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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 [...]
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Por primera vez en más de seis años, dos secuestradas de las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia fueron liberadas la semana pasada. La participación del Presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez lo hizo posible y los colombianos estaban profundamente agradecidos, incluido el Presidente Ãlvaro Uribe. Read more
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President Obama is scheduled to leave Washington tonight on a week-long trip that will help determine whether his personal popularity and fresh policy approaches can yield concrete results on difficult issues including arms control, missile defense and nuclear nonproliferation. Read more
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ON THE AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN BORDER — Lt. Gabe Lamois’s mission sounded simple: Hike down the hill to the Pakistani Frontier Corps’ border post, inform the commander there that U.S. and Afghan troops were going to be moving through the area at 3 a.m., and hike back up the hill. Read more
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CARACAS, Venezuela, July 1 — An ally was in trouble, toppled in a military coup. And the television cameras were rolling. Read more
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, July 4 — Although the U.S. government knew for months that Honduras was on the brink of political chaos, officials say they underestimated how fearful the Honduran elite and the military were of ousted President Manuel Zelaya and his ally President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela. Read more
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TEHRAN, July 4 — Mir Hossein Mousavi, the leading opposition candidate in last month’s disputed election, released documents Saturday detailing a campaign of alleged fraud by supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that assured his reelection, while an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader accused Mousavi of treason. Read more
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SORKHDOZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The mullah’s message was blunt. We don’t trust you and if you don’t earn our trust, our first meeting will be our last. Read more
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SEOUL (Reuters) – The U.S. pointman for sanctions on North Korea begins talks in Malaysia on Sunday, possibly on links banks have to the North’s finances, while a report said Pyongyang may have shot mid-range missiles in a series fired on Saturday. Read more
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The Organization of American States has suspended Honduras in protest at the ousting of President Manuel Zelaya. Read more
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VINA DEL MAR, Chile (AFP) – Latin America and the Caribbean are well placed to emerge from the storm buffeting much of the global economy, multilateral lenders said here Friday while meeting with regional ministers. Read more
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AP – In this photo taken Saturday, July 4, 2009, an Afghan police officer carries his gun on his shoulder, … Slideshow:Afghanistan Play Video Barack Obama Video:Web Extra: Sea Turtle Release In The Keys CBS4 Miami Play Video Barack Obama Video:Obama heads for African visit AP By AMIR SHAH, Associated Press Writer Amir Shah, Associated Press Writer – [...]
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SIX people including two children were killed when a blaze spread rapidly through a 12-storey block of flats in southeast London yesterday. Read more
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SEOUL, South Korea (July 4) – North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles Saturday into waters off its east coast in a show of military firepower that defied U.N. resolutions and drew global expressions of condemnation and concern. Read more
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The new head of MI6 has been left exposed by a major personal security breach after his wife published intimate photographs and family details on the Facebook website. Read more
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NEW YORK – Fireworks lit the night sky above New York with a kaleidoscope of colours shooting 300 metres into the air on an Independence Day that began with the Statue of Liberty’s crown opening to the public for the first time since September 11, 2001. 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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In Dan Savage’s syndicated column in the Chicago Reader this week, one of his correspondents proposes that “hiking the Appalachian Trail” become a euphemism for cheating on a spouse. Read more
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2:35pm UK, Saturday July 04, 2009 North Korea has test fired seven missiles off its eastern coast, according to South Korea. Anti-North Korea protesters burn mock missiles at a rally in South [...]