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Searing Cambodian Genocide Film Grips US Audiences

Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 8:50 pm (UTC-5)
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A groundbreaking Cambodian film depicting the life of a woman who lost most of her family four decades ago in the genocidal reign of the Khmer Rouge is touring the United States and stirring profound reflection and grief in Khmer-speaking audiences. “Lost Loves,” co-written by Chhay Bora and his actress wife Kauv Sotheary, is the […]

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4 UN Peacekeepers Killed in West Darfur Ambush

Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 8:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Unknown gunmen have killed four U.N. peacekeepers and wounded eight others during an ambush in Sudan’s Darfur region. According to the U.N.-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), the assailants opened fire on the peacekeepers late Tuesday in West Darfur state. A mission spokesman says the peacekeepers – all from Nigeria – were on patrol in […]

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Turkey Strikes Syria After Syrian Mortars Kill 5 Civilians in Turkish Town

Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 8:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Turkey says its armed forces have fired on targets inside Syria in retaliation for a Syrian mortar attack that killed five Turkish civilians in a Turkish border town. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office said Turkish forces responded “immediately” by using radar to shell the sources of the Syrian mortar fire. Mr. Erdogan said […]

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Turkey Strikes Syria After Syrian Mortars Kill 5 Civilians in Turkish Town

Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 6:25 pm (UTC-5)
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Turkey says its armed forces have fired on targets inside Syria in retaliation for a Syrian mortar attack that killed five Turkish civilians in a Turkish border town. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office said Turkish forces responded “immediately” by using radar to shell the sources of the Syrian mortar fire. Mr. Erdogan said […]

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Mutiny Trial Begins for 8 Former Serbian Special Police

Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 5:00 pm (UTC-5)
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Eight former members of an elite police squad loyal to the late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic have gone on trial in Belgrade for their roles in a 2001 mutiny. The charges against members of the once-feared Red Beret police stem from their refusal to arrest Serb suspects wanted by international investigators for war crimes allegedly […]

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Obama, Romney Facing High Stakes in First Debate

Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
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Both campaigns attempted to take advantage of inadvertent remarks and new revelations Tuesday. The Romney campaign said Vice President Joe Biden’s remarks at a campaign rally in North Carolina that middle income Americans have been “buried” by the anemic U.S. economy over the last four years was an admission that the Obama administration’s economic policies […]

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Turkey Strikes Syria After Syrian Mortar Kills 5 Civilians in Turkish Town

Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 4:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Turkey says its armed forces have fired on targets inside Syria in retaliation for a Syrian mortar attack that killed five Turkish civilians in a Turkish border town. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s office said Turkish forces in the border region immediately shelled Syrian targets spotted by radar Wednesday, in response to what it […]

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Serbia Bans Gay Pride Parade

Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
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Serbian authorities have canceled Saturday’s gay pride parade in Belgrade for security reasons. The Interior Ministry Wednesday said the risk of violence is too high. It said it is calling off Saturday’s march and all other public gatherings. Serbia’s influential Orthodox Church had asked the government to ban the parade as an insult to Christians. […]

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Greece Predicts it Will Reach New Funding Deal

Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
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Greece’s finance chief is predicting the country will reach an agreement with its international lenders by Monday to release another segment of bailout funds so Athens can meet its financial obligations. Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said Wednesday that “fairly large” differences remain between Greece and the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International […]

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Iranian Police Clash with Protesters After Currency Plunges

Posted October 3rd, 2012 at 3:20 pm (UTC-5)
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Witnesses in Iran say riot police fought with protesters Wednesday marching against the plunge in the nation’s currency, the rial. Shopkeepers in Tehran’s main bazaar shut down their stalls and police are reported to have arrested illegal street currency changers. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has rejected growing domestic criticism of his policies as the rial […]

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