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May 14, 2008 |
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INTERNATIONAL
Murdoch’s Dealings in China: It’s Business, and It’s Personal
Many big companies have sought to break into the Chinese market, but few of them have been as ardent and unrelenting as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation.
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Attacker Kills 4 Sunni Sheiks Who Aided U.S.
A suicide bomber assassinated several Sunni Arab sheiks who were cooperating with Americans to fight Al Qaeda.
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For G.I.’s in Iraq, a Harrowing Day Facing a Trap
The soldiers from Comanche Company’s First Platoon faced a network of houses rigged to explode by insurgents.
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North Korea Receives Funds and Says It Will Shut Down Its Main Nuclear Reactor
North Korea said that its dispute with the U.S. over $25 million frozen in a bank in Macao had been resolved, and that it would begin to shut down its main nuclear plant.
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Mideast Leaders Show Support for Abbas as Hamas Releases Tape of Israeli
The leaders of Egypt, Jordan and Israel met the Palestinian president in Egypt, while in Gaza, Hamas released an audio of the Israeli soldier captured a year ago.
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Rome Welcomes Tourism Con Brio, but Not Too Much
Loud, drunken behavior is a relatively new phenomenon in Rome’s staid historic center and a growing number of residents are fed up.
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The Possessed
Should Yale University return its relics of Machu Picchu? And who in Peru would actually benefit if it does?.
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Hard Realities of Soft Power
The United States has dedicated tens of millions of dollars to promoting democracy in Iran. But for Iranian democrats and America alike, the effort may be more trouble than it’s worth.
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A Marine Tutorial on Media ‘Spin’
Military hearings on the murders of 24 Iraqis in Haditha in November 2005 have unearthed a memo complete with “talking points” and a searing view of American journalists.
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My Time as a Hostage, and I’m a Business Reporter
Detention in a toy factory says something about the new power of the Chinese marketplace.
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U.S. Plan to Capture and Kill Insurgents in Baquba Fell Far Short of Goal, Officer Says
One week after the U.S. assault on insurgent strongholds in Baquba, at least half of the estimated 300 to 500 fighters who were there have escaped or are still at large.
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Mexico Purges 284 Police Commanders in Antidrug Effort
Demotions from the top ranks of the federal police forces are part of the government’s effort to contain corruption and halt an underworld war between drug traffickers.
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U.N. Inspectors Invited to Iran for Talks on Nuclear Program
A team of inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency will travel to Tehran in the coming weeks to “develop an action plan,” the agency said Monday.
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Little Visible Progress on Darfur at International Conference
They came, they met, they agreed that more must be done, but a gathering in Paris aimed at solving the crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region ended with little visible progress.
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Global Drug Use and Production Slowing, U.N. Finds
Although opium production is up in Afghanistan, cocaine consumption is rising in Europe and trafficking is growing in Africa, drug abuse is being brought under control.
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Gen. Nguyen Chanh Thi, 84, Seen as Hero in Vietnam, Dies
General Thi was a popular South Vietnamese senior officer, whose firing in 1966 set off civil warfare in the south during the war with the Communist north.
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Japan: Man, 80, Ending Round-the-Country Bike Tour, Is Killed by Truck
An 80-year-old man on the verge of completing a round-Japan bicycling tour was struck by a truck and killed just a few hours’ ride from his home.
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Egypt: Engineer Gets Life on Israeli Spy Charge
A court in Cairo convicted Muhammad Sayyid Saber Ali, an Egyptian nuclear engineer, of spying for Israel and sentenced him to life in prison. .
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The Hague: Taylor Resumes Trial Boycott
Liberia’s former president, Charles Taylor, refused for the second time to attend his war-crimes trial in The Hague, continuing to bicker with the court from his jail cell.
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Somalia: Police Fire on Food-Seekers
The police fired on a crowd trying to storm a food warehouse in northern Mogadishu and five civilians were killed, witnesses said.
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Vatican City: French Cardinal to Head Interreligious Council
Pope Benedict XVI appointed Jean-Louis Tauran to lead the Vatican’s Council for Interreligious Dialogue, which oversees dialogue with Muslims and other faiths.
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Cambodia: Tourist Plane Crashes; 22 Feared Dead
The plane, a Russian-made An-24, was flying from Siem Reap, home to the Angkor complex of ancient temples, to the coastal city of Sihanoukville.
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Nigeria: Oil Prices Drop After Strike Ends
Oil prices fell by nearly $1 a barrel in Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer, where the work stoppage had shut down most major economic activity. .
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Chinese Tires Are Ordered Recalled
A U.S. tire importer disclosed that its Chinese manufacturer had stopped including a safety feature meant to prevent tread separation.
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U.N. Peacekeepers Vow to Continue in Lebanon After 6 Troops Killed
No one claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed three Colombians and three Spanish peacekeepers.
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Turkish Entry Into Europe Slowed by Sarkozy Move
President Nicolas Sarkozy of France blocked a key element of Turkey’s entry negotiations with the European Union today.
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