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Bush effigy burned in anti-US protest in Baghdad
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 AP - Followers of a Shiite cleric on Friday stomped on and burned an effigy of President George W. Bush in the same central Baghdad square where Iraqis beat a toppled statue of Saddam Hussein with their sandals five years earlier.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:08:08 GMT |
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Blast kills 8 mourners at Pakistani funeral
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 AP - Police said a bomb killed eight mourners at the funeral of a Shiite cleric in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, stoking sectarian tension in a region already beset by militant violence.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:19:37 GMT |
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China: 19,000 victims identified from May quake
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 AP - A little over a quarter of the 70,000 people who died in a massive earthquake that struck Sichuan province in May have been identified, a Chinese official said Friday, as authorities rushed to prepare stricken areas for the coming winter.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:26:34 GMT |
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Rocket hits Israeli town, Gaza still sealed
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 AP - Israeli police say Palestinian militants have fired a rocket at an Israeli town near the Gaza Strip. No casualties have been reported.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:31:03 GMT |
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Emaciated children dying in Haiti, victims of food crisis
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 AP - The 5-year-old teetered on broomstick legs ? he weighed less than 20 pounds, even after days of drinking enriched milk. Nearby, a 4-year-old girl hung from a strap attached to a scale, her wide eyes lifeless, her emaciated arms dangling weakly.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:04:50 GMT |
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Amsterdam to close cannabis cafes
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 AFP - Amsterdam is to order the closure of dozens of coffee shops that sell cannabis near schools in accordance with new legislation, the municipality said Friday.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:12:58 GMT |
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Iraqi troops donate money to US wildfire victims
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| AP - The U.S. military says a group of Iraqi soldiers has donated $500 to help California wildfire victims. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:10:15 GMT |
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Mexico detains former top anti-drug prosecutor
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| AP - Mexican authorities detained a former top anti-drug prosecutor on Thursday as part of an investigation into possible links between senior law enforcements officials and drug cartels. |
| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:15:11 GMT |
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UN expects new peacekeepers in Congo in weeks
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 AP - Armed men shot and killed a 20-year-old woman Friday at a refugee camp in an area of eastern Congo where thousands of displaced people live in constant fear, caught between soldiers and rebels, U.N. officials said Friday.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:19:26 GMT |
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Troubled Indonesian tycoon to drop cabinet post: spokesman
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 AFP - Indonesia's billionaire Welfare Minister Aburizal Bakrie will leave the cabinet next year, a spokesman said Friday, as the global economic crisis continued to batter his business empire.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:12:26 GMT |
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Aussie mayor wins sexist 'award' for inviting ugly women to town
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 AFP - An Australian mayor who invited ugly women to move to his outback mining town, saying even they would find a man there, has won the top "award" for the most sexist public comment of the year.
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| Date Posted : Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:06:00 GMT |
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