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India Restores Power After Massive Blackout

Posted August 1st, 2012 at 3:15 am (UTC-5)
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Power has been fully restored in India following a cascading blackout that left more than 600 million people without electricity. Officials said Wednesday the power was back on in northern and eastern India, where Tuesday’s historic outage affected people in 20 states. The blackout was the second in as many days, after a smaller outage […]

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Clinton African Tour Seen as Move to Counter China Influence

Posted August 1st, 2012 at 3:05 am (UTC-5)
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As U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton starts her tour of Africa with a visit to Senegal, analysts say the seven-nation trip is meant to counter China’s growing influence in the resource-rich continent. Throughout her 10-day trip, the State Department says Clinton will highlight U.S. plans to strengthen democratic institutions, expand development, spur economic growth, […]

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Novelist Gore Vidal Dies at 86

Posted August 1st, 2012 at 2:35 am (UTC-5)
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American writer Gore Vidal, whose intellectual novels, essays and plays sharply examined politics and culture, has died at his Los Angeles home. He was 86. His literary career began with a novel he wrote while enlisted in the U.S. Army during World War II. But it was his third book, “The City and the Pillar,” […]

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Burmese Forces Targeting Muslims: Report

Posted August 1st, 2012 at 1:20 am (UTC-5)
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Human Rights Watch says Burmese security forces have committed killings, rape, and mass arrests against Rohingya Muslims in western Burma in the aftermath of deadly sectarian violence in June. The New York-based group said in a report Wednesday that Burmese forces failed to intervene as long simmering tensions between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims erupted into […]

Burmese Forces Targeting Muslims: Report

Posted August 1st, 2012 at 1:05 am (UTC-5)
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Human Rights Watch says Burmese security forces have committed killings, rape, and mass arrests against Rohingya Muslims in western Burma in the aftermath of deadly sectarian violence in June. The New York-based group said in a report Wednesday that Burmese forces failed to intervene as long simmering tensions between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims erupted into […]

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