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| U.S. Drops North Korea From Terrorism List |
(Sun, 12 Oct 2008)
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| The Bush administration removed North Korea from its terrorism blacklist yesterday, a move that was aimed at salvaging a sputtering nuclear disarmament deal but that sparked internal controversy, infuriated Japan and drew some Republican opposition.
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Author: Glenn Kessler |
Category: U.S. |
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| Malaysia's Self-Prescribed Rescue Debated |
(Sat, 11 Oct 2008)
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| As more countries become enveloped by the financial pandemic that began in the United States, some in the Southeast Asian nation of Malaysia are warily watching the events with a dose of schadenfreude.
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Author: Cecilia Kang |
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| Global Markets Fall Despite Reassurances |
(Sat, 11 Oct 2008)
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| BERLIN, Oct. 10 -- Fear seized investors around the world Friday as stock markets dropped to levels not broached for several years. National leaders tried to intervene with reassurances and stopgap measures, to no avail.
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Author: Craig Whitlock and Blaine Harden |
Category: Global |
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| Ex-President Of Finland Is Awarded Peace Prize |
(Sat, 11 Oct 2008)
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| PARIS, Oct. 10 -- Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president who has been a tireless mediator in conflicts around the world for more than three decades, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and expressed hope that the prize will help him raise funds for further peacemaking in hot spots...
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Author: Edward Cody |
Category: Ex-President |
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| Ex-President Of Finland Is Awarded Peace Prize |
(Sat, 11 Oct 2008)
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| PARIS, Oct. 10 -- Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president who has been a tireless mediator in conflicts around the world for more than three decades, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and expressed hope that the prize will help him raise funds for further peacemaking in hot spots to...
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Author: Edward Cody |
Category: Ex-President |
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| Asian, European Stocks Plummet |
(Fri, 10 Oct 2008)
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| TOKYO, Sept. 10 -- Punctuating its worst week in history, Japan's main stock index plummeted nearly 10 percent Friday, as a mid-size Japanese life insurance company went bankrupt and fear-driven selling drove markets down across Asia.
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Author: Blaine Harden |
Category: Asian, |
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| Clashes in Thailand Further Divide Nation |
(Fri, 10 Oct 2008)
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| BANGKOK, Oct. 9 -- When Thailand's political stalemate erupted into open conflict this week, government opponents had hoped for a decisive battle. But the country is now even more divided and further than ever from a solution.
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Author: Tim Johnston |
Category: Clashes |
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| Gates Urges NATO to Take On Afghan Drug Traffickers |
(Fri, 10 Oct 2008)
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| BUDAPEST, Oct. 9 -- Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates called on NATO allies Thursday to target Afghanistan's drug traffickers as part of a wider effort to confront a resurgent Taliban, which he said is using heroin money to fund the insurgency.
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Author: Peter Finn |
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| U.S. Seems Set to Take N. Korea off Terror List |
(Fri, 10 Oct 2008)
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| The Bush administration appears poised to provisionally remove North Korea from the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism, perhaps as soon as today, sources close to the administration said.
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Author: Glenn Kessler |
Category: U.S. |
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| Asian Markets Stabilize After Global Rate Cuts |
(Thu, 09 Oct 2008)
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| SEOUL, Oct. 9 -- Stock markets in Asia stabilized Thursday, as interest-rate cuts across the region helped ease investor fear.
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Author: Blaine Harden |
Category: Asian |
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| U.S. Urgently Reviews Policy On Afghanistan |
(Thu, 09 Oct 2008)
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| The White House has launched an urgent review of Afghanistan policy, fast-tracked for completion in the next several weeks, amid growing concern that the administration lacks a comprehensive strategy for the foundering war there and as intelligence officials warn of a rapidly worsening situation on...
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Author: Karen DeYoung |
Category: U.S. |
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| Military Justifies Attack That Killed at Least 33 Afghan Civilians |
(Thu, 09 Oct 2008)
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| A military investigation has concluded that U.S. forces acted in legitimate self-defense in launching an August air assault against Taliban militants in Afghanistan that it said left 33 civilians dead, including at least 12 children.
