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Obama’s Chance to Redefine NATO Role

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France’s attitude toward U.S. policy on Middle East peace? “We totally agreed.” How about Iran? “Totally aligned on this.” Personal relations? “It is a pleasure to work with Barack Obama.” Read more

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A Solemn Stop At Buchenwald

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BUCHENWALD, Germany, June 5 — President Obama spent an hour on Friday in silence broken only by a faint breeze, the crunch of shoes on gravel and whispered stories. Read more

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N. Korea Vows To ‘Weaponize’ Plutonium, Start Enriching Uranium

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TOKYO, June 13 — North Korea declared Saturday that it could no longer “even think about giving up its nuclear weapons” following the U.N. Security Council’s imposition of sanctions for its second nuclear test. Read more

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A Mexican Cartel’s Swift and Grisly Climb

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APATZINGAN, Mexico — In farm towns across the hot, fertile state of Michoacan, famous for its mangos and marijuana, residents are used to seeing military patrols rumbling through their streets. But until late last month, they had never seen soldiers descending on City Hall. Read more

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North Korea responds to U.N. with nuclear threats

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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Saturday it would start a uranium enrichment program and weaponize all its plutonium in response to fresh U.N. sanctions, which the United States said it would work vigorously to enforce. Read more

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Protests hit Tehran after Ahmadinejad wins

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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Thousands of people clashed with police Saturday after the disputed election victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sparked the biggest protests in Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Read more

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Ahmadinejad poll win sparks Iran clashes

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Thousands of angry protesters have clashed with police after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner of Iran’s presidential poll. Read more

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US says no recovery, ‘too early’ to cut stimulus (AFP)

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LECCE, Italy (AFP) – Top global economies should not look to cut their economic stimulus plans to fight the crisis as there is no recovery yet, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Saturday. Read more

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Iran declares win for Ahmadinejad in disputed vote (AP)

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Play Video Reuters  – Ahmadinejad re-elected in Iran Slideshow:Iran Election Play Video Video:Record turnout in Iran election BBC Play Video Iran Video:Iranian Election Results Disputed ABC News AP – Supporters of reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, some wearing green as the color of the party, … By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and ANNA JOHNSON, Associated Press Writers Ali Akbar Dareini [...]

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Female friend claims ‘could delay Pope’s beatification’

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To him, she was “my dear Dusia” and he signed his letters “Br” — short for brother. Read more

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North Korea Vows Nuclear Step-Up

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SEOUL, South Korea (June 13) – North Korea vowed Saturday to step up its atomic bomb-making program and threatened war if its ships are stopped as part of new U.N. sanctions aimed at punishing the nation for its latest nuclear test. Read more

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Young jet-set royals ‘at risk’: Met chief begs for funding boost as protection squad too stretched to cope

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Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson has asked the Home Secretary for an urgent increase in funds to pay for more protection officers. Read more

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Arise Sir Dracula: Queen knights Christopher Lee

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Christopher Lee, whose sonorous voice and burning black eyes made him a memorable arch-villain in films from Dracula to Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, has been given one of Britain’s highest honours by Queen Elizabeth II. Read more

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France's Worst Serial Killers?

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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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PBlag’ already looking like a winner

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At first, I forced myself to watch  “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!” purely to see what newsworthy tidbits Patti Blagojevich might offer as her inhibitions dropped in the sticky, icky Costa Rican rain forest where the cameras and microphones are seemingly always on. Read more

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Ahmadinejad ‘Wins Iran Presidential Vote’

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7:18am UK, Saturday June 13, 2009 Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has taken an “unassailable lead” in Iran’s presidential election, according to official figures. Supporters of President Admadinejad celebrate his expected victory in Tehran [...]

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Saffia: ‘Sree took condoms into house’

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WENN Saffia has said that Sree took condoms into the house, despite claims that he is a virgin. Speaking on tonight’s Big Brother’s Big Mouth, Saffia, Sophia and Davina spoke about Sree’s impact on the house. Sophia admitted that she had a love-hate relationship with the Indian student, saying: “He was like a little brother [...]

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Administration speeds overseas detainee relocation

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Despite fierce opposition in Congress, the White House insisted Friday it has not ruled out releasing Guantanamo Bay detainees in the United States. Read more

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FORMER GITMO PRISONER ‘GRATEFUL’ FOR BERMUDA MOVE

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One of the four former Gitmo prisoners sent to Bermuda said today he is “very grateful” for the chance to live on the tiny tropical paradise. Read more

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Rev. Jeremiah Wright: anti-Semite or misunderstood?

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Just days after he delivered a fiery and well-received sermon in San Francisco, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright has one prominent defender here following his latest controversy — an interview in which he claims… Read more

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