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Groups of Bay Area residents, including writer Alice Walker and nonviolence advocates Medea Benjamin and David Hartsough, are leaving for the Middle East to participate in an international march in Gaza… 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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The United States will join 20 other countries in a “research alliance” to better understand — and prevent — greenhouse-gas emissions from farms, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Wednesday. Read more
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KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai unveiled his new cabinet Saturday, presenting a list that satisfied Western backers who had warned him against stacking the government with reward-seeking power brokers or graft-tainted politicians. Read more
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SANTIAGO, CHILE — A conservative businessman is comfortably ahead in the polls as Chile prepares for a presidential election Sunday that could end 20 years of rule by the center-left coalition that brought democracy and prosperity to this country of 17 million people. Read more
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TIMBUKTU, MALI — The Saharan sands stretching north from this fabled outpost have long been a trade route and cultural crossroads, and this past year has brought worrying signs that the desert might also help bring a violent brand of Islam to moderate parts of West Africa. Read more
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TEHRAN — The religious leader of Iran’s opposition movement, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, died on Sunday at his home in the Shiite Muslim holy city of Qom, dealing a blow to human rights and democracy advocates who considered him their spiritual guide. Read more
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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Huge crowds of Iranians turned out for the funeral of leading dissident cleric Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri in the holy Shi’ite city of Qom on Monday and some chanted anti-government slogans, websites reported. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A broad healthcare overhaul passed its first crucial test in the U.S. Senate on Monday, with 60 Democrats voting to put President Barack Obama’s top legislative priority on a path to passage by Christmas. Read more
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FROM OTHER NEWS SITES Financial Times* Cleric’s funeral turns into opposition rally - 2 hrs ago Mail & Guardian Online Iran police, mourners clash after Montazeri funeral - 3 hrs ago ABC Online Clashes after funeral of Iranian cleric - 3 hrs ago Citizen.co.za Clashes [...]
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LONDON – European stock markets and Wall Street futures rose Monday amid hopes that the recent bout of selling may have run its course. However, bigger gains are not anticipated over the coming days as trading volumes fall because more and more traders are shutting up shop for the Christmas break. The FTSE 100 index [...]
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Reuters – A Palestinian boy attends a protest in Gaza City December 21, 2009, calling for the release of Palestinian … Slideshow:Mideast Conflict Play Video Mideast Video:Anti-settler demo in East Jerusalem AFP Play Video Mideast Video:Deaths after cargo ship sinks off Lebanon AP By ARON HELLER, Associated Press Writer Aron Heller, Associated Press Writer – 28 mins ago JERUSALEM – [...]
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Pope Benedict XVI has sparked an outcry from Jewish groups by moving the controversial Pope Pius XII closer to possible sainthood. Read more
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WARSAW, Poland (Dec. 20) — Police said early Monday that they have found the infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign that was stolen on Friday from the gate of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz. Police spokeswoman Katarzyna Padlo told The Associated Press that the sign was found in northern Poland. She said police also [...]
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If the Tories win the election, he said, they would tear up the law which lets householders use only ‘reasonable force’ to defend their families against intruders. Read more
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RIO DE JANEIRO – A Brazilian man publicly confessed to pushing dozens of needles into his two-year-old stepson, saying yesterday in a jail cell interview that he intended to kill the boy out of spite for his wife and didn’t think he would be discovered. Read more
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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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 I hereby offer my endorsement in the upcoming primary to the first candidate for lieutenant governor who pledges to do everything in his power, if elected, to abolish this silly office or at least change the way we choose lieutenant governors in Illinois.  Read more
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11:27am UK, Sunday December 20, 2009 Jo Couzens, Sky News Online At least five people have died as snow blankets much of the East Coast of the United States with more than [...]
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Rex Features Miley Cyrus has given her dog an Australian-themed name. The 17-year-old popstar has decided to name her pet ‘Mate’ after hearing her rumoured boyfriend and co-star Liam Hemsworth use the term, Angry Ape reports. Cyrus told Take40: “I just bought a little German Shepherd and I named it ‘Mate’ because I always say [...]