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Author: Karen DeYoung |
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| Gates Seeks European Troops for Afghanistan |
(Thu, 09 Oct 2008)
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| OHRID, Macedonia, Oct. 8 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Wednesday asked defense ministers from southeastern Europe to send more troops to Afghanistan, a message that he is likely to forcefully echo at a meeting with other NATO defense officials this week.
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Author: Peter Finn |
Category: Gates |
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| Economic Crisis Dominates Debate |
(Wed, 08 Oct 2008)
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| NASHVILLE, Oct. 7 -- On a day when the stock market took another sharp plunge, presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama clashed repeatedly here Tuesday night over the causes of the economic meltdown that has shaken the country and offered sharply contrasting prescriptions for how to r...
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Author: Dan Balz, Anne E. Kornblut and Michael Abramowitz |
Category: Economic |
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| E.U. Seeks A Unified Approach To Crisis |
(Wed, 08 Oct 2008)
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| PARIS, Oct. 7 -- The European Union raised its guarantee on private savings from $27,200 to $68,000 Tuesday and pledged anew to increase coordination among its 27 member governments in containing an outbreak of bank failures threatening to crash the continent's financial system.
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Author: Edward Cody |
Category: E.U. |
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| Protesters, Police Clash As Thai Crisis Worsens |
(Wed, 08 Oct 2008)
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| BANGKOK, Oct. 8 -- A six-week-old political standoff in Thailand turned violent again Tuesday as police fired tear gas at protesters attempting to derail the legislative agenda of the new prime minister, Somchai Wongsawat.
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Author: Tim Johnston |
Category: Protesters, |
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| Slight Recovery for Asian Markets in Wake of Australia's Rate Cut |
(Tue, 07 Oct 2008)
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| SEOUL, Sept. 7 -- Downward pressure on stocks in Asia eased slightly Tuesday, as Australia's central bank imposed the largest interest-rate cut in 16 years and Japan's new prime minister promised to prop up his country's shrinking economy with sharply higher government spending.
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Author: Blaine Harden |
Category: Slight |
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| Indians Cling To Old Ways Of Banking |
(Tue, 07 Oct 2008)
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| NEW DELHI -- Clutching a bunch of bank papers, Lakshmi Rajgopal squeezed through a narrow gated entrance and walked past a long line of customers jostling at the cashier's window. Some were complaining about the slow service, their voices muffled by the whir and creak of old printers.
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Author: Rama Lakshmi and Emily Wax |
Category: Indians |
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| Germany Drafts Plan to Shield Banking Sector |
(Tue, 07 Oct 2008)
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| BERLIN, Oct. 6 -- German lawmakers said Monday that they were drawing up a massive intervention plan to protect the country's financial system as Europe's biggest economy braced for the possibility of more bank failures.
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Author: Craig Whitlock |
Category: Germany |
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| 25% of Wild Mammal Species Face Extinction |
(Tue, 07 Oct 2008)
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| BARCELONA, Oct. 6 -- At least a quarter of the world's wild mammal species are at risk of extinction, according to a comprehensive global survey released here Monday.
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Author: Juliet Eilperin |
Category: 25% |
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| China's Reputation On Product Safety Reaches a New Low |
(Tue, 07 Oct 2008)
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| TOKYO, Oct. 6 -- Thanks to tainted milk, China's product-safety reputation is plumbing new depths.
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Author: Blaine Harden |
Category: China's |
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| Uighur Detainees May Be Released to U.S. |
(Sun, 05 Oct 2008)
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| A federal judge is considering whether to order a group of detainees held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay released into the United States, in what would instantly become a landmark legal decision in the years-long battle over the rights of terrorism suspects there.
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Author: Del Quentin Wilber |
Category: Uighur |
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| Taiwanese Leader Hails Weapons Deal With U.S. |
(Sun, 05 Oct 2008)
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| TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct. 4 -- Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou on Saturday welcomed U.S. plans to sell the island almost $6.5 billion in weaponry, a move that appeared to repair years of frayed ties between Taiwan and the administration.
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Author: Jane Rickards |
Category: Taiwanese |
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| Cambodian and Thai Troops Hurt in Clash |
(Sat, 04 Oct 2008)
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| PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Oct. 3 -- Soldiers from Cambodia and Thailand were wounded Friday in a brief clash near a disputed 900-year-old temple on their volatile border, officials from the two countries said.
