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India Considers Charges Against US-Based Terror Supporter

Posted June 10th, 2011 at 11:00 am (UTC-5)
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India says it might bring its own charges against a Chicago-based businessman cleared by a U.S. court of helping plot the deadly 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Internal Security Secretary U.K. Bansal said Friday India was “disappointed” the U.S. jury did not find 50-year-old Tahawwur Rana guilty on the Mumbai charges. He said India may […]

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Brother of Syrian President Reportedly Leads Military Crackdown

Posted June 10th, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
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Maher al-Assad is the younger brother of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. As leader of the Republican Guard he is reported to be the official who is leading a military crackdown in northern Syria on Friday. The Syrian government promised ‘decisive action’ after it said 120 security force members on Monday were ‘massacred’ in a northern […]

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Khodorkovsky Sent to Unknown Prison Camp

Posted June 10th, 2011 at 10:50 am (UTC-5)
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Jailed Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been sent to a prison camp to serve the rest of his 13-year sentence. Khodorkovsky’s wife and lawyers were not allowed to meet with him before he was transferred to the undisclosed location. Russia has 753 prison colonies around the country. Both Khodorkovsky and his jailed business partner […]

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UN AIDS Conference Wrapping Up Friday

Posted June 10th, 2011 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
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A high-level conference on the global AIDS response wraps up at the United Nations Friday, with member states signing on to a political declaration on intensifying efforts to eliminate HIV and AIDS. On Thursday, world leaders at the conference launched a new initiative to significantly reduce the number of children born with HIV, the virus […]

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Former Polish President Walesa Faces Week in Hospital

Posted June 10th, 2011 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
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Polish health officials say former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa could be in the hospital for as long as a week as doctors try to determine the cause of a high fever and gastric problems. The 67-year-old Mr. Walesa entered the hospital in Gdansk Wednesday after feeling unwell the previous day. He […]

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Nearly 600 Arrested in Asia Swindling Ring

Posted June 10th, 2011 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
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Taiwan police Friday said nearly 600 people had been arrested across Asia in a joint effort to break up a swindling ring. Of those arrested in raids Thursday, about 400 were Taiwan citizens and 180 were from mainland China. Arrests were made in Cambodia, mainland China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand. In Cambodia, the Ministry […]

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Iraq Clashes Reported Over Government Reform Plans

Posted June 10th, 2011 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
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Witnesses say supporters and opponents of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s reform actions clashed in Baghdad on Friday. Iraqis massed in cities across the country to mark the expiration of the prime minister’s 100-day deadline for improved government performance. Opponents voiced their displeasure at what they say is a lack of progress. Loyalists rallied in […]

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Suicide Bomber Attacks Afghan Police

Posted June 10th, 2011 at 10:35 am (UTC-5)
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A suicide bomber has attacked a memorial for an assassinated police commander, killing four police officers in eastern Afghanistan. Authorities say the bomber was targeting the police chief of Kunduz province, Samiullah Qatra, when he entered the mosque Friday in Kunduz city, where a remembrance ceremony was being held. Security forces confronted the bomber, who […]

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Croatia Completes EU Negotiations

Posted June 10th, 2011 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
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The European Union Commission president says Croatia has successfully completed negotiations to become the 28th member of the bloc. Jose Manuel Barroso said Friday he expects the Balkan nation to join the group in mid-2013. Barroso also said he hoped Croatia’s success would spur other Balkan nations to increase their reform efforts and also join […]

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Russia May Lift Ban on EU Vegetables

Posted June 10th, 2011 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
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Russia says it will lift its ban on European Union vegetables imposed in the wake of the deadly E. coli outbreak. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and EU Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso made the joint announcement Friday following a two-day Russia-EU summit in the central Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod. The EU is to provide […]

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