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Who is responsible for Baghdad bombings?
Nov 4 2009, Global Report

It is not known who is responsible for such attacks, as no one is claiming responsibility for them; which doesn’t really make sense as terrorist organizations wouldn’t benefit from such attacks if they don’t claim responsibility in a trial...

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Ben Ali Starts New Term with New Repression
Marco Villa, Connecticut
So Tunisia - France’s favorite dictatorship - has began a new era of Ben Ali repression. The 73-year-old black-hair-dyed tyrant - in power for 23 years today -...
Ben Ali, democracy, Tunisia elections
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Maoists are not alien creatures
Shiv, india
So far Bengal is concerned, it’s having an ominous undertone may it be Marx, Mata or Maoists. So far I am concerned Maoists are the offspring of the unholy relation...
Maoists, Marx, Mamta
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Mexico: Mayor, Murder, and Mayhem
Oscar, Oaxaca
As Mauricio Fernandez Garza took the stage to be sworn in for the second time as the mayor of one of Latin America’s most wealthiest communities a broad smile...
san pedro garza garcia, nuevo leon, mayor mauricio fernandez garza
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Is the Ft. Hood Attack Terrorism?
Marco Villa, Connecticut
The Ft. Hood massacre is a national tragedy. Unfortunately, the United States is all too familiar with shoting rampages. Just yesterday, an unemployed man shot and...
Ft. Hood, Ft Hood shooting, Islam
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African Media Urged to Embrace Digital Revolution
Soji, Abuja
African media leaders ended their meeting in Lagos yesterday with a call on owners and operators of media organisations to embrace the digital revolution for seamless...
African Media, Digital Revolution, journalism
made popular Nov 7 2009
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Govt to Grab Foreign Firms
Xavier, Nairobi
IN a move with damaging implications for investment, Zimbabwe plans to grab a 51% stake in foreign-owned firms within 60 days of the gazetting of the Indigenisation and...
foreign-owned firms, Economic Empowerment Act, mugabe
made popular Nov 7 2009
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Miss England Relinquishes Crown After Bar Fight
Dom, London
The reigning Miss England has relinquished her crown after being accused of a fight in a bar. Pageant organizers say Rachel Christie has also withdrawn from next...
Miss England, Rachel Christie, Pageant
made popular Nov 7 2009
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Pirates threaten to kill hostages
Pascual, Madrid
SOMALI pirates have threatened to kill three crew members taken hostage from a Spanish fishing vessel if two suspected pirates being held in Spain are not freed, the...
SOMALI pirates, Spanish fishing vessel, hostage
made popular Nov 7 2009
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Eleven dead in Russian military plane crash
Jonathan, Moscow
A RUSSIAN military plane crashed into the sea during a training exercise in Russia’s Far East region, leaving all eleven crew members missing and presumed dead,...
russian military plane, plane crash, Tupolev Tu-142 plane
made popular Nov 7 2009
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DR Congo where aid is used as bait
Alyasin, Nairobi
The Democratic Republic of Congo army has used vaccination clinics as “bait” to attack civilians, says aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). Thousands...
DR congo, Conflict, Tribal war
made popular Nov 7 2009
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Woman passes driving test after 950 tries
Jeong, Indianapolis
A SOUTH Korean woman has passed a written exam for a driver’s licence after 950 attempts.
driving test, driver's licence, examination
made popular Nov 7 2009
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After Kenyan Stalling, the ICC Will Investigate Post-Election Riots
Mykses, Nairobi
Kenyans have rarely been disappointed in the ability of their political leaders to be disappointing. So it’s not all that surprising that little has been done for...
Kenya, kenya crisis, Post election violence
made popular Nov 7 2009
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Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead design
Erick, Los Angeles
The UN’s nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting that Iranian scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear warhead design, the...
Iran, Nuclear program, Missile test
made popular Nov 7 2009
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Wall long gone, but still grappling with the change
Mladen, Berlin
I vividly recall the car journeys I would take as a teenager from Frankfurt to Berlin. In those days, the trip to the isolated city of West Berlin, which was located in...
Germany, Fall of Berlin wall, 20th Anniversary
made popular Nov 7 2009
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Olympic condoms (and some torches) offered to highest bidders
Jason, Shenzhen
There was apparently not quite as much fun and games being played as expected by organizers at last year’s Beijing Olympics with news breaking that a stash of...
