AP - Partial vote results in Iraq’s historic election released Thursday showed a tight contest between the nation’s prime minister, who had the lead in two provinces in the mainly Shiite south, and a secular challenger who appeared to be drawing on Sunni support north of Baghdad.[Read more...]
AP - A series of strong aftershocks from last month’s devastating quake rocked Chile on Thursday as a new president was sworn into office and immediately urged coastal residents to move to higher ground in case of a tsunami.[Read more...]
SANTIAGO—A series of strong earthquakes rattled Chile Thursday, cutting short the inauguration of billionaire conservative Sebastián Piñera as the country’s president. Reuters Residents, waiting to watch the inauguration of President-elect Sebastian Pinera, run to higher ground as a strong aftershock shook the region a few minutes before the inauguration’s start. Officials speeded up [...]
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Danny Shaw Home affairs correspondent, BBC News Police attendance increased public confidence, says the report The way the police in England and Wales deal with complaints of anti-social behaviour has been strongly criticised by the chief [...]
AP - Democrats claimed momentum Wednesday in their drive to enact the sweeping health care legislation sought by President Barack Obama, citing near agreement on crucial issues despite persistent Republican efforts to knock them off stride.[Read more...]
AP - Myanmar’s military regime took yet another step to expunge Aung San Suu Kyi from the political scene Wednesday by effectively barring her from the first elections in 20 years and pressuring her opposition party to expel her from its ranks.[Read more...]
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Thousands of displaced Somalis rely on food aid from WFP Up to half the food aid in Somalia is diverted to corrupt contractors, local UN workers and Islamist militants, a leaked UN report says.The report, by the UN monitoring group in Somalia, is [...]
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AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama’s announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal.[Read more...]
Early Iraq results: PM battling secular challenger
(AP)More quakes hit Chile as new president takes over
(AP)Strong Aftershocks Rattle ChilePinera sworn in as new quake hitsPelosi says Dems near deal on health care bill
(AP)Law bars Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi from elections
(AP)Contractors ‘divert Somalia aid’Apology for women raped by fatherGates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early
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Iran attacks US over AfghanistanObama pushing on health care end game
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Inmate reoffending ‘costs £10bn’
Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan
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US attacks East Jerusalem plans
Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California
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Troop bomb training ‘inadequate’
Massacres Shake Uneasy Nigeria
Biden urges Israel to take risks for peace
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US eyes chance for Mid-East peace