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Right wing protesters stand next to a photograph of a war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic during a rally condemning his arrest , in downtown Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, July 24, 2008.
Court   Genocide   Photos   Serbia   UN  
 Time Magazine 
Appeal Deadline Looms for Karadzic
| (BELGRADE, Serbia) —The deadline for Radovan Karadzic to appeal extradition to a United Nations war crimes tribunal expires Friday, a court spokeswoman said. | Spokeswoman Ivana Ramic told The ... (photo: AP / Darko Bandic)
Afghan National Army and Coalition forces return fire during an engagement with Taliban in Farah Province, Afghanistan
Afghanistan   Nato   Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism   US  
 CBS News 
U.S., NATO Press Pakistan To Fight Terror
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that Pakistan should do more to stop the rise in terrorist violence in neighboring Afghanistan. | Rice said there has been an uptick in terrorism recent... (photo: US Army file / Sgt. Michael Zuk)
A lunch time visitor to the Australian Securities Exchange watches a board showing stock prices and a graph of the day's trade in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008. Australia's share market plunged almost three percent in early trade on 16, with banking stocks hardest hit in response to losses posted overnight by Citigroup Inc. and fears the United States is slipping into recession.  The Australian 
Market slumps on NAB debt fears
| THE share market has opened over 3 per cent lower after National Australia Bank (NAB) took an additional provision of $830 million on its exposure to US sub-prime crisis and stocks fell over 2 per c... (photo: AP / John Pryke)
Australia   Business   Economy   Market   Photos  
 Afghan President Hamid Karzai delivers a speech during a function in Kabul, Afghanistan  Al Jazeera 
Karzai 'protecting drug lords'
| A former senior US anti-drug official has accused Afghanistan's president of playing the US "like a fiddle" and protecting drug lords in his country for political reasons. | Thomas Schweich, who unt... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool)
Afghanistan   Photos   Politics   S Asia   Sleaze  
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Brgy. 76-A - Slum Area - Poverty - Davao City - Philippines Manila Bulletin
True picture of RP sought
Senators yesterday called on President Arroyo to paint a true picture of prevailing Philippine conditions and present "specific answers, not cloudy proposals" when she de... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Arroyo   Philippines   Photos   Poverty   Proposals  
  Gholamreza Aghazadeh, head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, answers a question from the media during a news conference with Mohamed ElBaradei, director of International Atomic Energy Agency, unseen, in Tehran Saturday, Feb. 22, 200 The Star
Iran official hopes new nuclear talks can begin
| VIENNA (Reuters) - The head of Iran's atomic energy organisation said on Thursday he was hopeful talks over the Islamic state's nuclear programme could start based on p... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian)
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Politics   UN  
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., holds a press conference outside Schmidt's Fudge Haus in Columbus, Ohio, Thursday, July 24, 2008. LA Daily News
McCain tours U.S. heartland
By Tom Raum, The Associated PressArticle Last Updated: 07/24/2008 09:05:25 PM PDT | COLUMBUS, Ohio - Republican presidential candidate John McCain had his own German... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)
Mccain   Ohio   Photos   Presidency   Republicans   Slideshow  
John McCain Star Tribune
McCain: Overshadowed, not overcome
| COLUMBUS, OHIO - Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign recovered from a near-death experience almost exactly a year ago, and political candidates stumble in and out ... (photo: Creative Commons / Flickr)
Election   Ohio   Photos   Politics   US  
A Tokyo street scene is reflected on a financial market video board Monday, March 31, 2003. Tokyo stocks fell Monday morning as investors were discouraged by declines on Wall Street and the prospect of a prolonged war in Iraq. The benchmark 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 206.06 points, or 2.49 percent, to end morning trading at 8,074.1 International Herald Tribune
Japan stocks up 2 pct as exporters gain on soft yen
| : Japanese stocks rose 2 percent on Thursday, and looked poised to mark a four-week closing high, as Toyota Motor Corp and other car makers led gains by exporters on a ... (photo: AP / Shizuo Kambayashi)
Asia   Business   Economy   Japan   Photos  
 Two Iranian security officers, stand guard at the gate of the Bushehr nuclear power plant tmg1 The State
Iran ends cooperation with UN nuclear arms probe
| VIENNA, Austria -- | Iran signaled Thursday that it will no longer cooperate with U.N. experts probing for signs of clandestine nuclear weapons work, confirming the inv... (photo: AP Photo / Vahid Salemi)
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   UN   Weapons  
Jacob Zuma, head of South Africa's ruling African National Congress, speaks to the media in Paris, Friday, April 25, 2008. Zuma condemned a police raid Friday on opposition party headquarters in Zimbabwe, adding that it appeared "somebody is sabotaging the elections" the News24
Zuma: Race doesn't rule poverty
| Pretoria - Poverty is one of the biggest challenges that faces most South Africans and it does not discriminate over racial lines, said African National Congress presid... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena)
Photos   Politics   Poverty   Race   S Africa  
  In this photo provided by the Everest-K2-CNR press office Thursday, July 24, 2008, Italian mountaineers Simon Kehrer, center with white cap, and Walter Nones, wearing yellow jacket at his right, stand with their rescuers shortly after being rescued from Nanga Parbat mountain in the Himalayas. The two Italian climbers were plucked to safety Thursday in a high-altitude helicopter rescue after days stranded on the world's ninth highest mountain, also known as the "Killer Mountain". Nones and Kehrer had been struggling to descend from Nanga Parbat Mountain since July 16, when fellow climber Karl Unterkircher fell to his d The Guardian
