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UNITED NATIONS — Haitian President René Préval will unveil a $3.9 billion plan Wednesday to begin radically reshaping his country’s post-earthquake economy and infrastructure, according to a Haitian reconstruction action plan. Read more
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VENEZUELA Chávez opponents jailed in crackdown Two foes of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez who had publicly criticized the socialist government in recent days found themselves in jail this week as part of a crackdown on opposition figures that has prompted alarm about the state of democracy in the oil-rich Latin American country. On Monday, former [...]
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WOOD RIVER, NEB. — Each dawn and dusk, numberless birds stopping here to feed on their migration north take to the air. Against the steel-colored sky they look like iron filings wheeling and milling to an invisible magnet. Read more
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BAGHDAD — An Iraqi commission that removes government workers who are loyalists to the outlawed Baath Party announced Monday that it would contest the results of the March 7 parliamentary elections, a move sure to create further chaos in the aftermath of balloting that hardened Iraq’s sectarian divide. Read more
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MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Pirates seized a ship with 24 crew members off the port of Aden on Monday and Mogadishu traders said seven additional vessels headed for the Somali capital had been hijacked over the past two days. Read more
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Two female suicide bombers killed at least 38 people on packed Moscow metro trains on Monday, stirring fears of a broader campaign in Russia’s heartland by Islamists from the North Caucasus. Read more
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The masterminds behind a double suicide bombing on the Moscow Metro will be “destroyed”, Russian leaders have said. Read more
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The markets are jittery as both the Chinese and Indian central banks are tightening credit. China and India are Asia’s most populous economies and as such affect the regional and global economies greatly. The latest move came from the reserve bank of India, which hiked a couple of short-term interest rates, as the rates are [...]
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Play Video ABC News  – Suicide Bombings Rock Russia Slideshow:Bombers attack Moscow subway Play Video Video:Blasts hit Moscow metro Reuters Play Video Video:Raw Video: Moscow subway blasts kills dozens AP Reuters – A woman cries as Interior Ministry officers block her way in front of the exit of Lubyanka metro station … By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, Associated Press Writer Vladimir [...]
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THE mother of a 12-year-old victim of the Moors Murderers said yesterday she hopes her son’s body will be found while Ian Brady is still alive, because that would “kill” him. Read more
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As many as 3,500 schools take biometric data from pupils to speed up basic administration such as buying canteen lunches or borrowing library books. 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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The International Criminal Police, founded in Austria in 1923, came under Nazi control after the Anschluss in 1938. Four Nazis served as the organization’s president until 1945, when the Allies resurrected the organization as International Criminal Police Organization and established the headquarters of the new group in France. Read more
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Updated (Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt) Romney said in 2008, “I like mandates. The mandates work.†Now, it’s unclear where Romney stands on the federal mandate, and he won’t say whether it is constitutional, even though it is core principle of the health care reform bill he signed. At the same time, Romney [...]
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1:28pm UK, Monday March 29, 2010 Katie Cassidy, Sky News Online Two suspected female suicide bombers have killed at least 37 people on Moscow’s metro system during the height of rush-hour. [...]
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3View has unveiled what is claimed to be the UK’s first set top box offering access to free-to-air television channels and internet content. On April 7, the electronics manufacturer will start taking advance orders for its new hybrid Freeview HD receiver, which is priced at £299. Along with offering all standard definition and high definition [...]
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Forensic tests are to be carried out on what two searchers believe are the remains of photographer Sean Flynn, son of Hollywood star Errol Flynn, who disappeared during the Cambodian War 40 years ago, the US Embassy has said. Read more
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Searchlight, NV — Just like the real Woodstock, the venue was overloaded and surrounding roads jammed for miles with folks headed here for what the Tea Partiers called The Harry Reid Retirement Party… 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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VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI opened Holy Week on Sunday amid one of the most serious crises facing the church in decades, with protesters in London demanding that he resign and calls in Switzerland for a central registry for pedophile priests. Read more