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- Amnesty slams Nordic states over sexual violence (AFP)
- Cell phones latest tool to beat HIV-AIDS in Africa (AFP)
- Gates, in Kabul, looks to broader Afghan offensive
- Seventeen killed in quake in eastern Turkey
- U.S. blacks, Hispanics losing more sleep over worries
- Thailand to impose security law for "red shirt" rally
- Foreign news roundup: Violence flares between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria
- US and S Korea begin war games
- Obama hails Iraq vote 'milestone'
- Gates looks to broader Afghan offensive (Reuters)
- Shell, PetroChina bid for Australia energy firm (AFP)
- The Hurt Locker Takes Gold
- Bo Xilai's charm offensive is paying off politically in China
- Ethics clouds over Rangel and Paterson are the talk of political Harlem
- Letter from the West Bank: In Hebron, renovation of holy site sets off strife
- For scientists, Chile becomes the ideal lab for studying seismic activity
- Seized al-Qaeda member could be American
- List of Oscar winners
- Seven killed in Turkey quake: reports
- Blast rocks Pakistani city of Lahore: police
| Amnesty slams Nordic states over sexual violence (AFP) Posted: 07 Mar 2010 10:17 PM PST
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| Cell phones latest tool to beat HIV-AIDS in Africa (AFP) Posted: 07 Mar 2010 10:20 PM PST
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| Gates, in Kabul, looks to broader Afghan offensive Posted: 07 Mar 2010 10:36 PM PST KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul on Monday to press for details from his generals on upcoming plans to broaden the fight against the Taliban and warned of "very hard days" ahead.
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| Seventeen killed in quake in eastern Turkey Posted: 07 Mar 2010 10:36 PM PST KOVANCILAR, Turkey (Reuters) - A strong earthquake killed 17 people in villages in eastern Turkey early on Monday and rescuers were working to free survivors trapped under the rubble, officials said.
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| U.S. blacks, Hispanics losing more sleep over worries Posted: 07 Mar 2010 10:36 PM PST The National Sleep Foundation telephone poll of more than 1,000 people from the four ethnic groups also showed that more black Americans are likely to do job related work before bed.
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| Thailand to impose security law for "red shirt" rally Posted: 07 Mar 2010 10:36 PM PST BANGKOK (Reuters) - The Thai government plans to invoke a tough security law, giving the armed forces broad powers to control a rally in Bangkok this weekend by supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, a minister said on Monday.
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| Foreign news roundup: Violence flares between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria Posted: 07 Mar 2010 09:00 PM PST NIGERIA Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people overnight Sunday as religious violence flared anew between Christians and Muslims in central Nigeria, witnesses said. Hundreds of people fled their homes, fearing reprisal attacks. 
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| US and S Korea begin war games Posted: 07 Mar 2010 10:27 PM PST Joint military drill begins despite threats of reprisal from North Korea.
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| Obama hails Iraq vote 'milestone' Posted: 07 Mar 2010 10:12 PM PST President Obama has hailed Iraq's second election since the 2003 invasion a 'milestone'.
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| Gates looks to broader Afghan offensive (Reuters) Posted: 07 Mar 2010 10:08 PM PST Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul on Monday to press for details from his generals on upcoming plans to broaden the fight against the Taliban and warned of "very hard days" ahead.
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| Shell, PetroChina bid for Australia energy firm (AFP) Posted: 07 Mar 2010 10:01 PM PST
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| Posted: 07 Mar 2010 09:39 PM PST The little war film owns the night at the Academy Awards.
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| Bo Xilai's charm offensive is paying off politically in China Posted: 07 Mar 2010 09:00 PM PST BEIJING -- Of the nearly 3,000 members of China's ruling elite in the country's capital this weekend to kick off the biggest political gathering of the year, only one has the state media and online commentators abuzz: Bo Xilai.
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| Ethics clouds over Rangel and Paterson are the talk of political Harlem Posted: 07 Mar 2010 09:00 PM PST NEW YORK -- Few will deny that the political landscape here in Harlem has yielded rich and galvanizing story lines. The arcs of those narratives have been taught and shared in classrooms across America.
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| Letter from the West Bank: In Hebron, renovation of holy site sets off strife Posted: 07 Mar 2010 09:00 PM PST HEBRON, WEST BANK -- The Tomb of the Patriarchs -- a site revered by Jews, Muslims and Christians as the burial place of their common forefather, Abraham -- needed bathrooms and a new roof over an outdoor prayer area. To the spokesman for Hebron's Jewish settler community, that should not have been...
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| For scientists, Chile becomes the ideal lab for studying seismic activity Posted: 07 Mar 2010 09:00 PM PST TALCA, CHILE -- When an aftershock nearly as big as Haiti's earthquake jolted this city on Friday, those already reeling from last month's huge quake shuddered in fear. But Jeff Genrich, a 53-year-old earthquake scientist from California, lolled in bed.
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| Seized al-Qaeda member could be American Posted: 07 Mar 2010 09:00 PM PST ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- A member of al-Qaeda who might be an American has been arrested by Pakistani authorities near the metropolis of Karachi, two Pakistani intelligence officers said Sunday.
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| Seven killed in Turkey quake: reports Posted: 07 Mar 2010 08:01 PM PST ANKARA -A strong earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale shook eastern Turkey early Monday, killing at least seven people, media reports and officials said.
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| Blast rocks Pakistani city of Lahore: police Posted: 07 Mar 2010 07:52 PM PST LAHORE, Pakistan -A powerful explosion rocked Pakistan's second city of Lahore near a police building and Muslim seminary on Monday, where smoke was rising into the sky, police said.
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