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Morning Brief: Market bombing kills 80 in Peshawar; U.N. officials targeted in Kabul
Market bombing kills 80 in Peshawar; U.N. officials targeted in Kabul Top story: A pair of brutal terrorist attacks on Wednesday highlighted the increasing ability of Taliban militants to carry out major operations, despite crackdowns in both Afghanistan...
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Wed, Oct 28 2009 5:53 AM
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South Africa and Lesotho top gender equality list
The World Economic Forum posted the 2009 Global Gender Gap Report today , its yearly survey of gender inequality based on economic, political, educational and health factors. For the first time, two African nations entered the top 10 rankings: South Africa...
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Tue, Oct 27 2009 2:04 PM
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FP Passport
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Africa
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Human Rights
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Women
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International Relations
It's hard out there for a Saddam Hussein
Najaf is apparently not a friendly place for people named Saddam Hussein these day: On last week's edition of Radio Free Iraq 's weekly call-in show, "Open Windows," host Ferial Hussein spoke to a caller named Saddam Hussein, who complained...
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Tue, Oct 27 2009 9:14 AM
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Does Russia have too many time zones?
Whenever somoene tries to express just how freaking big Russia's territory is, the phrase "11 time zones" inevitably comes up. But that may be changing soon: The time difference between Moscow and Vladivostok might be cut to four hours from...
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Tue, Oct 27 2009 8:43 AM
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Russia
Why is Charles Krauthammer dissing Brazil?
I'm not surprised by conservative Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer's negative comments about President Obama in an interview with Der Spiegel, but what's his problem with Brazil? Krauthammer: He is a man of perpetual promise....
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Tue, Oct 27 2009 8:07 AM
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FP Passport
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Latin America
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Obama Administration
U.N. to deliver food aid by text message
We've reached a very strange point in human history when it is assumed that people who don't have access to food will have working cell phones: In a test project targeting 1,000 Iraqi refugee families, the United Nations agency will send a 22...
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Tue, Oct 27 2009 7:19 AM
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Food/Agriculture
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Iraq
How (not) to measure a war
There's nothing more frustrating than reading an article which purports to answer a question that it really dodges. Take, for example, " How to Measure the War ," by inveterate Afghanistan and Iraq indexers Jason Campbell, Jeremy Shapiro...
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Tue, Oct 27 2009 6:33 AM
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Morning Brief: Reports: Iran to accept nuke deal with changes
Reports: Iran to accept nuke deal with changes Top story: Iran's state-controlled al-Alam TV channel reported on Tuesday that Iran will accept a UN brokered deal on uranium enrichment with some "very important changes" and would deliver...
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Tue, Oct 27 2009 5:56 AM
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Gitmo prisoners to Georgia?
Eurasianet's Molly Corso reports that Tblisi and Washington are in talks over Georgia accepting detainees from Guantanamo Bay: Georgian National Security Council Secretary Eka Tkeshelashvili stated that negotiations about a prisoner transfer are "ongoing...
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Mon, Oct 26 2009 11:17 AM
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Hugo Chavez vs. Michael Moore
It seems that even socialists are getting sick of Michael Moore. Moore recently went on Jimmy Kimmel Live and made a joke about getting drunk with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and helping him write his speeches to the United Nations. Well the Chavistas...
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Mon, Oct 26 2009 10:45 AM
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Latin America
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Why is Obama playing telephone with Castro?
I don't quite understand the point of this: U.S. President Barack Obama asked Spain to pass Cuba a message on the need for democratic reform when he met Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero earlier this month, according to a U.S. official...
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Mon, Oct 26 2009 10:32 AM
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Latin America
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BNP more divisive than ever
Hopes that inviting a racist party member to prime-time television questioning would detract from his appeal were dashed last week. Ratings for the far-right British Nationalist Party increased following leader Nick Griffin's appearance on the influential...
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Mon, Oct 26 2009 9:23 AM
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The hummus wars continue
The Lebanese sure showed Israel this weekend. For years, the two held the same thing sacred, while only one could hold the title. That title, of course, is who could make the largest batch of hummus . Israel used to hold the record for making the largest...
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Mon, Oct 26 2009 8:46 AM
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Morning Brief: Devastating bombing raises fears in Baghdad
Devastating bombing raises fears in Baghdad Top story: A day after their country's deadliest terrorist attacks in over two years, Iraqis mourned the more than 155 dead and raised questions about the government's ability to keep the country safe...
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Mon, Oct 26 2009 5:57 AM
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Rich Germans ask for higher taxes
They're the kind of citizens any cash-starved government could want: a group of wealthy Germans have launched a petition this week calling for higher taxes on wealthy Germans . The group claims that Germany could raise €100 billion if the richest...
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Fri, Oct 23 2009 1:12 PM
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Europe
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Germany
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