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09/06/2010 02:40 PM |
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Afghanistan Pledges Support for Troubled Bank |
Though the panic seemed to have lessened slightly, economists say the embattled Kabul Bank is still missing at least $300 million.
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09/06/2010 02:51 PM |
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Plan to Woo Taliban Foot Soldiers Stalls |
Lack of funds and organizational issues have plagued a program meant to lure fighters away from insurgency.
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09/06/2010 12:50 PM |
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Suicide Bomber Hits Pakistani Police Station |
A bomber rammed a vehicle into a police station on Monday, killing 19 people and injuring at least 46, according to officials.
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09/06/2010 09:49 AM |
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Floods in Pakistan Carry the Seeds of Upheaval |
As devastating floods appear to widen divisions, Pakistani officials, some accused of ineptitude and favoritism, are trying to repair the political damage.
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09/06/2010 02:40 AM |
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Thin Line for Group of Muslims in Egypt |
The most influential of Egypt’s dissident groups is caught between fighting and placating the government.
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09/06/2010 01:15 PM |
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Nuclear Watchdog Says Iran Boosts Nuclear Work |
Iran’s total production of low-enriched uranium has risen by around 15 percent since May, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said.
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09/06/2010 01:28 PM |
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Iranian Woman Said to Be Lashed Over Photo |
A mix-up over a photograph led to a sentence of 99 lashes for the Iranian woman whose earlier death sentence by stoning caused an international outcry, a lawyer said.
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09/06/2010 11:27 AM |
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Attack Shows Lasting Threat to U.S. in Iraq |
A coordinated attack on one of the main military commands in Baghdad punctuated a sharp rise in violence as the United States declared an official end to its combat mission.
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09/06/2010 12:50 PM |
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Unions Suspend South African Strike |
A key labor leader says South African civil servants are suspending a nationwide strike for higher wages to give union members time to consider the government’s offer.
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09/06/2010 02:40 PM |
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Massive Earthquake Sets Back NZ Economic Recovery |
New Zealand’s prime minister warned Monday that the country’s economic recovery will be hurt by the weekend’s powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake in the city of Christchurch.
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09/06/2010 06:52 AM |
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In Britain, Labour Politicians Call for New Look at Scandal |
Downing Street’s chief communications officer is being accused again of encouraging reporters to illegally intercept messages when he was editor of The News of the World.
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09/06/2010 10:40 AM |
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Spain Dismisses Basque Truce Announcement |
Spain’s interior minister said on Monday that he did not trust a cease-fire announcement from ETA, the Basque separatist group.
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09/06/2010 11:41 AM |
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Suicide Attack Kills 3 Soldiers in South Russia |
The attack in Dagestan underscored how the region has become as violent as neighboring Chechnya, which had long been considered the center of an Islamic separatist movement.
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09/06/2010 10:59 AM |
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In Europe, Fund-Raising Lessons From Americans |
Universities across Europe are realizing that their dependence on government funding puts them at a disadvantage.
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09/06/2010 01:47 PM |
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Germany Agrees to Extend Life of Nuclear Plants |
The move comes at a time when several European countries, including Italy and Sweden, are reconsidering long-held policies against nuclear energy.
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09/06/2010 12:50 PM |
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In North Korea, Signs Point to Key Political Conference |
Workers’ Party delegates from across North Korea were converging in Pyongyang on Monday, as children and soldiers rehearsed a celebration for their country’s biggest political gathering in 30 years.
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09/06/2010 02:40 AM |
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Mideast Leaders Hopeful After Opening of Talks |
Palestinian and Israeli leaders expressed hope in their first public utterances since last week’s round of peace talks in Washington.
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09/06/2010 02:50 AM |
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70 Die and 200 Are Feared Dead as 2 Boats Capsize on Congo Rivers |
One of the boats was running without lights and hit a rock, the other caught fire and overturned, according to survivors.
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09/06/2010 01:17 AM |
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Dozens Missing as Guatemala Landslides Kill 22 |
A massive landslide buried a crowd trying to dig out a bus from deep mud, killing at least 22 people, with dozens more feared dead.
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09/06/2010 02:40 AM |
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Uncommon Path Led Russia’s Coach All Over the World |
Russia Coach David Blatt grew up outside Boston and played at Princeton before moving to Israel and coaching teams throughout Europe.
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09/06/2010 06:57 AM |
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The Long Road to Becoming a Lifer |
Dick Norman of Belgium, the tour’s oldest player at 39, has turned to doubles to stay close to the game he loves.
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09/06/2010 02:50 AM |
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23 Accused of Coup Plot in Bahrain |
Bahraini officials announced that they were charging 23 people, most of them activists from the Shiite majority, with coordinating a violent campaign to overthrow the minority Sunni government.
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09/06/2010 01:40 AM |
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Victims’ Families Fight Film About Madrid Plane Crash |
Spanish courts have not yet ruled on complaints against the movie, and the channel Telecinco showed the first part last week.
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09/06/2010 03:40 AM |
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Media Cache: British Advertising Regulator Making Itself Felt Online |
The Advertising Standards Authority of Britain plans to extend its oversight to social media, company Web sites and other nontraditional digital marketing activities.
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09/06/2010 12:50 AM |
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Arts, Briefly: Blair’s Book Is Greeted With Anger in Dublin |
The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was greeted by a barrage of plastic bottles, flip-flops and eggs at the first public reading of his new book on Saturday in Dublin.
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09/06/2010 06:16 AM |
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Ambohimirary Journal: Dead Join the Living in a Family Celebration |
The famadihana, a ritual in which relatives remove the dead from their tombs in an atmosphere of celebration, continues among various faiths in the island nation.
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09/03/2010 02:03 PM |
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Punk’d, Iraqi-Style, at a Checkpoint |
The show "Put Him in [Camp] Bucca" has drawn protests but has stayed on air throughout Ramadan, broadcasting pranks on Iraqi celebrities.
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09/04/2010 07:28 AM |
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Analysis: Iraq's Military Needs After 2011 |
The third phase, from the end of 2016 to the end of 2020, is the "completion phase" by which time the Iraqi army will be a "real power," able to deal not only with internal, but also external threats.
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09/02/2010 05:45 PM |
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Martyrs in the Valley of Peace |
In the Cemetery of the Martyrs of the Army of the Imam Mahdi, death is not mourned. The men here have died as martyrs, and sacrifice is exalted.
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09/03/2010 04:18 PM |
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Video of Quetta Attack From Pakistani Television |
Pakistani coverage of a deadly attack on a Shiite protest in the city of Quetta and clashes in the aftermath between angry mourners and local police.
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09/03/2010 02:47 PM |
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Pakistan’s Cricket Conspiracy Theory |
Pakistan's top diplomat in Britain suggested on Thursday that three of his nation's cricket stars, accused of agreeing to take part in a betting scam, were "innocent" victims of a plot against them.
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09/02/2010 01:09 PM |
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WikiLeaks Chief Decries ‘Legal Circus’ |
Julian Assange, the founder of the whistle-blowing Web site WikiLeaks, called Sweden's investigation of him for suspected sexual misconduct "some kind of legal circus."
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09/01/2010 05:33 PM |
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Video of British Labour Party Debate |
Britain’s Channel 4 News has provided The Lede with a live stream of its televised debate among the candidates to be the next leader of Britain’s opposition Labour Party.
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09/06/2010 03:40 AM |
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Letter From Washington: Having Little in Common With King |
Glenn Beck wrapped himself in the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at a recent rally. But he fits much better with the late Charles E. Coughlin, the Catholic priest who led a populist-right crusade in the 1930s.
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