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Scott Gerber — the spokesman for Attorney General Jerry Brown who admitted secretly taping a phone conversation with Carla Marinucci and other reporters — has been put on “administrative leave,” AG… 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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LONDON — The dramatic decline of the U.S. dollar is aiding the American economic recovery but setting off alarm bells overseas, with corporate executives, politicians and pundits calling it among the biggest threats to the rebounds underway in Europe and Japan. Read more
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KABUL — Traffic in Afghanistan’s congested capital is worse than ever this month, with carloads of religious pilgrims arriving from the provinces to take flights to Saudi Arabia for hajj, and wedding parties scheduled back-to-back in ornate halls to beat the approaching winter weather. Read more
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SOUTH AMERICA U.S., Colombia sign agreement on bases In a private, low-key ceremony in Bogota on Friday, the U.S. ambassador and three Colombian ministers signed a pact to expand Washington’s military presence in Colombia, a deal that Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has called a threat to the region’s security. Foreign Minister Jaime Bermúdez said the [...]
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Honduras’s deeply fractured political forces signed an agreement Friday that could reinstate the president ousted in a coup four months ago and end a crisis whose impact has spread far beyond the poor banana-growing country, igniting partisan battles in Washington and threatening to polarize the hemisphere. Read more
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PARIS — Former president Jacques Chirac was formally charged with embezzlement Friday, joining a growing list of sitting and former senior French officials accused of abusing power to raise political funds or further their careers. Read more
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MANILA (Reuters) – The third typhoon to hit the Philippines in five weeks slammed into the main island of Luzon on Saturday, uprooting trees and toppling power lines, but there were no immediate reports of widespread damage. Read more
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By Golnar Motevalli KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s election rival Abdullah Abdullah canceled a planned trip to India on Saturday, his advisers said, heightening speculation he would pull out of next week’s disputed run-off vote. Afghanistan has been racked by weeks of political uncertainty after widespread fraud marred the first round, with security [...]
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Abdullah Abdullah, President Hamid Karzai’s rival in the second round of Afghanistan’s presidential election, is reportedly close to quitting the poll. Read more
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. authorities seized nine failed banks on Friday, the most in a single day since the financial crisis began and the latest stark sign that substantial parts of the nation’s banking industry are being crippled by bad loans. Read more
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AP – FILE – In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2009 picture, Abdullah Abdullah, former Afghan foreign minister who ran … Slideshow:Afghanistan Play Video Afghanistan Video:Preview: Hillary Clinton FOX News Play Video Afghanistan Video:Central Texas Marine killed in Afghanistan KVUE-TV Austin By HEIDI VOGT and EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writers Heidi Vogt And Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press [...]
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NICOLAS Sarkozy dealt a blow to Tony Blair‘s hopes of becoming EU president by publicly withdrawing his support yesterday. Read more
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Somali pirates demanded a $7 million ransom for a British couple kidnapped aboard their yacht last week, a British agency said Friday. The British government says it won\’t pay. The government will not make substantive concessions for hostage takers, including the payments of ransom, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office said. Paul and Rachel Chandler, [...]
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Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe told his superiors that British troops would die because they were being forced to make trips by road. Read more
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NZ man’s accused killer in court 10:48AM Saturday Oct 31, 2009 Related links: Aussie police arrest Kiwi’s alleged killer An Australian man charged with the murder of a New Zealander who died in 1997 three years after being attacked and robbed in Sydney has been remanded in custody. David Ronald [...]
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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and [...]
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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and [...]
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From Mary Schmich’s Sunday column: This year we’re asking the clever and trivia-minded to create one or more questions related to holiday music. The questions should be multiple choice, preferably with four answers. The question should be amusing, maybe mildly informative, and one of the answers must be true. We’ll pick our [...]
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11:22pm UK, Friday October 30, 2009 Mark Langford, Sky News Online Somali pirates have demanded a $7m ransom for the safe release of Britons Paul and Rachel Chandler. [...]