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Soldiers from the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division conduct a sweep of homes Nov. 2, 2002, in the village of Naray in southeastern Afghanistan. The Afghanistan war remains a key focus in the War on Terror moving into the next decade. Read more
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The opposition protests in Iran have been revived by the Shiite Tasoua and Ashura festival, resulting in the first protest deaths since the post-election protests in June. And one of the dead, according to Iranian opposition news sources, is the nephew of the opposition leader who took on the mullahocracy in those elections. More from [...]
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Santa stopped visiting us four or five years ago at least, but the day after we opened presents this year I found a gift for our 12-year-old son that had been overlooked in the wrapping process, so I wrapped it and plopped it down by the chimney with this note attached: Read more
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6:50pm UK, Monday December 28, 2009 Philip Thomas, Sky News Online At least 30 people have been killed in a suicide bomb blast targeting a Shi’ite procession in the Pakistani city of [...]
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Rex Features Black Eyed Peas have been announced as the most listened-to group on Spotify this year. The Swedish music service released the 100 most streamed tracks based on the number of streams delivered in the six countries where the company operates. The R&B group topped the chart with ‘I Got A Feeling’, also appearing [...]
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A man who brought his son home to the United States from Brazil after winning a bitter custody battle said in an interview aired Monday that he’s thrilled they have been reunited but is still waiting to be called “Dad.” “I said, ‘You can call me Dad,’” David Goldman said on NBC’s “Today” show. Read [...]
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TEHRAN, Iran — Four people died in Tehran yesterday when pro-reform protesters clashed with security forces, Iranian state TV said. It was the worst outbreak of violence since June’s contested election sparked political turmoil. In all, the opposition Web site Jaras said, eight people were killed as tens of thousands demonstrated across Iran [...]
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It feels more like Good Friday than Christmas in Baghdad. Today is Ashura, the solemnest and most sorrowful festival for Shia Muslims. It marks the death – the martyrdom, as they say – of Imam Hossein, grandson of Mohammad and rightful leader of Muslims according to the Shia. He was slain near the Iraqi city [...]
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ROME — Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was advised by doctors Monday to spend a second day in the hospital after his attack by a man with mental problems, as debate raged here over whether a new climate of hate was dominating Italy. Read more
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THE VATICAN Pope joins crowd in soup kitchen visit Pope Benedict XVI waded into a crowd of well-wishers in Rome on Sunday, just days after he was knocked down by a woman at a Christmas Eve Mass. It was the 82-year-old pontiff’s first appearance outside the Vatican since the attack, which left him unhurt but [...]
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They are old and balding now, the 15 defendants standing trial before a three-judge panel near the Argentine capital’s bustling port. But prosecutors say they were once the feared henchmen of a brutal military dictatorship. Read more
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When Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s father in Nigeria reported concern over his son’s “radicalization” to the U.S. Embassy there last month, intelligence officials in the United States deemed the information insufficient to pursue. The young man’s name was added to the half-million entries in a computer database in McLean and largely forgotten. Read more
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SANAA, YEMEN — The al-Qaeda branch linked to the attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight has for the past year escalated efforts to exploit Yemen’s instability and carve out a leadership role among terrorist groups, say Yemeni and Western officials, terrorism analysts, and tribal leaders. Read more
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HUAY NAM KHAO, Thailand (Reuters) – The Thai army began the forced repatriation of thousands of ethnic Hmong asylum-seekers to Laos on Monday, defying international concerns that some would be persecuted back home. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States tightened airline security amid growing questions about how a Nigerian man with alleged ties to militants smuggled explosives aboard a transatlantic flight and attempted to blow it up. Read more
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Further clashes have taken place in the Iranian capital Tehran, following anti-government protests in which at least four people died. Read more
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian stocks rose on Monday on increasing optimism about the global economy, with Tokyo shares hitting their highest in four months, while the U.S. dollar gained against the yen and held firm against the euro. Read more
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Play Video AP  – Deaths reported in fierce Tehran clashes Slideshow:Iran Play Video Video:Mass protests in Iran Reuters Play Video Video:Arrests reported in Iran protest Reuters AP – This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside … By ALI AKBAR DAREINI, Associated Press Writer Ali Akbar Dareini, Associated Press [...]
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Italy‘s four main Mafia organisations are believed to have put aside their deadly differences to form a new and dangerous “fifth mafia” in Rome. Read more
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TEHRAN, Iran (Dec. 7) – Iranian security forces fired on stone-throwing protesters in the center of the capital Sunday in one of the bloodiest confrontations in months, opposition Web sites and witnesses said. At least five people were killed. Some accounts of the violence in Tehran were vivid and detailed, but they could not be [...]