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Author: Sopheng Cheang |
Category: Cambodian |
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| Filipinos Draw Power From Buried Heat |
(Sat, 04 Oct 2008)
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| ORMOC, Philippines -- Ferdinand Marcos, the despot who ruled here for 21 years, is remembered mainly for the staggering quantity of his wife's shoes. But there is another Marcos legacy, and it is drawing new attention at a time of high oil prices, global warming and urgent questions about the rol...
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Author: Blaine Harden |
Category: Filipinos |
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| India Bans Smoking in Public |
(Fri, 03 Oct 2008)
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| NEW DELHI, Oct. 2 -- India banned smoking in public places on Thursday, a move the government hopes will help curb the habit in a country that has one of the world's largest populations of smokers.
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Author: Emily Wax |
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| China Keeps Car Rules Imposed for Olympics |
(Thu, 02 Oct 2008)
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| BEIJING, Oct. 1 -- The government began taking 30 percent of its cars in the capital off the roads Wednesday in an attempt to make permanent some of the traffic restrictions imposed during the Olympic Games, officials and media reports said.
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Author: Maureen Fan |
Category: China |
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| Commander in Afghanistan Wants More Troops |
(Thu, 02 Oct 2008)
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| The new top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said yesterday that more American troops are urgently required to combat a worsening insurgency, but he stated emphatically that no Iraq-style "surge" of forces will end the conflict there.
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Author: Ann Scott Tyson |
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| Japan's Carmakers Hit Hard As Exports to U.S. Plummet |
(Thu, 02 Oct 2008)
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| TOKYO, Oct. 1 -- Sales of Japanese cars in the United States have increased like clockwork, rising every month for more than two years.
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Author: Blaine Harden |
Category: Japan's |
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| Financial Hubs See an Opening Up at the Top |
(Wed, 01 Oct 2008)
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| SHANGHAI -- Looking down from his building's 87th floor at the glittering signs of multinational banks along the river here, Fan Dizhao declared confidently that Wall Street's reign as the world's No. 1 financial hub is coming to an end.
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Author: Ariana Eunjung Cha |
Category: Financial |
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| Global Bankers Anxiously Watch U.S. |
(Wed, 01 Oct 2008)
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| BERLIN, Sept. 30 -- Central bankers and elected leaders around the world acknowledged Tuesday that they lacked a comprehensive strategy to protect their countries from the global financial crisis and were as dependent as ever on Washington to come up with a solution.
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Author: Craig Whitlock and Mary Jordan |
Category: Global |
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| As Japan's Economy Falters, New Premier Vows Swift Action |
(Wed, 01 Oct 2008)
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| TOKYO, Oct. 1 -- As Wall Street gyrated this week between panic and hope, dismal new data in Japan showed that the world's second-largest economy, already contracting, has almost certainly fallen into recession.
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Author: Blaine Harden |
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| As Contagion Spreads, Moods Abruptly Shift |
(Tue, 30 Sep 2008)
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| PARIS, Sept. 29 -- The turmoil that began on Wall Street now spans the globe.
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Author: Edward Cody and Mary Jordan |
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| China's Milk Scandal Hits Western Brands |
(Tue, 30 Sep 2008)
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| BEIJING, Sept. 29 -- China's tainted-milk scandal, which has led to bans or recalls in 16 countries and raised fresh concerns about the made-in-China label, spread Monday to big-name Western brands as British candymaker Cadbury announced a recall of its Chinese-made chocolate.
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Author: Maureen Fan |
Category: China's |
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| At 81, Japan's Outspoken Force for the World's Poor |
(Tue, 30 Sep 2008)
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| TOKYO -- Sadako Ogata, the diminutive woman who is one of Japan's best-known and longest-serving public figures, is 81.
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Author: Blaine Harden |
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| Young Chinese Rethink U.S.-Style Capitalism |
(Tue, 30 Sep 2008)
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| SHENZHEN, China -- The gray waters around the port of Yantian are ominously empty. It's supposed to be peak season here, a time when the docks are filled with exporters shoveling holiday goods onto freighters bound for the United States faster than the ships are able to receive them.
