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BAGHDAD, Oct. 15 — The U.S. military on Wednesday announced the death of a man it described as the No. 2 leader of the Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq. Read more
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Washington and Baghdad have reached a final agreement after months of talks on a pact that would require U.S. forces to withdraw from Iraq by 2011, U.S. and Iraqi officials said on Wednesday. Read more
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HEMPSTEAD, New York (Reuters) – Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama face off in their final debate on Wednesday, with McCain needing a strong performance to begin to turn around a White House race that could be slipping away. Read more
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The leaders of the G8 major industrialised nations have agreed to hold a summit with other states to discuss global financial reform. Read more
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Earlier Friday Europe and Asia saw panic selling of stocks while oil prices fell to a one-year low as fears grew policymakers are not making enough efforts to contain the financial crisis. Read more
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But Iraq would have the primary right to try U.S. military personnel and Pentagon contractors for major, premeditated crimes allegedly committed outside American bases and when they were not on an authorized mission, the officials said. Read more
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David and Victoria Beckham‘s housekeepers were under police investigation yesterday after being accused of stealing property from the couple and trying to sell it on eBay. Read more
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SEOUL, South Korea (Oct. 15) – A North Korean woman accused of using sex to elicit sensitive information from a South Korean military officer was sentenced Wednesday by a court in the South to five years in prison for spying. Won Jeong Hwa, 34, was arrested in July on charges of passing classified information to [...]
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Interest rates will be cut again before Christmas despite yesterday’s news that inflation is at a 16-year high of 5.2 per cent, experts believe. Read more
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton puts the chances of her running for president again at near zero – slightly higher than the chances she gives for becoming Senate majority leader or a Supreme Court justice. 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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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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Check out this fascinating clip from LBC TV in Lebanon: It’s a segment on how, with the strict religious rules governing all aspects of life in Saudi Arabia, young men and women find a way to work around the status quo and meet members of the opposite sex. Not surprisingly, technology helps to advance the [...]
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I’m looking at four sites that regularly update a “poll of polls,” showing the average results of what the site administrators deem to be all the most relevant and credible national public opinion surveys. Here’s a look at this morning’s report compared to the reports I noted last week , including my bonus feature, a [...]
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4:31am UK, Wednesday October 15, 2008 French police are investigating claims that a Russian lawyer was the target of a poisoning attempt in Strasbourg. Karina Moskalenko believes the poison was intended [...]
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Rex Features Australian heavy rock act AC/DC have confirmed details of a UK tour for 2009. The ‘Back In Black’ band will play London’s O2 Arena, Manchester MEN Arena and Birmingham LG Arena in April. It is the group’s first tour since their Stiff Upper Lip album was released in 2000. The band release new [...]
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Taliban insurgents probably won’t ease up on attacks in Afghanistan this winter as they have in the past, because their influence has spread beyond traditional strongholds to provinces around Kabul, the U.N. … Read more
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Last updated: 9:54 amOctober 14, 2008 Posted: 8:01 amOctober 14, 2008 LONDON- Two housekeepers working at the English mansion belonging to David Beckham and his wife Victoria have been arrested on suspicion of stealing memorabilia belonging to the soccer star, media reports said on Tuesday. Newspapers [...]