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Suriname leader: Drug conviction 'almost a joke'

By BERT WILKINSON | Posted: Monday, September 6, 2010 5:35 pm Former Surinamese dictator Desi Bouterse shrugged off questions about his past during his first overseas trip as elected president, saying Monday that he will not interfere in his ongoing murder trial and dismissing a 1999 drug conviction as "almost a joke. » read more

Keywords: world news president saying saying monday ongoing murder murder trial Date: 09-07-2010

Egyptian opposition leader urges election boycott

By SARAH EL DEEB | Posted: Monday, September 6, 2010 4:20 pm Egypt's leading democracy advocate made a forceful call Monday for the nation to boycott November's parliamentary election, saying they were certain to be rigged and urging his young supporters to be patient and plan for a lengthy struggle. » read more

Keywords: world news election saying young supporters parliamentary election boycott november Date: 09-07-2010

Australian election: Greens key to success of new government

Julia Gillard won the support of the Green party to form a minority government but must deliver on climate reform and carbon pricing Julia Gillard's new minority government in Australia means that the country's green party will take a pivotal position in the nation's politics for the first time . » read more

Keywords: world news australia climate greens change Date: 09-07-2010

Jefferson Thomas of Little Rock Nine dies

One of nine teenagers to first test racial segregation at US schools in 1957 dies, aged 67 Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was among nine black students to integrate a Little Rock high school in America's first major battle over school segregation, has died. » read more

Keywords: world news united states thomas school little Date: 09-07-2010

Mozambican radio: 9 who call for protests arrested

By EMANUEL CAMILLO | Posted: Monday, September 6, 2010 11:49 am Mozambicans found Monday they could not send text messages, after some used the technology to call for protests in this impoverished country over increases in food, water and electricity prices. » read more

Keywords: world news electricity prices impoverished country messages after found monday Date: 09-06-2010

Delta launches new flight from Liberia to US

By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH | Posted: Monday, September 6, 2010 9:08 am Delta Air Lines Inc. » read more

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Cholera outbreak in Cameroon 'worst in 20 years'

Posted: Monday, September 6, 2010 5:34 am UNICEF says more than 300 people have died in the West African nation of Cameroon from the country's worst cholera outbreak in 20 years. » read more

Keywords: cholera outbreak worst cholera african nation Date: 09-06-2010

Soldiers such as Sir Richard Dannatt have a place in politics

Without the contributions of generals to political discourse, the debate can be uninformed – and the generals unchallenged The sight of a politician was alleged to produce in Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson, the chief of the imperial general staff in 1918, a state of sexual arousal. » read more

Keywords: world news richard dannatt defence debate political Date: 09-06-2010

El Salvador: 3rd migrant survived Mexico massacre

By DIEGO MENDEZ | Posted: Sunday, September 5, 2010 6:20 pm A third man survived last month's massacre of 72 migrants by suspected drug traffickers in Mexico and is now in the United States, Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes said Sunday. » read more

Keywords: world news mauricio funes president mauricio salvadoran president states salvadoran Date: 09-06-2010

Papal visit: Bad tripper, good trip

There are powerful arguments against Benedict XVI's visit – but the head of the Catholic church is a force that cannot be ignored The Vatican is no ordinary state, and the pope's trip to Britain this month will be no ordinary state visit. » read more

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Future hiring will mainly benefit the high-skilled

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Afghan Central Bank: Kabul Bank has `stabilized'

By DEB RIECHMANN | Posted: Sunday, September 5, 2010 10:16 am Afghanistan's largest bank remained solvent Sunday after a nearly weeklong run on the troubled institution, according to the governor of the nation's central bank, which is being criticized for looking the other way at the bank's mismanagement problems for too long. » read more

Keywords: institution according being criticized troubled institution nearly weeklong solvent sunday Date: 09-05-2010

Kinect's Israeli partner sees a remoteless world

By TIA GOLDENBERG | Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 9:48 am Inon Beracha envisions a world where your movements control the gadgets and devices around you. » read more

Keywords: control remote control conditioner senses devices around movements control Date: 09-05-2010

