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Argentina - Valuing truth over the right to privacy, Argentina’s Congress has authorized the forced extraction of DNA from people who may have been born to...
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A 5-year-old North Carolina girl was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her home, according to an arrest warrant released Friday. Shaniya Davis was...
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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Saturday vowed to continue Russia’s anti-crisis program as the economy moves out of one of the deepest recessions in post-Soviet...
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President Hosni Mubarak vowed on Saturday that Egypt will be firm in dealing with attacks on its nationals, amid hot tempers and a diplomatic spat with Algeria over a...
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Alessandra Mussolini, a right-wing MP, said she was outraged and upset when she heard reports that the remains of her grandfather were being sold online.
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Friday that the United States could start holding Afghanistan’s government accountable for corruption by withholding money for...
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representatives of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay met in Caracas to sign the protocol for the entrance of Venezuela into the Southern Common Market (Mercosur)....
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“There should be no differences between black Jews and white Jews,” said Ayeli, 29, who was among 15,000 people who this week celebrated the...
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Friday declared that his country will not retaliate with war threats against Venezuela, his only aim being to defeat terrorism in...
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More than 50,000 people have fled clashes between two ethnic groups in north-western Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks, the UN says.
Many of those fleeing...
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Tony Blair warned Gordon Brown a week ago that his campaign to become the first president of the European Council was doomed after a decisive intervention by the German...
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In almost every way, David Headley was the perfect neighbour. When the 49-year-old American citizen began renting an apartment in Mumbai last year he charmed his...
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Hangu police on Friday morning acted efficiently to dispose a bomb placed outside a high school and college building in the Muslim Abad neighborhood of the town. The...
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A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 42 people and leaving 66 others trapped underground as rescuers worked hastily...
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A transsexual Brazilian prostitute known as ‘Brenda,’ who was linked to a sex scandal involving former Italian politician Piero Marrazzo, has been found...
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A group of hackers recently broke into the email system at the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU), one of the leading climate research...
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Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.
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Conspicuous by its absence was India. Was India not on his radar? Or was it such a close ally that he skipped naming it at a public function? It left New Delhi...
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For millions of children in India, childhood is an elusive dream, as a UN report has revealed that 5,000 children below five die every day.
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THE five leaders of the East African Community (EAC) have signed a landmark agreement for a common market which allows free movement of people, goods, labour and...
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Never one to pass up free food and booze, I showed up at my friends apartment , said hello to everyone, grabbed a cocktail and headed for the snacks. The table was...
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David Gracer lifts a giant water bug, places his thumbs in a pre-sliced slit in its underside, and flips off its head. “Smell the meat,” he says, sniffing the...
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Dutch ecologist Roxina Soler and her colleagues have discovered that
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Though not necessarily the most prolifically deadly animal on earth, insects certainly hold their fair share of the unfortunate demises. Throughout history, the insect...
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Non-biting midges swarm a railing as a wedding couple poses for photos by the scenic East Lake in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province Friday, Nov. 21, 2008. Swarms of the insects have been annoying local residents but experts say they will disappear..
