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In a not so surprising announcement - going by the Nobel Academy’s notoriety for secrecy - this year’s Nobel Literature Prize has gone to Frenchman Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio. Clezio who in 1994 was shown a survey conducted by the French literary...
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The administration endured months of criticism over its decision not to offer strong and sustained public support to the opposition movement that blossomed after...
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The Sun Belt states that grew like fertilized weeds during the real estate boom are now experiencing sharp declines in population growth, the Census Bureau said...
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As many as 225,000 children in Haiti live and work as unpaid domestic servants, the first study to closely examine the issue concluded.
The existence of these...
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As more Americans go to mainland China to take jobs, more Chinese and Americans are working side by side. These cross-cultural partnerships, while beneficial in many...
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Four people were killed and 24 wounded on Thursday in the latest suicide attack in the northwest city of Peshawar, police and hospital officials said.
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Colombia’s largest rebel group, which in recent months has launched a string of armed attacks to demonstrate that it is not a spent force after 45 years of...
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It was just over a decade ago that NATO forces bombed Belgrade in Operation Allied Force, a mission aimed at halting Serbia’s brutal repression of Kosovo. Since...
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The attack seemed singularly horrific — an Egyptian pharmacist, Marwa el-Sherbini, was testifying during an appeal hearing in a Dresden courtroom on July 1 when a...
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In an interview with the G1 website, this Wednesday, Silvana Bianchi, grandmother of Sean Goldman, the 9-year-old American boy who was abducted to Brazil by his mother...
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As Muslims in Iraq observe the 10-day holiday of Muharram, and Christians warily prepare for a subdued Christmas, episodes of violence erupted around the country on...
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Nine people were killed in the mine blast near Russia’s Urals city of Nizhny Tagil, Russian media reported Thursday, citing local sources.
All victims’...
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The secretive U.S. air strike against suspected al-Qaida in Yemen last week is the latest in what has been a fast-growing campaign to better equip and fund Yemeni...
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Gaza’s scars have been frozen in place since Israel waged war a year ago to subdue Hamas and stop rockets from hitting its towns. Entire neighborhoods still lie...
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The economic situation in Zimbabwe is reported to be improving. Despite reports that cash queues are now at the banks as people wait for money, and other reports that...
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Marriage in Britain is in danger of becoming an exclusive middle-class institution unless action is taken to bolster it, David Willetts, the shadow cabinet member...
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Schools across France are facing revolts from students demanding the right to wear raunchy clothing banned by educators.
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A pediatrition charged with sexually abusing his patients likely attacked more than 100 children at an office he had decked out with a merry-go-round and a ferris...
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India unveiled the biggest overhaul of its security services in decades yesterday, with plans to recruit 400,000 more police officers and to create a national...
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A passenger ferry collided with a fishing boat in the Philippines, killing three people and leaving search and rescue crews combing the water for dozens more who...
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According to Metropolitan Nashville Police, a man wearing a Santa Claus suit - including hat, beard and moustache and dark sunglasses - robbed a SunTrust Bank,...
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