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Medvedev Is Reinventing the Red Army

Newsweek :: Posted 2 hours 3 min ago

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How Medvedev plans to reform the military—and why Obama should not be worried.

Deadly Labor Wars Hinder India's Rise

WSJ :: Posted 7 hours 5 min ago

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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

WSJ :: Posted 9 hours 8 min ago

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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...

USAToday :: Posted 9 hours 17 min ago

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Researcher says she found text on Shroud...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 10 hours 38 min ago

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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...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 10 hours 41 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...

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

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 10 hours 41 min ago

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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...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 11 hours 2 min ago

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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...

USAToday :: Posted 11 hours 10 min ago

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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 11 hours 17 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...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 11 hours 29 min ago

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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...

USAToday :: Posted 11 hours 32 min ago

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Clashes outside Algerian embassy in Cairo...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 11 hours 35 min ago

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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

WSJ :: Posted 11 hours 38 min ago

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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...

USAToday :: Posted 11 hours 39 min ago

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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...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 11 hours 39 min ago

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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...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 11 hours 43 min ago

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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...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 12 hours 16 min ago

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

Afghan President Karzai sworn in to second...

USAToday :: Posted 1 day 15 hours ago

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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...

MSNBC :: Posted 1 day 7 hours ago

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

Afghan official said to take bribe for copper...

USAToday :: Posted 1 day 23 hours ago

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A senior Afghan official allegedly took a $20 million bribe to steer a copper mining project to a Chinese company...

Obama Hits a Wall on Visit to China

WSJ :: Posted 1 day 17 hours ago

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Obama's four-nation trip through Asia may have risked some diminution of U.S. influence in the region as the president...

Cancer Sidelines Germany's Lafontaine

WSJ :: Posted 1 day 14 hours ago

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Germany's populist Left party faces an uncertain future after its charismatic chairman, Oskar Lafontaine, said...

Iraq election impasse continues, veto contested...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 6 hours ago

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

Mexico City's transit improvements on track...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 1 day 4 hours ago

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AP - Cash-strapped Mexico City is pressing ahead with new bus lines and bike lanes in 2010, buoyed by prestigious...

U.S. Talks Tougher on Iran

WSJ :: Posted 1 day 40 min ago

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As Obama expressed doubt about engaging Ahmadinejad's government on the nuclear issue, an Iranian dissident called...

Obama Responds to Cuban Blogger

WSJ :: Posted 17 hours 49 min ago

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Obama reached out to one of Cuba's most prominent dissidents, blogger Yoani Sánchez, who challenged the island...

Pakistan: 8 militants killed in reported...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 11 hours 29 min ago

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

Soldier's family brings fight with contractor...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 1 day 22 hours ago

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McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Army Lt. Col. Dominic "Rocky" Baragona was killed in Iraq on the very day...

Press hits out at EU jobs haggling (...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 1 day 17 hours ago

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AFP - Britain's press stepped up attacks Thursday over jostling for the European Union's new top...

Karzai sworn in, vows to fight corruption...

MSNBC :: Posted 1 day 13 hours ago

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Afghan's president pledges to get tough on corruption and strengthen security forces so foreign troops can start...

Prominent Iraqi Sunni fighter sentenced...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 6 hours ago

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed Sunni militia leader whose arrest provoked violence between Sunni fighters and...

Obama answers questions from Cuban blogger...

USAToday :: Posted 1 day 3 hours ago

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President Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in "...

Clinton, warlord Dostum are honored guests...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 23 hours 56 min ago

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McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai began his second term Thursday under international...

China activists say detained after seeking...

Reuters :: Posted 17 hours 17 min ago

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BEIJING (Reuters) - Two Chinese rights activists who sought a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama hours before...

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

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 11 hours 17 min ago

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

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

MSNBC :: Posted 1 day 7 hours ago

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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 6 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...

South Afghanistan suicide blast kills 10

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 5 hours ago

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

Economic slump no excuse to erode rights...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 18 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...

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

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 18 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...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 7 hours ago

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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...

Lebanese diva accused of singing racist...

Yahoo! News: World News :: Posted 1 day 2 hours ago

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

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

Reuters :: Posted 20 hours 14 min ago

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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...

16 killed in Pakistan courthouse suicide...

USAToday :: Posted 1 day 15 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 ...

Iraq election impasse continues, veto contested...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 6 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 22 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 14 hours 1 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 8 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 6 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...

MSNBC :: Posted 1 day 10 hours ago

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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 10 hours 41 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...

Prominent Iraqi Sunni fighter sentenced...

Reuters :: Posted 1 day 6 hours ago

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed Sunni militia leader whose arrest provoked violence between Sunni fighters and forces of Iraq's Shi...

Eight dead in suspected U.S. missile strike...

Reuters :: Posted 15 hours 56 min ago

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MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected U.S. drone aircraft fired two missiles at a northwestern Pakistani militant stronghold...

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