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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
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The Conservative MP claimed £1,040 for two photoshoots In The Times today Julie Kirkbride laid out her defence against accusations that she missused her second home allowance and expenses. She wrote: “It’s not about profit, it’s about keeping the family together.” This afternoon she announced that she will not stand again at the next [...]
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WASHINGTON — Up until last week, Paraguay seemed frozen in time. While other countries in the region underwent political and social transformations demanded by electorates fed up with corrupt and elitist ruling classes, the Colorado Party of former dictator Alfredo Stroessner was in its seventh decade in power. Read more
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Memo to President Obama: Read more
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MOSCOW, May 29 — Russia and the United States formally opened on Friday a plant in Siberia to destroy a huge stockpile of artillery shells filled with deadly nerve agents, more than a decade after alarmed U.S. officials first pledged to help secure and dispose of the weapons. Read more
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TOKYO, May 30 — North Korea, which launched a long-range missile over Japan in April, appeared Saturday to be moving another one to a launch pad. Read more
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CARACAS, Venezuela, May 29 — There’s probably no president in the world as loquacious as Hugo Chávez, the self-styled revolutionary leader who frequently commandeers the Venezuelan airwaves to deliver monologues that can last hours. Read more
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Pigs have their own versions of influenza, and studies of farmers and meatpackers suggest that the animals fairly regularly infect people. Read more
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NORTHEASTERN COAST, Sri Lanka — The strip of beach where tens of thousands of civilians huddled during the Sri Lankan military’s decisive assault against the Tamil Tiger rebels this month shows clear signs of heavy artillery shelling, according to a helicopter inspection of the site by independent journalists, interviews with eyewitnesses, and specialists who have [...]
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates Saturday urged the international community to give more aid to Afghanistan to build infrastructure, expand its military and police, and ensure security for elections this year. Read more
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Saturday that the United States would not accept a nuclear-armed North Korea and sternly warned it against transferring any nuclear material. Read more
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Germany has agreed a deal with Magna International, a Canadian car parts maker, to take over Opel, part of the European wing of US carmaker GM. Read more
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union, the United States and Russia will hold detailed ministerial talks next week on Moscow’s bid to join the World Trade Organization, diplomats said on Friday. Read more
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SINGAPORE – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned North Korea on Saturday that the United States would respond quickly if moves by the communist government threaten America or its Asian allies. Read more
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Beautiful blondes are said to brighten the dullest occasion — and now they are rallying to fight off economic gloom. Read more
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LONDON (May 29) — The first comprehensive report into the human cost of climate change warns the world is in the throes of a “silent crisis” that is killing 300,000 people each year. Read more
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The Corporation caved in after a panellist on the Question Time TV programme accused the country’s most influential Muslim organisation of failing to condemn attacks on soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. Read more
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TORONTO – Former President George W. Bush called former President Bill Clinton “his brother” and the two rarely disagreed in their first-ever appearance together on stage. 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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Chances that the U.S. president will accept this? Perhaps higher than the chances that the last commander in chief would — but still hovering around slim to none: “Speaking to foreign reporters in Tehran, [Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] recalled that the Islamic Republic of Iran had earlier invited the US president for [...]