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Author: Ariana Eunjung Cha |
Category: Young |
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| Administration Pushing to Salvage Accord With N. Korea |
(Sun, 28 Sep 2008)
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| A top U.S. envoy is planning to travel to North Korea this week in a last-ditch effort to salvage a faltering accord to end Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs, sources said yesterday.
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Author: Glenn Kessler |
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| U.S. Envoy to Travel to N. Korea for Nuclear Talks |
(Sat, 27 Sep 2008)
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| A top U.S. envoy is planning to travel to North Korea shortly in a last-ditch effort to salvage a faltering accord to end Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs, sources said Saturday.
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Author: Glenn Kessler |
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| On a Vital Route, a Boom in Piracy |
(Sat, 27 Sep 2008)
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| ABOARD A YEMENI COAST GUARD VESSEL -- Somali pirates plying the Gulf of Aden in speedboats equipped with grenade launchers and scaling ladders have launched what the maritime industry calls the biggest surge of piracy in modern times, sending shipping costs soaring and the world's navies scrambling...
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Author: Ellen Knickmeyer |
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| Pakistan's New Leader Denies Firefight as Mullen Confirms It |
(Sat, 27 Sep 2008)
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| NEW YORK, Sept. 26 -- Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday denied that American and Pakistani forces exchanged fire along the Afghanistan border this week, even as the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff acknowledged that the two sides engaged in a brief firefight.
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Author: Colum Lynch |
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| Japan, World's 2nd-Largest Economy, Reports Rare Trade Deficit |
(Sat, 27 Sep 2008)
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| TOKYO, Sept. 26 -- Japan, a nation that rode exports to become the world's second-largest economy, posted a highly unusual trade deficit in August.
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Author: Blaine Harden |
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| Pakistanis, U.S.-Afghan Patrol Exchange Fire Near Frontier |
(Fri, 26 Sep 2008)
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| ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 25 -- Pakistani troops and a U.S.-Afghan ground patrol exchanged fire Thursday near a frontier checkpoint, U.S. and Pakistani officials said, in a new heightening of armed tension between allies in the war against Taliban insurgents.
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Author: Shaiq Hussain and Ann Scott Tyson |
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| World Leaders Embrace Goal of Ending Malaria Deaths by 2015 |
(Fri, 26 Sep 2008)
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| UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 25 -- With a dramatic series of announcements Thursday, world leaders declared what experts just two years ago considered virtually impossible: They believe the number of deaths caused by malaria can fall from more than 1 million annually to zero by 2015.
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Author: Philip Rucker |
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| Ousted Thai Premier's Prison Sentence Upheld |
(Fri, 26 Sep 2008)
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| BANGKOK, Sept. 25 -- A Thai appeals court Thursday upheld a conviction and two-year jail sentence in a defamation case against Samak Sundaravej, confirming the downfall of the country's former prime minister.
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Author: Tim Johnston |
Category: Ousted |
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| An Elated China Launches Rocket, Prepares for Nation's 1st Spacewalk |
(Fri, 26 Sep 2008)
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| BEIJING, Sept. 25 -- China carried out a textbook-perfect launch Thursday night with the liftoff of three astronauts into space for the country's third manned spaceflight and first spacewalk.
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Author: Maureen Fan |
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| As Crime Increases in Kabul, So Does Nostalgia for Taliban |
(Thu, 25 Sep 2008)
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| KABUL -- Mirza Kunduzai, 58, a slight man with a short white goatee, had almost reached his house after a day of trading in the capital's open-air currency market when his taxi was forced to stop by six heavily armed men dressed in Afghan National Army uniforms.
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Author: Pamela Constable |
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| Space Inspires Passion And Practicality in China |
(Thu, 25 Sep 2008)
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| BEIJING -- When he's in Beijing for meetings, Ouyang Ziyuan works out of an office overlooking the new Olympic Green, home to the Water Cube aquatics center and the Bird's Nest national stadium, the latest icons of China's coming of age.
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Author: Jill Drew |
Category: Space |
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| N. Korea Plans to Resume Processing of Nuclear Fuel |
(Thu, 25 Sep 2008)
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| TOKYO, Sept. 25 -- North Korea plans to restart nuclear fuel processing next week and has banned international inspectors from its nuclear reprocessing plan | | | |