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Honduras Coup: Troops deployed to oversee elections to ensure coup prevails

CJ, San Francisco

Thousands of soldiers have been deployed across Honduras to oversee a controversial election which will cement the overthrow of President Manuel Zelaya. The de facto...

Honduras, Military coup, elections

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Brazil asserting itself: Despite US's Stand, refuges to recognize Honduras New President

Rafael, Caracas

The Brazilian minister of Foreign Affairs, Celso Amorim, reaffirmed on Thursday divergences with the United States regarding the political crisis in Honduras before the...

Brazil, Honduras crisis, Brazil stand

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Spain owes Britons millions for tax discrimination against Britions

Jan, Madrid

Thousands of Britons who have sold properties in Spain stand to win millions of pounds in compensation after the European Court of Justice ruled that they had been...

Spain, taxes, tax discrimination

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Eid Al-Adha Special From Jordan (2)

Wa'd, Amman

I believe that yesterday I was pretty successful in proving that Jordanians DO have some degree of humor (despite the grumpy faces they are best known for :) ). And...

Eid Al-Adha, Jordan, Eid Socialization

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Uganda proposes death penalty for HIV positive gays

Ivan, Kampala

Britain and Canada protested yesterday over a proposed law that would result in gays in Uganda being imprisoned for life or even executed. Gordon Brown followed...

Uganda, Gays, Gays in UGanda

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China’s callous attitude: no security in coal mines, 10 more killed, half a dozen trapped

Alfred, Tokyo

Rescuers have recovered the body of the last victim a gas explosion in a southwestern China coal mine, bringing the death toll to 10, state-run media reported on...

China, Mine explosion, China's mines

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In Italy, A Sex Scandal to Rival Berlusconi's

Raffaele, Rome

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s party-guy private life has dominated Italy’s public discourse for more than six months. But his alleged dalliances with...

Italy, Sex scandles, Berlusconi's sex scandle

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Kenyans draw weapons over shrinking resources

Freddy, Nairobi

Tales of conflict emerging from this remote, arid region of Kenya have disturbing echoes of the lethal building blocks that turned Darfur into a killing ground in...

Kenya, Violence, Shrinking resources

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Guatemala mob goes amuck, burns 3 suspected criminals to death

Angelo, Brasilia

Police say a mob in Guatemala burned to death two men and a woman suspected of killing a local bus driver. Photos show the half-burned bodies lying in a street in the...

Guatemala, Mob violence, Suspected criminals

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The U.S. to invade Cuba- at least that's what the Cuban government thinks

Incognito, Boca Raton

I think one has to qualify as an idiot before becoming a leader of a communist country......the Castro brothers in Cuba and Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, are 3 of many...

Cuban war games, Raul Castro, Hugo Chavez

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Russia train derailment kills 39, many missing

Dursun, Moscow

An express train carrying hundreds of passengers from Moscow to St. Petersburg derailed, killing at least 39 people and injuring scores of others, emergency officials...

Russia, train clash, Russia train derailment

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Bangladesh ferry capsizes at dock, 15 dead

Jewel, Dhaka

A ferry packed with people going home for an Islamic festival capsized as they disembarked at a terminal in southern Bangladesh, leaving at least 15 dead and scores...

Bangladesh, Ferry, Ferry Capsizes at dock

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China, Russia Turn On Iran At UN Nuclear Meeting, Back Censure

Joel, Manila

In a blow to Iran, the board of the U.N. nuclear agency on Friday overwhelmingly backed a demand from the U.S., Russia, China and three other powers that Tehran...

Iran Nuclear program, china Russia, Sanctions

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America 28th In Free Trade Rank

Marco Villa, Connecticut

After President Obama raised tariffs on Chinese tires - in a pander to the unions - after not long ago warning against protectionism, a senior White House trade...

US tariffs, tariffs on Chinese tyres, US free trade

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The Syrian Bride

Marco Villa, Connecticut

One of the most widely known Middle Eastern films (in the West) in recent years is the Arabic-language Israeli drama “The Syrian Bride”. The film chronicles...

The Syrian Bride, Golan Heights, Israeli Occupation

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Sudanese Teenage Girl Lashed for Wearing UnIslamic Dress

Karim Khan, Peshawar

Fundamentalist Islamic authorities in Sudan inflicted the physical punishment of 50 lashes on a teenage Christian girl for dressing ‘indecently’ in public. The...

Islamic fundamentalism, Sudanese fanatics, Islam and morality

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Female oppression goes mainstream with Burqa Barbie dolls

Incognito, Boca Raton

One of the most visible, obvious symbols of female oppression is the Burqa. That tent of material women are forced to wear in places like Afghanistan. Covering every...

Burqa, Barbie Doll, female oppression

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Right to Information and Judiciary

Keshri Shahi, Lucknow

The news item in the Times of India of 27 November 2009 that The Chief Justice of Indian Supreme Court has written a letter to the Prime Minister seeking his help in...

Judicial Accountability, Right to Information, Indian Supreme Court

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Washington Trash T.V.

Marco Villa, Connecticut

The Idiots. Okay, okay, I know I am picking on Washington lately, but trust me it deserves it. But this time the reason for my psychotic anger is not anything native,...

TV shows, Real World, MTV

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President Obama Too Weak & Ignorant To Quit Smoking, Can He really Lead the USA?

Jill Starr, bloomingdale

The question comes immediately to mind whether, President Obama, possesses the intelligence, strength and human willpower to lead the most powerful democratic country...

Obama, Smoking, Obama's smoking Habit

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