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| Afghan leader seen naming technocrat-heavy cabinet Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:51 PM PST KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is likely to keep his top technocrat ministers when his new cabinet is announced in parliament on Saturday, but some diplomats say the lineup shows Karzai is just recycling old names.
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| U.S.-led climate deal under threat in Copenhagen Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:51 PM PST COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.N. climate talks fell into crisis on Saturday after some developing nations angrily rejected a plan worked out by U.S. President Barack Obama and leaders of other major economies for fighting global warming.
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| FACTBOX - Main points of the Copenhagen Accord Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:51 PM PST COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama reached a climate agreement on Friday with India, South Africa, China and Brazil. The deal outlined fell far short of the ambitions for the Copenhagen summit.
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| Afghan leader seen naming technocrat-heavy cabinet Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:25 PM PST KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai is likely to keep his top technocrat ministers when his new cabinet is announced in parliament on Saturday, but some diplomats say the lineup shows Karzai is just recycling old names.
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| 4 passenger trains get stuck under English Channel (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:25 PM PST AP - British media say four trains with more than 2,000 passengers aboard have broken down in the Channel Tunnel due to wintry weather.
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| Ulster, London Irish braced for French rugby fury (AFP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:15 PM PST
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| Afghan leader seen naming technocrat-heavy cabinet (Reuters) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:25 PM PST
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| Cambodia to deport Uighurs despite persecution fears Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:22 PM PST PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Cambodia plans to deport at least 20 Muslim Uighurs who fled China after deadly ethnic violence this year, a government official said on Saturday, despite concerns they will face persecution by Beijing.
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| Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:16 PM PST Washington helped in attacks on suspected al-Qaeda bases, New York Times reports.
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| Climate deal bogged down in UN plenary (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 09:43 PM PST
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| Philippine volcano evacuees facing 'months away' (AFP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 09:38 PM PST
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| Climate deal meets furious reception Posted: 18 Dec 2009 06:09 PM PST COPENHAGEN -Fury erupted Saturday at a gruelling summit in Copenhagen on rolling back climate change as poor nations took to task a draft deal whose supporters even said was less than they sought.
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| Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:16 AM PST PHNOM PENH -Cambodia said Saturday it would expel 20 Muslim Uighurs who sought refuge after unrest in China's Xinjiang region, despite protests from the United States and rights activists.
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| Cambodia to expel Uighur asylum-seekers from China (AP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 09:16 PM PST
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| SEA Games: Inquest starts for table-topping Thailand (AFP) Posted: 18 Dec 2009 09:23 PM PST
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| Girly beer calendar causes hiccup Posted: 18 Dec 2009 08:10 PM PST BANGKOK A controversial 2010 calendar featuring nude models whose bodies are painted to cover their assets has caused a hiccup for Leo beer, a low-end alcoholic beverage manufactured by Singha Corporation (owner of iconic Thai beer, Singha). The Leo calendar has caused
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| U.S. says nuclear agreement is near Posted: 18 Dec 2009 09:00 PM PST President Obama said Friday the United States and Russia are "quite close" to reaching an agreement that would cut their nuclear stockpiles and allow the world's atomic giants to keep monitoring each other's arsenals. But they are unlikely to meet their goal of getting an accord by year's end. 
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| Rising prices spark a new gold rush in Peruvian Amazon Posted: 18 Dec 2009 09:00 PM PST PUERTO MALDONADO, PERU -- Boriam Valera has seen his future. It shimmers -- and sells for more than $1,100 an ounce.
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| Aid group tries to reduce carbon footprint of weddings in Kashmir Valley Posted: 17 Dec 2009 09:00 PM PST SRINAGAR, INDIAN-ADMINISTERED KASHMIR -- During every wedding season in the Kashmir Valley, love is in the air -- along with a thick cloud of grey smoke from thousands of cooking fires as platoons of wedding chefs, or wazas, slow-cook lamb and chicken over wood fires, sometimes for days.
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| Posted: 17 Dec 2009 09:00 PM PST
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