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Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal now totals more than 100 deployed weapons, a doubling of its stockpile over the past several years in one of the world’s most unstable regions, according to estimates by nongovernment analysts. Read more
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TEHRAN (Reuters) – An American woman who was freed after more than a year in an Iranian jail on suspicion of spying has been summoned back to attend trial, the official IRNA news agency reported Monday. Read more
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak overhauled his government on Monday to try to defuse a popular uprising against his 30-year rule but angry protesters rejected the changes and said he must surrender power. Read more
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Tens of thousands are protesting in central Cairo for a seventh day, defying the start of a new curfew and calling for a general strike. Read more
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AP – People are reflected on the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, Jan. 31, 2011. … Slideshow:Stock Markets Play Video Barack Obama Video:U.S. diplomatic line CBC.ca Related Quotes Symbol Price Change ^DJI 11,823.70 -166.13 ^GSPC 1,276.34 0.00 ^IXIC 2,686.89 0.00 AdChoices By PAN PYLAS, AP Business Writer Pan Pylas, Ap Business Writer [...]
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CAIRO (Reuters) – Protesters intensified their campaign on Monday to force Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak to quit as world leaders struggled to find a solution to a crisis that has torn up the Middle East political map. Read more
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WHEN mountain rescuers were told a climber had fallen from a snow-covered ridge near Ben Nevis they were prepared for the worst — so when members of the helicopter crew spotted Adam Potter on his feet and consulting a map 1,000ft below the summit, they continued the search for an injured man. Read more
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Lord Ahmed said Asian men who are forced into loveless marriages – often with cousins from overseas – may seek out white girls for ‘fun’. Read more
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PERTH – A 27-year-old base jumper has died after his parachute failed to open when he leapt from a telecommunications tower about 130km north of Perth. Police said the Perth man was with three others and died after jumping from the tower, near Dandaragan, late on Sunday afternoon. ”His parachute failed to deploy and has [...]
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Answer: In Persian, the suffix “stan” means “place of.” In Russian — remembering that Kazakhstan borders Russia, and five ‘stans used to be part of the Soviet Union — the word “stan” means “settlement.” So we have seven countries in Central Asia that share the “stan” suffix: Afghanistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan The [...]
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OK, we are talking about the place where no variation on luxury or grandeur is too wild or ostentatious. It’s the desert oasis with the bar made completely of ice (that at least serves hot chocolate), after all. Now the world’s tallest building boasts the world’s highest restaurant. Thanks again, Dubai. More: Read more
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 I recently noted that, in the Jan. 24 New Yorker, media writer Ken Auletta offered the following aside in a lengthy article about the internet company formerly known as America Online.  (AOL) still gets 80 percent of its profits from subscribers, many of whom are older people who have cable or DSL [...]
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Egyptians armed with guns, sticks and blades have formed vigilante groups to defend their homes after police disappeared from the streets following days of violent protests. Read more
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© Rex Features / Ken McKay EastEnders star Shane Richie has described the recent controversy over the baby swap storyline as “unfair”. The actor, who plays Alfie Moon in the BBC One soap, dismissed claims that Samantha Womack quit because of the plot and said that viewers who didn’t like the scenes should have turned [...]
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Southern Sudan’s referendum commission says more than 99 percent of voters in the south opted for secession according to the first official primary results released since the vote was held earlier this month.The head of the commission’s southern bureau, Justice Chan Reec Madut, said Sunday in the region’s capital of Juba that voter turnout in [...]
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His generals are turning on him. President Hosni Mubarak’s two most senior military officials — Omar Suleiman, the newly named vice president, and Field Marshall Mohamed Tantawi, the defense minister — “raised with him the idea that he should leave,” the Sunday Times of London reported last night, citing a source close to [...]
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San Jose — House GOP Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy wouldn’t seem to be a Silicon Valley guy. He opposes AB32, California’s landmark climate change law that is a Valley fave. He’s a blue collar dude from… Read more
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IN MOSCOW — Russia has set off on an ever more authoritarian path as it heads toward a presidential election next year, sending ominous signals to the already weakened opposition and confronting the United States and Europe with vexing new political challenges. Read more
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KABUL – An explosion in a supermarket in the heart of Kabul’s diplomatic district Friday afternoon killed at least eight people, including three foreign women, according to Afghan police. Read more
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A division of Johnson & Johnson is recalling 43 over-the-counter medicines made for infants and children — including liquid versions of Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl — after federal regulators identified what they called deficiencies at the company’s manufacturing facility. The voluntary recall, which was announced late Friday by McNeil Consumer Healthcare, affects hundreds of [...]