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SPECIAL REPORT: In eastern Europe, people pine for socialism

Reuters - Sun, 11/08/2009 - 06:05
BELENE, Bulgaria (Reuters) - In the dense forests of the idyllic Danube island of Persin, home to the endangered sea eagle and the pygmy cormorant, lie the ghastly remains of a communist-era death camp.
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China's Wen seeks to boost blossoming Africa ties

Reuters - Sun, 11/08/2009 - 05:26
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets African leaders on Sunday, aiming to boost a relationship which politically goes back decades and is now economically booming -- to the discomfort of some in the West.
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Haiti's new prime minister wins confirmation

Reuters - Sun, 11/08/2009 - 05:21
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The lower house of Haiti's parliament confirmed Jean-Max Bellerive as prime minister on Saturday, clearing the way for the economist and veteran politician to form a new government.
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Honduran rivals signal new bid to solve crisis

Reuters - Sat, 11/07/2009 - 22:17
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' ousted president and de facto leader gave signs they would try again on Saturday to form a unity government to guide the country out of a four-month crisis after the process collapsed a day earlier.
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Study shows high cost of German reunification: report

Reuters - Sat, 11/07/2009 - 22:00
BERLIN (Reuters) - As Germany prepares to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, a new study shows that some 1.3 trillion euros ($1.9 trillion) have been transferred from the west to rebuild the east, a newspaper reported on Saturday.
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Lebanon's Hariri set to form government with Hezbollah

Reuters - Sat, 11/07/2009 - 21:48
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri will announce a new national unity government to include Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in the next few days, politicians said on Saturday.
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Iran says over 100 people detained at anti-U.S. rally

Reuters - Sat, 11/07/2009 - 21:30
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police detained more than 100 people for "disturbing public order" during a rally this week to mark the anniversary of the seizure of the U.S. embassy, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.
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Japan urges Myanmar to release Suu Kyi before poll

Reuters - Sat, 11/07/2009 - 20:38
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan urged Myanmar Saturday to release detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi before next year's election, adding it was ready to provide more aid if democratization in the country advanced.
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Afghans killed during search for missing U.S. troops

Reuters - Sat, 11/07/2009 - 19:36
KABUL (Reuters) - NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers in Afghanistan, the Afghan Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
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Afghanistan hits back at U.N. and foreign criticism

Reuters - Sat, 11/07/2009 - 17:12
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan accused the United Nations on Saturday of intervening in the formation of President Hamid Karzai's next cabinet, less than a week into his new term.
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Gunman's act "impossible," says grandfather

Canada.com Global - Sat, 11/07/2009 - 05:30
The grandfather of a U.S. Army psychiatrist accused of shooting dead 13 people and wounding 30 others at a base in Texas said on Saturday he found it impossible to believe his grandson had committed the act.
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Ida regroups into tropical storm off Mexico

Canada.com Global - Sat, 11/07/2009 - 05:30
Ida strengthened back into a tropical storm early on Saturday off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and was moving north toward the Cayman Islands, where the government issued a tropical storm warning.
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U.K. urges G20 to reach climate finance deal

Canada.com Global - Sat, 11/07/2009 - 05:30
British finance minister Alistair Darling urged his G20 counterparts on Saturday to work toward a $100 billion deal on tackling climate change as developing nations held firm they did not want to talk about it.
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7 Afghans killed during missing U.S. troops search

Canada.com Global - Sat, 11/07/2009 - 05:30
NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for two missing American soldiers in Afghanistan, the Afghan Defence Ministry said on Saturday.
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Joe Jackson seeks allowance from son's estate

Canada.com Global - Sat, 11/07/2009 - 05:30
Joe Jackson, the elderly father of late pop star Michael Jackson, Friday filed a court petition seeking an allowance from the singer's estate, saying his son had supported him for many years.
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Lebanon opposition set to form new government

Canada.com Global - Sat, 11/07/2009 - 05:30
Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri was preparing to announce a new government on Saturday after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet posts.
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International court has strong cases in Kenya: prosecutor

Canada.com Global - Sat, 11/07/2009 - 05:30
The International Criminal Court prosecutor believes he has a strong case against a few people for crimes committed during Kenya's post-election violence and he will move fast to avoid a repeat at the 2012 election.
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MDs accused of stealing, selling babies

CNN - Sat, 11/07/2009 - 05:08
Mexican authorities have arrested three doctors, a nurse and a receptionist accused of stealing newborns at a private hospital and selling them, the Mexico City attorney general's office says. One of the abducted babies was reunited with her biological mother on Thursday.
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Paraguay's military commander fired

CNN - Sat, 11/07/2009 - 00:55
Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo continued to purge the top ranks of the nation's military Friday, removing the armed forces' commander.
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2 U.S. paratroopers missing in Afghanistan

CNN - Sat, 11/07/2009 - 00:03
Two members of the NATO-led military force in Afghanistan have been missing since Wednesday, the force said Friday.
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