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The announcement this week that the only abortion clinic in Wichita, Kan., will close forever in the wake of the May 31 slaying of its operator, Dr. George Tiller, was simply more proof that violence and intimidation can get results where civil discourse and political process fail. Read more
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10:45pm UK, Thursday June 11, 2009 Nick Pisa, in Perugia Perugia murder suspect Amanda Knox has “nothing to hide”, her father has said, as his daughter prepares to testify in court for the first time in the trial. [...]
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Art Spiegelman has spoken about the sense of liberty he feels following the release of his first three published sketchbooks. Read more
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Earlier, the news on the Israeli leader`s expected visit drew fire from Tehran. Hassan Firouzabadi, Iran`s chief-of-staff of the armed forces, labeled the visit as disrespectful to the Islamic world and warned it could cause problems with Azerbaijan. Tehran also urged that the Israeli embassies in Baku and Ashgabat are to be shut down. Ali [...]
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GENEVA — The World Health Organization declared a swine flu pandemic Thursday – the first global flu epidemic in 41 years – as infections in the United States, Europe, Australia, South America and elsewhere climbed to nearly 30,000 cases. Read more
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President Obama scored big with his eloquent speech to the Muslim world last week. Now he has to put up or shut up. That’s the price of raising hopes that solutions can be found to tough issues, including… Read more
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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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With Londoners struggling without the Tube we were wondering if Bob Crow was not perhaps the most unpopular union leader ever. You can have your say below, but first, the candidates: Jack Dash The original trades union bogeyman, Dash was involved in every London dockstrike from 1945 to 1969. After his retirement, rather more [...]
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Durante el ya famoso anuncio de su respaldo a Barack Obama, el gobernador de Nuevo México Bill Richardson elogió al candidato presidencial por su franqueza sobre el tema racial. “Como hispano, me sentà especialmente emocionado con sus palabras”, dijo Richardson, “el Senador Obama ha empezado un debate en este paÃs que se necesitaba desde hace [...]
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PARIS, June 6 — Brazilian searchers recovered two bodies and several pieces of debris Saturday that officials said were from an Air France jetliner that plunged into the Atlantic during a violent thunderstorm. Read more
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BANGKOK, June 10 — International donors have warned that the trial of Burmese opposition leader and democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi has made it more difficult to raise money for the victims of last year’s cyclone, an official said Wednesday. Read more
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JOHANNESBURG — Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is on his first official visit in Washington this week with a decidedly difficult sales pitch. He is expected to request funding for a nation that he recently said remains so unfree and unstable that it is “not a country where I can be confident about the future [...]
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TEHRAN, June 10 — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged his supporters Wednesday not to resort to violence as Iran’s presidential election campaign wound to a close with massive, competing demonstrations in the streets of the capital. Read more
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TEHRAN (Reuters) – If Iranian voters deny President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad re-election on Friday, it may be more a verdict on his economic performance than on his fierce rhetoric against the United States and Israel, his defense of Iran’s nuclear policy or his persistent questioning of the Holocaust. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An elderly gunman linked to an anti-Jewish website killed a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington on Wednesday and was wounded when guards returned fire, officials said. Read more
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Anti-poverty group One, set up by rock star Bono, said Italy had actually cut aid to Africa despite making ambitious pledges at a 2005 economic summit. Read more
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Reuters – Traders stand outside the New York Stock Exchange in this March 27, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/Files Slideshow:Stock Markets Play Video Wall Street Video:Business Update: Gloomy Fed Reuters Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 8,739.02 -24.04 ^GSPC 939.15 -3.28 ^IXIC 1,853.08 -7.05 By ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer Elaine Kurtenbach, Ap Business Writer – 7 mins ago [...]
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Play Video AP  – Election fever rises in Iran Slideshow:Iran Election Play Video Video:Iran campaigning heats up Reuters Play Video Video:Young voters hold sway in Iranian presidential election AFP AP – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures to thousands of supporters as he gives his final election … By ANNA JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer Anna Johnson, Associated Press Writer – [...]
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Scores of protesters throwing eggs and shouting “Nazi scum, off our streets”, broke up a news conference yesterday by the far-right British National Party which has just won its first seats in the European Parliament. Read more
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ROME (June 10) – Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi hailed a “new era” in relations with Italy on Wednesday, saying a history of hatred and destruction during Italy’s 30-year-colonial rule had been replaced by a future of friendship and cooperation. But in a demonstration that the wounds of Italy’s occupation still run deep, Gadhafi arrived for [...]