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The drive for dwindling resources, including energy and water, combined with the spread of nuclear weapons technology could make large swaths of the globe ripe for regional conflicts, some of them potentially devastating, according to a report released by the National Intelligence Council yesterday. Read more
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua — The U.S. Embassy has been accused of counterrevolutionary subversion. A nervous Catholic Church is appealing for calm. The opposition party is crying electoral fraud, while roaming gangs armed with clubs are attacking marchers. The mayor here has called it anarchy. And everyone is asking: What is President Daniel Ortega after? Read more
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 20 — Argentina’s Senate on Thursday night gave final approval to the government’s plan to nationalize the private pension system in an attempt to protect retirement investments from the international financial crisis. Read more
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MEXICO CITY, Nov. 18 — A senior Mexican police official who worked as the country’s liaison with Interpol was arrested Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into information leaks from top law enforcement authorities to the nation’s notorious drug cartels. Read more
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Vowing to protect Sudanese civilians, the International Criminal Court prosecutor yesterday requested arrest warrants for three rebel commanders he accused of war crimes in an attack that killed 12 African Union peacekeepers in the Darfur region of Sudan. Read more
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 20 — U.S. forces said Thursday that they had killed an Iraqi insurgent leader responsible for the death of a 20-year-old Army reservist who became a focus of national attention in the United States during the four years he was missing in action. Read more
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MOSCOW, Nov. 20 — The trial of three men accused of helping to organize the murder of one of Russia’s most prominent investigative reporters, Anna Politkovskaya, took a surprise turn Thursday as a juror publicly challenged the court’s decision to hold the proceedings behind closed doors. Read more
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Dozens of Somali Islamist insurgents stormed a port on Friday hunting the pirates behind the seizure of a Saudi supertanker that was the world’s biggest hijack, a local elder said. Read more
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CHICAGO (Reuters) – Retired Marine Gen. James Jones emerged as a leading contender for White House national security adviser as President-elect Barack Obama worked on Thursday to assemble his foreign policy team. Read more
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US economic, military and political dominance is likely to decline over the next two decades, according to a new US intelligence report on global trends. Read more
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NEW DELHI (AFP) – India’s premier said Friday the poor should not pay for the “profligacy” of rich nations as he vowed to use every fiscal and monetary tool to fend off the impact of the global financial crisis. Read more
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AP – People stand near the dead body of a blast victim at a local hospital in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan on … Slideshow: Pakistan Play Video Video: Attacking al Qaeda in Pakistan ABC News Play Video Video: Terror suspect mentally unfit for trial AP DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan – A blast killed at least eight mourners Friday [...]
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A 12-year-old boy’s heart failed after he used too much deodorant, an inquest heard. Read more
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (Nov. 19) – Somalia’s increasingly brazen pirates are building sprawling stone houses, cruising in luxury cars, marrying beautiful women — even hiring caterers to prepare Western-style food for their hostages. Read more
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Alistair Darling is so exasperated by the ‘moral failure’ of banks to help small firms and families that he is poised to toughen the law. Read more
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WASHINGTON- They might be the new First Children – and the youngest children to live at the White House since the days of JFK – but there’s little chance of Malia and Sasha Obama becoming spoiled brats. The rules governing daily… 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. Read more
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The British tabloids are their own brand of journalism. Whereas American tabloids have occasionally broken news stories but are seen more as celebrity gossip bastions, the British tabloids jump on news stories with the same ferocity as they pounce on celebrity gossip. The result is an eclectic mix of hard news with unique (often anonymous) [...]
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Bailing out the economically ill Pakistan is not only an effort to stave off poverty and unemployment, but takes on special significance when you consider how extremism can flourish in economic instability. (And since the ouster of Musharraf, extremism already has the advantage of political shakiness in Asif Ali Zardari’s government.) More details on the [...]