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Bias row as Wikileaks case begins

Bias row as Wikileaks case begins

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Egypt’s Military Clash With Protesters

Egypt’s Military Clash With Protesters

CAIRO—Soldiers stormed a protest camp outside Egypt’s Cabinet building, expelling demonstrators calling for an end to military rule, just as officials were counting votes Friday in the second round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections. The clashes underlined simmering tensions between activists and security officers and threatened to ignite a new round of violence after a [...]

Wikileaks suspect hearing begins

Wikileaks suspect hearing begins

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Russia seizes Iran-bound radioactive material (Reuters)

Russia seizes Iran-bound radioactive material 
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Reuters - Russia’s customs service said on Friday it had seized radioactive sodium-22, an isotope that is used in medical equipment but has no weapons use, from the luggage of a passenger planning to fly from Moscow to Tehran.[Read more...]

Russia says seized radioactive material en route to Iran (Reuters)

Russia says seized radioactive material en route to Iran 
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Reuters - The Russian customs service said on Friday it had seized radioactive material found in the luggage of a passenger bound for Tehran at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo international airport.[Read more...]

Japan declares Fukushima stable

Japan declares Fukushima stable

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Ties That Bound Europe Now Fraying

Ties That Bound Europe Now Fraying

BRUSSELS—A common currency drove investors to Europe’s outer reaches, then scared them away. The first decade of the euro intertwined the Continent’s financial systems as never before. Banks and investment funds in one euro-using country gorged on the bonds of others, freed of worry about devaluation-prone currencies like the drachma, lira, peseta [...]

Gaddafi’s death may be war crime: ICC prosecutor (Reuters)

Gaddafi’s death may be war crime: ICC prosecutor 
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Reuters - The death of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was captured and killed by rebels in October, may have been a war crime, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said on Thursday.[Read more...]

Russia in surprise UN Syria move

Russia in surprise UN Syria move

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Russia’s Putin offers protesters small change (Reuters)

Russia’s Putin offers protesters small change 
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Reuters - Vladimir Putin offered to ease slightly his tight political control of Russian politics in token concessions to protesters he suggested had been paid to turn out in the biggest demonstrations since he took power 12 years ago.[Read more...]

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