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Mexico's Slim becomes 'world's richest' person
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:40:29 GMT
 AP - Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the first person from a developing nation to top the list, according to Forbes magazine.
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Brazil leader rapped for stance on Cuba dissidents
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:36:56 GMT
 AP - Brazil's president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger strikes for human rights.
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Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from elections
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:31:26 GMT
AP - A decision by Myanmar's military junta to bar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from upcoming elections drew sharp criticism from around the world, with one of the country's Southeast Asian neighbors Thursday calling it "a complete farce."
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US-Israel row highlights quandary over settlements
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:25:31 GMT
 AP - An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rein in Israeli settlement ambitions and deepened Palestinian suspicions that the United States is too weak to broker a deal.
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Disaster experts praise Chile quake response
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:15:02 GMT
 AP - President Michelle Bachelet leaves office Thursday with a chunk of her country in ruins — and her popularity in the clouds.
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Biden Israel Trip: Apology for Timing of Settlement News
(Time.com)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:00:00 GMT
Time.com - Vice President Joe Biden was publicly humiliated by the Israeli announcement of a controversial settlement project, and said it undermined trust in a new U.S. peace effort. But Israel has no plans to shelve the project
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Deforestation conference to turn plans to action
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:05:44 GMT
AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will open a daylong conference Thursday of some 40 nations to start turning plans into action to save the world's forests and help rein in the noxious gases blamed for climate change.
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Gates keeps up pressure on Iran with Gulf visit
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:25:37 GMT
 AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Saudi leaders Wednesday that the U.S. effort for diplomatic engagement with Iran had come to naught and he asked for the influential kingdom's help to win wide backing for biting economic penalties against Tehran.
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Press group: 8 reporters kidnapped in Mexican city
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:20:04 GMT
AP - Eight journalists have been kidnapped in a Mexican border city in a two-week span in a wave of abductions unprecedented in the Western Hemisphere, the Inter-American Press Association said Wednesday.
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Pope denounces 'atrocious' Nigeria bloodshed
(AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:22:19 GMT
 AFP - Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday denounced the "atrocious" bloodshed in Nigeria after a massacre of Christian villagers, as police said 49 people would be charged over the killings.
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Taliban talks likely on Karzai agenda in Pakistan
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:36:53 GMT
 AP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Thursday he wants Pakistan to hand over a captured Taliban commander, and insisted Afghanistan is dedicated to pursuing peace talks with the militants despite lukewarm enthusiasm from the U.S.
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Canada Parliament eats seal to defy "ignorant" EU
(Reuters)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:35:51 GMT
Reuters - Canadian parliamentarians tucked into a meal of seal meat on Wednesday to defy both animal right activists and the European Union, which has banned imports of seal products.
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24-hour vigil for miracle Aussie elephant 'Mr. Shuffles'
(AFP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:23:23 GMT
 AFP - Australian zoo keepers were keeping a round-the-clock vigil for "Mr. Shuffles", the miracle elephant calf who survived a marathon nine-day labour despite being declared dead.
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Israeli settlement plans give Obama little room to maneuver
(McClatchy Newspapers)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:21:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — President Barack Obama faces what may be the biggest test to date of his credibility in the Middle East after Israel greeted Vice President Joe Biden's with an announcement that it will construct 1,600 new homes in disputed East Jerusalem, diplomats and analysts said Wednesday.
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Lebanon resumes defense talks on Hezbollah's military wing
(The Christian Science Monitor)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:44:27 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - Lebanon’s top politicians have resumed a series of round-table discussions to devise a national defense strategy, at the heart of which is finding a compromise over the militant Shiite Hezbollah’s powerful military wing.
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Beyond Sanctions: How to Solve the Iranian Riddle
(Time.com)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:00:00 GMT
Time.com - Beyond Sanctions: How to Solve the Iranian Riddle
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Nigeria: More Mass Graves Dug in Jos
(OneWorld.net)
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:51:46 GMT
OneWorld.net - ABUJA,
Mar 8 (IRIN) - Hundreds of people in the city of Jos, 350km
northeast of Nigeria's capital, Abuja, have been buried in mass graves
after machete-wielding intruders attacked residents at 3 a.m. (local
time) on 7 March.
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