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Ahead of G8, Obama, Hollande to have brief meeting
WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama and new French President Francois Hollande are to meet at the White House on Friday, in a brief meeting scheduled ahead of the Group of Eight nations summit at ...
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Political reforms in Myanmar sees US easing sanctions
WASHINGTON - The US has finally rewarded the Myanmar administration for its political reforms by deciding to lift economic sanctions against the former military ruled Southeast Asian nation and ...
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34 dead in Vietnam midnight bus accident
HANOI - At least 34 people were killed when a crowded overnight bus plunged off a bridge and partially submerged into the Serepok river in Vietnam a Southeast Asian country known for one of the ...
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Zawahiri asks Saudis, Yemenis to throw out rulers
WASHINGTON - Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has called upon people in Saudi Arabia and Yemen to rise up against their rulers. In a video posted on the internet, the Al-Qaeda chief has urged ...
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G-8 to renew focus on food security through private sector investment
WASHINGTON - Leaders of the world's industrial powers Friday turned to the private sector to help fight hunger and malnutrition for up to a billion people, with US President Barack Obama announcing ...
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Alice in Wonderland [Blu-Ray]
Alice in Wonderland, a trippy reimagining of Lewis Carroll’s Victorian-era nonsensical classics Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking ...
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More violence in Syria as Ban blames Al-Qaeda for suicide attacks
DAMASCUS - Syria on Friday saw escalated violence in some parts even as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon blamed the Al-Qaeda for two deadly suicide car bomb attacks that killed 55 people last ...
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On debut, Facebook shares spike in fast trading
NEW YORK - Facebook made its Wall Street debut Friday with the world's number one online social networking giant in third biggest initial public offerings in the US stock history. Facebook's ...
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Beijing warns US anti-dumping ruling will harm solar power generation
BEIJING - China Friday rejected a U.S. antidumping ruling against its solar power equipment with the Chinese manufacturers warning that possible higher tariffs might hurt efforts to promote clean ...
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EU official claims emergency plans underway if Greece exits
BRUSSELS - The European Commission and the European Central Bank are drawing up contingency plans in the eventuality of Greece abandoning the euro, Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said in an ...
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Another week long strike to hit BHP operations in Bowen Basin
PERTH - Workers at BHP Billiton's coking coal mines in Queensland's Bowen Basin will go on strike for a week from Thursday, after the company failed to win them over with its latest offer to resolve ...
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Four days ago marked two decades since Ratko Mladic became the commander of the main staff of the army of Republika Srpska - the VRS. On that day, Mladic began his full participation in a criminal endeavour that was already in progress. On that day, he assumed the mantle of realising through military might the criminal goals of ethnically cleansing much of Bosnia. On that day he commenced his direct involvement in serious international crimes.
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