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Friday photo: Unreal wedding
A lookalike of Kate Middleton poses in Rojales, near Alicante, on April 29, 2011, during a special day of festivities to celebrate the wedding of Britain's Prince Wiliam and Kate Middleton. Prince William and Kate Middleton exchanged wedding vows...
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Fri, Apr 29 2011 2:21 PM
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Paraguay VP: I'll shoot the president if he tries to run again
Well this is one way to get yourself dropped from the ticket in a hurry: Paraguay's vice president [left] is urging his boss not to seek re-election in the most forceful way: He says he'll personally shoot Fernando Lugo [center] down if he tries...
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Fri, Apr 29 2011 1:57 PM
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Gazprom looking to get in on Islamic finance market
Two of Russia's largest banks are looking to become the country's first institutions to offer Islamic-compliant financial products, the Moscow Times reports: VTB, Russia's second-largest bank, aims this year to raise about $200 million selling...
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Fri, Apr 29 2011 9:43 AM
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French media being all French about the royal wedding
With the Irish seemingly not interested in venting anti-monarchist sentiments today and the Australians apparently legally barred from doing so, it falls to France's media commentators to treat today's festivities with the appropriate air of ironic...
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Fri, Apr 29 2011 9:36 AM
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Morning Brief: Protests held throughout Syria, defying government ban
Protests held throughout Syria, defying government ban Top news: Syrian security forces have reportedly opened fire against protesters in the coastal city of Latakia as antigovernment demonstrators in several cities defied government warnings against...
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Fri, Apr 29 2011 5:27 AM
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The return of European borders?
Nicolas Sarkozy and Silvio Berlusconi issued a joint statement calling on the European Commission to “examine the possibility of temporarily establishing internal border controls in the case of exceptional difficulties" in response to an influx of...
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Thu, Apr 28 2011 11:31 AM
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Guest post: Will Uganda's protests play out like Egypt or Libya?
FP alum Michael Wilkerson on the latest from Uganda: The government response to Uganda's ongoing "Walk to Work" protests took a sinister turn today when opposition leader Kizza Besigye was violently dragged from his car and arrested . Security...
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Thu, Apr 28 2011 10:41 AM
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China publishes foreign aid strategy
Over at Xinhua you can check out the full text of the Chinese government's new "white paper" on foreign aid strategy. Claire Provost has a good write-up at the Guardian, suggesting that the paper is aimed at dispelling the notion that China's...
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Thu, Apr 28 2011 10:28 AM
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Morning Brief: Palestinian factions announce reconciliation deal
Palestinian factions announce reconciliation deal Top story : Fatah and Hamas, the two largest Palestinian parties, announced that they had reached a deal to create an interim unity government and hold elections within a year. The reconciliation agreement...
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Thu, Apr 28 2011 4:39 AM
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WikiLeaks: Qaddafi's 'nephew' working for Daniel Ortega?
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has been one of the few world leaders to staunchly defend Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi in recent weeks. The close bond between the Libyan and Nicaraguan governments was demonstrated in March when Qaddafi took the...
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Wed, Apr 27 2011 1:42 PM
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Ivory Coast: A ragtag army falls apart
When Alassane Ouattara finally took over the presidency in the Ivory Coast earlier this month, he did so with the help of a rag tag group of militiamen. There were the formal rebels from the country's brief civil war, known as the Forces Nouvelles...
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Wed, Apr 27 2011 7:42 AM
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Morning Brief: International community struggles to find response to Daraa crackdown
International community struggles to find response to Daraa crackdown Top news: Syrian troops tightened their grip on the city of Daraa, which has been the epicenter of protests against President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Troops reportedly killed...
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Wed, Apr 27 2011 5:31 AM
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There are 657 more islands than we thought there were
Time 's Erica Ho reports : Thanks to high-resolution images, Duke University and Meredith College geoscientists were able to add 657 new barrier islands to the total count, adding 30 percent more to the known list. There are now 2,149 discovered islands...
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Tue, Apr 26 2011 11:17 AM
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Great prison breaks of the war on terror
In the Middle East and Central Asia, when suspected militants go to jail, they don't necessarily stay there. This was very much in evidence this week when the Taliban built 1,000 feet of underground tunnels (shown above) to free nearly half the prisoners...
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Tue, Apr 26 2011 10:27 AM
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Russia to host Olympic meeting because Britain's too broke
The AP reports that Russia has stepped in to host a gathering of Olympic committee leaders from 200 countries next year after cash-strapped Britain had to cancel the event. The meeting is typically hosted by the next Olympics host as a way of showing...
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Tue, Apr 26 2011 8:50 AM
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