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UN’s Ban Ki-moon with Bachelet and Piñera are participating of a telethon
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Telethon to raise funds for Chilean victims
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There were no immediate reports …
Dear Sir:The resignation of Branville McCartney as junior minister of immigration in the Ingraham cabinet has created a lot of intense political talk around the town. It was a master political stroke that the public …
By Joseph Guyler Delva
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) — A Haitian judge on Friday signed an order to free one of two U.S. missionaries imprisoned on child kidnapping charges, but a paperwork problem delayed her release.
The order will …
Indonesian Vice President Boediono has insisted he will not step down despite mounting pressures on him to resign due to his involvement in the decision to bail out Bank Century.
In a 20-minute speech at the …
When Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao delivered his government work report last March, the Chinese economy was facing “the most difficult year”. This year, Wen remained cautious in his remarks, even after economic experts say that …
The magnificent tall chips displaying colour and pride in Buenos Aires
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“Sails of South America 2010” has brought together magnificent sailing ships, among them …
WASHINGTON (Agencies)
U.S. President Barack Obama dispatches his vice president to the Middle East on Sunday to try to build support for reviving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks despite deep skepticism on both sides.
Joe Biden will meet Israeli, …
BAGHDAD (Agencies)
Iraqis on Sunday started voting in their war-shattered nation’s second parliamentary election since the U.S.-led overthrow of dictator Saddam Hussein, as mortars and bombs rocked Baghdad, leaving five people dead.
The election, Iraq’s second for …
Invoking the Internal Security Act (ISA) to pre-empt possible violence during the upcoming anti-government red-shirt rally in Thailand remains an option for the government, top security officials said on Friday (March 5).
Thailand’s anti-government red-shirt protesters …
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania might be forced to seek additional external
financing this year, President Traian Basescu warned on Friday (March 5th).
Basescu said there may be no other choice if the government cannot reduce
spending to desirable …
TEHRAN (Agencies)
Iran launched production on Sunday of a short-range missile capable of destroying targets of 3,000 tons, official media reported.
Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi opened the new production facility that will make short-range missiles which …
BAGHDAD (Reuters)
In Baghdad’s Sunni district of Adhamiya, you would never guess that anyone from Iraq’s Shiite majority was running for parliament in Sunday’s election.
Posters of Shiite Islamist candidates that festoon the rest of the Iraqi …
A North Korean colonel who spent two decades going on European shopping sprees for his country’s rulers has said the late dictator Kim Il Sung lived in luxury while many people struggled to survive in …
Four years of recovery works await Chilean president elect Piñera
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Uruguayan government house sources said Mujica is planning to travel to Santiago not only to …
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Farmers can now take out insurance against weather-related crop failure (file photo)
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“How will we now put so many more people on ARVs?”
NAIROBI, 9 March 2010 (PlusNews) – Global funding shortfalls for fighting AIDS could make it impossible for developing countries to implement new …
Mike Bevis, professor of Earth Sciences at Ohio State
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These preliminary measurements, produced from data gathered by researchers from four universities (Ohio, Hawaii, Memphis and …
A WEST Midlands couple who benefited to the tune of £1 million from a life of crime have been sentenced.
Zadia Parveen, 41, and her husband Mohammed Shabir, 47, from Sutton Coldfield lived a life of …
By Joshua Schneyer
CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) — Venezuela’s deepening electricity crisis may drag on the economy for several years, dashing government hopes for GDP growth, slashing fuel exports from the OPEC country, and ushering in lengthy rationing.
The …
Albania’s prime minister promises to transform the country into a regional energy superpower, with nuclear power leading the way.
By Manjola Hala for Southeast European Times in Tirana — 09/03/10
Albania aims to expand energy sources via …
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Agencies)
Palestinians and Israelis held their first indirect talks in more than a year in a tentative boost to the Middle East peace process, frozen since the Jewish state’s devastating war on Gaza; however …