Olympics, China Olympics, Olympic condoms
made popular Nov 7 2009
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Zelaya-Micheletti Honduras Deal Risks Trouble for Obama
Yoann, Minneapolis
When the U.S. last week finally brokered a deal between ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and the man who replaced him following the June 28 coup, de facto...
Honduras, Military coup, Peace deal
made popular Nov 7 2009
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Latest Pawn in the Thai-Cambodian Spat? Thaksin
William, Tokyo
The naming of an honorary economic advisor to a small Southeast Asian country doesn’t usually make news. But Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s designation...
Thai, Cambodian, Thai-Cambodian Spat
made popular Nov 7 2009
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Another conflict at the heart of Yemen: water crisis
Saber, San'a
While domestic insurgencies chip away at the control of Yemen’s central government and an Al Qaeda branch gains strength in regions beyond the government’s...
Yemen, yemen crisis, Rebels
made popular Nov 7 2009
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Women and children are killed in attacks on starving villagers
Ahmed, Khartoum
Thousands had gathered under the shade of the trees by the airstrip in Akobo, waiting for the arrival of a United Nations helicopter packed with food aid. Bony-armed...
Sudan war, sudan crisis, Tribal war
made popular Nov 7 2009
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Australian Ways Sex Going
Michael Kerjman, The Earth
It is unclear from a story, whether this cabbie was this time a next “Indian student” victim of desperately seeking a place for morning sex-session, but attitude of...
taxi, education, sex, money
made popular Nov 7 2009
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Blame The Iranians
Marco Villa, Connecticut
A lot is made in the American press about Arab worries (really the worries of illegitimate and authoritarian Arab regimes, no more and no less) of a nuclear Iran. In...
Iran, Iran Nuclear program, Saudi Arabia
made popular Oct 15 2009
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Violent clashes in Yemen
Sultan, Riyadh
Violent clashes have broken out between Shia rebels and government forces in northern Yemen, with both sides accusing the other of breaking a truce. A Yemeni military...
Yemeni military, casualties, truce
made popular Sep 7 2009
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String of bombings kill at least 42 in Iraq
Korey, Houston
A double truck bombing tore through a Shiite community near the northern city of Mosul, while blasts in Baghdad targeted primarily Shiites in a wave of violence that...
Iraq war, Suicide bombing, Iraq violence
made popular Aug 10 2009
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What Happened With Shias In Saudi Arabia?
Marco Villa, Connecticut
There are conflicting stories about what happened - or caused - the clashes between Saudi Shias and the Saudi Sunni security forces. Some report that a Saudi official...
Shia, Sunni, Islam, Politics & Society
made popular Mar 4 2009
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Pakistani Taliban Attack Shia School Children- Kill 3
Incognito, Boca Raton
Image What happened to the peace agreement in the Swat Valley of Pakistan? Or does “peace” have a different meaning to the Taliban? Not that I ever...
Pakistan, Taliban, Shia
made popular Feb 28 2009
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Fear Sweeps Across Hangu as Killings Return
Karim Khan, Peshawar
Peace may be coming to Swat but the restive southwestern town of Hangu has suddenly witnessed three horrifying episodes of violence in two consecutive days. These acts...
Hangu, terror, terrorism
made popular Feb 28 2009
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Christman in Iraq
Marco Villa, Connecticut
Iraq’s Christians, like all Iraqis, have suffered greatly since the invasion and subsequent occupation of their country by American troops. But unlike Sunnis,...
Christmas, Christmas celebration in Baghdad, Shia
made popular Dec 26 2008
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Expansionist Iran: Lebanon, Syria, Gaza
Steven, Abu Dhabi
To all who think Iran doesn’t have expansionist goals, look no further than Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza. These are not the military invasions of the Nazis, but...
Iran, Syria, Gaza, Sunni
made popular Sep 26 2008
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British Quran film angers Muslims
Desh, Shimla
A British documentary on the Qur’an has angered leading Muslim scholars for making inaccurate statements about the Shia branch of the faith. The depiction of...
UK, Qur'an, Muslim, Shia
made popular Jul 29 2008
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Iraq and Iran a long bloody history
Al-Hussain, Doha
Many of us think that the first war between the two countries was the first gulf war. And that is incorrect information. The history goes back even before the Persian...
Mossad, C.I.A., intelligence agency
made popular May 25 2008
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United States' & Iranian Diplomacy on Test: Will Peace in Iraq get a Chance
Faizan, aligarh
The talks slated for today between the United States and Iran on Iraq may usher an era of new hope in the middle east as the two sides will be talking to each other for...
United States, Iran, Iraq, American Interference
made popular May 28 2007
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