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NAIROBI — The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo is collaborating with known human rights abusers as it backs a brutal Congolese military operation that has led to the deliberate killing of at least 1,400 civilians and a massive surge in rapes, according to a report by Human Rights Watch. Read more
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JABALYA, GAZA STRIP — Sami and Tayseer Barakat grew up together in the concrete warrens of this refugee camp in Gaza, but the common thread ends there. Read more
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – A car bomb near the home of a Pakistani provincial government minister killed 20 people on Tuesday, a police official said, in another sign authorities are struggling against Taliban militants bent on grabbing power. Read more
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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Danish hosts urged countries on Tuesday to compromise to salvage agreement on a new U.N. pact aimed at averting dangerous climate change. Read more
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US President Barack Obama has ordered the federal government to buy a prison in Illinois to take a number of inmates from Guantanamo Bay. Read more
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LONDON – European and U.S. stock markets traded without much direction Tuesday as investors weighed economic data that showed U.S. wholesale inflation rose more than expected last month. Volumes stayed low ahead of the holiday season. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed down 0.6 percent at 5,285.77, while Germany’s DAX rose 0.2 [...]
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AP – FILE – This is a Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 file photo of the tail-fins of two British Airways planes are … Related Quotes Symbol Price Change BAY 79.44 0.00 ^GSPC 1,113.21 -0.90 ^IXIC 2,215.80 +3.70 By JANE WARDELL, AP Business Writer Jane Wardell, Ap Business Writer – 25 mins ago LONDON – British Airways sought a court injunction [...]
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Silvio Berlusconi will need weeks of treatment for the physical injuries and mental trauma suffered when he was assaulted by a mentally ill man in Milan on Sunday, his doctors have said. Read more
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Munir Hussain, 53, and his family were tied up and told to lie on the floor by career criminal Waled Salem, who burst into his home with two other masked men. Read more
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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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The news stories that shaped the first decade of the new millennium, from terrorism to natural and humanitarian disasters. (Note: These are not ranked in order of importance.) Read more
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Well, it’s that time of year again, and I, for one, am going to continue wishing people “Happy Holidays” and “Season’s Greetings,” no matter what the zealots say. I prefer these salutations to the more specific alternatives — “Merry Christmas,” “Happy Hanukkah” and so on. I find them safely inclusive — you never can [...]
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Mark Langford, Sky News Online At least four civilians have been killed by a suicide car bomber outside a hotel used by foreigners in the Afghan capital Kabul. [...]
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WENN 50 Cent has declared that he will be more popular after he dies. Despite having sold over 30 million records, the rapper claimed that the media and public are yet to give his talent due credit. He told The Observer: “As an artist you’re greater in your absence than in your presence. Everyone liked [...]
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COPENHAGEN – New computer modeling suggests the Arctic Ocean may be nearly ice-free in the summertime as early as 2014, Al Gore said Monday at the U.N. climate conference. Read more
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TEHRAN, Iran — Iran said Monday it would try three Americans jailed since crossing the border from Iraq in July, a step certain to aggravate the U.S. at a time when Tehran is locked in a standoff with the West over its nuclear program. Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki did not say when proceedings [...]
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Former South Bay Rep. Tom Campbell, asked about buzz that he’s being urged to rethink his 2010 GOP gubernatorial run — and enter the U.S. Senate race — was unusually tightlipped Monday. 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 [...]