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Flash back to September 2001: A day after the terrorist attacks on the United States, France’s sober, left-of-center daily, Le Monde , famously declared in an editorial, expressing its shock at what…
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Riot police in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo fire tear gas at other police officers who are striking over pay.
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It was a sign of the Iraqi Government’s growing confidence coupled with the ongoing need for security in a country where roadside bombs are commonplace.An Iraqi convoy to take the Deputy Prime Minister and a number of other senior officials from Baghdad to Falluja and on to Ramadi was a staggering 33 vehicles long, including […]
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The Queen seemed most definitely amused when she visited the offices of Google, the world’s number one search engine, today. Her Majesty is no slouch at computers and is known to exchange e-mails with her grandchildren as well as having her own YouTube channel.
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WASHINGTON — One of my fondest memories from high school is a two-day trek up the majestic slopes of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia’s Andean range. It was my first contact with snow.
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The Bush administration plans to remove visa requirements for the citizens of seven allied countries, congressional aides said yesterday.
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TOKYO, Oct. 17 — Fear of a deep global recession washed over Asian and European markets Thursday, and the financial crisis continued to shake major institutions.
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BOGOTA, Colombia, Oct. 16 — Far from pressing to uncover the truth, President Álvaro Uribe’s U.S.-backed government has hindered investigations into links between paramilitary groups and the country’s political establishment, a leading human rights group said in a report released Thursday.
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TORONTO, Oct. 15 — While the United States reels from the global financial crisis, with credit markets still frozen and stock prices careening from highs to lows, Canada has remained relatively insulated.
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NAIROBI, Oct. 15 — Renewed fighting between the Congolese army and forces loyal to a renegade general has displaced more than 100,000 people in the eastern part of Congo since August, according to U.N. officials, who described the situation as “catastrophic.”
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice briefed senior lawmakers yesterday on a draft agreement that covers U.S. forces in Iraq, as Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki prepared to submit the document to its first political test in Baghdad.
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BAGHDAD — Qassim Frez, a senior Iraqi civil servant, has a problem officials in Washington might envy. Iraq has piled up tens of billions of dollars from oil sales, and its bureaucrats are struggling to spend the windfall.
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PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Friday this week’s border clashes with Thailand around the 900-year-old Preah Vihear temple would not escalate into a more serious, wider conflict. “People should understand that there won’t be any large-scale war taking place,” he told reporters after a weekly cabinet meeting, adding that people […]
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian shares gained tentatively on Friday, recovering some of the steep losses in the prior session, after encouraging earnings signals from technology firms such as IBM eased some of the concerns over a global recession.
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The US says it is considering a draft agreement with Iraq on the role of its troops there after the UN mandate for their presence expires later this year.
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AP – Under a picture of Syrian President Bashar Assad, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, right, kisses …
UNITED NATIONS – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday praised […]
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PRESIDENT Sarkozy ordered French football matches to be cancelled if fans jeer the pre-kickoff national anthem. He was reacting yesterday after the Marseillaise was drowned out by mocking whistles at the start of a France-Tunisia friendly at the Stade de France on Tuesday night.
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