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2012/05/24 02:04

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Philippines accuses China of flaring tensions fur...

... a nonbinding Declaration of Conduct on the South China Sea signed by China and Southeast Asian Countries. “It is regrettable that these actions occurred at a time when China has been...

2012/05/24 02:04

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Hanwha Group Baghdad Seoul Kim Seung-youn Sami al-Araji

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2012/05/24 01:51

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Detailed, "engaged" Iran nuclear talks go to 2nd ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Talks between Iran and world powers to defuse a dispute about Iran's nuclear goals go into a second day on Thursday with Washington cautiously hopeful of progress towards an agreed...

2012/05/24 01:38

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Indian Army orders probe into Siachen Glacier cho...

By Praful Kumar Singh, New Delhi, May 23 : The Indian Army has ordered an inquiry into the Cheetah chopper crash that took place in the Siachen Glacier area of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. 'Today,...

2012/05/24 00:53

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Egypt Presidential election gets underway

Egypt Presidential election gets underway Egyptians stand in line to cast their ballots in the country’s post revolution presidential elections, hailing what they believe to be an unprecedented...

2012/05/24 00:47

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Amnesty accuses Myanmar military

BANGKOK (AFP) - Amnesty International on Thursday accused Myanmar's military of committing crimes against humanity in ethnic conflict zones, where ongoing fighting has overshadowed sweeping political...

2012/05/24 00:29

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'Poisonous gas attack': 130 schoolgirls fall ill

Some 130 girls and three female teachers have fallen ill after "poisonous gas" was released in their school in northern Afghanistan, an official says. The incident took place in a girl's high school...

2012/05/24 00:07

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Amnesty accuses UN council of "failed leadership"

LONDON (Reuters) - Rights group Amnesty International lambasted the United Nations Security Council on Thursday as "tired, out of step and increasingly unfit for purpose". In its annual report,...

2012/05/24 00:07

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New ferry operator to start operations before Ray...

New ferry operator to start operations before Raya LABUAN: Labuan member of parliament Datuk Yussof Mahal yesterday said the newly appointed ferry operator, Juta Bonus Development Sdn Bhd, would...

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Datuk Yussof Labuan Mainland Link Sdn Bhd Raja Zainal Abidin Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Sabah

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2012/05/24 00:01

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Pakistan convicts doctor who helped find bin Laden

Oil tankers, which were used to transport NATO fuel supplies to Afghanistan, are parked in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, May 20, 2012. Photo: Fareed Khan / AP This photo taken on July 9, 2010 shows...

2012/05/23 23:49

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State, Watertown and Armenian officials celebrate...

Today Massachusetts and Armenian officials joined hundreds of attendees from the Armenian community and surrounding neighborhoods at the dedication of Armenian Heritage Park - the newest addition to...

2012/05/23 23:38

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Syria violence shakes Lebanon’s fragile stability...

... in Lebanon. There is no direct way in which these events will be fully contained,” EurAsia Group analyst Ayham Kamel said. The Syrian uprising forced Lebanon’s Prime Minister Najib...

2012/05/23 23:06

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Milbank: Obama's big European headache

It is no small irony that President Obama's re-election bid is being undermined by his friends in Old Europe. Forty-six months ago, then-candidate Barack Obama flew to Berlin to call for a new era of...

2012/05/23 22:41

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For Arabic classes, growing pains

Although enrollment in Arabic classes is rising, some students say the program is disorganized and does not teach them practical skills for speaking the language, which the State Department considers...

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Shady Nasser Yale Beatrice Gruendler Department of State Kim Heins-Eitzen

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2012/05/23 22:34

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Two Western health workers kidnapped in northern ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- A search is under way for two foreign women and two Afghan men who were kidnapped Tuesday in Afghanistan's northern Badakhshan province, local officials said. The women - both...

2012/05/23 22:11

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Syrian activists report troop shooting

Anti-government demonstration broken up violently by security forces in Aleppo, according to activist groups. Aleppo, which had been relatively quiet, has seen a recent escalation of anti-government...

2012/05/23 20:52

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Two foreign doctors, Afghans abducted

Two foreign doctors and their three Afghan colleagues have been kidnapped in a remote area in northeast Afghanistan, officials say. Abdul Maroof Rasikh, the spokesman for the governor of Badakhshan...

2012/05/23 20:45

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General sees progress in US-Pakistan relationship

WASHINGTON — The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan insists that the U.S. is making some progress in its shaky relationship with Pakistan and that risks have to be taken in order to build the kind of...

2012/05/23 20:26

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Church 'Evicted' After 7 Years Proof of Kuwait's ...

Pastor Duke Taber will be the first to let you know that his small congregation ... After the Sunday morning service he asked if he could make an appointment with ... The catacombs are the legacy of...

2012/05/23 20:25

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CIC’s Jin on eurozone: time for a little Thatcher...

... his own diagnosis on the crisis, pointing to a lack of leadership. He pointed to the Asian financial crisis in 1997 as an example of how countries can work together to pull themselves...

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