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Is Pakistan's more important fight on the streets of Karachi?
Violence has engulfed Karachi since Oct. 16, with close to 90 dead across the city. An Oct. 17 special election to replace assassinated Muttahida Qaumi Movement ( MQM ) legislator Raza Haider boiled over long-held tensions between the MQM and the Awami...
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Thu, Oct 21 2010 12:47 PM
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20-year-old student becomes police chief in Mexican town
Marisol Valles, a 20-year-old criminology student, has just been named police chief for the town of Praxedis Guadalupe Guerrero, near the U.S. border. Reportedly, there wasn't a whole lot of competition for the job -- others members of the force have...
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Thu, Oct 21 2010 9:51 AM
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Morning Brief: Coalition makes progress in Kandahar
Coalition makes progress in Kandahar There are signs that the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan's Kandahar province is beginning to make progress , as military and local sources have reported that the Taliban have been driven from some of their key...
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Thu, Oct 21 2010 5:29 AM
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Even Ayatollahs use Twitter - By Mohammad Sagha
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, is visiting Qom, the religious epicenter of Iran and the residence of most of the country's top religious authorities. But a little known fact is that the office of the supreme leader has a Twitter...
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Wed, Oct 20 2010 11:04 AM
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Gaza's backwards economy
The underground tunnels that were until recently got everything from canned fruit to computers to Palestinians in Gaza are are now being used for export, according to this report . "We reversed our trade since the easing of the Israeli blockade and...
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Wed, Oct 20 2010 10:18 AM
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White House gets tied up in turbans
President Obama can obviously stage photo-ops wherever he wants, but if the White House really did choose to scratch the Golden Temple at Amritsar off the president's itinerary for India because he would have to cover his head, that's pretty disappointing...
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Wed, Oct 20 2010 10:16 AM
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Britain to withdraw troops from Germany
Britain's deep cuts in defense spending mean it's far less likely that Her Majesty's armed forces will participate in future military interventions like those in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it will also reduce Britain's footprint in another...
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Wed, Oct 20 2010 9:41 AM
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Morning Brief: Britain announces biggest spending cuts since WWII
Britain announces biggest spending cuts since WWII Top news: British Exchequer Chancellor George Osborne has announced the British government's most severe cuts to public spending cuts since World War II as part of an austerity push to reduce the...
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Wed, Oct 20 2010 6:26 AM
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Tuesday Map: Africa is really, really big
Full size version here . Via Flowing Data and Chris Blattman Read More...
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Tue, Oct 19 2010 4:34 PM
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Chavez: We'll back Iran 'under any circumstances'
When Hugo Chavez pledges support, he goes all out : "Venezuela will remain alongside Iran under any circumstances," Chavez, who is on his ninth visit to the Iran , told President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a meeting, according to the presidency...
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Tue, Oct 19 2010 4:12 PM
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Morning Brief: Iran participates in international strategy talks on Afghanistan
Iran participates in international strategy talks on Afghanistan Top story: For the first time, Iran sent representatives to attend discussions with members of the U.S. and NATO-led force in Afghanistan regarding the coalition's political and military...
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Tue, Oct 19 2010 5:23 AM
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Japan's secret foreign policy
As anti-Japanese protests flare across China , the Japanese media is reporting that the the government may have unwittingly violate d a secret pact with China over the disputed Senkaku islands, leading to the current round of tension: Aera magazine reported...
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Mon, Oct 18 2010 9:39 AM
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Benoit Mandelbrot: A turbulent life
Famed mathematician Benoit Mandelbort passed away last Thursday at the age of 85. Best known for his pioneering work on fractal geometry and influence on chaos theory, Mandelbrot was a rare generalist in an age of academic specialization, with work touching...
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Mon, Oct 18 2010 9:01 AM
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Morning Brief: France crippled by strikes over retirement age
France crippled by strikes over retirement age Top news: French aviation authorities say that up to 50 percent of flights in Paris's Orly airport, and 30 percent of flights nationwide, may be cancelled tomorrow due to ongoing strikes against plans...
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Mon, Oct 18 2010 5:53 AM
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Xi's the one?
Before he became Obama's running mate, Joe Biden famously said, "The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training." Nowhere is this more true than in China, where would-be leaders spend years toiling in the Communist...
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Mon, Oct 18 2010 3:41 AM
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