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New constitution for divided Kosovo
Jun 15 2008, AP

Kosovo’s constitution went into force Sunday, handing the newly independent nation’s ethnic Albanian government power after nine years of U.N. administration.The charter _ a milestone that comes four months after leaders declared independence from...

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Montenegro police ban pro-Serb protest
AP, Podgorica
Montenegro’s police have banned a pro-Serb rally later this week after violent clashes injured at least 34 people on Monday.
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Pakistan investigates US detainee
AP, Islamabad
Pakistani police were questioning a 20-year-old U.S. citizen who was arrested close to the Afghan border, as new clashes in the region killed 17 militants, officials...
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Syria establishes diplomatic ties with Lebanon
AP, Damascus
Syria’s official news agency says the nation will open an embassy in Lebanon for the first time since the two countries gained independence in the 1940s.
ML, Syria, Lebanon, World
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Sri Lankan military says 22 killed in fighting
AP, Colombo
Scattered fighting in northern Sri Lanka killed 20 rebels and two soldiers as the government pressed ahead with its offensive against the Tamil Tigers, the military...
AS, Sri, Lanka, Civil
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Asia stocks soar after US rally; Nikkei up 14 pct
AP, Hong Kong
Asian markets soared for a second day Tuesday, led by a record 14 percent jump in Tokyo, after Wall Street rallied from its worst week ever on optimism that government...
World, Markets, Business, Asian
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Dole, McGovern bring cachet to World Food Prize
AP, Des Moines
Former presidential candidates Bob Dole and George McGovern both saw their presidential ambitions quashed in landslide elections.
World, Food, Prize, Former
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Singaporean opposition party ordered to pay PM
AP, Singapore
Singapore’s High Court ruled that an opposition party and two of its leaders must pay $416,000 in defamation damages to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his...
AS, Singapore, Opposition, World
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US coalition: 5 militants killed in Afghanistan
AP, Kabul
The U.S.-led coalition says its forces have killed five militants in central Afghanistan.
AS, Afghan, Violence, World
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China defense minister raps US arms sale to Taiwan
AP, Beijing
China’s defense minister has demanded that the U.S. cancel a $6.5 billion arms sale to Taiwan, saying it created “obstacles” in relations between...
AS, China, US, Taiwan
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NKorea to resume nuclear dismantlement
AP, Seoul
North Korea planned to resume dismantling its nuclear program Tuesday for the first time in two months, days after the United States removed the communist regime from a...
AS, Koreas, Nuclear, World
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China jails Tibetan monks convicted in bomb blast
AP, Beijing
Eight Buddhist monks convicted of bombing a government building in Tibet during an anti-government uprising in March have been sentenced to prison, two of them for...
AS, China, Tibet, World
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US sailor charged with assaulting Sydney woman
AP, Sydney
A U.S. Navy sailor has been charged with assaulting a prostitute while on shore leave in Australia’s biggest city last weekend, police and the U.S. Embassy said...
AS, Australia, US, Seamen
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23 killed in bus crash in northeastern India
AP, Gauhati
Police say an overcrowded, speeding bus has crashed into a stationary truck in northeastern India, killing 23 people and wounding 44 others.
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Asia stocks soar after US rally; Nikkei up 13 pct
AP, Hong Kong
Asian markets soared for a second day Tuesday, led by a stunning 13 percent jump in Tokyo, after Wall Street rallied from its worst week ever on optimism that...
World, Markets, Business, Asian
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Vietnam tries 2 journalists for corruption reports
AP, Hanoi
Two Vietnamese journalists went on trial Tuesday in Hanoi for allegedly writing false information in reports about one of the country’s most high-profile...
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4 ex-Khmer Rouge rebels jailed over Briton's death
AP, Phnom Penh
Four former Khmer Rouge rebels were sentenced up to 20 years in prison Tuesday for their involvement in the murder of a British mine-clearing expert 12 years ago.
AS, Cambodia, Khmer, Rouge
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2 tourists die in parasailing accident in Mexico
AP, Cancun
A security official says two foreign tourists fell to their deaths while parasailing south of Mexico’s resort town of Cancun.
