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MONTREAL — Haiti’s prime minister appealed for more international aid Monday, as foreign donors gathered for a conference here to begin plotting a path to recovery for the devastated nation. Read more
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Venezuela President Hugo Chávez’s government ordered cable providers on Sunday to stop showing the popular television station RCTV, which had violated regulations requiring broadcasters to televise the socialist leader’s long speeches in their entirety. Read more
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BAGHDAD — A coordinated attack of vehicle bombs on Monday ripped through the perimeters of three hotel compounds known for housing foreign journalists, destroying a nearby apartment building and leaving at least 36 people dead. Read more
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – All 90 people aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane were feared dead after it plunged into the Mediterranean in a ball of fire, minutes after taking off from Beirut in a raging thunderstorm on Monday. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday promised a sustained response to addressing job losses that he said have become an “epidemic.” Read more
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STRUGGLE FOR IRAQ KEY STORIES ‘Chemical Ali’ executed in Iraq Deadly triple blast rocks Baghdad Iraq backing for ‘bomb detector’ Iraq election row goes to court FEATURES AND ANALYSIS ‘Chemical Ali’ Ali Hassan al-Majid was an important powerbroker in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq Iraq: the violence returns Is Iraq the next holiday hotspot? Analysis: Election debacle [...]
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LONDON – European stock markets continued to trade lower Monday following steep losses in the U.S. at the end of last week. Wall Street, however, regained some ground at the open even as concerns lingered about President Barack Obama’s plan to curb banks’ risk-taking. In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading 100 shares was [...]
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AP – Iraqi police evacuate a victim of a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. Three large … Slideshow:Iraq Play Video Video:NGOs shot dead in Baghdad Reuters Play Video Video:Traffic blues in Baghdad AFP By CHELSEA J. CARTER, Associated Press Writer Chelsea J. Carter, Associated Press Writer – 16 mins ago BAGHDAD – Three car bombs exploded [...]
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Pope Benedict XVI has a new commandment for priests struggling to get their message across: Go forth and blog. Read more
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The Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed into the sea just minutes after leaving the ground, with witnesses saying they saw a ‘ball of fire’. Read more
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90 passengers are feared dead after an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 crashed shortly after take-off. Photo / AP Four bodies have been recovered off the Lebanese coast where an Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 90 passengers went down earlier today. A Lebanese military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said [...]
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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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Kevin Pang tweets: “Why are they booing Deuce McAllister and Drew Brees? Rude.” We make this joke with ritual weariness in our house. The punch line, such as it is, goes, “They’re not booing, they’re saying `Doooooooooooooooooose’” as though you were a patronizing announcer who assumes the audience is unfamiliar with the [...]
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An Ethiopian airliner carrying 92 passengers and crew has crashed into the Mediterranean Sea after taking off from Beirut in stormy weather. [...]
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WENN Gerard Butler will reportedly bare all in an upcoming film. The Law Abiding Citizen star has been lined up to portray Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns in a racy new movie directed by Vadim Jean. Speaking to the Sunday Mail, Jean said: “Gerard and I are both totally committed to the film. There’s [...]
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The truckers filling Haiti’s mass graves with bodies reported ever higher numbers: More than 150,000 quake victims have been buried by the government, an official said today. Read more
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Spent some time Saturday at West Coast Walk for Life , now in its sixth year as an annual anti-abortion rights demonstration in San Francisco. Organizers claim this was their largest demo yet, with 35,000… 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 [...]