Helicopter rescues 2 Italian climbers in Pakistan
| By MUNIR AHMAD | Associated Press Writer | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - A high-altitude rescue helicopter safely plucked two stranded Italian climbers from one of the wor... (photo: AP / Everest-K2-CNR press office, ho)
Himalaya   Italy   Pakistan   Photos   Sport  
 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, is briefed on the Southern California fires during a meeting several of  Houston Chronicle
Schwarzenegger threatens minimum wage for state employees
TOOLS | SACRAMENTO - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is threatening to pay thousands of state employees the federal minimum wage of $6.55 an hour until lawmakers reach a deal ... (photo: AP Photo Rich Pedroncell)
Congress   Lawmakers   Photos   Schwarzenegger   Wage  
Passersby walk by an electronic market board showing Japan's stock prices in Tokyo, Tuesday, July 22, 2008. Syracuse
Japanese shares rise on US gains, oil
| TOKYO (AP) - Japanese shares rose for the third straight session Thursday, lifted by further gains on Wall Street and a continuing slide in oil prices. | The benchmark ... (photo: AP / Koji Sasahara)
Asia   Economy   Market   Photos   Tokyo  
A gas station attendant fill a car's tank with ethanol in Sao Paulo, Saturday, March 3, 2007. Just an hour's drive outside this traffic-choked metropolis where U.S. President George W. Bush kicks off a Latin American tour Thursday, sugar cane fields stretch for hundreds of kilometers, providing the ethanol that fuels eight out of every 10 new Brazilian ca Business Report
US blocks Brazil's biofuel plans
| Geneva - Brazil hopes to gain better market access for exports of ethanol to the United States and Europe as part of global trade talks but is facing resistance from Wa... (photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano)
Biofuel   Brazil   Photos   US   WTO  
North America Europe
- Falling in love with end of the world
- US airwaves fail to win hearts and minds
- Obama stops in Paris and London
- Secretary of State Rice says Pakistan should do more to end
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US new home sales down 33% but higher than forecasts
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- Peter Lowy takes the Fifth at US tax inquiry
- France tops bill for costly holidays
- The spa gondala of Venice
- At site of massacre, Serbian leader's capture brings lit
Kurdish women displaced by the conflict between Turkey and Kurdish rebels are seen at a refugee camp in the Qandil region, northern Iraq, Friday, May 2, 2008. Turkish warplanes bombed a key Kurdish rebel base deep inside Iraq for three hours overnight, Turkey's military and a rebel spokesman said Friday. The warplanes hit Iraq's Qandil region as well as 10 other sites near the Iraq-Iran border in an operation that began Thursday night and stretched into early Friday, a spokesman for the PKK rebel group said
Pope discusses plight of refugees with Iraqi prime minister
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Asia Middle East
- $135m drug bust: six stand trial
- Community Compass coming soon!
- Experts slam Ma over welfare
- TSU to stage rally against economic policies on Aug. 20
Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan
Abhishek Bachchan under IT radar
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- Two legends and a Sherrin bringing peace to Israel
- Pope discusses plight of refugees with Iraqi prime minister
- Obama: Iran should not wait for next U.S. president
- Turkish and Greek leaders of Cyprus to begin peace talks Sep
Kurdish women displaced by the conflict between Turkey and Kurdish rebels are seen at a refugee camp in the Qandil region, northern Iraq, Friday, May 2, 2008. Turkish warplanes bombed a key Kurdish rebel base deep inside Iraq for three hours overnight, Turkey's military and a rebel spokesman said Friday. The warplanes hit Iraq's Qandil region as well as 10 other sites near the Iraq-Iran border in an operation that began Thursday night and stretched into early Friday, a spokesman for the PKK rebel group said
Pope discusses plight of refugees with Iraqi prime minister
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South America Africa
- Zipwiring through the Colombian rainforest
- Spanish king welcomes Chavez
- Smiles and laughter: Hugo Chávez meets King Juan Carlos
- Iraq takes Qatar to court over Brazilian's eligibility
 The Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, Shri Kamal Nath addressing at the launch of the UNIDO Centre for South-South Industrial Cooperation (UCSSIC), in New Delhi on February 15, 2007The Director General of United Nations Industrial Development Organ
'India, Brazil unity crucial to success of WTO talks'
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- Security Council Should Make President Meet Benchmarks
- Pope Urges African Churches to Revise Evangelization
- Anglican Head Urges Unity But Rejects Ordination of Gays
- Nelson Mandela - A Living Legend
U.S. President George Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice participate in the North Atlantic Council Summit meeting at the NATO Summit in Bucharest, Romania Thursday, April 3, 2008.
Bush expands sanctions against Zimbabwe
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Australia Caribbean
- Brakes pressed on prestige vehicles
- Shopping bag baby could get pauper's funeral
- Gastrosexual trend has blokes on the boil
- Toy gun bandit just wanted a ticket home
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- Russian bombers for Cuba
- Olympic swim coach fighting rare medical condition
- Olympic swim coach fighting rare medical condition
- Olympic swim coach fighting rare medical condition
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Mariah slams 'rocky marriage' rumours
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