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    • News Desk
    • Jan 23rd, 2010
    • Comments Off on Bulgaria border remains closed by protesting Greek farmers

    Greek farmers obstructed access to Bulgaria for the seventh-straight day Friday to protest austerity measures by the country's socialist government, despite international criticism of the blockade. Ignoring requests from Prime Minister George Papandreou for dialogue,

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    • News Desk
    • Jan 23rd, 2010
    • Comments Off on Iraqi government says barred candidates must denounce Saddam

    The Iraqi government said on Friday that more than 500 candidates disqualified from a March general election for alleged links to Saddam Hussein must denounce his ousted regime and its crimes. Government spokesman Ali Dabbagh

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    • News Desk
    • Jan 23rd, 2010
    • Comments Off on EU ministers set to approve plan to train Somali troops

    EU foreign ministers will on Monday give the green light for European instructors to train up some 2,000 Somali soldiers to reinforce the embryonic governmental army, diplomatic sources said. "The plan is to train 2,000

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    • News Desk
    • Jan 23rd, 2010
    • Comments Off on Filipino farmers march to mark 1987 massacre

    Thousands of farmers and left-wing activists burned an effigy of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo near her office Friday, demanding justice for 13 people killed by troops more than two decades ago. The march commemorated the

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    • News Desk
    • Jan 23rd, 2010
    • Comments Off on Russia warns against rushing to Iran sanctions

    Russia on Friday cautioned world powers against rushing towards sanctions to punish Iran for spurning a UN-brokered proposal to send its uranium abroad for processing. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on Tehran to work

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    • News Desk
    • Jan 23rd, 2010
    • Comments Off on Bolivia’s anti-US president sworn in for new term

    Bolivian President Evo Morales was sworn in for a second, five-year term on Friday in a ceremony attended by fellow Latin American leftist leaders including his role model, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Morales, 50, was

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    • News Desk
    • Jan 23rd, 2010
    • Comments Off on California on flood, mudslide alert as storms hit

    Torrential rain and strong winds pummeled California for a fourth consecutive day Thursday as officials warned of tornados, flash floods and mudslides in areas ravaged by last year's wildfires. Around 800 homes in hilly suburbs

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    • News Desk
    • Jan 23rd, 2010
    • Comments Off on 50 Guantanamo detainees to be held without trial

    The Obama administration wants to keep some 50 Guantanamo detainees locked up indefinitely because they are too dangerous to release and evidence against them is insufficient for a criminal trial, the Washington Post said Friday.

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    • News Desk
    • Jan 23rd, 2010
    • Comments Off on No quick breakthrough in A400M rescue talks

    Airbus and seven European nations failed to narrow glaring differences over who should pay for a blow-out in costs on the A400M military transporter but agreed to keep negotiating to try to reach a deal

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  • Lockheed Martin Corp's $6 billion radar-evading JASSM cruise missile is "back on track" after acing 18 of 19 tests since September 2009, the Air Force colonel in charge of the program said on Thursday. The

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