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RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 22 Of all the things you could say to a cop with an automatic weapon after he’s pulled you out of the car on the side of the highway at midnight, Isaac Chaves chose: “I’ve had 15 beers.”
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As the State Department reviews hundreds of claims from people who lost family members in Libyan-sponsored terrorist attacks, controversy is building over a case that is so low-profile it is sometimes called “the forgotten flight.”
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 23 — Iraq’s parliament signed off Tuesday night on a security agreement that would allow thousands of British troops and a few hundred soldiers from a handful of other countries to stay in Iraq until next summer.
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NEW DELHI, Dec. 22 — In signs of growing regional tension since the Mumbai attacks last month, Pakistan scrambled fighter jets over several of its larger cities Monday, and India’s foreign minister told a gathering of Indian diplomats in New Delhi that the country is keeping all its options open to bring the perpetrators of […]
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq’s parliament approved a measure on Tuesday that clears the way for troops from Britain, Australia and a handful of other nations to stay in Iraq after a U.N. mandate expires at year’s end, a senior lawmaker said.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Existing home sales fell by a record amount last month as the recession picked up pace although a collapse in gasoline prices gave consumer sentiment a rare lift, data on Tuesday showed.
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Iraqi MPs have authorised the government to sign agreements allowing British and other non-US troops to stay on in the country after 2008.
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WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) –
The world’s economies limped toward Christmas on Tuesday, with a U.S. contraction confirmed, Britain shrinking more sharply than thought and Spain and New Zealand languishing in recession.
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CONAKRY, Guinea – A military-led group seized control of the airwaves in Guinea and declared a coup Tuesday after the death of the mineral-rich West African country’s longtime dictator, but the prime minister insisted he remained in charge.
An Associated Press reporter saw three tanks and dozens of armed soldiers heading toward the office of the […]
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Economic woes eased for thousands in Spain yesterday as the Christmas lottery — billed among the world’s richest — dished out some €2.32bn in prizes.
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The Israel Antiquities Authority reported a thrilling find Sunday — the discovery of 264 ancient gold coins in Jerusalem National Park.
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Police are failing to investigate almost four in every ten crimes, it was revealed last night.
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VIENNA - After 16 years trying to resolve Georgia’s conflict with two breakaway provinces, a team of international monitors is giving up and going home - its clout in tatters after a brief war between Russia and Georgia in which Moscow showed who’s boss in the region.
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Kabuga, a Rwandan multimillionaire businessman, is accused of essentially bankrolling the genocide by supplying the Interahamwe, a violent Hutu militia, with machetes and other implements. He is believed to be sheltering in Kenya.
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The race to become Israel’s next prime minister is in full swing, and Kadima leader Tzipi Livni seems to be trying to gain some ground on Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s national security credentials by vowing to stamp out the breakaway Hamas leadership in Gaza:
“‘The Hamas government in Gaza must be toppled, the means to […]
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Joel A. Brodsky –It was nice to see that someone in the news media actually took the time to sit down and analyze the new “hearsay law” in somewhat the same manner that Drew’s legal team has (Zorn column Tuesday).
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10:15pm UK, Monday December 22, 2008
The worst winter storm to hit the US for almost 20 years has left at least five people dead and caused power cuts, huge road pile-ups and travel chaos for people trying to get home for the holidays.
Snow hits parts of New York City
Drivers blinded by blizzard conditions created a […]
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Nintendo’s DSi and Wii remained at the top of the Japanese hardware chart for the week ending December 14, according to figures from Media Create.
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A former butler to Queen Elizabeth II was sentenced Monday to at least six years in prison after admitting he molested three children, including one who accompanied him to a royal Christmas party.
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