Vatican: stoning in Iran adultery case 'brutal'

By FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted: Sunday, September 5, 2010 10:04 am The Vatican raised the possibility Sunday of using behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to save the life of an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned for adultery. » read more

Keywords: world news iranian widow widow sentenced scenes diplomacy using behind Date: 09-05-2010

Exit from eurozone is Greece's worst option, says Jean-Claude Trichet

German economist Hans-Werner Sinn warns further austerity might push Greece to the brink of 'civil war' Greece's exit from the eurozone would be the "worst possible option", Europe's central bank chief said at the weekend amid concerns over the debt-stricken country's ability to pull itself out of crisis. » read more

Keywords: world news european debt crisis greece austerity country Date: 09-05-2010

Salvadoran police find over $9M in cash in drums

Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 5:15 pm Police in El Salvador have found two buried oil drums stuffed with millions of dollars in cash possibly linked to the illegal drug trade, authorities said Saturday. » read more

Keywords: world news trade authorities possibly linked drums stuffed Date: 09-05-2010

Foreman keeping trapped miners' hopes alive

Trapped for a month in the San Jose mine, Chile, shift leader Luis Urzua has worked heroically to protect his men About 700 metres underground, in the most traumatic of circumstances, Luis Urzua has no intention of relinquishing command of the 33 men in his care. » read more

Keywords: world news chile miners rescue trapped Date: 09-05-2010

What Britain could learn from Portugal's drugs policy

A decade ago Portugal took a radical new approach to illegal drugs by treating users as people with social problems rather than as criminals. » read more

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Afghans continue pulling money from troubled bank

By RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 4:33 pm Nervous Afghans pulled more deposits out of the nation's largest bank on Saturday, despite assurances from government leaders that their money was safe. » read more

Keywords: government leaders their money despite assurances saturday despite afghans pulled Date: 09-04-2010

Gazprom to double gas imports from Azerbaijan

Posted: Friday, September 3, 2010 7:29 am Russia's Gazprom on Friday clinched a deal to double supplies from Azerbaijan in a bid to expand its control over gas produced by former Soviet republics. » read more

Keywords: soviet republics former soviet double supplies friday clinched Date: 09-03-2010

Government: Mozambique lost $3M because of riots

By EMANUEL CAMILLO | Posted: Friday, September 3, 2010 12:23 pm Mozambique's economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media reported new protests in two other towns. » read more

Keywords: world news state media media reported other goods rising prices Date: 09-03-2010

Experts see trouble ahead for developed world

By DAN PERRY | Posted: Friday, September 3, 2010 10:37 am Is the global economy out of the woods? » read more

Keywords: world news europeans fighting crisis experts experts gathered italy offered Date: 09-03-2010

Morrissey reignites racism row by calling Chinese a 'subspecies'

Remark came in context of an attack on China's animal welfare record, with singer having been criticised on a number of previous occasions for negative race comments Read Simon Armitage's interview with Morrissey in full Tom Clark: Morrissey, this joke isn't funny anymore For almost three decades, indie rock icon Morrissey has made almost as many enemies as devoted fans willing to hang on his every melancholy-drenched lyric. » read more

Keywords: world news morrissey morrissey racism magazine Date: 09-03-2010

Mexico's war on drugs: optimism has turned to depression

Fear as the old troubles remain unsolved while the country reels from the worst wave of violence since the revolution Ten years ago Mexico completed a velvet transition to democracy after 71 years of one-party rule with the opposition winning an uncontested victory in presidential elections and the economy growing at 6. » read more

Keywords: world news drugs trade violence mexico calderã³n Date: 09-03-2010

Jobs report may show rise in unemployment rate

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Time Warner Cable gets ESPN3.com in new deal

By RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010 6:56 pm Time Warner Cable Inc. » read more

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Calderon: Violence price worth paying in drug war

By ALEXANDRA OLSON | Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010 8:43 pm President Felipe Calderon tried to rally frustrated Mexicans behind his increasingly bloody drug war Thursday, saying he knows violence has surged under his watch, but arguing that it is the price of confronting powerful and brutal cartels. » read more

