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- Amnesty blasts Cuba's rights record
- Algerian police killed in ambush
- Quora: A Technology Writer's Best Friend, For Now
- L'Oreal billionaire fraud trial to begin
- Sudan opposition leader surprised at arrest
- Petraeus takes over Afghan command
- Japan's Sumitomo to buy Brazil iron ore mine stake (AFP)
- Factbox: Five facts on new German president Wulff (Reuters)
- Iran Arms Syria With Radar
- Accused Spy From Russia With Gripes
- U.S Enlists New Afghan Village Forces
- Argentina's Kirchners Climb in Polls
- Spanish Downturn Yields Exodus
- China Cools Growth Despite Market Worry
- EU to Clamp Down on Deficits
- Okay, Who Do I Root For Now?
- 'Silver Liz' Leads Christie's Auction
- Italy's Truffle King Dies at 78
- Sudan releases Islamist opposition head Turabi: family (Reuters)
- Toyota says 270,000 vehicles have faulty engines (AP)
| Amnesty blasts Cuba's rights record Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:42 PM PDT Human rights group says Cuban authorities have instilled a "climate of fear".
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| Algerian police killed in ambush Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:03 PM PDT Eleven killed in ambush by al-Qaeda-linked fighters near Mali border, official says.
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| Quora: A Technology Writer's Best Friend, For Now Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:39 PM PDT For technology writers, Quora's free-flowing Q&A platform means good news and bad.
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| L'Oreal billionaire fraud trial to begin Posted: 30 Jun 2010 06:43 PM PDT NANTERRE, France -A celebrity photographer goes on trial Thursday accused of cheating the ageing heiress of the L'Oreal cosmetics empire Liliane Bettencourt out of a billion euros.
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| Sudan opposition leader surprised at arrest Posted: 30 Jun 2010 02:30 PM PDT KHARTOUM - Islamist Sudanese opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi, who has been released from jail, said late Wednesday he was arrested "without cause" in a crackdown by authorities in May.
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| Petraeus takes over Afghan command Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:37 AM PDT WASHINGTON - General David Petraeus cruised to US Senate confirmation as commander of the faltering Afghan campaign, amid deep political divisions over the war and fresh insurgent violence.
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| Japan's Sumitomo to buy Brazil iron ore mine stake (AFP) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:04 PM PDT
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| Factbox: Five facts on new German president Wulff (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:49 PM PDT Reuters - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative candidate Christian Wulff was elected as Germany's 10th post-war president on Wednesday after rebels in the ruling coalition forced three rounds of voting before he won.
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| Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:10 PM PDT Iran has shipped a radar system to Syria that may undercut Israel's ability to launch a surprise attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.
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| Accused Spy From Russia With Gripes Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:15 PM PDT For years, Richard Murphy lived a seemingly cushy life: a stay-at-home dad living in a suburban house allegedly paid for by the Russian government. Yet court documents paint Mr. Murphy as a whiny, disgruntled spy-agency employee.
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| U.S Enlists New Afghan Village Forces Posted: 30 Jun 2010 07:18 PM PDT New legislation expected to be enacted by President Hamid Karzai in coming weeks would authorize armed village forces across Afghanistan.
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| Argentina's Kirchners Climb in Polls Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:54 PM PDT President Cristina Kirchner and her husband and predecessor, Nestor, are enjoying a political resurgence ahead of next year's presidential election.
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| Spanish Downturn Yields Exodus Posted: 30 Jun 2010 06:52 PM PDT Spain's sky-high unemployment and a backlash against foreign workers that was sparked by the downturn have put the brakes on what experts consider one of developed world's biggest immigration booms in modern times.
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| China Cools Growth Despite Market Worry Posted: 30 Jun 2010 06:16 PM PDT Premier Wen Jiabao said China will press ahead with policies most analysts expect will lead to slower growth, unnerving global markets.
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| Posted: 30 Jun 2010 04:47 PM PDT The European Commission laid out detailed plans on ways to strengthen budgetary discipline in the euro zone and prevent another European debt crisis.
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| Posted: 30 Jun 2010 05:54 PM PDT With only eight teams remaining, chances are your preferred team has been eliminated from the World Cup. For fans of these 24 woebegone squads, the question becomes: which of the survivors to support?
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| 'Silver Liz' Leads Christie's Auction Posted: 30 Jun 2010 04:17 PM PDT In the second major week of auctions in London, Christie's GBP 45.6 million in sales Wednesday rivaled Sotheby's GBP 41.1 million sale of new art Monday.
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| Italy's Truffle King Dies at 78 Posted: 30 Jun 2010 07:55 PM PDT Paolo Urbani, who died June 17 at age 78, was known in Italy as "Re del Tartufo"—the king of truffles. His family firm, Urbani Tartufi, claims 70% of the world market for both black and white truffles.
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| Sudan releases Islamist opposition head Turabi: family (Reuters) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 07:45 PM PDT Reuters - Sudanese authorities on Wednesday released Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi 1-1/2 months after arresting him in Khartoum and closing his party newspaper, his family and staff said.
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| Toyota says 270,000 vehicles have faulty engines (AP) Posted: 30 Jun 2010 08:51 PM PDT
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