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It’s a good thing the activists at SF-based Credo Mobile have never been the shy retiring types, because they know they’ll get some serious blowback on this one: They just launched a campaign to send… 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 — Buoyed by strengthening rebounds in Germany and France, the 16-nation euro zone has officially climbed out of its worst recession since World War II, fueling hopes that a lasting global recovery is beginning to take shape. Read more
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TOKYO — President Obama said Friday that his drawn-out deliberations over military options in Afghanistan — unresolved after eight high-level war council meetings — are focused not on nailing down any specific piece of missing information but on trying to determine what actions will enhance U.S. security. Read more
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TOKYO — White House Counsel Gregory B. Craig will step down from his post and be replaced by Bob Bauer, a prominent Democratic lawyer who is President Obama’s personal attorney, the White House said Friday. Read more
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CARACAS, Venezuela — Every day, Pascual Cicenia plays golf on an emerald course that is 18 holes of tropical heaven in the middle of this chaotic city. He doesn’t take it for granted, he said, especially now that President Hugo Chávez has disparaged the sport as an elitist endeavor with few friends in his populist [...]
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A binational task force on U.S.-Mexico border issues will call Friday on the Obama administration and Congress to reinstate an expired ban on assault weapons and for Mexico to overhaul its frontier police and customs agencies to mirror the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Read more
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In 1982, a Pakistani military C-130 left the western Chinese city of Urumqi with a highly unusual cargo: enough weapons-grade uranium for two atomic bombs, according to accounts written by the father of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons program, Abdul Qadeer Khan, and provided to The Washington Post. Read more
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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s military warned the South that it was ready for battle over a disputed sea border, issuing a new threat on Friday that raised tension as U.S. President Barack Obama started a major tour of Asia. Read more
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TOKYO (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama headed into talks with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday in which he will likely try to smooth strained ties as the allies adjust to a rising China. Read more
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US President Barack Obama has arrived in Japan at a time of uncertainty in relations with America’s old ally over foreign policy and US military bases. Read more
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AP – Specialist Ned Zelles works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009. A drop … Slideshow:Stock Markets Play Video Wall Street Video:Rothstein’s Alleged Scheme Exceeds $1 Billion CBS4 Miami Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 10,197.47 -93.79 ^GSPC 1,087.24 0.00 ^IXIC 2,149.02 0.00 By JOE McDONALD, AP Business Writer Joe Mcdonald, [...]
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Play Video AP  – Pakistanis bury bomb victims Slideshow:Pakistan Play Video Video:Deadly car bomb in Pakistan Reuters Play Video Video:Anti-Taliban mayor killed in Pakistan blast AP AP – A destroyed car is seen after a suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. A suicide … By RIAZ KHAN, Associated Press Writer Riaz Khan, Associated Press Writer [...]
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Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian Prime Minister, who is already fighting to avoid imminent trials for tax evasion and bribery, was dealt a further blow yesterday when Veronica Lario, his estranged wife, announced that she was taking him to court in a divorce battle. Read more
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Forbes Magazine named drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman — a fugitive reputed to be hiding in the mountains of northern Mexico — to its list of the 67 World\’s Most Powerful People on Wednesday. At No. 41 on the list, Guzman is ahead of presidents like Russia\’s Dmitry Medvedev, France\’s Nicolas Sarkozy and Venezuela\’s [...]
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You CAN save Gary McKinnon: MPs’ bombshell letter explodes Home Secretary’s claim that law makes him powerless to halt extradition Wife snares paedophile husband by posing as online schoolgirl using computer in next room Children injured in school fights ‘can claim damages’ Headteacher suspends pupils after being ‘cyberbullied’ on Facebook for her dress sense Hero [...]
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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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I recently visited a basilica where visitors were greeted by a big bottle of hand sanitizer, in hopes that swine flu wouldn’t be spread along with the sign of peace. There are similar concerns about the communal fonts of holy water into which parishioners dip their fingers and make the sign of the cross, but [...]
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In the Cruz-Hernandez cases, the system and I failed to achieve a just outcome. And for that I am sorry…. former DuPage County State’s Atty. (and Ill. Atty. Gen) Jim Ryan, in a statement released this afternoon. Ryan’s relentlessly poor judgment overseeing the case that resulted in a death sentence for Brian Dugan yesterday, [...]