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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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3:47pm UK, Wednesday October 29, 2008 Government forces are fleeing from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma as rebels advance, according to reports. Congolese army soldiers and displaced [...]
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Joaquin Phoenix has revealed that he is to quit acting to pursue a career in music. The Walk The Line star told Extra that Two Lovers, his upcoming film with Gwyneth Paltrow, will be his last. “I want to take this opportunity to give you the exclusive, and to talk a little bit about the [...]
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Officials say a full summit of Zimbabwe’s neighbors is planned to try to resolve the southern African nation’s political impasse. Read more
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Reuters Loading new images… Pop Video Quiz: Music Last updated: 11:37 amOctober 29, 2008 Posted: 3:59 amOctober 29, 2008 LONDON – Led Zeppelin may tour and record without singer Robert Plant, who has resisted pressure to reunite with the band, the BBC reports. Bassist John Paul Jones told the BBC’s Radio Devon that the band [...]
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President Bush can look out the window on Pennsylvania Ave. this morning and see construction workers beginning to build the inaugural viewing stands for the next president. Read more
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More about the pressure certain outside observers in other governments and in the foreign media have been putting on wealthy, increasingly influential China to take actions to help lessen the wallop of the still-spreading, global financial crisis: Read more
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Here are the personal accounts of a number of Christians who fled Mosul over the past few weeks because of targeted attacks against members of their minority community. Abu Feras, 54, truck driver. He has a wife and two daughters aged 8 and 4. This is his story:I have been living in Mosul for 30 [...]
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said yesterday that he would advise the next president to seek a new nuclear arms agreement with Russia that provides for further reductions in nuclear warheads, keeps the existing verification procedures and is easy to amend in the event threats develop. Read more
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ISLAMABAD, Oct. 29 — A strong earthquake jolted southwestern Pakistan early Wednesday, killing more than 150 people, injuring hundreds of others and destroying houses and government buildings, Pakistani officials said. Read more
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KIGALI, Rwanda, Oct. 28 — Congolese rebels fought their way closer to the city of Goma in eastern Congo on Tuesday, sending tens of thousands of villagers fleeing down muddy roads, as the top U.N. representative in the country appealed to the Security Council to reinforce its peacekeeping force. Read more
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KUWAIT CITY, Oct. 28 — Syria protested a deadly U.S. raid into its territory to the United Nations on Tuesday, saying those killed were “innocent civilians,” and announced it was closing an American school and cultural center in its capital. Read more
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TOKYO, Oct. 29 — In Japan, the global financial crisis seems to have singled out some of the world’s best-known and best-managed companies for an especially bloody thrashing. Read more
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KARACHI (Reuters) – More than 100 people were killed when a powerful earthquake struck southwest Pakistan on Wednesday bringing down hundreds of mud-walled houses, and the death toll was expected to rise, government officials said. Read more
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TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) – Japan signaled on Wednesday it could follow the United States in cutting interest rates this week to protect the world’s two largest economies from the global financial crisis. Read more
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The deal, worth $25bn (£15.6bn;19.6 euro), is intended to help Hungary cope with the ongoing effects of the world financial crisis. Read more
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AP – A worker hand squeezes milk from a cow that recently receive antibiotic jabs to separate it from those … Slideshow: Melamine found in China food products BEIJING – More than 10,000 children remain hospitalized in China’s tainted milk scandal, Chinese health officials revealed, while the country defended its dairy products Thursday at a meeting of the [...]
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Play Video Reuters  – Congo refugees flee Tutsi rebels Slideshow: Democratic Republic of Congo Play Video Video: Fighting erupts in DRC CNN Play Video Video: Raw Video: Thousands flee rebel forces in Congo AP AP – People throw stones at United Nations peacekeepers in an APC as they pass through the village of Kibati … KILIMANYOKA, Congo – Rebels [...]
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An artificial heart that beats almost exactly like the real thing is to be implanted in patients within three years in a trial that may offer hope to heart disease sufferers unable to receive a transplant. Read more