turkish passport officials failed to give him the correct stamp on entering the country. Read more
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BEIRUT, Lebanon (Oct. – Two American journalists vacationing in Lebanon have not been heard from since Oct. 1 and are believed missing, the U.S. Embassy said Wednesday, appealing for information on their possible whereabouts. Read more
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That figure is the share of the bill we all face should Gordon Brown’s gamble not pay off. Read more
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Qantas probe laptop link after 300 foot plunge 2:45PM Thursday Oct 09, 2008 [...]
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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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Saudi Arabia’s king called for greater dialogue and openness between the world’s monotheistic religions on March 24, 2008. In the face of rising tensions over Mohammed cartoons, al-Qaida claiming Pope Benedict XVI is leading a crusade, and a stalled Middle East peace process, King Abdullah‘s outreach took on extra weight. From the International Herald Tribune: [...]
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Last month, South African President Thabo Mbeki was forced to step down in the wake of a rift between Mbeki supporters and those backing the current leader of the African National Congress, Jacob Zuma. Now a split in the ANC seems more likely than ever: “Mosiuoa Lekota, the former South African defence minister, has [...]