| Mali crisis: Who's who? BBC News Mali is in the grip of an unprecedented political crisis, one of the most serious since the landlocked West African country gained independence from France in 1960. | France has deployed troops after ... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferr) | |
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| Malaysia opposition holds mass election rally Al Jazeera | At least 45,000 people have joined a massive opposition rally in Malaysia's largest city in a show of force ahead of key general elections due in months. | Police sealed off main roads in downtown K... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin) | |
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Foxconn faces another strike in China: rights group The Daily Telegraph Australia | OVER 1000 workers went on strike over working conditions at a plant linked to Foxconn, a rights group said, in the latest controversy to hit the Taiwanese technology giant. | Hong Kong-based Student... (photo: AP / Photo) |
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Texas military assault scandal prompts congressional hearings Stars and Stripes | HOUSTON - About 4 percent of female service members experience some form of sexual assault each year compared to 1 percent of male service members, according to information gathered for a report dis... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) |
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Jackie Chan anti-Americanism? 'Rush Hour' star calls U.S. 'most corrupt country' Zap2it | When you think of Jackie Chan you think of his action-packed, and sometimes funny, movies like "Rush Hour" and "Shanghai Knights." What most Americans don't know i... (photo: Public Domain / A) |
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Czechs elect president by ballot for 1st time Springfield News-Sun | For the first time, citizens of the Czech Republic are electing their president, and their nine choices to replace euro-skeptic Vaclav Klaus run the full gamut: from ve... (photo: AP / Petr David Josek) |
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Himachal to probe illegal property transactions Newstrack India | Tweet | Dharamsala, Jan 11 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh Friday announced he will order a high-level probe into illegal property deals by the p... (photo: PIB ) |
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Unworthy Governments and the Paine of It All WorldNews.com Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | "Lay then, the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind.... (photo: White House / Pete Souza) |
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Russia to wait a year on adoption law The Washington Post | MOSCOW — A controversial new Russian law banning adoptions by Americans will not go into effect for another year, President Vladimir Putin’s chief spokesman... (photo: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office) |
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Politics and economics, not troops, will decide Afghanistan's future Foreign Policy | As Afghan President Hamid Karzai visits Washington to discuss a bilateral strategic agreement between the United States and Afghanistan, policymakers and the public are... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider) |
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US plays tough with Karzai on Afghan troops Khaleej Times US officials plan a mix of hardball negotiating and flattery during a visit by Afghan President Hamid Karzai as President Barack Obama decides how deeply to cut forces in... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) |
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Analysis: Modi's Gujarat growth model might not work across India Reuters | SURAT, India (Reuters) - Turning a single Indian state with a long tradition of entrepreneurship and a solid political majority into an investor-friendly economic power... (photo: AP / Rajesh Kumar Singh) |
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India’s Top Tennis Players Agitate for Better Support The New York Times CHENNAI, India — In a reprise of the operatic bickering last summer over the Olympics, India’s top tennis players are once again locked in a bitter dispute wi... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick) |
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