| 09/08/2010 11:42 AM |
| Political Ties Shielded Bank in Afghanistan |
President Hamid Karzai, his brother and another prominent set of brothers struck agreements that have publicly backfired.
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| 09/08/2010 09:56 AM |
| U.N. Officials Say 500 Were Victims of Congo Rapes |
Two officials told the Security Council that the number of reported victims in attacks last month had risen.
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| 09/08/2010 09:20 AM |
| South Korea Aims Sanctions at 126 Iranian Entities |
The move came despite Tehran?s warnings that the penalties would endanger the countries? ties.
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| 09/08/2010 12:10 PM |
| Iran Says Stoning Sentence Suspended |
Iranian authorities have suspended the sentence of death by stoning for a woman convicted of adultery, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
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| 09/08/2010 10:06 AM |
| China Moves to Ease Strain With U.S. |
Two White House officials were involved in a series of meetings in Beijing that were aimed at repairing a dialogue that has been strained.
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| 09/08/2010 11:22 AM |
| Sri Lanka Ends Presidential Term Limits |
The Parliament?s decision paves the the way for the popular president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, to run for a third term.
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| 09/08/2010 03:40 AM |
| Iraqi Treasures Return, but Questions Remain |
Iraq announced the return of hundreds of antiquities that had ended up in the United States, although 632 pieces repatriated last year were now unaccounted for.
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| 09/08/2010 03:41 AM |
| New Call for Election Boycott in Egypt |
Mohamed ElBaradei said that democracy in Egypt was a ?sham? and pushed for a change in the election laws.
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| 09/08/2010 04:39 AM |
| Khan Yunis Journal: Finding a Steadier Path in Gaza |
An American psychiatrist?s program of techniques to reduce stress has helped people in Gaza and Israel deal with the effects of violence.
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| 09/08/2010 03:31 AM |
| French Unions in National Strike on Pensions |
The strike snarled transportation as debate was to begin on a measure to raise the minimum retirement age to 62.
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| 09/08/2010 09:10 AM |
| Gunmen Free Up to 800 From Nigeria Prison |
Heavily armed gunmen attacked a prison in Nigeria, freeing as many as 800 inmates including suspected members of a militant Islamic sect.
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| 09/08/2010 09:30 AM |
| Police Station Opens in Disputed Afghan District |
The first police station has been opened in Marja, seven months after United States Marines started operations to take control of that Taliban stronghold in southern Helmand Province, military officials said on Wednesday.
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| 09/08/2010 03:50 AM |
| Blast Strikes Pakistani Police Area |
A powerful blast ripped through a residential compound for police officials in Pakistan?s restive northwest, killing at least 18 people.
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| 09/08/2010 03:41 AM |
| Critic of Russia Security Gets Reprieve |
The mayor of a Siberian village was detained after filing complaints against the successor to the Soviet-era K.G.B.
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| 09/08/2010 03:31 AM |
| Barroso Says Infrastructure is Key to E.U. Recovery |
In his first state of the European Union speech, José Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, called for the creation of E.U. bonds to kick-start construction and tackle unemployment.
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| 09/08/2010 03:31 AM |
| European Commission Warns France About Treatment of Migrants |
The commission also accepted French assurances that Roma were not targeted as an ethnic group as a French minister claimed that ?no collective expulsions were undertaken.?
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| 09/08/2010 03:31 AM |
| Asian Migrant Workers See Exploitation in Sweden |
The image of foreign workers locking up their bosses and marching for better pay and conditions is not typically Swedish.
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| 09/08/2010 03:31 AM |
| A University and an Exchange in Singapore Join Forces to Educate Traders |
Nanyang Technological University and the Singapore Exchange on Tuesday opened the Center for Financial Education, promoting it as Asia's first live trading lab within a university.
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| 09/08/2010 03:40 AM |
| Australian Labor Party to Form New Government |
Two independent lawmakers said they will support Prime Minister Julia Gillard, ending weeks of political impasse.
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| 09/08/2010 03:55 AM |
| World Briefing | Africa: Mozambique: Government Reverses Major Increase in Price of Bread |
The government has decided to reverse a major increase in the price of bread that helped set off deadly riots last week in a nation where poverty is widespread.
