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Protesters supporting defeated presidential candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka react as police fire tear gas shells during a street clash in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010.
photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena
Sri Lanka's dissenting voices 'silenced'
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But those hopes have not materialised. The recent arrest of defeated presidential candidate, Gen Sarath Fonseka, is seen by some as the latest example of intimidation of Mr Rajapaksa's opponents. Analysts say the general has joined a growing list of people and organisations that have been targeted. During the presidential campaign they noticed a...
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Alvaro Uribe, President of Colombia, speaks during a news conference in Lima, Peru Thursday May 15, 2008.
photo: AP / Dario Lopez-Mills
Colombia court blocks Uribe from seeking 3rd term
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LIBARDO CARDONA Associated Press Writer= BOGOTA (AP) — Colombia's Constitutional Court shut the door Friday on President Alvaro Uribe's aspirations for a third straight term, ruling unconstitutional a law that would have let voters decide in a referendum whether he could run again. The high court's 7-2 decision is not subject to appeal. The court...
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Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, center, speaks to the media on the plane bound for Thailand Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008.
photo: AP / Kin Cheung
Financial karma for Thailand's Thaksin
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By Shawn W Crispin BANGKOK - What one hand of the Thai state gave in privileged telecommunications concessions, the other has taken away on charges of policy corruption and the accumulation of unusual wealth. In a highly anticipated Supreme Court verdict on Friday, a nine-judge panel ruled on Friday to seize US$1.4 billion (46.4 billion baht) worth...
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Scene of blast and gunbattle between Afghan security forces and insurgents is seen in Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, Feb. 26, 2010.
photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq
An attack aimed at India
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The timing of the Kabul attack, just after direct India-Pakistan talks resumed, and the targeting of Indians, raises questions over who ordered the bombing and with what motives Afghan National Army soldiers carry a victim from the site of a blast in Kabul Photograph: Staff/Reuters...
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German Chanceller Angela Merkel, right, and Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle react during a debate about the German Afghanistan mission at the Parliament Bundestag the Afghanistan in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Feb. 26, 2010.
photo: AP / Markus Schreiber
German Parliament Backs Afghan Troop Increase
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Associated Press BERLIN—Germany's plan to send up to 850 extra troops to Afghanistan cleared its final hurdle Friday when lawmakers gave it strong backing. They voted 429-111, with 46 abstentions, to increase the maximum number of German troops serving in Afghanistan to 5,350 from 4,500. Under the government plan announced...
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Supporters of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra shout slogans at Pheu Thai Party in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, Feb. 26, 2010.
photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit
Thai court rules on ex-leader Thaksin's wealth
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THANYARAT DOKSONE Associated Press Writer= BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's Supreme Court ruled Friday that ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra unlawfully concealed his assets while in office and abused his power for personal gain, as it prepared to issue a decision on whether his $2.29 billion fortune should be seized. The nine-judge panel, reading...
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In this photo released by the Turkish Presidency Press Office, Turkish President Abdullah Gul, center, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Chief of Staff Gen. Ilker Basbug are seen during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010.
photo: AP / Murat Cetinmuhurdar, Turkish Presidency Press Office, HO
Turkish soldiers jailed over 'plot'
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A Turkish court has charged 11 more soldiers for suspected involvement in an alleged coup plot, bringing the total number of officers jailed over the affair so far to 31. Local media said those detained on Friday included nine serving officers, among them two admirals, and two retired soldiers, including a general. The latest development comes as...
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An unidentified man raises his hands as he walks away from the scene of an explosion at a guesthouse in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 26, 2010
photo: AP / Ahmad Massoud
Karzai condemns suicide attacks in Kabul
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KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned suicide attacks in the capital that killed at least 17 people including Indian citizens saying the strikes won't hurt Afghan-Indian relations. In a statement, Karzai said he "strongly condemns" the terrorist attacks that occurred Friday targeting two guesthouses in central Kabul where most of the...
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A worker sweeps on a road in the morning at Raisina hills where the major Indian government ministries houses, in New Delhi, India, Friday, Feb. 26, 20101.
photo: AP / Manish Swarup
India Budget: Pay Fewer Taxes, But Key Prices Will Rise
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By SHEFALI ANAND The good news from the budget: next year, you will have to pay less in taxes. Shefali Anand The bad news: Some big-ticket items that you might be planning to buy will become more expensive pretty soon. Fewer taxes For individuals, one of the most important announcements in Friday's Budget 2010 was a reduction in the effective...
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President Barack Obama discusses health insurance reform legislation with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) during the meeting at Blair House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 25, 2010.
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Obama summit raises stakes in healthcare wrangle
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By Richard Lister BBC News, Washington Rarely have so many members of Congress talked for so long, with such restraint, before so many TV cameras, to so little obvious effect. After more than seven hours of back and forth in the refined surroundings of Blair House, Republicans and Democrats went their separate ways - each side convinced that they...
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Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi, center, is flanked by People of Freedom party candidates as governors for the March 28-29 regional elections during a campaign rally in Rome, Tuesday Feb. 16, 2010.
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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, embroiled in two trials for fraud, has likened Italian prosecutors and judges to the Afghan Taliban. He told a rally in the northern city of Turin that they were waging a subversive, political campaign to...
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FILE - In this Nov. 15, 2009, file photo, Tiger Woods hits an approach shot during the Australian Masters golf tournament at Kingston Heath Golf Club in Melbourne, Australia.
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Colombia judges mull Uribe election read more
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe addresses an audience during a talk at the John F. Kennedy School of Government on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass., Friday, Sept. 25, 2009
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Colombia's Constitutional Court has begun its final deliberation on whether to allow President Alvaro Uribe a chance to seek re-election after eight years in office. The court's nine magistrates on Friday began giving their opinion on...
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In this image from television North Korean workers operate equipment at North Korea's main nuclear reactor in Yongbyon, Friday, Feb. 22, 2008.
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By Donald Kirk SEOUL - Professor Wang Jisi of Beijing University may not speak for his government, the Communist Party or his country, but his view of efforts to get North Korea to give up its nuclear program provides a startling note of realism that...
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U.K. Releases MI5 Torture Ruling read more
Tourists walk past the building housing the British Security Service, MI5 in central London, Monday Oct. 5, 2009. To mark the centenary of its foundation, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian, Christopher Andrew, the first time any of the world's leading intelligence or security services has taken such a step.
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Associated Press LONDON—A British court on Friday made public a ruling criticizing domestic intelligence agency MI5's handling of alleged victim of torture overseas, rejecting a government attempt to keep it secret. A three-judge panel at...
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A protester runs past a burning barricade in the northern Abobo district of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Monday Feb. 22, 2010.
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ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast's opposition will call off violent protests that have rocked the West African nation since President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government and electoral commission on February 12, a spokesman said on...
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