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GOMA, Congo, Feb. 3 — With their wives and children, the Rwandan militiamen are arriving from the bush here in eastern Congo by the truckload. Skinny and tired, they have voluntarily surrendered their weapons and say they are ready to go home. Read more
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 3 — The head of Iraq’s electoral commission said Tuesday that it is investigating “serious” allegations of electoral fraud in Anbar province that, if corroborated, could alter the outcome of Saturday’s election, providing the clearest indication yet that voting irregularities occurred during provincial balloting. Read more
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 4 — Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa proclaimed in an Independence Day message on Wednesday that the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam would be “completely defeated in a few days,” potentially signaling an end to a 25-year insurgency that is one of the world’s longest ongoing conflicts. Read more
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BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyzstan’s government asked parliament on Wednesday to approve the closure of a U.S. military air base which supplies U.S.-led troops fighting in Afghanistan. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama imposed tough new rules on Wednesday to rein in corporate pay, capping executive compensation at $500,000 a year for companies receiving taxpayer funds as he seeks to put the struggling U.S. economy onto a new foundation. Read more
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The Vatican has ordered an ultra-traditionalist bishop to publicly recant his views denying the Holocaust. Read more
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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama imposed a $500,000 pay cap on some senior executives whose firms receive government financial rescue money, a dramatic intervention into corporate governance in the midst of financial crisis. Read more
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AP – This is a computer generated image provided by French Nuclear Giant Areva showing the future new … Related Quotes Symbol Price Change GE 11.57 +0.20 ^GSPC 850.54 +12.03 ^IXIC 1,546.89 +30.59 PARIS – French nuclear giant Areva signed a preliminary deal Wednesday to provide India with up to six new-generation reactors — a move hailed in [...]
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CAROL Thatcher has been dropped from ‘The One Show’ by the BBC after referring to a tennis player as a “golliwog” in an off-air conversation. Read more
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BAGHDAD (Feb. 3) – A woman accused of helping recruit dozens of female suicide bombers looked into the camera and described the process: trolling society for likely candidates and then patiently converting the women from troubled souls into deadly attackers. Read more
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Britain is facing a fresh wave of travel chaos and school closures after weathermen warned a fresh band of snow is on its way. Read more
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Both sides of the Sri Lankan civil war must agree to a ceasefire and return to negotiations for the sake of their own people, Foreign Minister Murray McCully said today. 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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Ever since he seemed to outgrow his Dr. Evil aspirations (with the prodding of his more sensible son), Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi has been on a mission to be regarded as, well, a man with a mission. A statesman, not a crazy man. A force for change, instead of a force for crazy. A unifier [...]
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8:54pm UK, Tuesday February 03, 2009 US President Barack Obama has suffered another embarrassment after a second nominee for a top government job quit over his tax affairs. President Obama is [...]
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A couple have unveiled plans to build one of the world’s smallest cinemas in the back garden of their end-terrace house. An age gap of nearly 40 years separates Edna Martin, 73, and her 35-year-old husband Simon, but they claim that their “artistic temperaments” make the relationship work. The couple said that they hope the [...]
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Islamist militants blew up a bridge in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, cutting a major supply line for Western troops in Afghanistan in the latest in a series of attacks on the Khyber Pass by insurgents seeking to hamper the U.S.-led mission against the Taliban. Read full story from www.msnbc.msn.com Read more
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A pigeon-lover ruffled a few feathers today at an airport in Australia – after customs agents found two birds stuffed into his pants as he attempted to smuggle them into the country, authorities said. Read more
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Obama: “I screwed up.” In the wake of the Daschle Debacle, President Obama made the top-shelf media rounds today and repeated a simple message: “I screwed up.” Yeah, that’s exactly what he told NBC’s Brian Williams. “I’ve got to own up to my mistake,” Obama said, saying he was frustrated with himself and his team [...]
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If you go down to Brighton beach, you’ll find a surprisingly large number of snowmen. They come in all shapes and sizes, although so far only in white. Newsblog was down there bright and early and found this cheeky chappie, whom we dubbed Freddy, puffing out his chest by the burnt-out West Pier. Unfortunately, [...]