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| 09/08/2010 03:49 AM |
| World Briefing | Africa: Somalia: Desperate Civilians Flee Fighting in Mogadishu |
Fighting in the capital, Mogadishu, has killed more than 230 people and wounded at least 400 in the past two weeks.
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| 09/08/2010 03:52 AM |
| World Briefing | Asia: China: Redevelopment Plan Scrapped for Historic Beijing Neighborhood |
Beijing officials have shelved a much-attacked plan to redevelop the Gulou Drum Tower neighborhood into a tourist spot with high-end stores.
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| 09/08/2010 03:52 AM |
| World Briefing | Africa: South Africa: Fraud Charges Against Journalist Withdrawn |
Charges will be withdrawn against a journalist arrested for fraud just days after he co-authored an article that implicated South Africa?s police chief in a questionable property deal.
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| 09/08/2010 03:54 AM |
| World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Parliamentary Panel to Investigate Phone Hacking |
A parliamentary committee will hold a full inquiry in the wake of continuing allegations that The News of The World had illegally intercepted telephone messages of British celebrities and politicians.
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| 09/08/2010 03:53 AM |
| World Briefing | Africa: Niger: Presidential Vote Postponed for 2nd Time |
The presidential vote is being pushed back to Jan. 31, 2011, from Jan. 3, the country?s electoral commission said Tuesday.
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| 09/08/2010 03:54 AM |
| World Briefing | Europe: Britain: One-Day Strike Cripples London Subway |
London?s subway system was crippled by a strike on Tuesday by maintenance workers, signalers, station workers and some drivers who were protesting plans to cut 800 workers.
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| 09/08/2010 03:53 AM |
| World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Chess Federation Chief Steps Down as Regional Leader |
The controversial leader of a mostly Buddhist region in southern Russia, who has gained international attention for his prominence in world chess, said he was resigning.
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| 09/08/2010 03:50 AM |
| Names of the Dead |
The Department of Defense has identified 1,258 American service members who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations.
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| 09/08/2010 03:50 AM |
| Afghan Governor Killed by Taliban |
A district governor from Baghlan Province was assassinated by Taliban insurgents on Monday night in the north of Afghanistan, officials said.
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| 09/08/2010 03:50 AM |
| G.I. Deaths Are First for U.S. After Combat Mission?s End |
Two American soldiers were killed and nine wounded Tuesday when a firefight erupted inside an Iraqi Army base north of Baghdad, American and Iraqi officials said.
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| 09/07/2010 08:36 PM |
| G.I. Deaths Are First for U.S. After Combat Mission's End |
A firefight erupted inside an Iraqi Army base north of Baghdad.
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| 09/07/2010 05:25 PM |
| Hussein's Kalashnikov Returned to Iraq |
The rifle had been looted as a war trophy by an American soldier after the 2003 invasion.
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| 09/07/2010 12:26 PM |
| About That Generator, Captain |
I've been trying to sit Indian-style with the Afghan people for this entire tour in Afghanistan, and my foot is starting to fall asleep.
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| 09/08/2010 12:05 PM |
| Florida Pastor, Master of P.R. |
If nothing else, Terry Jones, the pastor of a tiny Florida church with just three or four dozen members, who is currently the subject of more than 4,000 news reports, has proved himself to be a master of public relations.
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| 09/07/2010 08:59 PM |
| British Police May Question Government Adviser |
Prime Minister David Cameron?s top media adviser may be told to respond to claims that he knew about hacking.
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| 09/07/2010 05:27 PM |
| Looking at Hamas and Seeing the I.R.A. |
Does excluding Hamas from Middle East peace talks ignore what was learned in Northern Ireland when peace was achieved only after the I.R.A.'s political representatives were included?
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| 09/07/2010 12:46 PM |
| Thinking Outside the Two-State Box |
Could Arabs and Jews just live together in one expanded state of Israel -- including the West Bank and all of Jerusalem but excluding Gaza?
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| 09/08/2010 03:20 AM |
| The Female Factor: Peeking Out From Under Hamas's Veil |
Palestinian women in Gaza who are loyal to Hamas work to expand their role, but usually within the strict confines of Islam.
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