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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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Here are excerpts from World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick’s remarks at the Development Committee Press Conference today, speaking on the global financial crisis: “The poorest and most vulnerable groups risk the most serious – and in some cases permanent – damage. 100 million people have already been driven into poverty this year [...]
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The other day here at Change of Subject we conducted a mostly civilized online conservation about whether the word “terrorism” applies to the actions some 40 years ago of radical anti-war protester Bill Ayers. Read more
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1:27pm UK, Monday October 13, 2008 President Robert Mugabe has sworn in two vice-presidents in a move likely to worsen Zimbabwe’s power-sharing row. Mugabe’s unilateral move is slammed by the European [...]
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Rex Features Johnny Depp has been voted the ultimate heartthrob in a poll of the world’s 25 sexiest men. The 45-year-old Pirates Of The Caribbean star took first place in the Cosmopolitan survey, followed by George Clooney and Jake Gyllenhaal. The honour comes just months after Depp was voted Britain’s favourite actor in a separate [...]
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Turkey will use “robots on duty” in the struggle against the PKK terrorists. IMTAX robot will define threats and send warnings to the system operator and open fire at last. The robot was engineered by the Defense Systems Company Yuksel Holding and the Company’s representative Hayri Esen said they were working on the IMTAX “robot [...]
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AP Loading new images… Last updated: 10:12 amOctober 13, 2008 Posted: 10:10 amOctober 13, 2008 SEOUL, South Korea — The 66-year-old man in the photos appeared the picture of health, full of vigor despite reports he underwent brain surgery less than two months ago. He [...]
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We’ve talked about the “Saturday Night Live” factor before — how a cultural buzz can help shape voter attitudes as much as anything you’d read in oh, say, a political blog. Especially now, when the undecideds are making their decisions. Read more
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BUDAPEST, Oct. 10 — NATO defense ministers reached a compromise agreement Friday that allows forces operating in Afghanistan to target heroin networks funding the Taliban. The deal, viewed by the Pentagon as critical to beating back a resurgent Taliban, essentially allows some members of the military alliance to opt out of counternarcotics operations. Read more
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As more countries become enveloped by the financial pandemic that began in the United States, some in the Southeast Asian nation of Malaysia are warily watching the events with a dose of schadenfreude. Read more
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CARACAS, Venezuela — Young and photogenic, Leopoldo López has been running the campaign of his political life, rummaging for votes here amid a warren of crowded slums and as far away as Venezuela’s lawless western frontier. Polls show that the politician has won a strong following by promising a sharp change from the populist government [...]
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The U.S. military is planning a large polling and focus-group operation in Iraq over the next three years to help “build robust and positive relations with the people of Iraq and to assist the Iraqi people in forming a new government,” according to a proposal seeking private contractors for the program. Read more
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BAGHDAD Muhammed Kurmash’s phone rang. On the line were Taha and Khudair, his former neighbors and best friends. They are Sunnis. He is a Shiite. They hadn’t spoken since June 2007. But on this September morning, they urged him to return to his house in eastern Baghdad’s Amil neighborhood, Kurmash recalled. He is 44, a [...]
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea has not seen signs of North Korea restarting work to take apart its nuclear plant as Pyongyang pledged to do at the weekend, a government official said on Monday, but Seoul could send aid once that work begins. Read more
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – The world readied on Monday for a slew of bank bailouts worth hundreds of billions of dollars in an effort to staunch the credit rout that threatens to tip the global economy into recession. Read more
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Most Asian markets have reacted positively to efforts by world leaders to end the recent financial turmoil. Read more
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AFP/Getty Images/File Photo: The head of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn urgently called Friday for “cooperative” actions… Read more
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In Baghdad, a parked car bomb exploded in a commercial street in the Bayaa district, killing seven people and wounding nine others, police said. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not supposed to release the information. Read more
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JOHANNESBURG (Oct. 12) – A disease that has killed three people in South Africa and forced others into isolation wards may be rodent borne, a health official said Sunday, SAPA news agency reported. Read more