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PepsiCo, Clinton Foundation tie up; to source cashew from India
New Delhi: Global foods and beverages major PepsiCo will source cashew from small farmers in Maharashtra under its new partnership with the Clinton Foundation that will benefit up to 15,000 growers. |... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
Chief Minister of Gujarat state Narendra Modi talks on his mobile phone, on the second day of Modis hunger strike against stopping of the of the work at the Narmada Dam, in Ahmadabad, India, Monday, April 17, 2006. India's Supreme Court ordered Monday that work on the controversial dam should continue, but that the federal government must ensure that tens of thousands of villagers who will be displaced by the massive power project are adequately compensated and resettled, a news agency said. In the background is written Narmada Dam will not stop, Gujarat will not bow down.
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Modi speaks to Indian ambassador in Afghanistan, assures help in every way
New Delhi, May 23: | Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Syed Akhbaruddin on Friday said that Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi has spoken to the Indian ambassador in Afghanistan and has as... (photo: AP / Ajit Solanki)
U.S. soldiers with an unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) on a runway at Jalalabad Airport  Baltimore Sun 
Despite Obama's new rules, no end in sight for drone war
WASHINGTON/SANAA (Reuters) - When a barrage of drone-fired missiles hit al Qaeda cells in Yemen in mid-April and killed dozens of militants, the results were strikingly different from a mistaken U.S. ... (photo: Creative Commons)

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Thai Army Chief Gen. Prayuth Chan-Ocha, center, and other high ranking Thai officers are shown on television announcing the military takeover in Bangkok  The Daily Beast 
Thailand’s 19th Nervous Breakdown
Yes, the Thai military has thrown out the government once again, and the top general has made himself prime minister. A report from Bangkok under curfew. | BANGKOK, Thailand — The normally garrulous... (photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong)

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Thailand's army chief, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks during a news conference at the army headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Prayuth urged both sides in the country's bitter political dispute to show restraint on Friday, but for the first time since the crisis began last month did not rule out the possibility of a coup. The Independent
Thailand coup d'etat: Profile of General Prayuth Chan-ocha
Back in 2006 when the Thai army launched its previous coup, Prayuth Chan-ocha was a Maj General, a powerful figure who helped army chief General Sonthi Boonyaratglin seiz... (photo: AP / Apichart Weerawong)
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Trader Steven Kaplan, left, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, April 28, 2010 The Salt Lake Tribune
U.S. stocks edge higher in afternoon trading
Stocks held on to modest gains in afternoon trading Thursday, building on the prior day’s rebound. Investors were encouraged by reports on Chinese manufacturing, U.S. h... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
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An anti-government demonstrator stands behind a makeshift barricade Friday morning, April 23, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand Mashable
Thailand's Military Forces Total Media Blackout Amid Coup
Hours after it declared a coup d'etat, Thailand's military instituted a media blackout on Thursday. | "All radio and television stations, satellite and cable, must stop n... (photo: AP / Vincent Yu)
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A South Korean owner who runs a factory in the stalled South Korea and North Korea's joint Kaesong Industrial Complex, stands just outside of military barricades set up on Unification Bridge near the border village of Panmunjom, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War, in Paju, north of Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, May 30, 2013. LA Daily News
North and South Korea exchange fire near disputed sea boundary
SEOUL, South Korea — North and South Korean warships exchanged artillery fire Thursday in disputed waters off the western coast, South Korean military officials sa... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)
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Vitaly I. Churkin, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, speaks to journalists following closed-door Security Council consultations Denver Post
Russia, China veto UN move to refer Syria to ICC
Click photo to enlarge | FILE - Members of the United Nations Security Council, including Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, foreground second from left, raise thei... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
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Thai soldiers stand guard in front of the Democracy Monument after the coup Thursday, May 22, 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand. Detroit news
Thai military seizes power in coup, news channels taken off air
THANYARAT DOKSONE and JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press Comments | Thai soldiers stand guard after army chief General Prayut Chan-O-Cha met with anti-government and pro-gov... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit)
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Pedestrians are reflected on the electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. Asian stocks slumped for a third day Wednesday, as fears intensified that Greece might reject an austerity plan and default on its massive debts. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)s Xinhua
Nikkei surges 2.11 pct on China data, yen's retreat
TOKYO, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Nikkei stock index surged 2. 11 percent Thursday as robust manufacturing data from China and the yen's retreat from three-week highs com... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
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Opposition leader Tony Abbott makes a speech to party supporter in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 The Australian
Fears Tony Abbott will widen indigenous gap
THE deputy chairman of Tony Abbott’s indigenous advisory council, doctor Ngiare Brown, has denounced budget cuts to indigenous affairs and says the $7 GP co-payment... (photo: AP / Rick Rycroft)
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Thailand's army chief, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha speaks during a news conference at the army headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand Friday, Dec. 27, 2013. Prayuth urged both sides in the country's bitter political dispute to show restraint on Friday, but for the first time since the crisis began last month did not rule out the possibility of a coup. Thailand coup d'etat: Profile of General Prayuth Chan-ochaThe Independent
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