LT, Mexico, Parasailing, Deaths
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UN judge demands arrest of last 2 fugitives
AP, United Nations
The top war crimes judge for the former Yugoslavia on Monday urged the immediate arrest of the last two fugitives, Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic and ex-Croatian...
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Asian stocks soar after US rally; Nikkei up 13 pct
AP, Hong Kong
Japan’s stock market soared in early trading Tuesday, leading a second-day rally in Asian stocks after Wall Street staged a dramatic comeback from its worst week...
World, Markets, Japan, Asian
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US Marine charged with assaulting Sydney woman
AP, Sydney
A U.S. Marine has been charged with assaulting a prostitute while on shore leave in Sydney last weekend, police and the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday.
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Serbia's president considers Kosovo division
AP, Belgrade
Serbia’s president said he would consider dividing Kosovo by absorbing the small, Serb-dominated portions from ethnic Albanian areas if Belgrade can’t stop...
EU, Serbia, Kosovo, World
made popular Sep 30 2008
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Macedonian parliament strips deputies of immunity
AP, Skopje
The Macedonian parliament on Saturday stripped two ethnic Albanian deputies of immunity from prosecution for crimes allegedly committed during the country’s 2001...
EU, Macedonia, War, Crimes
made popular Sep 27 2008
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3 US citizens ordered back to prison in Montenegro
AP, Podgorica
A Montenegrin court said Friday it ordered three U.S. citizens and seven other ethnic Albanians back to prison after convicting them of plotting a rebellion to...
Montenegro, Ethnic, Albanians, World
made popular Aug 22 2008
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Macedonia: Ethnic Albanians protest vote violence
AP, Skopje
About 3,000 supporters of Macedonia’s largest ethnic Albanian opposition party marched Thursday to protest violence during Sunday’s national elections.The...
Macedonia, Protest, World, Albanian
made popular Jun 5 2008
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Tight security for Macedonian elections
AP, Skopje
Macedonian authorities promised tight security for Sunday’s national elections at the close of a campaign marred by violence, including an assassination attempt...
Macedonia, Elections, World, Macedonian
made popular May 31 2008
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Group urges new look into organ smuggling claims in Kosovo
AP, Pristina
A human rights group said Monday that new evidence has emerged to warrant further investigation into claims that ethnic Albanian guerrillas in Kosovo killed Serbs and...
Kosovo, Organ, Trafficking, World
made popular May 5 2008
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UN: No substantial evidence of organ harvesting in Albania
AP, The Hague
U.N. investigators found no substantial evidence to support claims that ethnic Albanian guerrillas killed dozens of Serbs in Kosovo and sold their organs, a court...
Kosovo, Organ, Trafficking, World
made popular Apr 16 2008
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Albania Blast Kills 5, Injures 243
AP, Tirana
A massive explosion at an Albanian army ammunition dump on Saturday killed at least five people and injured 243, including many children, authorities said.Footage from...
Albania, Explosion, World, Albanian
made popular Mar 15 2008
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Serb Police Deserting Kosovo Force
AP, Kusce
Dozens of Serb officers have deserted the Kosovo police force since the new state declared independence, snubbing ethnic Albanian leaders and shattering the only...
Kosovo, Independence, World, Dozens
made popular Feb 28 2008
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Congressman Defends Albanian Immigrant
AP, Dallas
A Texas congressman says the government’s treatment of an Albanian immigrant who fears his life could be in danger if he is deported is “intolerable”...
Europe, NorthAmerica, Albania, United States
made popular Nov 2 2007
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ICE Seeks to Sedate Albanian Deportee
AP, Dallas
Immigration authorities are asking a court to let them sedate an Albanian restaurateur on a deportation flight to keep him from becoming hysterical again over fears...
Europe, NorthAmerica, Albania, United States
made popular Oct 9 2007
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Baltic girls forced into sex business
Bhawana Negi, Delhi
Five Albanian pimps have been convicted on the charges of sex trafficking offences after a trial at Southwark Crown court. It was during the missing person hunt, that...
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made popular Nov 29 2005
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