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A big turnout is being reported in Mozambique as people queue to vote in an election for a new president, parliament and regional assemblies.
The BBC’s Jose Tembe in Maputo says there is an air of excitement - a marked difference to 2004 when only...
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While the majority of Zimbabweans the world over watching events play out in a criminal court in Harare, where MDC politician Roy Bennett is answering to charges that...
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Nicolas Sarkozy was last night accused of living in ‘total fantasy’ after claiming he was among the first people to tear down the Berlin Wall.
In an...
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Two of Russia’s most prominent human rights organizations say their work has been thrown into jeopardy by municipal efforts to evict them from their offices.
For...
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The growing number of police killings of suspected criminals in Rio de Janeiro’s war on drugs is linked to bonuses now paid to “brave” police...
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Drugs tests are to be offered to all Italian MPs and senators from tomorrow in a bid to prove their parliament is not an ‘opium smoking den’.
The testing...
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Reporting from Culiacan, Mexico - In the story making the rounds here in Mexico’s drug capital, the setting is a beauty parlor. A woman with wealth obtained...
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It is not only spies, spooks and Bohemians who look back on life before the fall of the Wall with nostalgia. For 40 years Berlin was the front line between East and...
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The border between Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo is being redrawn — by a river!
Technocrats from the two countries are quietly working to head off a...
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The gay sex scene alone would be enough to ban “This Area Is Under Quarantine” in many countries.
Filmed in a Bangkok hotel room, the scene offers lots of...
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Iran accused three detained Americans of spying Monday, signaling Tehran intends to put them on trial. It drew a sharp U.S. response that the charges are baseless...
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Yesterday, the first female mayor of Baltimore, Sheila Dixon, went on trial accused of stealing gift cards meant for the poor and using them to fund lavish shopping...
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Yemen’s President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, flew into the Gulf of Aden on Nov. 7 to celebrate the first exports of liquefied natural gas from a sprawling $4.5 billion...
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Looking around East Africa, indeed Africa, you can see the diplomatic space has become quite black.
A few weeks ago, Nairobi was turned upside down with the MTV Africa...
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China has executed nine men, including eight from the Muslim Uighur minority, for crimes committed during July riots that killed 200 people in far western Xinjiang...
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The two Koreas briefly exchanged naval fire Tuesday along their disputed western sea border, with a North Korean ship suffering heavy damage before retreating, South...
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The city of romance got a lesson in love’s hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital’s first divorce fair.
In France, nearly one out...
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In a SPIEGEL interview, the national security adviser to the White House, General James Jones, has expressed strong skepticism regarding the request of General Stanley...
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A landslide triggered by torrential seasonal rains swept through a hilly region in southern India, killing at least 39 people, an official said Tuesday.
The landslide...
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Some dude outside my supermarket just asked me to sign a petition to legalize marijuana. Apparently he was so high that he forgot he’s in California, where pot is...
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Injecting itself aggressively into the health-care debate, the Roman Catholic Church in America has emerged as a major political force with the potential to upend a key...
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Tens of thousands of people wearing green accessories — the sign of the opposition — have come out on to the streets of Tehran and other major cities for...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told the Israeli people not to support their government, which he described as “genocidal” on Friday, the second day of his...
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Senior Afghan election officials are locked in a row over how to disqualify fraudulent votes in a disagreement analysts said could determine the result.
The head of...
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has the swine flu and officials have advised other South American leaders who met with him at a summit of the infection, authorities...
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Following up results of internationally-observed, legal outcomes of the Moldova elections, nationalistic self-proclaimed-themselves-Romanian youth, paid by older...
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Amid chanting of mantras, breaking of coconuts and a tilak ceremony, the desi Air Force One took to the skies on its inaugural VVIP
flight on Wednesday, with President...
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The New York Post has always been Rupert Murdoch’s right-wing’s echo chamber in this liberal city, but I’m still absolutely shocked that they would...
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January 20th, 2009, Barack H. Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States of America - the first African-American ever to hold the office of U.S....
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This is my first post in about 2 months, that is quite a long time and I apologize to my readers. Following the election and it’s aftermath, I was so burned out from...
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The amendment to the CrPC is now the law. The President has signed it. Going forth no person can be arrested under 498A as a whole sale free Lincence. Before arrest any...
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There could be more political churning in the offing in Pakistan with President Asif Ali Zardari likely to replace Yousaf Raza Gilani as Prime Minister and transferring...
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US President-elect Barack Obama has nominated his former rival, Hillary Clinton, as his secretary of state.
Mr Obama described the former first lady as a woman of...
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I had contemplated writing my first post the morning after an Obama win and discussing why Obama will be a disaster, how McCain lost the election, how this election was...
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Barack Obama has won a historic victory after appearing to have collected enough electoral votes to defeat Senator John McCain and become the first black President of...
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-With all the childish and negative commercials during an election year.
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He did this, she didn’t do that! I’m gonna’...
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Hugo Chavez, the dictator of Venezuela, referred to President Bush as Comrade Bush and said Bush has moved “left” in the financial crisis. Normally, I would...
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To win allies and forge an anti-American front, Mr Chavez sells oil to friendly countries at low prices. Ironically, the only big customer buying Venezuelan oil at the...
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A South Korean woman works in front of a huge picture of former President Roh Moo-hyun near the Roh’s home in Kimhae, south of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, April 26, 2009. South Korean prosecutors will summon for questioning Roh this week over his...
