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BERLIN, Feb. 22 — European leaders on Sunday pledged to establish global oversight of hedge funds, crack down on tax havens and beef up other rules as part of a reformation of the international monetary system. Read more
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BEIJING, Feb. 22 — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s blunt and unadorned style of diplomacy has been evident throughout her maiden voyage the past week in Asia. She questioned the efficacy of sanctions against the repressive junta in Burma, spoke openly about a possible succession crisis in North Korea and admitted that she expected [...]
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OTTAWA, Feb. 19 — President Obama touched down Thursday morning in this snowy Canadian capital — his first foray outside the United States as president — and headed for discussion of trade and the environment with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Read more
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Libya made its final payment yesterday into a $1.5 billion fund for American victims of terrorism, the State Department said, clearing the way for full normalization of ties between two countries with a history of antagonism dating to the 1980s. Read more
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As Gen. David H. Petraeus flew into Baghdad in February 2007, preparing to take command of U.S. forces in Iraq, Col. Peter R. Mansoor, his executive officer, knelt alongside his seat. “You know, sir,” he said, “the hardest thing for you, if it comes to it, will be to tell the American people and the [...]
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India and Pakistan engaged in nearly three years of secret, high-level talks that narrowly missed achieving a historic breakthrough in the countries’ decades-old conflict over Kashmir, according to an account set for publication today. Read more
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BEIJING (Reuters) – An explosion in a mine belonging to China’s biggest coking coal producer killed 74 miners in Shanxi province on Sunday and scores more were rescued after being trapped underground for hours. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama wants to slash the ballooning deficit in half by 2013, U.S. officials said on Saturday, after massively increasing public spending to stem the worst economic crisis in decades. Read more
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European leaders in Berlin have agreed on the need to regulate all financial markets including hedge funds. Read more
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BEIJING (AFP) – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday urged China to keep buying US debt as she wrapped up her first overseas trip, during which she agreed to work closely with Beijing on the financial crisis. Read more
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Play Video AP  – Death toll mounts in China mine accident AP – Rescue workers emerge from the Tunlan Coal Mine in Gujiao, in China’s Shanxi province, Sunday, Feb. 22, … GUJIAO, China – A gas explosion ripped through a coal mine in northern China on Sunday, killing at least 74 miners and trapping dozens, state media said. It [...]
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Manchester Airport is pursuing an insurance claim against footballer Cristiano Ronaldo for the damage he caused when he crashed his Ferrari in a tunnel, airport bosses confirmed yesterday. Read more
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LONDON (Feb. 21) — Iran offered to stop attacking coalition troops in Iraq nearly four years ago in an attempt to get the West to accept Tehran’s nuclear program, a British diplomat told the BBC in an interview aired Saturday. Read more
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Secret political diaries kept by a Labour Minister and published for the first time today lay bare in brutal – and sometimes darkly hilarious – detail the rivalries and tensions at the heart of New Labour. Read more
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WAMPUM, Pennsylvania – An 11-year-old boy shot his father’s pregnant girlfriend in the back of the head while she was lying in bed in their western Pennsylvania farmhouse, then got on the school bus and went to school, authorities said Saturday. 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 [...]
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The announcement suggests Mr Brown has won the race to become the first European leader to visit the new president in Washington. Read more
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Slumdog Millionaire leads Dev Patel and Freida Pinto reportedly spent Valentine’s Day together looking at rings. Read more
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Air accident investigators are examining the wreckage of a light aircraft whose pilot was killed when it crashed shortly after take-off. The 50-year-old man, whose family have been informed of the tragedy, is … Read more