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Japan arrests whaling activist for boarding ship - Washington Post
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Japan arrests whaling activist for boarding ship
Washington Post
AP TOKYO -- Japan's coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegally boarding a Japanese whaling ship last month, an official said. Peter Bethune, a member of the US-based Sea Shepherd activist group ...
Anti-Whaling Activist Arrested After Jumping Onto BoatFOXNews
Anti-whaling activist arrested on arrival in JapanReuters UK
Sea Shepherd member arrested for whaling ship trespassKyodo News
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Swedish parliament recognises Armenian genocide of 1915 - Times of India
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Swedish parliament recognises Armenian genocide of 1915
Times of India
STOCKHOLM: The Swedish parliament on Thursday recognised the massacres of Armenians during World War I as genocide, immediately sparking a diplomatic row with Turkey. Its resolution, which the government had opposed, "signifies that Sweden recognises ...
Turkey protests Sweden Armenia 'genocide' voteBBC News
Turkey recalls envoy to Sweden over Armenia voteReuters
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Egypt stepping up pressure against Hamas - Ha'aretz
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Egypt stepping up pressure against Hamas
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Cairo has severely toughened its stance on exit permits for Hamas leaders from Gaza and is demanding that Hamas unconditionally sign a reconciliation agreement with Fatah prepared by the ...
Israel Indicts Two Soldiers for Misconduct in GazaVoice of America
British journalist Paul Martin released by Hamas in Gaza StripTimes Online
Israel Charges 2 Soldiers in Gaza War CaseNew York Times
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Aftershocks a reality check for Chilean President Sebastián Piñera - Washington Post
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Aftershocks a reality check for Chilean President Sebastián Piñera
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Chile begins to recover from the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked the country early Saturday, Feb. 27, and caused a tsunami that damaged the country's coastal region and put other countries throughout the Pacific on alert. ...
Chile swears in new president amid strong quake aftershocksXinhua
Strong quakes torment Chile as president sworn inThe Associated Press
Chile lifts tsunami alert on coast after tremorsReuters
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Thailand braces for mass 'red shirt' protests - BBC News
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Thailand braces for mass 'red shirt' protests
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Thailand has mobilised about 40000 security personnel ahead of mass rallies by "red shirt" opposition protesters over the coming days. The demonstrators plan to meet around the country before converging on the capital, Bangkok, on Sunday. ...
High security in Bangkok as protest rally startsTimes Online
Thailand braces for anti-government protestThe Associated Press
Thai Protesters Set for Largest Challenge to Abhisit's RuleBusinessWeek
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PA fears East Jerusalem building will make it look weak - Ha'aretz
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PA fears East Jerusalem building will make it look weak
Ha'aretz
The Palestinian Authority will not begin indirect talks with Israel unless construction in the settlements, including in East Jerusalem, is completely frozen, PA President Mahmoud Abbas told the Arab League on ...
Biden wants direct talks by summerJerusalem Post
US urges 'prompt' Middle East talksAljazeera.net
US says it believes Mideast talks still onReuters
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India, Russia expected to settle aircraft issue - Xinhua
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India, Russia expected to settle aircraft issue
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NEW DELHI, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Six years ago, New Delhi signed a deal worth almost one billion US dollars with Moscow to pull out an abandoned aircraft carrier from the Russian junkyard and arm it with some of the most modern MiGs: the Mig29Ks. ...
Putin begins working visit to IndiaRIA Novosti
Delhi looking to revive India-Iran-Russia axis to influence AfghanistanDaily Times
India, Russia to firm up strategic tiesThe Hindu
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French Vote Resonates - Wall Street Journal
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French Vote Resonates
Wall Street Journal
PARIS—With opinion polls predicting poor results for his ruling conservative party, the two-round regional ballots that start Sunday could turn effectively into a no-confidence vote against French President Nicolas Sarkozy. ...
PM snubbed as Cam gets KozyThe Sun
France's Sarkozy faces whipping in regional voteThe Associated Press
Sarkozy calls for UN reform, blasts Copenhagen summitAFP
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Ukraine's President Forms a Coalition in Parliament - New York Times
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Ukraine's President Forms a Coalition in Parliament
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MOSCOW — The new Ukrainian president, Viktor F. Yanukovich, put together a coalition in Parliament on Thursday, allowing him to consolidate control over the government and avoid new elections that could have created renewed ...
