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| Searching for Freedom, Chained by the Law |
(Thu, 21 Aug 2008)
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| RAWALPINDI, Pakistan -- Naheed Arshad, her bright green head scarf framing dull, brown eyes, had just endured nine months in prison on a charge of adultery.
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Author: Mary Jordan |
Category: Searching |
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| Bombings Kill 12 On Second Day of Attacks in Algeria |
(Thu, 21 Aug 2008)
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| BERLIN, Aug. 20 -- Synchronized bombings killed 12 people in Algeria on Wednesday, a day after a suicide bomber drove an explosives-packed car into a police academy, killing 48. It was believed to be the deadliest stretch of violence to strike the North African country since its civil war in the...
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Author: Craig Whitlock |
Category: Bombings |
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| Bush Praises Georgia and Condemns Russia |
(Thu, 21 Aug 2008)
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| ORLANDO, Aug. 20 -- President Bush reiterated his demand that Russia remove its forces from Georgia in a speech here Wednesday, stating that the breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and Abkhazia are part of the former Soviet republic and that "the United States will work with our allies to ensure...
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Author: Holly Watt |
Category: Bush |
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| Russian Troops Remain, But With Lighter Presence |
(Thu, 21 Aug 2008)
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| GORI, Georgia, Aug. 21 -- Russian troops remained in Gori early this morning, despite movements yesterday that seemed to indicate they would leave. But their presence seemed lighter than it had since the occupation began.
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Author: Jonathan Finer and Tara Bahrampour |
Category: Russian |
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| U.S. and Poland Seal Missile Pact |
(Thu, 21 Aug 2008)
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| WARSAW, Aug. 20 -- The United States and Poland signed an agreement here Wednesday to place parts of a U.S. missile defense system on Polish territory, finalizing a long-negotiated deal in the face of Russian warnings that Poland would become a potential target for attack.
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Author: Karen DeYoung |
Category: U.S. |
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| Protest Application Brings Labor-Camp Threat, Woman Says |
(Thu, 21 Aug 2008)
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| BEIJING, Aug. 20 -- Two elderly women could face a year of "reeducation through labor" because they applied for permits to demonstrate during the Olympics, according to one of the would-be protesters.
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Author: Ariana Eunjung Cha |
Category: Protest |
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| For Emigres, Musharraf's Exit Brings Relief, Anxiety |
(Thu, 21 Aug 2008)
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| If anyone in the Washington area should be jubilant about the resignation of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf this week, it is Asif A. Shah, a District lawyer and impassioned acolyte of democracy in his homeland, who has been circulating petitions and letters for more than a year calling on...
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Author: Pamela Constable |
Category: For |
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| Sarkozy visits Kabul after French soldiers killed |
(Wed, 20 Aug 2008)
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| KABUL, Afghanistan -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed Wednesday that French troops would stick it out in Afghanistan despite an exceptionally deadly attack and frustration at home about the war.
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Author: JAMEY KEATEN |
Category: Sarkozy |
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