Splitting California

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Copenhagen Air Business-2009: Vanity Masquerade

Michael Kerjman, The Earth

What might be more vital for a human being than a breath of air? In the third millennium said to be a paramount of achievements humankind having climbed to date, even...

climate_change, pollution, global_warming, carbon_tax

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Horrifying moment as human traffickers sold a sex slave in broad daylight on Oxford Street

Elliott, Manchester

Pimps sold a young woman as a sex slave in broad daylight on Britain’s busiest shopping street. A brothel owner paid just £3,000 for the Lithuanian victim, a woman...

Human trafficking, human smuggling, Sex slaves

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Iran Opposition proves it’s still alive and kicking

Farshad, Tehran

Six months after Iran’s disputed presidential election the bloodied and battered opposition movement refuses to give up. On campuses across the country yesterday tens...

Iran, Protests, Iran Opposition

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Turkish P.M. in Washington As Turkey Looks East

Keith, London

One of Barack Obama’s first overseas trips as President was to Turkey. When he visited in April he focused on the significant role the country — mainly Muslim,...

Turkey, Turkey-Iran relations, US- Turkey relations

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In a drive to Make Venezuela citadel, Chavez acquires thousands of missiles

Carlos, Bogota

President Hugo Chavez said Monday that Venezuela has received thousands of Russian-made missiles and rocket launchers as part of his government’s military...

Venezuela, Colombia, Venezuela-Colombia relations

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Jerusalem: A Growing Powder Keg in Mideast

Nahum Y, Gaza

On the face of it, the project sounds innocent enough: Since the early 1990s, the Israeli organization Elad has been rehabilitating the City of David, a once neglected...

Jerusalem, West bank, Jerusalem clashes

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India, Russia sign Nuclear deal, beyond 123 agreement

Souransu, Calicut

India today signed a path-breaking civil nuclear agreement with Russia that will guarantee uninterrupted uranium fuel supplies for its atomic reactors and transfer of...

India, Nuclear deal, Indo_russian nuclear deal

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Lesbian bishop sparks new church row in LA

Andrew, Tempe

The Episcopal Church in the US has elected its first openly lesbian woman to serve as a bishop in the diocese of Los Angeles, instantly sparking fresh tumult in the...

Church, Churches in US, Lesbian bishop

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Chavez: Poor Obama is stuck in the past on Honduras

Guilherme, Brasilia

US President Barack Obama may be well-intentioned but he’s still stuck in the past when it comes to supporting Honduras’ recent, post-coup election,...

Obama, Honcuras crisis, Military coup

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Mexico's Witness-Protection Program: What Protection?

Markus, Mexico City

Thanks to movies like Goodfellas, Americans appreciate how witness-protection programs are supposed to work. A mobster may not be able to find decent marinara sauce...

Mexico, Corruption, Witness-Protection Program

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Nigerian hospital overwhelmed by corpses from police

Adeyemi, Abuja

A Nigerian hospital has told the BBC it is overwhelmed by the number of corpses being brought to them by police. The Chief Medical Director at the University of...

Nigeria, Corpses, Hospitals

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Brazil Tunnel Thieves Steal Nearly $6 Million While Nation Watches Soccer

Filipe, Brasilia

Thieves who spent months tunneling from a rented house to an armored car company’s safe made off with nearly $6 million over the weekend, making their getaway as...

Brazil, Tunnel Thieves, theft

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Coordinated attacks in Baghdad kill at least 101, more than 180 Injured

Andrew, Tempe

The Iraqi capital Baghdad has been hit with several explosions that have left at least 101 people dead and more than 180 people wounded. Early reports say three...

Iraq war, Baghdad bombing, Suicide bombing

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Readers Enquire: "Why Pick On Mugabe?"

Robb, Derby

After my editorial was published yesterday, I found that it had been picked up elsewhere in the world and that it was gaining the attention of various people scattered...

Zimbabwe, Mugabe, racist

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Chicken Stuffed With Cocaine Is Recipe For Arrest For Guatemalan Drug Smuggler

Yoann, Minneapolis

Customs inspectors at Dulles International Airport say a man from Guatemala was detained after he tried to carry a cooked chicken stuffed with more than $4,000 worth of...

Guatemala, Drug Smuggler, Cocaine

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Bomb near Pakistan intel office kills 12

Farhan, Islamabad

A bomb exploded near an intelligence office in central Pakistan on Tuesday, authorities said, damaging the building and killing at least 12 people amid a surge of...

Pakistan, Bomb blast, Intel office

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M. Slavin & Sons Fish Market Charged With Groping Employees' Butts, Sticking Fish Hooks In Them

John, New York

Something stinks at M. Slavin & Sons fish market, and it’s not just the fish. According to a complaint filed by the US Equal Employment Opportunity...

M. Slavin & Sons, Fish Market, Groping Employees' Butts

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U.S. Issues 'Fairly Bald Warning' To Pakistan

John, New York

The Obama administration is turning up the pressure on Pakistan to fight the Taliban inside its borders, warning that if it does not act more aggressively the United...

Afghanistan war, US warning to Pakistan, Terrorism

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China school stampede killed 8, injured 26

David, Beijing

Eight youths were killed and 26 injured when students descending a crowded staircase after evening classes at a school in central China lost their footing amid a crush...

China, School stempede, Yucai Middle Schoo

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Chicago terrorism suspect charged in Mumbai attack

Andy, Navi Mumbai

U.S. prosecutors have alleged new acts of terrorism against two Pakistan-born Westerners, who now stand accused of playing a role in the Mumbai massacre. David...

Mumbai attacks, Mumbai terror attacks David Coleman Headley, headley Charged for Mumbai attacks

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