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- Argentina tries 'Angel of Death'
- Antarctic nations plan tough new shipping controls (AP)
- China moves to trial of prominent dissident
- U.S. general: 'Endless surge' impossible
- French jet hit trouble near crash site
- Diplomacy urged as hunger strike continues
- China moves to trial of prominent dissident (Reuters)
- Philippine hostage crisis drags on, two freed
- Australians walk to pressure Copenhagen on climate change
- Clinton urges Pakistan to fight Taliban
- Faithful are not freaks: Archbishop of Canterbury
- China finds $1.5 billion held by corrupt officials (AP)
- Thailand's Thaksin to visit three Asian countries (AFP)
- Russia's Medvedev fires 20 prison officials after death of jailed lawyer
- Faithful are not freaks: Archbishop of Canterbury (AFP)
- US to sell Taiwan transport choppers: report (AFP)
- Australian marchers lead world climate protests (AFP)
- Managing the Decline of a Japanese Hamlet
- Somalia Identifies Bomber
- Israeli minister: no real "freeze" on settlement
| Argentina tries 'Angel of Death' Posted: 11 Dec 2009 08:30 PM PST An ex-navy captain dubbed the Blond Angel of Death has gone on trial in Argentina with 18 others for kidnap and torture during military rule.
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| Antarctic nations plan tough new shipping controls (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 10:17 PM PST AP - Countries that manage Antarctica plan to impose tough new controls on ships visiting the southern oceans and the fuels they use to reduce the threat of human and environmental disasters posed by increasing numbers of tourists, officials said Saturday.
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| China moves to trial of prominent dissident Posted: 11 Dec 2009 09:44 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese prosecutors have indicted one of the nation's best-known dissidents, Liu Xiaobo, on subversion charges, his lawyer said on Saturday, laying the way for a trial likely to draw an international outcry.
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| U.S. general: 'Endless surge' impossible Posted: 11 Dec 2009 06:41 PM PST Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, says the United States cannot provide the war-torn nation with an "endless surge" of combat forces.
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| French jet hit trouble near crash site Posted: 11 Dec 2009 05:42 AM PST French investigators said they are looking into problems encountered by an Air France jet last month in nearly the same spot over the Atlantic where another Air France jet mysteriously crashed in June.
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| Diplomacy urged as hunger strike continues Posted: 11 Dec 2009 12:06 PM PST With each passing day, she looks a little weaker.
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| China moves to trial of prominent dissident (Reuters) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 09:44 PM PST
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| Philippine hostage crisis drags on, two freed Posted: 11 Dec 2009 09:47 PM PST PROSPERIDAD, Philippines (Reuters) - Filipino bandits demanding murder charges against them be dropped freed two more hostages on Saturday but continued to hold 46 others in a mountain forest, negotiators said.
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| Australians walk to pressure Copenhagen on climate change Posted: 11 Dec 2009 09:47 PM PST SYDNEY (Reuters) - Thousands took to the streets of Australia's main cities on Saturday at the start of an international day of action to pressure the U.N. conference in Copenhagen for strong action on climate change, organisers said.
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| Clinton urges Pakistan to fight Taliban Posted: 11 Dec 2009 07:06 PM PST NEW YORK -US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the United States strongly supports Pakistan at a "critical juncture," but acknowledged that a lack of trust is impeding cooperation.
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| Faithful are not freaks: Archbishop of Canterbury Posted: 11 Dec 2009 06:51 PM PST LONDON -The head of the Anglican Church, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, criticised the British government Saturday, saying it viewed religion as a problem practiced by freaks and foreigners.
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| China finds $1.5 billion held by corrupt officials (AP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 09:21 PM PST AP - China has found $1.5 billion in public money held illegally by officials across the country in a crackdown since June, the latest measure of the widespread corruption that has long infuriated its citizens.
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| Thailand's Thaksin to visit three Asian countries (AFP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 09:18 PM PST
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| Russia's Medvedev fires 20 prison officials after death of jailed lawyer Posted: 11 Dec 2009 09:00 PM PST MOSCOW -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev fired 20 senior prison officials, including the capital's prisons chief, after an investigation into the death of a jailed lawyer, officials said Friday. 
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| Faithful are not freaks: Archbishop of Canterbury (AFP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 08:48 PM PST
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| US to sell Taiwan transport choppers: report (AFP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 08:48 PM PST
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| Australian marchers lead world climate protests (AFP) Posted: 11 Dec 2009 08:11 PM PST
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| Managing the Decline of a Japanese Hamlet Posted: 11 Dec 2009 08:17 PM PST American Jeffrey Irish manages the physical and mental decline of 24 elderly longtime residents of Tsuchikure, a wilting Japanese village.
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| Posted: 11 Dec 2009 08:16 PM PST The Somali government said a suicide bomber who killed at least 22 people at a graduation ceremony last week came from Denmark, buttressing views that the African nation is attracting foreign fighters.
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| Israeli minister: no real "freeze" on settlement Posted: 11 Dec 2009 08:15 PM PST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The population of Jewish settlements in the West Bank could grow by 10,000 in the coming year despite a declared "freeze" on Israeli building in the occupied territory, an Israeli Cabinet minister has said.
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