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UNITED NATIONS — The United States and its allies face resistance to sanctions on Iran not only from China, but from other influential countries on the U.N. Security Council, principally Brazil, Lebanon and Turkey, raising the possibility of a sharply divided vote on a sanctions resolution. Lebanon has made it clear that it will not [...]
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BEIJING — Officially, the trial of American geologist Xue Feng is about state secrets. He’s accused of exporting sensitive information abroad for helping his Colorado-based employer buy a database about China’s oil industry. Read more
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Ten American Baptists who tried to leave Haiti with 33 destitute children were stuck in legal limbo Monday, with Haitian and U.S. officials negotiating over whether the church members should be prosecuted in the United States. Read more
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SANTIAGO, CHILE — The massive earthquake that struck Chile on Saturday caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to one of the world’s most popular wine industries, sending rivers of merlot and cabernet sauvignon pouring from cracked barrels and vast storage tanks onto warehouse floors. Read more
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TOKYO — As women in the United States and across the industrialized world get fatter, most Japanese women are getting skinnier. Read more
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Malaysia and Indonesia said on Thursday they are stepping up security in the Strait of Malacca, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, following the Singapore navy’s warning of possible attacks on oil tankers. Read more
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CONCEPCION, Chile (Reuters) – Frightened by more heavy aftershocks, coastal residents in Chile camped out on hillsides on Thursday, five days after one of the strongest earthquakes in a century killed more than 800 people. Read more
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At least 14 people have been killed in Baghdad on the first day of voting in Iraq’s parliamentary elections. Read more
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Play Video Barack Obama Video:Abortion Language Delays Health Care Bill ABC News Play Video Barack Obama Video:President Obama Moves On Health Care CBS 2 / KCAL 9 Los Angeles Related Quotes Symbol Price Change BAC 16.37 0.00 JPM 41.53 0.00 ^GSPC 1,118.79 0.00 By MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer Martin Crutsinger, Ap Economics Writer – [...]
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By RAPHAEL G. SATTER, Associated Press Writer Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press Writer – 28 mins ago LONDON – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday he would move to block private groups from launching war crimes prosecutions against visiting foreign dignitaries, following a controversy inflamed when an arrest warrant was issued for former Israeli Foreign Minister [...]
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Portuguese detectives failed to ask for any follow-up investigation after a young girl resembling Madeleine McCann was caught on CCTV in New Zealand, it emerged yesterday. Read more
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What a sad judicial system we have in this country. The hand wringing bleeding hearts bend over backwards to appease and look after criminals who, time after time are given chance after chance, yet still re-offend. If this low life carries on with his life of crime for goodness stop wasting money on him, make [...]
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Expand Another photo of a girl resembling missing British girl Madeleine McCann has been released. Photo / Supplied Shrink Another photo of a girl resembling missing British girl Madeleine McCann has been released. Photo / Supplied Dunedin police say the girl in a CCTV [...]
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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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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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An 8.8 quake is certainly a core-shaker, but an axis-mover? Yep, says a NASA scientist, just like the 9.1 quake that touched off the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 shortened the Earth’s days and knocked the axis a bit off kilter. More: “The quake, the seventh strongest earthquake in recorded history, hit [...]
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Not so much. The Archpundit explains why: This same committee has passed a concealed carry bill at least 3 times and probably more. It’s nothing more than political theater. It will never get to the floor because it will die in Rules and not just because of Chicago Democrats. Suburban Republicans don’t want to [...]
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10:45pm UK, Wednesday March 03, 2010 James Jordan, Sky News Online Audio tapes on which two children can be heard directing jets at New York’s John F Kennedy Airport have emerged. [...]
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Rex Features Lara Bingle will be paid about $200,000 (£120,000) for telling her side of the recent nude photograph story, according to reports. The Australian model, who is engaged to cricketer Michael Clarke, is reportedly keen to defend herself after accusing ex-lover Brendan Fevola of leaking naked pictures of her from when they had an [...]
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Paul Watzlavick, the press attache at the U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Chile, provides an update on the search for Americans following the earthquake las … Read more