Thai PM must prosecute rights violators: HRW (AFP) |
- Thai PM must prosecute rights violators: HRW (AFP)
- Report: Iran releases British yachtsmen
- ANALYSIS - Obama's escalation challenges U.S. military
- Q+A-What happens now to Australia's carbon-trade plan?
- FEATURE - Efforts under way to stem U.S. school dropout problem
- India goes real time to curb terrorism
- NATO chief confident of increased Afghan contribution
- Obama faces tough sell with Afghan troop plan
- Typhoons to hit Philippine growth, increase poverty -World Bank
- Australia carbon laws fail, election possible
- Iran releases five Britons detained from yacht - radio
- Obama plan welcomed by one group of U.S. veterans
- Iran releases 5 British sailors detained at sea (AP)
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- China swine flu death toll triples in two weeks (AFP)
- Thais pray for hospitalized king as birthday nears
- Iran releases five Britons detained from yacht: radio
- Obama faces tough sell with Afghan troop plan
- Marcos joins Pacquiao, Arroyo in run for Congress (AP)
- Iran frees five detained British sailors: Fars (AFP)
| Thai PM must prosecute rights violators: HRW (AFP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:46 PM PST
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| Report: Iran releases British yachtsmen Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:39 PM PST Five British yachtsmen detained by Tehran have been released, Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported Wednesday.
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| ANALYSIS - Obama's escalation challenges U.S. military Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:55 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's escalation of the war in Afghanistan challenges his generals to do more with slightly less than they wanted -- and much, much faster. The odds are against them.
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| Q+A-What happens now to Australia's carbon-trade plan? Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:55 PM PST CANBERRA (Reuters) - The parliamentary defeat of Australia's carbon-trade laws has handed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd a trigger for an election from early 2010 to salvage his emissions trading scheme and key climate policy.
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| FEATURE - Efforts under way to stem U.S. school dropout problem Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:55 PM PST CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jesus Garcia dropped out of high school and figured he was destined for prison or a life shortened by violence -- until he found an alternative school that became the family he never felt he had.
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| India goes real time to curb terrorism Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:05 PM PST NEW DELHI Stung by the controversy over the issuance of a visa to terror suspect Tahawwur Rana, the Indian government has decided to link all offices dealing with providing travel documents to foreigners to ensure sharing of information on a real-time basis, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
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| NATO chief confident of increased Afghan contribution Posted: 01 Dec 2009 07:36 PM PST
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| Obama faces tough sell with Afghan troop plan Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:45 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's national security team heads to Congress on Wednesday to address concerns from skeptical lawmakers on expanding the war in Afghanistan by sending another 30,000 troops.
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| Typhoons to hit Philippine growth, increase poverty -World Bank Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:45 PM PST MANILA (Reuters) - Two typhoons which struck the Philippines' main island of Luzon in recent months will probably dampen growth in the near term, stretch state finances and push 480,000 people into poverty, a post-disaster report showed on Wednesday.
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| Australia carbon laws fail, election possible Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:45 PM PST CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's parliament rejected laws to set up a carbon trading scheme on Wednesday, scuttling a key climate change policy of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and providing a potential trigger for an early 2010 election.
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| Iran releases five Britons detained from yacht - radio Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:45 PM PST TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has released five Britons who had been detained in the Gulf after their yacht apparently strayed into Iranian waters, state radio said on Wednesday.
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| Obama plan welcomed by one group of U.S. veterans Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:45 PM PST SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Reuters) - For one group of military veterans watching U.S. President Barack Obama announce his military build-up in Afghanistan, the decision could not come soon enough.
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| Iran releases 5 British sailors detained at sea (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:19 PM PST
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| Posted: 01 Dec 2009 09:59 PM PST AP - State news agency: Iran releases 5 British sailors whose yacht was stopped in the Persian Gulf
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| China swine flu death toll triples in two weeks (AFP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:20 PM PST
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| Thais pray for hospitalized king as birthday nears Posted: 01 Dec 2009 09:32 PM PST BANGKOK (Reuters) - Monks chant. Elderly women pray. Schoolboys draw cheerful faces on get-well books.
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| Iran releases five Britons detained from yacht: radio Posted: 01 Dec 2009 09:55 PM PST TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has released five Britons who had been detained in the Gulf after their yacht apparently strayed into Iranian waters, state radio said on Wednesday.
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| Obama faces tough sell with Afghan troop plan Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:15 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's national security team heads to Congress on Wednesday to address concerns from skeptical lawmakers on expanding the war in Afghanistan by sending another 30,000 troops.
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| Marcos joins Pacquiao, Arroyo in run for Congress (AP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 09:40 PM PST
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| Iran frees five detained British sailors: Fars (AFP) Posted: 01 Dec 2009 10:29 PM PST
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BRUSSELS NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Wednesday he was confident that members of the transatlantic alliance would make a "substantial" increase in their contributions to Afghanistan.
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