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U.N. denies plans to invade Texas
In remarks to a local CNN affiiliate earlier this week, Tom Head, an elected judge in Lubbock County, Texas made some rather alarming predictions about what will happen if Barack Obama is reelected: Referring to unexplained "executive orders"...
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Fri, Aug 24 2012 2:22 PM
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Mexico is running out of eggs
The country with the world's highest per-capita egg consumption is running out of eggs , following a bird flu outbreak: President Felipe Calderon and members of his Cabinet have announced about $227 million in emergency financing and commercial measures...
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Fri, Aug 24 2012 11:17 AM
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Glencore: The global food crisis is good for business
Commodities trading giant Glencore is under attack from aid groups after describing rising global food prices as a business opportunity: Glencore's director of agriculture trading, Chris Mahoney, sparked the controversy when he said: "The environment...
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Fri, Aug 24 2012 10:45 AM
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The country with the world's largest oil reserves is importing gas
A pretty damning indicator about Hugo Chavez's Venezuela: Experts said that Venezuela has shifted from exporter to importer of gasoline under the Hugo Chávez administration, which is forced to import fuel and components to process it from the United...
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Fri, Aug 24 2012 9:32 AM
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Syria deserves more than hot air
Syria has largely been spared involvement in the U.S. election season. Developments in Aleppo don't win votes in Ohio: Both President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney know this campaign will be won or lost on their success in selling their vision of economic...
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Fri, Aug 24 2012 5:40 AM
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Morning Brief: Reports indicate Iran speeding up nuclear program
Reports indicate Iran speeding up nuclear program Top news: Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency are expected to report soon that, despite efforts at sabotage, Iran has sped up work on its nuclear enrichment program by installing hundred...
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Fri, Aug 24 2012 5:36 AM
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Where the Marlboro man is still king
According to a new poll, about one in five Americans smoke , tied for the lowest rate since Gallup started keeping track and less than half of what the rate was in the late '60s and early '70s. The decline of smoking in the United States has been...
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Thu, Aug 23 2012 9:41 AM
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Where in the world is Syria’s vice president?
Syrian Vice President Farouq al-Sharaa always seemed like a good candidate for defection. The longtime Syrian diplomat is a Sunni from the southern province of Deraa, where the uprising first broke out. He is not reported to be a central figure in the...
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Thu, Aug 23 2012 9:01 AM
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Wanna buy a Greek island?
In 2010, when two right-wing German MPs suggested that Greece should sell off some of its islands to finance its debt, Greece's government was not amused. "Suggestions like this are not appropriate at this time," responded the country's...
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Thu, Aug 23 2012 8:15 AM
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Morning Brief: UN secretary general to visit Tehran for meeting of Nonaligned Movement
UN secretary general to visit Tehran for meeting of Nonaligned Movement Top news: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced that he will attend the meeting of the Nonaligned Movement in Tehran later this month, despite objections from the U.S. and Israel...
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Thu, Aug 23 2012 5:45 AM
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Anna Nemtsova on the battle to save Nizhny Novgorod
In a new article for FP , journalist Anna Nemtsova reports from her hometown of Nizhny Novgorod on the destruction of the 700-year old city's historic architecture. It's a personal subject for Nemtsova, whose father fought to protect the town...
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Wed, Aug 22 2012 2:55 PM
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Gitmo battens down the hatches
The Miami Herald 's indefatigable Carol Rosenberg reports on preparations for Hurricane Isaac at Guantanamo Bay, which have delayed pre-trial hearings for five men accused of helping to plot the 9/11 attacks: At the prison camps, Navy Capt. Robert...
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Wed, Aug 22 2012 12:52 PM
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Chinese media asks, why are Tibetans so happy?
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Everything's coming up roses in the Tibetan capital, according to the government-run China Daily , which has the largest circulation of any English-language newspaper in China...
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Wed, Aug 22 2012 11:50 AM
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Check out this girl crushing it on a skateboard in front of the Bamiyan Buddha craters
In 2001, the Taliban shocked and angered the world by destroying the Buddhas of Bamiyan, 800 year-old statues that the hardline group declared declare "un-Islamic" due to their depiction of the human form. A decade later, here's a woman...
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Wed, Aug 22 2012 11:50 AM
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Morning Brief: Syria-related violence spills into Lebanon
Syria-related violence spills into Lebanon Top news: Sectarian violence sparked by the conflict in neighboring Syria has erupted in the Lebanese city of Tripoli, with at least eight killed and 75 wounded in clashes between Sunnis and Alawites. Lebanese...
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Tue, Aug 21 2012 5:35 PM
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