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Thai protester's death stirs up political waters
A grenade attack on protesters occupying the offices of Thailand's prime minister killed one person and wounded 29, dimming hopes that the country's fractious political crisis might ease.
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5 Gitmo detainees blame arrest on 'political game'
A group of Algerians who were ordered released from Guantanamo Bay on Thursday have long denied being terrorists, saying they were swept up in Bosnia and handed over to the U.S. as political pawns.
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Mauritania's ousted president says he's open to political dialogue
Mauritania's ousted president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi said Thursday that he was ready to start a political dialogue about the democratic institutions once the junta has left.
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Former Md. Governor's Son Named Political Director
Raymond Glendening, the son of former Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening, has been named national political director for the Democratic Governors Association.
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Thai protester's death stirs up political waters
A pre-dawn grenade attack on protesters occupying the offices of Thailand's prime minister killed one person and wounded 29 Thursday, dimming hopes that the country's fractious political crisis might ease.
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Somalia: Recent Political Progress in Somalia Obscured by Deteriorating Security, Humanitarian Conditions, Security ...
Despite the recent political progress in Somalia, conditions on the ground continued to deteriorate and coherent international action was needed to stem instability in the East African country, as well as the piracy off its coast, officials of the United Nations and the African Union told the Security Council this morning.
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Ghana: Political Activities After 6 PM in Techiman Banned
The Techiman Municipal Police Commander Supt Solomon Ntim has reminded various political parties that it is illegal to campaign after six o'clock in the evening.
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Political tolerance on IEC conference agenda
Political tolerance will be one of the topics which will discussed at a national conference by the Independent Electoral Commission in Durban.
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Were the World Mine (2008)
Tanner Cohen, left, and Nathaniel David Becker in “Were the World Mine,” inspired by “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”
Model Karolina Kurkova world's sexiest woman: report
Lingerie model Karolina Kurkova has been voted the world's sexiest woman by E! entertainment television, beating sultry actresses Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson for the honor.
NATO ready to help Africa, but is not world's policeman: chief
NATO is ready to strengthen its ties with Africa, but Africa should come up with solutions to its problems and not expect NATO to police the world, its secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday.
World stocks down amid fears of deep recession
World stocks fell sharply Thursday as fears of a deep global recession gripped markets and sent oil prices below $50 a barrel to levels not seen in more than three years.
World Bank Arm Backs Small Palm Growers on Climate (Update1)
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- The International Finance Corp. , the World Bank's investment arm, said it will help lenders in Indonesia to finance small-scale palm oil growers to encourage so-called sustainable practices and forestall climate change.
Google to shut down virtual world Lively at year-end
The Internet giant, which launched the site less than five months ago, says it wants to focus on its core search business. Not all Google Inc. endeavors turn into gold. Lively, a virtual world the Internet giant launched less than five months ago, will be shut down at the end of the year so Google can focus on its bread-and-butter search business.
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