PENTAGON CALLS N. KOREA THREAT ‘SILLY’
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“I don’t even know how to respond to that. It’s silliness,” said Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell.”For what and with what?” Read more
Staying at the Basra ‘B&B’
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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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Another school very evident at Chelsea Flower show was Writhlington School. Pupils embarked in March 2009 on a trip to Sikkim in the Himalayas to take part in the Gangtok Schools’ Orchid project. This has furthered the work of the botanical team at the school and resulted in a stand in the Continuous Learning area [...]
¿Hora de limpiar la casa?
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Por años Colombia se auto engañó ante el narcotráfico. Los funcionarios con demasiada facilidad aseguraban que no era su problema, que los colombianos no eran los consumidores de cocaÃna y heroÃna. Pero a finales de los 90, acusaciones de que Colombia se estaba convirtiendo en un narco estado llevaron al Presidente Andrés Pastrana a desarrollar [...]
Time Zones: Five Hours of Solstice Reverence and Revelry at Stonehenge
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STONEHENGE, England At the stroke of 12:01 a.m., Stonehenge is set aglow by the thousands of camera flashes ricocheting off the monument’s standing stones, paparazzi-style. Against the black sky, the ancient circle suddenly stands out against the horizon like a set of blue fingers poking up from the ground. “We are here to call in [...]
‘Tunnel Rats’ Police Makeshift Crossings on U.S.-Mexico Border
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NOGALES, Ariz. — They call themselves the Tunnel Rats. Trained in close-quarter combat, psychologically certified to work in confined spaces and armed to the teeth, these four-member teams of Border Patrol agents monitor an elaborate underground warren of dark and dangerous storm drains that crisscross these twin downtowns along the border. Read more
White House Boosts Effort to Salvage North-South Peace in Sudan
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The Obama administration stepped up its efforts yesterday to salvage a four-year-old peace accord for Sudan, convening officials from 32 countries and international organizations amid fears that Africa’s longest-running civil war could resume. Read more
Supreme Leader Decries ‘Bullying’ Over Election
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TEHRAN, June 25 — Iran’s supreme leader told a group of lawmakers Wednesday that “neither the system nor the people will submit to bullying” over the results of the disputed presidential election, which he has given a powerful supervisory body an additional five days to review. Read more
U.S. drones prowl over Pakistan’s South Waziristan
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WANA, Pakistan (Reuters) – U.S. drones prowled the sky over Pakistan’s South Waziristan on Wednesday, a day after one of the aircraft attacked a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, killing about 70 militants. Read more
Khamenei vows no retreat on Iran election result
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By Zahra Hosseinian and Hossein Jaseb TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed on Wednesday he would not budge in response to protests over a disputed election that has sparked the biggest street demonstrations since the 1979 Islamic revolution. (EDITORS’ NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on [...]
Ex-detainees allege US Afghan abuse
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Former detainees have alleged they were beaten, deprived of sleep and threatened with dogs at the Bagram military base. Read more
Global recession nearing bottom, OECD says (AP)
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Play Video Economy Video:Rent Guidelines Board Lowers The Boom Again CBS 2 New York Play Video Economy Video:Prince Charles spends up big Australia 7 News Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 8,322.91 -16.10 ^GSPC 895.10 0.00 ^IXIC 1,764.92 0.00 By GREG KELLER, AP Business Writer Greg Keller, Ap Business Writer – 43 mins ago PARIS – The [...]
Conservative candidate in Iran pulls complaint (AP)
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Play Video AP  – Iran promises swift action on protesters Slideshow:Iran Election Play Video Video:Iran video shows ‘police beating’ BBC Play Video Video:Obama condemns Iran crackdown Reuters AP – In this image issued by the semi official Iranian Students News Agency, Tuesday, June 23, 2009, Iran’s … By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, Associated Press Writer Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press Writer – [...]
Prince Charles facing probe on spending
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PRINCE CHARLES faced renewed calls yesterday to make a full disclosure of his financial accounts after it emerged that his public costs had risen by nearly a quarter in the last year while his tax bill had fallen. Read more
Morgue Demands ‘Bullet Fee’ for Body
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(June 23) – The family of a 19-year-old Iranian man killed during clashes between security forces and protesters in Tehran said morgue officials demanded they pay a $3,000 “bullet fee” before they were allowed to take his body, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The fee was assessed to pay for the bullet that killed [...]
Pensions crisis: 96% of final salary schemes are doomed… OAPs worst off in Britain… and state funds withering on the vine
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The extent of the pensions crisis was laid bare yesterday by a ‘triple whammy’ of worrying reports. Read more
San Francisco bans pot paraphernalia shops
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SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco lawmakers have agreed unanimously to ban new smoke shops that sell paraphernalia used by pot smokers in the heart of the city’s one-time hippie district. Read more
The Story Behind the 'Stans
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Answer: In Persian, the suffix “stan” means “place of.” In Russian — remembering that Kazakhstan borders Russia, and five ‘stans used to be part of the Soviet Union — the word “stan” means “settlement.” So we have seven countries in Central Asia that share the “stan” suffix: Afghanistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan The [...]
Sex Scandal May Topple Berlusconi
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The former cruise-ship crooner, aka Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who famously swore off sex for the duration of his 2006 campaign, may yet be brought down by that oh-so-Italian of political scandals. From the Times of London: “With weeks to go before he hosts the G8 summit the Italian Prime Minister, [...]