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Protesters shot dead in Kashmir
Indian police today fired at thousands of people protesting against Indian rule in Kashmir, killing two demonstrators, officials said, in the latest flare-up of violence in the disputed Himalayan region. At...
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Trying to Spread Africa's Wealth
NICE — In years past, Africa was always the outsiders’ cornucopia, the font of gold and diamonds, slaves and minerals, cotton and rubber and, more latterly, oil. These days, the continent’s riches draw a new cast of prospectors and predators, but the question is the same: who...
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Massa Returns to Budapest Under a Cloud
The stage might have been set for a heartwarming tale of human resilience, of a man who had faced down death to return victorious to the scene of a horrendous accident a year later. As Formula One prepares for the Hungarian Grand Prix at Budapest on Sunday, it was one year ago last weekend at this...
photo: AP / Bela Szandelszky
US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep
     Jul 31, 2010 US and Cambodia in controversial lockstep...
photo: AP / Heng Sinith
Hezbollah sees plot behind Hariri tribunal
     Jul 31, 2010 Hezbollah sees plot behind Hariri tribunal...
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Pakistan flood death toll tops 300
Villagers move to safety from a flooded village near Nowshera, in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtoonkhwa province, on Thursday. (Mohammad Sajjad/Associated Press) Massive flooding in Pakistan has killed at least 313 people as monsoon rains continue to bloat rivers, submerge villages and trigger landslides,...
photo: AP / Mohammad Sajjad
Italy in political turmoil as Berlusconi party implodes
ROME (Reuters) - Italy was in political turmoil on Friday after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi dramatically split with his one-time most powerful centre-right ally, putting the country at risk of early elections. Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (L) talks with Economy Minister Giulio...
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BA losses widen on strike action, ash cloud
LONDON: British Airways on Friday said net losses widened to 122 million pounds during its first quarter as strike action and the Icelandic ash cloud grounded flights, but insisted it was set to break even. BA, which is looking to merge with Spain's Iberia, said losses after tax rose 15 percent to...
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Al-Shabab threatens AU peacekeepers
The armed group leading the fight against Somalia's beleagured transitional government has warned that it will turn Mogadishu into a "graveyard" for extra African Union troops sent to the country. Al-Shabab, which has been accused of links to al-Qaeda, warned that a decision earlier this...
photo: AP / Farah Abdi Warsameh
Pair wanted in US woman's death deported to Panama
FILADELFO ALEMAN Associated Press Writer= MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaragua deported a U.S. couple to Panama, where they face charges of killing two Americans in a scheme to steal their property on a Caribbean archipelago popular with expatriates. William Cortez and his wife, Jane, were turned...
photo: AP / Esteban Felix

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