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Clinton arrives in Pakistan to write new chapter in relations
Wednesday, 10.28.2009, 08:40am
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived Wednesday in
nuclear-armed Pakistan, a country hit hard by terrorism, economic
crisis and rising sentiment that it is paying too high a price for its
partnership with the United States in fighting extremists.
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Al Qaeda in Iraq ally claims bombings
Tuesday, 10.27.2009, 08:39am
An umbrella group affiliated with al Qaeda in Iraq claimed
responsibility Tuesday for a pair of weekend bombings that killed 160
people in Baghdad.
The Islamic State of Iraq issued a statement
saying it carried out the attacks. The authenticity of the claim could
not immediately be verified, but it appeared on a Web site frequently
used by the group.
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Karadzic boycotts start of war crimes trial
Monday, 10.26.2009, 08:00am
U.N. judges adjourned the long-awaited war-crimes trial of Radovan
Karadzic on Monday after the former Bosnian Serb leader refused to
appear on the opening day.
Karadzic, who is accused of
masterminding the worst massacre in Europe since World War II, claimed
he did not have enough time to prepare his defense. He is representing
himself.
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Karzai: Refusing runoff would insult democracy
Friday, 10.23.2009, 10:48am
Afghanistan's president is downplaying accusations of widespread fraud
in his country's recent elections, but he's emphasizing the importance
of a runoff for the sake of ensuring peace and stability in his nascent
and war-torn democracy.
President Karzai announced that there would be a runoff election at a recent press conference.
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Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - update 71
Friday, 10.23.2009, 05:00am
As of 17 October 2009, worldwide there have been more than 414,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and nearly 5000 deaths reported to WHO.
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Greenpeace protests genetically modified corn in Mexico
Wednesday, 10.21.2009, 10:54am
Mexico saw the first public protests this weekend over the
government's decision to allow cultivation of the first genetically
modified corn, which environmentalists and others say could ruin the
nation's native crop.
A Greenpeace banner protesting genetically modified corn hangs on a Mexico City monument on Sunday.
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Iran mourns dozens killed in attack
Monday, 10.19.2009, 08:41am
Three days of mourning began in the Iranian province of
Sistan-Baluchestan on Monday, after dozens of people were killed in a
militant attack a day earlier, state media reported.
A man
carrying explosives blew himself up Sunday as participants headed to a
conference between Shia and Sunni groups in southeastern Iran, killing
at least 42, state-run Press TV reported.
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28,000 Pakistani troops sent to root out militants
Saturday, 10.17.2009, 02:19pm
Pakistani troops have launched a massive ground offensive backed up by
air power targeting the Taliban in South Waziristan, a refuge and a
power base for insurgents operating in Pakistan and along the
Pakistani-Afghan border. The offensive, which comes after a wave of
suicide attacks in Pakistan, has prompted the exodus of tens of
thousands of civilians, a U.N. refugee agency says.
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U.N. rights council backs Gaza 'war crimes' report
Friday, 10.16.2009, 08:53am
The United Nations Council for Human Rights approved a controversial
report Friday which said Israel and Hamas committed "actions amounting
to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity" during the
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Clinical features of severe cases of pandemic influenza
Friday, 10.16.2009, 05:44am
To gather information about the clinical features and management of pandemic influenza, WHO hosted a three-day meeting at the headquarters of the Pan American Health Organization in Washington, DC on 14–16 October. Findings and experiences were presented by around 100 clinicians, scientists, and public health professionals from the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Oceania.
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