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With fires still burning inside, Indian commandoes killed the last three gunman at a landmark hotel late Thursday and were sweeping another luxury hotel in search of hostages and trapped people, more than a day after suspected Muslim militants stormed targets across Mumbai, leaving 119 people dead. Read more
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Indian commandos fought Thursday to wrest control of two luxury hotels and a Jewish center from suspected Muslim militants, a day after a chain of attacks across Mumbai left at least 119 people dead and the city shellshocked. Read more
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So you think you got a good idea for the O’s Administration? Hey, who doesn’t. (Free beer on Tuesdays!) Starting today, the folks at San Francisco-based Change.org will make it easier for you to connect with others who want to get involved/help/do something positive for the pet issue of their choice — and vote on [...]
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Barack Obama’s recent presidential-election victory in the U.S. has been hailed, even by the Democratic politician’s Republican opponents, as a profoundly significant milestone in the nation’s history, especially given the ugly story of institutionalized racism that became part of the legacy of slavery and that endured for so long. Read more
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Two Ugandan security guards, each with a large sniffer dog straining on the end of a leash, was the first thing I saw when entering Iraq’s Parliament building yesterday.Security was tight for what was billed to be a crunch vote by MPs on whether or not to approve a three-year timetable for US forces to [...]
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LONDON, Nov. 17 — Britain’s leading business organization issued a grim warning on the U.K. economy Monday as the country’s political leaders bickered about how frankly they should discuss their economic worries in public. Read more
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NEW DELHI, Nov. 27 — Gunmen attacked three luxury hotels, a hospital, a train station, a movie theater and other buildings in Mumbai late Wednesday, killing at least 100 people and wounding more than 300 in a rampage through India’s financial capital, police said. The attackers took dozens of people hostage, and witnesses said they [...]
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HAVANA, Nov. 8 — Paloma slammed into southern Cuba as an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane Saturday, while authorities scrambled to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people and protect crops on an island still reeling from two other devastating storms. Read more
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An internal CIA probe has concluded that agency officials deliberately misled Congress, the White House and federal prosecutors about key details of the 2001 downing of an airplane carrying U.S. missionaries in Peru, according to a senior lawmaker who called yesterday for a new criminal inquiry into the case. Read more
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MEXICO CITY, Nov. 26 — A former cabinet secretary whose daughter was kidnapped more than a year ago said Wednesday that his former driver may have been responsible and demanded that authorities investigate, reviving a case that has fueled outrage over Mexico’s rising tide of abductions. Read more
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JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 18 — Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister on Tuesday condemned the hijacking of a Saudi supertanker carrying $100 million in crude oil, calling piracy “a disease that has to be eradicated.” Read more
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 26 — Iraqi lawmakers deferred until Thursday a scheduled vote on a security agreement that would extend the U.S. military presence in Iraq until the end of 2011 but agreed to put the pact to a national referendum in July. If voters rejected the agreement, U.S. forces would have to leave the country [...]
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BANGKOK, Nov. 26 — Thailand’s powerful military stepped into a battle Wednesday between the government and protesters occupying Bangkok’s international airport, calling on the government to resign and the protesters to leave the buildings they have seized. Read more
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Pressure built on Thailand’s military to intervene in a political crisis threatening to descend into widespread civil unrest on Thursday after Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat rejected calls to quit. Read more
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – Gunfire rang out as commandos and police laid siege to gunmen holding foreigners hostage in two of India’s plushest hotels in the country’s commercial capital on Thursday, after attacks that killed at least 86 people dead. Read more
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Gunmen have carried out a series of co-ordinated attacks across the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay), killing at least 80 people and injuring 250 more. Read more
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SYDNEY, Australia – Mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd. said Thursday it was better placed than its rivals to survive the global financial crisis, but warned it was not immune to its effects, including an expected 17 percent downturn in Chinese steel production. Read more
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Play Video AP  – Gunmen kill scores in India, hostages in hotels Slideshow: Mumbai Terror Attacks Play Video Video: Ex-head of police on Mumbai attack BBC Play Video Video: Multiple attacks kill scores in Mumbai Reuters AP – The Taj Hotel, Mumbai’s landmark hotel, is caught fire after an attack in Mumbai, India’s financial capital, … MUMBAI, India – [...]
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A man who fathered nine children with two of his own daughters has been sentenced to life in prison after admitting raping the girls over a 30-year period. Read more