Top official meets rioters as China seeks stability |
| | | The governor of China's poverty-stricken province of Gansu traveled to a riot-hit town to sit down with protesters after pitched battles with police that injured dozens, state media said on Friday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Landslide in Philippines kills 5, some missing |
| | | Officials in the southern Philippines say a mudslide triggered by days of heavy rain has buried houses, killing at least five people including children and leaving several others missing. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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China vows not to compromise with Tibetan exiles |
| | | China launched a new attack on the Dalai Lama's drive for Tibetan autonomy on Friday, vowing not to comprise with leaders of the Tibetan exile community meeting to debate the future of their movement. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Teen Commits Suicide Live On Web |
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Britain's Miliband calls Iran world threat |
| | | Britain's foreign policy chief said Friday that Iran continues to pose the most serious threat to the world, warning that Tehran's suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons risks an arms race across the Middle East. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Major shippers skirt Gulf of Aden to avoid pirates |
| | | Rampant piracy off Somalia is forcing shipping companies to avoid the Suez Canal and send cargoes of oil and other goods on a longer journey around southern Africa, industry officials said on Thursday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Freaky Feline Born With Two Heads |
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Honda cuts more production |
| | | Honda Motor Co <7267.T> said it would build fewer cars in Japan, Europe and North America to reflect an increasingly bleak outlook for sales as the global economic crisis discourages big-ticket purchases. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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U.S. Navy says no word on Somali pirate ransom demand |
| | | The U.S. Navy and operators of a Saudi oil supertanker hijacked by Somali pirates could not confirm on Friday reports that the hijackers had demanded a $25 million ransom. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Hong Kong teen youngest to make cut on Euro Tour |
| | | A Hong Kong teenager became the youngest player to ever make the cut at an European Tour event on Friday, breaking the record set by current world No. 2 Sergio Garcia. | | From The Washington Times | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Group: Greece, Turkey failed to destroy mines |
| | | Greece, Turkey and Belarus have missed deadlines to destroy their land mine stockpiles, as required under an international treaty to ban the weapon, said a report Friday by the Nobel Peace Prize-winning International Campaign to Ban Landmines. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Obama to Nominate Geithner as Next Treasury Secretary |
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Oil Billionaire's Wife Drafts Horse Rescue Plan |
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Can Prices Go Too Low? |
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Gitmo judge tosses out detainee's 2nd confession |
| | | A U.S. military judge has blocked Pentagon prosecutors from using a Guantanamo prisoner's statements to U.S. authorities as trial evidence, saying they were tainted by an earlier confession tortured out of the suspect by Afghan officials. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,201 |
| | | As of Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008, at least 4,201 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Ethiopia floods leave 100,000 homeless |
| | | The death toll from floods in southeastern Ethiopia has risen to 17 and more than 100,000 people have been left homeless, the government said Friday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Details released in French bomb case |
| | | French authorities allege an Ottawa university professor bought a motorcycle used in a bombing that killed four people and injured 20 at a Paris synagogue in 1980, according to court documents released Thursday. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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Ex-child soldiers launch UN network to help kids |
| | | Three former child soldiers from Africa announced the launch of a new U.N.-backed advocacy group Thursday to help other kids escape and heal from war. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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UN extends European Union force in Bosnia |
| | | The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to extend the European Union's peacekeeping force in Bosnia for a year, emphasizing the importance of the country's progress towards Euro-Atlantic integration. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse |
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