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Evo Morales, the charismatic but controversial president of Bolivia, this week came to Washington for the first time, saying he hoped for a fresh start with President-elect Barack Obama while defiantly reiterating the policies that have led to the near-collapse of his relations with the Bush administration. Read more
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Twelve years ago, Alan Scherr committed his life to meditation and spirituality, moving his family to the Synchronicity spiritual community in Faber, Va., about 30 miles southwest of Charlottesville in the Blue Ridge mountains. Read more
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NYONGERA, Congo, Nov. 14 — It was her favorite dress, a pretty, long one with a wild pattern of colorful flowers. By her calculation, Anastazi Mahano saved five years for the small luxury, keeping the dress from the mud that stains everything here brown, wearing it only for weddings and Sunday church. Read more
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 27 — The Iraqi parliament on Thursday approved a security pact that requires the U.S. military to end its presence in Iraq in 2011, eight years after a U.S.-led invasion brought about the fall of Saddam Hussein. Read more
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MUMBAI, Nov. 28 — Indian army commandos struggled all day Thursday and into the early hours of Friday to regain control of two luxury hotels and a Jewish center in India’s commercial capital, battling armed assailants who were part of a group that Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said was “based outside the country.” Read [...]
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BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat fired his national police chief on Friday for mishandling the latest escalation in a six-month old political crisis that has seen protesters blockade Bangkok’s airports. Read more
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian commandos stormed a Jewish center in Mumbai on Friday evening, killing two Islamist gunmen but failing to save five hostages, after two days of bloodshed that have created fresh tensions with old foe Pakistan. Read more
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Indian commandos who managed to enter other parts of the Taj Mahal say they found at least 30 bodies in one hall. Read more
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MOSCOW – French carmaker Renault said Friday it will halt production at its Moscow plant for more than two weeks in December as the global financial crisis crimps demand for cars. Read more
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Play Video AP  – Forces assault besieged Jewish center in Mumbai Slideshow: Mumbai Terror Attacks Play Video Video: Who are the attackers? BBC Play Video Video: How the Mumbai attacks unfolded BBC AP – National Security Guard commandos prepare a rope to tie onto a railing on the terrace of Nariman Bhavan, … MUMBAI, India – A fresh battle [...]
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Alitalia, the bankrupt Italian airline, is selling off its multimillion-pound collection of modern art to help to reduce its crippling debts, as it prepares for a relaunch next month under new ownership. Read more
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BANGKOK, Thailand (Nov. 28) – Thailand’s government backed off Friday from its threat to forcibly remove protesters occupying Bangkok’s two airports in their campaign to oust the prime minister, saying police would avoid violence and attempt to negotiate. Read more
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The frontbencher has also weighed into stories accusing Home Secretary Jacqui Smith of covering up warnings that thousands of illegal immigrants had been cleared to work in Whitehall security jobs and a dynamite Home Office briefing that crime, violence and terrorist numbers will rise because of the economic slump. Read more
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All five New Zealanders who died in an Airbus crash off the coast of France this morning have now been named. 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, 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 [...]
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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 [...]
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It’s a particularly gruesome scene in India tonight as a group calling itself the Deccan Mujahideen dispatched groups of gunmen around Mumbai to pick off Westerners. The latest update from the Associated Press is that police have killed four gunmen and taken nine into custody; hopefully those arrests can provide some insight into who’s truly [...]
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Former Ill. Gov. James Thompson, chairman of the law firm that provided a pricey defense team for former Ill. Gov. George Ryan, issued a Thanksgiving Day news release that contests the central thesis of my column this morning – that Ryan has not apologized for his crimes and so shouldn’t even be considered for a [...]
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Indian commandos are fighting to rid Mumbai of terrorists responsible for a string of attacks that left at least 125 people dead. Indian troops help hostages escape from the Oberoi Trident [...]
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The sequel to last year’s hit musical Hairspray will focus on the British music invasion of the US in the ’60s. Director Adam Shankman told Entertainment Weekly that the story will centre on Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky) and her friends as they move into the “next era of music”. He said: “That period was superpolitical, [...]