Backgrounder: Ukraine's political systemXinhua
Ukraine's New 'Azarov Era' Betokens Stable Politics, IMF LoanBusinessWeek
Ukraine creates new ruling coalition, gets new PMThe Associated Press
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Strong quakes torment Chile as president sworn in
A series of strong aftershocks from last month's devastating quake rocked Chile as a new president was sworn into office and immediately urged coastal residents to move to higher ground in case of a tsunami.
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Ayad Allawi accuses Nouri al-Maliki's group of fraud in bid to retain power - Times Online
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Ayad Allawi accuses Nouri al-Maliki's group of fraud in bid to retain power
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The threat of violent protests loomed over Iraq yesterday as the country's leading opposition politician said that there was widespread fraud in last week's elections. Ayad Allawi told Western officials that aides to Nouri al-Maliki, the Prime Minister ...
Once-dominant Sunnis anxiously watch as Iraq votes are talliedWashington Post
Centrist Groups Take Early Lead in Iraq VoteVoice of America
Iraq releases early election resultsLos Angeles Times
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Britain: Bail for War Crimes Suspect - New York Times
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Britain: Bail for War Crimes Suspect
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By AP The High Court granted bail on Thursday to the former Bosnian vice president Ejup Ganic, who was arrested on a Serbian war crimes warrant this month. Lord Justice John Laws granted bail “subject to stringent conditions,” adding that Mr. Ganic's ...
Bosnia demands apology as ex-leader is released after Heathrow arrestThe Guardian
Ex-Bosnian leader 'owed apology by British government'BBC News
High Court frees Bosnian ex-leader on bailAFP
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Myanmar: Dissident Assails Voting Laws - New York Times
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Myanmar: Dissident Assails Voting Laws
New York Times
By AP The detained opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, left, said she was surprised but undaunted at the military government's new election laws that will bar her from running for office or voting in polls to be held this year. ...
Myanmar Moves Troops to BordersWall Street Journal
Myanmar junta annuls election held 20 years agoWashington Post
Shameful laws: Suu KyiThe Hindu
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Planned austerity measures provoke violence in Greece
Clashes between riot police and masked youth broke out in central Athens Thursday during a demonstration by striking workers protesting the Greek government's austerity measures.
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Kidnapped Aid Workers Released in Haiti - Wall Street Journal
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Kidnapped Aid Workers Released in Haiti
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Two workers for Doctors Without Borders, the French aid group, have been released in Haiti after a six-day kidnapping ordeal that has roiled the international aid community here and ...
Haiti: Kidnappers release 2 European aid workersThe Associated Press
Swiss aid workers freed in HaitiTelegraph.co.uk
Two kidnapped foreign aid workers freed in HaitiReuters
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Manitoba man recovering after attack in Australia
A wheelchair-bound Manitoba man remains in hospital after a brutal beating in Australia, which has left that country's citizens shocked by the predatory nature of the attack.
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Patchwork Pension Plan Adds to Greek Debt Woes - New York Times
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Patchwork Pension Plan Adds to Greek Debt Woes
New York Times
A protester during a demonstration Thursday in Athens. As a consequence of bargains struck between strong unions and weak governments, Greece has promised early retirement to about 700000 employees. By LANDON THOMAS Jr. ATHENS — Vasia Veremi may be ...
Greek Police, Protesters Clash in AthensVoice of America
General strike sparks violence in AthensABC Online
Greek Austerity Measures Spark Rising ProtestsTIME
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Carlos Slim richest person in the world - The Hindu
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Carlos Slim richest person in the world
The Hindu
NEW YORK: Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim has emerged the richest person in the world with $53.5 billion in assets, while Indian industrialist Mukesh Ambani, chief of Reliance Industries, ranks fourth with $29 billion in US magazine Forbes' annual list ...
RP's Sy, Tan in Forbes list led by MexicanInquirer.net
The number of billionaires in India doubled in 2009, Forbes magazine says.BBC News
So you want to be the richest man in the world? Here's a tip.Christian Science Monitor
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Vatican criticizes condom machines in Rome school
A Rome high school has decided to install vending machines selling condoms for its students, sparking angry reaction from the Catholic Church which claims the move will only encourage youths to have sex.
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School prom off after lesbian's date request
A northern Mississippi school district will not be hosting a high school prom this spring after a lesbian student sought to attend with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.
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