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BAGHDAD, Oct. 17 — A number of senior Iraqi and U.S. politicians expressed strong reservations Friday about the terms of a draft agreement that gives Iraq the “primary right” — subject to U.S. acquiescence — to try American soldiers accused of serious crimes committed during off-duty hours outside U.S. military bases here.
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MOSCOW, Oct. 17 — Ukraine’s feuding president and prime minister sought help from the International Monetary Fund in separate meetings Friday as a political dispute between them complicated talks for a multibillion-dollar loan to stabilize the country’s struggling financial system.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Thousands of followers of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr took to the streets on Saturday in a demonstration against a pact that would allow U.S. forces to stay in Iraq for three more years.
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CONCORD, N.C./ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain compared Barack Obama to socialist leaders in Europe on Saturday, saying his rival wants to raise taxes on the wealthy to give money to the poor.
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Supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr have staged a mass demonstration in Baghdad in protest against plans to extend the US mandate in Iraq.
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WASHINGTON (AFP) –
Global finance chiefs gathered in Washington for crisis talks Friday in search of a solution to a growing financial firestorm as panic spread in global markets.
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AP – Thousands of followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr take part in a rally in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, …
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Sky News anchorwoman Kay Burley has made an allegation of harassment against the man cleared of murdering Jill Dando.
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The mother of a paralysed rugby player who killed himself at a suicide clinic has defended her right to help him end a life ‘filled with terror and indignity’.
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WASHINGTON - US presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain were campaigning in conservative territory this weekend - Obama trying to snatch states generally seen as out-of-reach for Democrats; McCain struggling to defend states long presumed to be solidly Republican.
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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 resembled […]
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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:
“‘The […]
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Exit polls Sunday showed that that center-left, socialist democratic government in Lithuania has faltered, leaving the door open for a conservative opposition or populist bloc to unseat the ruling party:
“(The poll) showed the conservative Homeland Union winning 21 percent of the vote, and two allied populist parties - led by the ex-president Rolandas Paksas and […]
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I became a Chicago Tribune columnist on March 22, 1982, when the bosses decided to create a weekly article devoted to the radio industry and to put the feature writer with the least seniority in charge of it.Â
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1:52am UK, Saturday October 18, 2008
With the presidential debates finished and less than twenty days left in the race for the White House, Barack Obama has received a flood of new endorsements.
The Tribune has never backed a Democrat
Perhaps the most important backing comes from The Chicago Tribune, the most powerful newspaper in his home state […]
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Kim Wilde would like her son Harry to become a rock star when he grows up.
The musician has plastered the ten-year-old’s bedroom walls with pictures of metal band Metallica, and she has encouraged him to take up the guitar.
The 47-year-old is the daughter of rocker Marty Wilde and would like to continue her family’s musical […]
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President Bush has announced that the United States is rescinding visa requirements for citizens of seven countries.
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LONDON - Millvina Dean was just 2 months old when she was wrapped in a sack and lowered into a lifeboat from the deck of the sinking Titanic.
Now, 96 years later, Dean - the last […]
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The big buzz is about that ”Meet the Press” appearance Sunday starring former Secretary of State Colin Powell — and whether he’ll drop a big announcement just two weeks before the election.
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