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Iraqi Shiites burn Bush effigy to protest US pact
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 AP - Thousands of followers of a radical Shiite cleric protested a proposed U.S.-Iraqi security deal Friday, burning an effigy of President George W. Bush in the same square where Iraqis beat a toppled Saddam Hussein statue five years ago.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:38:25 GMT |
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Kenya: Somali pirates make $150M in a year
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 AP - Somali pirates have collected more than $150 million in ransoms over the past year, Kenya's foreign affairs minister said Friday, calling on ship owners not to pay when their vessels are hijacked.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:33:10 GMT |
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Emaciated children dying in Haiti, victims of food crisis
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 AP - The 5-year-old teetered on broomstick legs ? he weighed less than 20 pounds, even after days of drinking enriched milk. Nearby, a 4-year-old girl hung from a strap attached to a scale, her wide eyes lifeless, her emaciated arms dangling weakly.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:04:50 GMT |
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In Congo's remote hills, a struggle to survive
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 AP - His home was looted by wild government soldiers still pillaging this empty hilltop town. His fields are at the mercy of armed militias. And somewhere in the countryside, a rebel army is digging in.
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| Date Posted : Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:58:38 GMT |
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China: 19,000 victims identified from May quake
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 AP - A little over a quarter of the 70,000 people who died in a massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province in May have been identified, a Chinese official said Friday, as authorities rushed to prepare stricken areas for the coming winter.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:26:34 GMT |
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Ukraine president says debt to Russia must be paid
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| AP - Ukraine's president on Friday accused the prime minister of saddling the country with a huge debt to Russia and said her government must urgently repay $2.4 billion owed for gas imports. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:36:53 GMT |
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Iraqi troops donate money to US wildfire victims
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| AP - The U.S. military says a group of Iraqi soldiers has donated $500 to help California wildfire victims. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:10:15 GMT |
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Mexico says former drug czar took cartel money
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| AP - Officials say Mexico's former drug czar took $450,000 to leak information to a powerful cartel. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:41:28 GMT |
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Bulgarian worker kidnapped in Nigeria
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| AP - Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry says a Bulgarian worker has been kidnapped in Nigeria. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:28:05 GMT |
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House of leading Chinese rights activist demolished
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 AFP - Authorities destroyed the home of leading Chinese rights activist Ni Yulan on Friday in front of her distraught husband who pleaded with the government to release her from jail.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:18:22 GMT |
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Aussie mayor wins sexist 'award' for inviting ugly women to town
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 AFP - An Australian mayor who invited ugly women to move to his outback mining town, saying even they would find a man there, has won the top "award" for the most sexist public comment of the year.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:06:00 GMT |
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