Peres: Brazil needs loud voice against terror
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Israel's president called Tuesday on Brazil, where Iran's president will be welcomed in less than two weeks, to raise its voice against the "terror" he accused Tehran of supporting. In an address to Brazilian...
Brazil college backs down on mini-dress expulsion
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Brazil's case of the pink mini-dress that went viral on the Internet has left many scratching their heads: How could it be that an outfit, no matter how short, would cause such an uproar in a tropical nation where...
Rights report criticizes Kurds over minorities
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The ongoing dispute between Iraq's central government in Baghdad and the Kurdish authorities in the country's north threatens to create a "human rights catastrophe" for minority communities in the region, a leading...
UN: 10,000 Salvadoran flood victims need food
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At least 10,000 Salvadorans are in urgent need of food aid after floods and mudslides destroyed huge swaths of crops during harvest season, the U.N. World Food Program said Tuesday. President Mauricio Funes told...
NATO seizes bomb-making materials in Afghanistan
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International troops and Afghan police seized 250 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer _ enough to make up to a couple hundred roadside bombs, the Taliban's most lethal weapon in what has been the deadliest year of the...
Pope prays to musical accompaniment in new CD
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Pope Benedict XVI sings and prays along to a mix of modern music and ancient church chants in a new album presented Tuesday before its release at the end of the month. The album, entitled "Alma Mater _ Music from the...
Landslide triggered by rains kills 42 in India
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A landslide triggered by torrential seasonal rains swept through a hilly region in southern India, killing at least 42 people, an official said Tuesday. The landslide demolished nearly 300 tin-roofed mud huts Monday in...
Suicide car bomb kills 24 in northwest Pakistan
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A suicide car bomber attacked a crowded market in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 24 people and illustrating militants' growing willingness to target civilians in their war against the government. Taliban...
Adviser: Saudi navy blockades north Yemen coast
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Saudi Arabia imposed a naval blockade on the Red Sea coast of northern Yemen to stem the flow of weapons and fighters to Shiite rebels along its border, a Saudi government adviser and media reports said Tuesday. Iran,...
Japan police arrest suspect in slain Briton case
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Japanese police said Tuesday that they arrested the main suspect in the slaying of a British teacher whose body was found taped up and half-buried in a sand-filled bathtub, ending a more than two-year manhunt. Lindsay...
Mexican clergy seek global help as violence grows
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Gunmen shoot a priest and two seminary students in the back. Federal police storm a Mass to capture a suspected drug kingpin. Priests pray with the families of murdered men, then face killers in the confessional. ...
Colombia: 9 soldiers killed in clash with rebels
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Colombia says at least nine soldiers have been killed and four wounded in combat with leftist rebels in a mountainous western region. Col. Luis Danilo Murcia commands the army brigade involved. He says the soldiers...
Man to serve 25 years in wife's 1999 scuba slaying
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A former dive shop owner convicted of killing his wife on a Caribbean scuba outing in 1999 was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for what prosecutors called a near-perfect crime motivated by his desire to pursue...
Vulnerable countries urge world to cut emissions
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A group of 11 countries vulnerable to adverse effects of global warming urged world leaders Tuesday to reach a binding agreement at the next month's global conference on the issue. The countries called President Barack...
Report predicts extreme weather on China's Yangtze
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Rising temperatures over the next few decades will unleash storms, floods and drought across China's Yangtze River Basin, a new report says, raising the prospect of catastrophe for a region that is home to nearly a...
Officials deny nepotism claims about Sarkozy's son
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French officials have denied reports suggesting that President Nicolas Sarkozy's office used its clout to try to help one of his sons win a grant for hip-hop music projects. The allegations about Pierre Sarkozy _ the...
Marine base debate opens rift in US-Japan ties
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Political wrangling by Japan's new government over plans to move a major U.S. Marine base on Okinawa has opened a wide rift in Washington's most important Asian alliance ahead of President Barack Obama's visit later...
Ex-Liberia president says US sought to oust him
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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor clashed with a war crimes trial attorney Tuesday just minutes after she began cross examining him about his repeated denials of responsibility for atrocities by rebels during...
France urges Palestinian leader not to step down
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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to stay in power to keep hopes for Mideast peace alive. Paris is a hub of Mideast diplomatic activity this week, with visits by...
UK's Brown: foreign policy chief not headed to EU
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday that his foreign policy chief, David Miliband, is not in line for a major European Union job. Brown told reporters that Miliband will not become a candidate to take over...
Russia sends research module to space station
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A new Russian research module is on its way to the International Space Station. Russia's space agency says a Soyuz rocket carrying a module called the Poisk (PAW'-isk) lifted off on schedule from the Baikonur launch...
Israel says major cities are in Hezbollah's range
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The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has significantly expanded its ability to strike deep into Israel with rockets that can now reach the Jewish state's largest cities, and now possesses tens of thousands of...
Iraqi PM: no election alliance with Shiite rivals
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Iraq's prime minister on Tuesday denied reports he will form an alliance with the nation's leading Shiite parties ahead of national polls in January. Nouri al-Maliki said the suggestions that he will create an election...
China berates Dalai Lama visit to area near Tibet
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China lashed out at the Dalai Lama's visit to a disputed border region in India on Tuesday, saying his trip to the area revealed the exiled Tibetan leader's separatist agenda. In a now familiar tit-for-tat response,...
Malawi opposition leaders convicted of sedition
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Lawyers say two Malawian opposition leaders have been convicted of sedition and inciting violence while campaigning. Lawyers said Tuesday that a judge had convicted the two on Monday and sentenced each to 20 months in...
