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JANUARY 24, 2010 I have worked for The Times for nearly twenty-five years. No assignment comes close to what I witnessed in Haiti. The utter devastation and terrible loss of life is on a scale that I couldn’t begin to imagine. Thousands of mangled corpses in the rubble, apocalyptic streets and crushed [...]
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AFGHANISTAN 2 U.S. troops killed by bomb in south A roadside bomb killed two U.S. service members in southern Afghanistan on Saturday as the country’s top NATO commander acknowledged that an increased risk to foreign troops will accompany an influx of reinforcements aimed at routing the Taliban. The deaths brought to at least 22 the [...]
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BEIJING — China’s president said Tibet’s development must include Tibetan areas in neighboring provinces — a move probably aimed at tying the region tighter to the rest of the country after deadly riots two years ago. Read more
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MIAMI — Even in normal times, the dingy money transfer storefronts in this city’s Little Haiti provide a critical lifeline for the island nation. Here, and in other immigrant hubs in the United States, money passed to tellers behind plastic glass and then relayed back home is part of a flow that amounts to as [...]
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Before the earthquake, the Hotel Montana was the place to be in Haiti. During coups and crises, it provided air-conditioned shelter from the political storms for the diplomats, spies and aid workers — and a few heavy-duty criminals — who gathered nightly at the News Bar under a towering mahogany tree to sip rum sours [...]
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BAGHDAD — The Justice Department will appeal the dismissal of an indictment against five Blackwater Worldwide security guards accused of fatally shooting 14 Iraqis in September 2007, Vice President Biden told Iraqi officials Saturday. Read more
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DUBAI (Reuters) – Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the December 25 failed bombing of a U.S.-bound plane and promised more attacks on the United States, in an audio tape Al Jazeera said on Sunday was of the Al Qaeda leader. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama is confident Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will be confirmed by the Senate for a second term, senior White House adviser David Axelrod said on Sunday. Read more
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Afghanistan is to postpone its parliamentary elections by four months until September, the country’s election commission has confirmed. Read more
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LONDON (AFP) – Britain’s finance minister expressed scepticism Sunday at proposed US banking reforms, saying they would not have prevented the financial crisis and warning they risk undermining the global consensus. Read more
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AP – FILE – This is an undated photo of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden issued a new audio message … By SALAH NASRAWI, Associated Press Writer Salah Nasrawi, Associated Press Writer – 39 mins ago CAIRO – Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden claimed responsibility for the Christmas Day airline bombing attempt in Detroit, in a audio message [...]
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From ancient Egyptian pharaohs to Anglo-Saxon warriors, humans have been buried alongside their most sacred or treasured animals. Read more
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The parents of the two young boys left close to death after being tortured by two sadistic brothers have called for them to be named and shamed. Read more
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This summer, the incessant drone of a rotating irrigator can seem like a blessing. Expand Jean-Claude Duvalier, who succeeded his father Papa Doc in Haiti, did not last long. Photo / AP Shrink Jean-Claude Duvalier, who succeeded his father Papa Doc in Haiti, did not last [...]
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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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  Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Dan Hynes took a risk late last week launching a TV commercial featuring 1987 video of then-Chicago Mayor Harold Washington ripping Pat Quinn, now Illinois’ governor and Hynes’ primary foe. “Pat Quinn is a totally and completely undisciplined individual who thinks that government is nothing but a large easel on which [...]
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10:54pm UK, Saturday January 23, 2010 Neal Walker, Sky News Online Rescue teams continue to pull survivors from the rubble after the earthquake which devastated Haiti, despite reports of the end of [...]
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Sam Page has signed up to appear in Desperate Housewives. Entertainment Weekly says that Page, who is currently starring as Joan’s husband on Mad Men, will join the show for several episodes. He will reportedly play Jeremy, a cook who is a fan of Bree and her lifestyle. Page’s first episode is expected to air [...]
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Former Liberal MP Serge Marcil has been confirmed dead following the massive earthquake in Haiti, his family said Saturday. Read more