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Deadly Labor Wars Hinder India's Rise

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A murder case playing out in an auto-parts factory is raising concerns about whether India is hitting a wall of industrial unrest.

Brown Ahead of U.S. on Afghan Policy

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Brown has beaten the Obama administration to the punch with some stands on Afghan war policy, many of which proved to be previews of...

FIFA hands out ruling: No replay for Irish...

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Researcher says she found text on Shroud...

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AP - A Vatican researcher claims she has found a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin and says the discovery proves the authenticity...

Indian boy mirrors plight of millions of...

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AP - Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment...

Gunman opens fire on Saipan; 5 dead (...

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AP - A gunman went on a rampage on the Pacific resort island of Saipan Friday, first at a shooting range and then...

Top SKorean model found hanged in Paris...

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AP - A 20-year-old top South Korean model who was a fashion week regular in New York, Milan and Paris has been found...

6 world powers meet about Iran nuclear issue...

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Six world powers are meeting in Brussels to discuss possible measures against Tehran for its refusal to halt nuclear enrichment ...

Iraq cleric's aide urges end to political...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 9 hours 37 min ago

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AP - A top aide to Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader is calling on the country's fractious political blocs to solve...

Pakistan: 8 militants killed in reported...

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AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least eight militants Friday in northwestern Pakistan, officials...

Pakistan: 8 militants killed in reported...

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Clashes outside Algerian embassy in Cairo...

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AFP - Protestors hurled stones and firebombs at police near the Algerian embassy in Cairo on Friday, wounding 11...

FIFA: No Re-Do of World Cup Qualifier

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FIFA said that the World Cup qualifying match between France and Ireland can't be replayed or the result changed. The game was won...

Suicide bomber kills 16 in western Afghanistan...

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A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 16 people, including two children and a policeman, and wounded at least 23 others ...

Floods devastate UK Lake District; Many...

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AP - Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores...

'Catastrophic' warning as fires flare in...

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AFP - Australian firefighters battled dozens of bush blazes on Friday as record-breaking hot weather sparked "catastrophic...

Suicide bomber kills 16 in western Afghanistan...

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AP - A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 16 people, including two children and a policeman, and wounded...

Abbas confirms Palestinian vote to be postponed...

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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said presidential and legislative elections scheduled for January...

Afghan President Karzai sworn in to second...

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai promised Thursday to prosecute corrupt officials and end a culture of impunity in...

Vatican's ‘most important’ cross gets...

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One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection — the Crux Vaticana — has been restored...

Iran brushes aside U.N. nuclear deal

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Iran's foreign minister says his country would not export its enriched uranium for further processing, brushing...

U.S. warns Iran of consequences over standoff...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 16 hours ago

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SEOUL/MANILA (Reuters) - World powers could have a package of measures against Iran "within weeks," U.S. President...

Karzai makes big promises in Afghan inaugural...

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AP - For his critics, President Hamid Karzai's inaugural speech Thursday struck all the right notes...

AP NewsBreak: China holds, mistreats US...

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AP - Sometime into his long detention by China's feared state security agents, American geologist...

Nine countries warn Hungary to clean up...

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Nine embassies in Hungary warned in a joint letter that recent instances of what they called "non-transparent...

A Q&A With Liberia's Ellen Johnson Sirleaf...

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When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was elected Liberia's president in 2005, she inherited a country wrecked by civil war...

Anglican Leader Defends Faith as Vatican...

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In Rome, the archbishop of Canterbury called for clarity on the future of Catholic-Anglican dialogue.

'Catastrophic' warning as fires flare in...

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AFP - Australian firefighters battled dozens of bush blazes on Friday as record-breaking hot weather...

Cuba's Raul Castro crushes dissent like...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 23 hours ago

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cuba's Raul Castro has kept the system his brother Fidel used to repress critics, refusing...

EU Can't Pick Leader -- or Job Duties

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EU leaders scrambled without success to decide who should become the bloc's first president -- but they don't...

Syria Stalls on Signing EU Trade Deal

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After years of pursuing a free-trade pact with the EU, Syria is now balking at signing a deal as local businesses...

U.S. makes debut attendance at Hague war...

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THE HAGUE (Reuters) - U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues Stephen Rapp made a debut appearance for...

Big powers ponder how to punish Iran for...

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The United States and five other world powers will meet Friday in Brussels to discuss what measures can be taken...

Karzai Has Many Promises for the West

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai promised to prosecute corrupt government officials and end a culture of impunity...

China Helps the Powerful in Namibia

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The Beijing government has secretly awarded scholarships to study in China to the offspring of nine top officials...

Floods devastate UK Lake District; Many...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 9 hours 59 min ago

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AP - Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable...

Vatican's ‘most important’ cross gets...

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One of the gems of the Vatican's priceless religious art collection — the Crux Vaticana — has been restored to its Byzantine-era...

Tsvangirai to discuss Zimbabwe crisis with...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 4 hours ago

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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai left Thursday for North Africa, where analysts said he would meet Libyan...

Cuba's Raul Castro crushes dissent like...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 23 hours ago

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Cuba's Raul Castro has kept the system his brother Fidel used to repress critics, refusing to free scores of...

South Afghanistan suicide blast kills 10

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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber detonated a vest packed with explosives in a crowded market in southern Afghanistan...

U.S. warns Iran of consequences over standoff...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 16 hours ago

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SEOUL/MANILA (Reuters) - World powers could have a package of measures against Iran "within weeks," U.S. President Barack Obama said...

U.S. makes debut attendance at Hague war...

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THE HAGUE (Reuters) - U.S. ambassador-at-large for war crimes issues Stephen Rapp made a debut appearance for the United States at...

Economic slump no excuse to erode rights...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 17 hours ago

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CANBERRA (Reuters) - The global economic crisis must not be used as an excuse to unwind human rights for the millions of people now...

Lebanese diva accused of singing racist...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 1 day 52 min ago

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AP - A famous Lebanese pop singer, who normally stirs controversy for her seductive dresses and provocative dancing...

Rejecting Obama, U.S. Jews push West Bank...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 23 hours ago

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Barack Obama may be telling Israelis that building settlements round Jerusalem risks dangerously fuelling...

16 killed in Pakistan courthouse suicide...

USAToday :: Posted 1 day 13 hours ago

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A suicide bomber killed 16 people Thursday outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan, the latest attack in an onslaught by ...

Honduras's de facto leader may step aside...

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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras's de facto leader said he may give up his presidential duties for a week so voters can focus on an...

Iraq election impasse continues, veto contested...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 4 hours ago

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi lawmakers failed on Thursday to resolve differences over an election law, dampening hopes of holding a vote...

Canada turned blind eye to Afghan abuses...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 20 hours ago

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OTTAWA (Reuters) - Senior Canadian military and government officials ignored evidence that Afghan authorities were torturing detainees...

U.S. seeks release of geologist in China...

Reuters :: Posted 12 hours 21 min ago

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BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States is seeking the release of an American citizen detained in Beijing for two years, in a case similar...

China tries dissident from U.S. after Obama...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 7 hours ago

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BEIJING (Reuters) - A student leader of China's 1989 pro-democracy movement who has long lived in the United States went on trial in...

Somali pirates free UAE-owned cargo ship...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 4 hours ago

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have freed a United Arab Emirates-owned cargo ship after negotiations with businessmen in the...

On warming, peat is the ‘elephant in the...

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A vast and often smoldering layer of coal-black peat has made Indonesia the world's third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after...

Indian boy mirrors plight of millions of...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 9 hours 1 min ago

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AP - Arun Kumar was born to disabled parents, beaten by his grandparents, ran away from home, got a job in a garment...

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