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By KAVITA MOKHA Last updated: 3:14 amFebruary 21, 2009 Posted: 2:42 amFebruary 21, 2009 A Nigerian man helped steal $27.2 million from a Citibank account belonging to the National Bank of Ethiopia in an elaborate international scheme, federal prosecutors charged yesterday. Prosecutors [...]
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Sacramento — “BFF,” that’s best friends forever, is how GOP State Sen. Abel Maldonado — the focus of a media blitz here at the state GOP convention — characterized his relationship with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger Saturday. Read more
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VILSECK, Germany, Feb. 20 — A military court has sentenced a U.S. Army medic convicted of murder for his role in the execution-style slayings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqi detainees to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Read more
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 21 — Two suspected Tamil Tiger rebel planes launched a surprise attack in Sri Lanka’s capital late Friday in a defiant show of power that government officials said killed three people and injured at least 48. Read more
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Restrictive U.S. policies toward Cuba are ineffective, have failed to achieve their stated purpose of promoting democracy and should be reevaluated to take advantage of recent political changes on the island, according to the senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Read more
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MEXICO CITY, Feb. 20 — The latest travel advisory for Mexico from the U.S. State Department will certainly not please the tourist board. Rather than a glossy brochure advertising the country’s many delights, the travel alert issued Friday reads like the plot of a crime thriller. Read more
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HARARE, Zimbabwe It was a steamy day, but Kempton Mugova proudly wore a smart sky-blue sport coat, purchased with the hundreds of dollars a day he reaped as a dealer on inflation-racked Zimbabwe’s black market for foreign currency. His was a lucrative but short career. Last month, the government approved the already widespread use of [...]
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 19 — Wearing leather shoes, a pressed beige suit and a scarf emblazoned with Iraq’s flag, the Iraqi journalist who became a folk hero in the Arab world by slinging his shoes at President George W. Bush defended his conduct on Thursday in court. Read more
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BEIJING, Feb. 20 — Taiwan and China are negotiating a wide-ranging free-trade agreement that represents an important step toward the possibility of unification of the longtime adversaries. Read more
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BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday the United States and China can help pull the world out of economic crisis by working together and made clear this took precedence over U.S. concerns about human rights in China. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama ordered the U.S. Treasury on Saturday to implement tax cuts for 95 percent of Americans, fulfilling a campaign pledge he hopes will help jolt the economy out of recession. Read more
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Mrs Clinton also stressed the importance of dealing with climate change with China, which has overtaken the US as the world’s leading emitter of greenhouse gases. The subject of North Korea, and attempts to get six-party talks on Pyongyang’s nuclear programme back on track, are also high on the agenda for Mrs Clinton in [...]
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BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday the United States and China can pull the world out of economic crisis by working together and made clear this took precedence over U.S. concerns about human rights in China. Read more
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Play Video Reuters  – Clinton in China Play Video Video:Clinton says North Korean leadership uncertain AP Play Video Video:Clinton to Variety Show: No Song for Me ABC News Play Video Hillary Clinton Video:Hillary Clinton criticises N Korea BBC AP – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, is guided by Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi … BEIJING – [...]
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A man was “devastated” after council contractors sent him a letter addressed to Mr Blindman, just months after he was registered as blind. Read more
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VILSECK, Germany (Feb. 20) – A U.S. Army medic was convicted of murder Friday for his involvement in the execution-style slayings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqi detainees shot in the back of the head in the spring of 2007. Read more
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Police are to scrap controversial race ‘diversity’ targets that made it harder for white men to win jobs. Read more
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INDEPENDENCE: A theft charge over a missing library book has been dismissed against an Iowa woman who was jailed when she failed to return the overdue tome. Read more
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Why the Valentine’s Day party poopers? Valentine’s Day = St. Valentine = not an Islamic holiday. Plus, as an Islamic scholar told the Saudi Gazette, “As Muslims we shouldn’t celebrate a non-Muslim celebration especially this one that encourages immoral relations between unmarried men and women.” So in Saudi Arabia, the religious police — agents of [...]
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Why the Valentine’s Day party poopers? Valentine’s Day = St. Valentine = not an Islamic holiday. Plus, as an Islamic scholar told the Saudi Gazette, “As Muslims we shouldn’t celebrate a non-Muslim celebration especially this one that encourages immoral relations between unmarried men and women.” So in Saudi Arabia, the religious police — agents of [...]