Keywords: world news increasingly bloody thursday saying knows violence surged under Date: 09-03-2010

Election official: Chavez breaking campaign rules

By CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER | Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010 8:27 pm An electoral official accused President Hugo Chavez and his allies of breaking campaign laws by using state-run media to berate rivals and praise friends ahead of this month's legislative elections. » read more

Keywords: world news praise friends friends ahead legislative elections berate rivals Date: 09-03-2010

Mexican army kills dozens of drug suspects

Soldiers shoot dead suspected drug cartel members near US border Soldiers killed 25 suspected drug cartel members yesterday in a raid in a Mexican state near the US border that has seen a surge in gang violence, the military said. » read more

Keywords: world news mexico cartel soldiers tamaulipas Date: 09-03-2010

ECB raises 2010, 2011 eurozone growth forecast

By GEIR MOULSON | Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010 9:38 am The European Central Bank raised its growth projections for the 16-nation eurozone on Thursday, but stressed that the outlook remains uncertain and said its effort to keep banks supplied with credit would stay in place for the rest of the year. » read more

Keywords: remains uncertain banks supplied outlook remains nation eurozone growth projections Date: 09-02-2010

Karzai: Afghan govt will back Kabul Bank

By DEB RIECHMANN | Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010 12:02 pm Afghan President Hamid Karzai reassured nervous customers at the troubled Kabul Bank on Thursday, saying every penny of their deposits would be guaranteed by the government. » read more

Keywords: world news saying every thursday saying every penny their deposits Date: 09-02-2010

US Def Sec: Afghans should lead corruption fight

By ANNE GEARAN | Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010 11:53 am U. » read more

Keywords: world news prevent millions american dollars dollars flowing against corruption Date: 09-02-2010

Middle East peace 'in a year'

Israeli and Palestinian leaders begin framework talks on a peace deal which could encompass borders, Jerusalem, Jewish settlements and security The Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas, met for the first day of direct talks in Washington today and agreed that a peace deal could be achieved within a year. » read more

Keywords: world news middle east agreement netanyahu israeli Date: 09-02-2010

Middle East peace talks aim for 'a future that will end conflict'

Israeli prime minister gives positive message to 'partner for peace' Mahmoud Abbas Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, launched peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians today with a call for courageous, bold leadership and an appeal to stay the course even when a resolution seemed elusive. » read more

Keywords: world news israel netanyahu israel israeli Date: 09-02-2010

Saskatchewan government blow for Potash in BHP Billiton takeover bid

Saskatchewan government will not support takeover of fertiliser company by any sovereign wealth fund Potash Corp of Saskatchewan's best hope of escaping BHP Billiton's $39bn (£25bn) hostile takeover bid has received a blow from a local government minister. » read more

Keywords: world news bhp billiton saskatchewan potash takeover Date: 09-02-2010

Binyamin Netanyahu opens Middle East talks with two 'pillars to peace'

Israeli PM names non-negotiable issues as Hillary Clinton warns of cost of continued conflict Israel's prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, opened peace talks with the Palestinians today by saying that two issues – recognition of his country as a Jewish state and arrangements to ensure it does not come under attack from within an independent Palestine state – are key to any deal. » read more

Keywords: world news middle east israel netanyahu security Date: 09-02-2010

ECB may raise projections, but not rates

Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010 3:14 am The European Central Bank is set to leave interest rates untouched at 1 percent as it meets Thursday amid a still-uncertain global economic outlook, but may raise its 2010 growth projection for the eurozone. » read more

Keywords: uncertain global global economic economic outlook growth projection still uncertain Date: 09-02-2010

US forces still in fight at end of combat mission

By LARA JAKES and MAYA ALLERUZZO | Posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 10:42 pm Even as President Barack Obama was announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village early Wednesday as their Iraqi partners raided houses and arrested dozens of suspected insurgents. » read more

Keywords: world news iraqi partners partners raided raided houses arrested dozens Date: 09-02-2010