Iran turns to Italy to launch satellite
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Iran announced Tuesday it will use Italy to launch a communications satellite after waiting years for Russia to do the job, the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported. General Mahdi Farahi, the head of Iran's Aero...
Toppled Thai leader Thaksin welcomed in Cambodia
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Thailand's ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, whose political battle against his successors has left his country bitterly divided, received a warm welcome Tuesday in neighboring Cambodia, which shares his disdain...
Japan plans additional $5 billion for Afghanistan
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Japan on Tuesday announced $5 billion in fresh aid to Afghanistan even as it plans to bring home refueling ships supporting U.S.-led forces there. The pledge comes just days before President Barack Obama arrives in...
NATO hopes to boost training teams in Afghanistan
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NATO leaders expect member states to commit more troops to train Afghanistan's expanding security forces at a meeting of alliance military representatives this month, officials said Tuesday. The one-day conference by...
Merkel wants climate action from US, China, India
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Tuesday for the U.S., China and India to make substantive pledges of action against global warming in order to prevent the failure of next month's climate summit in Copenhagen. "A...
King Tut's tomb set for 5-year renovation project
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Egypt's famous Tomb of Tutankhamun will undergo a five-year project to clean and restore the lavish wall paintings in the underground chambers of the boy king whose golden mask and artifacts have long awed the world. ...
Berlusconi's allies move to shield him from trials
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Lawmakers allied with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will introduce a bill within days that could cut short his pending trials on tax fraud and corruption charges, one of the premier's most powerful backers in...
Oil below $79 as Ida weakens to tropical storm
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Oil prices swung around $79 a barrel Tuesday, as a storm threatening oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico weakened and investors eyed a volatile dollar. By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for December...
WHO: Glaxo vaccine donation shipping thru May
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The World Health Organization says it expects GlaxoSmithKline to complete shipping donations of swine flu vaccine to poor countries by May 2010. WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl said Tuesday the global body hopes countries...
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Police say death toll in market bombing in northwest Pakistan rises to 15. ...
Somali pirates demand $3M for ship with 18 crew
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Pirates have hijacked a Panamanian-flagged ship with 18 crew off the east coast of Africa, the latest in an increasing number of attacks, a Somali businessman said Tuesday. A group of Somali businessmen called the Juba...
Nazi hit man trial postponed for medical reasons
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The trial of an 88-year-old man accused of murdering three civilians in wartime Holland as part of a Nazi hit squad was postponed Tuesday until next week on medical grounds. The decision came on the third day of the...
China protesters plead for help from Obama
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A group of protesters pleaded for help Tuesday from President Barack Obama before his visit to China next week, saying anyone seen as a troublemaker is often treated harshly before major events in the capital. Chinese...
Landslide triggered by rains kills 42 in India
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A landslide triggered by torrential seasonal rains swept through a hilly region in southern India, killing at least 42 people, an official said Tuesday. The landslide demolished nearly 300 tin-roofed mud huts Monday in...
Obama says he wants to visit Hiroshima in future
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President Barack Obama says he wants to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki sometime during his presidency but won't have time during this week's trip to Japan to go to the cities devastated by U.S. atomic bombs at the end of...
Asia stocks track US higher; Europe narrowly mixed
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Asian stocks extended their gains Tuesday after Wall Street touched its highest level for 2009 amid optimism low interest rates would continue to power this year's rally in global markets. European shares were narrowly...
Mexican clergy seek global help as violence grows
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Gunmen shoot a priest and two seminary students in the back. Federal police storm a Mass to capture a suspected drug kingpin. Priests pray with the families of murdered men, then face killers in the confessional. ...
4 Australians face charges after auto 'body' wash
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It was just a routine car wash. Except there was no car _ and no clothing. Four Australian men who allegedly undressed and soaped up at a car wash have been charged with exposure and public nuisance. Police say the...
French envoy meets with NKorean foreign minister
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The French president's special envoy on North Korea held talks Tuesday with the country's foreign minister during a visit to Pyongyang to explore the possibility of establishing diplomatic ties with the communist...
Israeli president visits Brazil, ahead of Iran
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Dueling visits to Brazil by the presidents of Israel and Iran are showing the South American powerhouse's growing role in Mideast diplomacy. Israeli President Shimon Peres opens a visit to Brazil on Tuesday, in the...
Gunmen kidnap 3 workers in southern Philippines
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Gunmen in camouflage stormed a plywood factory and abducted three workers Tuesday, a day after suspected Muslim militants beheaded a kidnapped schoolteacher on a nearby southern Philippine island, officials said. About...
US State Dept 'deplores assault' on Cuban bloggers
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The U.S. State Department issued a statement late Monday decrying attacks on three Cuban bloggers, including one who has gained international attention for her searing observations about life on the communist island. ...
Mexico declares flood emergency in 2 south cities
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The Mexican government has declared parts of the Gulf coast state of Tabasco disaster zones due to flooding from days of heavy rains, freeing up federal relief funds for the area. The Interior Department decree issued...
Thousands cheer 20 years since fall of Berlin Wall
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Ulrich Sauff and his wife stared at the mammoth domino pieces marking the path where the Berlin Wall once stood and reminisced about life in the barrier's shadow. "It was like a prison," said Sauff, 73, who lived on...
Iran accuses 3 detained Americans of espionage
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Iran accused three detained Americans of spying Monday, signaling Tehran intends to put them on trial. It drew a sharp U.S. response that the charges are baseless because the hikers strayed across the border from Iraq. ...