Kabul Bank braces for run on deposits after doubts

By DEB RIECHMANN and RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 9:46 pm Managers of Afghanistan's largest bank braced for a run on deposits Thursday, a day after nervous customers showed up in droves to take out their money following the resignation of two top executives allegations of mismanagement and unorthodox lending practices. » read more

Keywords: world news their money money following customers showed nervous customers Date: 09-02-2010

Calderon: Mexico shows gains in security, economy

Posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 8:31 pm President Felipe Calderon delivered his latest "state of the nation" report to Congress on Wednesday, saying Mexico has made gains in security and is enjoying its strongest economic growth in a dozen years. » read more

Keywords: world news saying mexico strongest economic economic growth wednesday saying Date: 09-02-2010

July unemployment up in about half of US cities

Posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 3:10 pm The unemployment rate rose in nearly half of the nation's 372 largest metro areas in July, as the pace of hiring slowed from earlier this year. » read more

Keywords: hiring slowed metro areas largest metro Date: 09-01-2010

Ponzi scheme shakes West African nation of Benin

By VIRGILE AHISSOU and ARTIS HENDERSON | Posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 12:06 pm More than a hundred thousand people in the tiny West African nation of Benin have lost their savings in a Ponzi scheme run by a now-defunct company that appeared to be publicly endorsed by the country's president. » read more

Keywords: world news defunct company publicly endorsed ponzi scheme their savings Date: 09-01-2010

Chile rescuers divided over how much to tell trapped miners

Controversy erupts over attempts to keep trapped miners' spirits up by censoring bad news in newspapers and family letters The 33 trapped Chilean miners were today delivered their first hot meals in nearly a month, as a debate broke out over how much information should be shared with the men before they are rescued. » read more

Keywords: world news chile miners trapped government Date: 09-01-2010

Gallery director defends decision to swap Gainsborough for African works

First black director of collection at National Gallery in Cape Town accused of 'Wal-Marting South African art' Riason Naidoo knows how to ruffle feathers. » read more

Keywords: world news painting naidoo gallery history Date: 09-01-2010

Tradition ends: No Michigan state fair this year

By COREY WILLIAMS | Posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2010 2:24 am Rabbit breeder Rob Usakowski typically spends the week before Labor Day helping his daughters show their Jersey Woolies and Holland Lops at the Michigan State Fair. » read more

Keywords: jersey woolies michigan state their jersey before labor usakowski typically Date: 09-01-2010

Barack Obama on the end of US combat missions in Iraq

• Obama urges Americans to 'turn the page' on Iraq • 'Patriots supported this war and patriots opposed it' • Swift change in focus from Iraq to state of US economy Preamble: Tonight, President Obama addresses the American people to mark the historic moment that occurred earlier today: the official end of US combat missions in Iraq. » read more

Keywords: world news barack obama president people speech Date: 09-01-2010

Israeli settlers to resume building on West Bank after Hebron killings

West Bank settlers to defy freeze on construction, putting further strain on contentious issue in this week's peace talks West Bank settlers have pledged to resume building from 6pm tonight in defiance of the Israeli government's freeze on construction and in direct response to last night's killing of four people by Hamas gunmen. » read more

Keywords: world news israel attack israeli palestinian Date: 09-01-2010

Barack Obama ends the war in Iraq. 'Now it's time to turn the page'

US president delivers on key election promise and thanks troops for 'job well done' – but cautions against triumphalism Barack Obama formally brought an end to US combat operations in Iraq last night, seven years and 165 days after the invasion began, and declared it was time for America "to turn the page". » read more

Keywords: world news barack obama troops president combat Date: 09-01-2010

'Unprecedented' challenge to save Chilean miners

By BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 2:10 pm The effort to save 33 Chilean men trapped deep in a mine is an unprecedented challenge, mining safety experts said Tuesday. » read more

Keywords: world news means months harrowing three safety experts mining safety Date: 08-31-2010

Iraqis approach end of US combat role with worry

By BARBARA SURK and REBECCA SANTANA | Posted: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 6:25 am As Vice President Joe Biden presides over the formal end to U. » read more

Keywords: world news combat operations biden presides Date: 08-31-2010