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- Coin questions history of Africa
- French PM brands strikes 'illegal'
- Afghan poll results delayed
- Haiti prison riot leaves three dead
- Coin questions history of Africa
- French PM brands strikes 'illegal'
- Super typhoon hits Philippines (Reuters)
- Typhoon Megi hits Philippines
- Behind Greece's Courting of Foreign Investment (Time.com)
- Italy Braces for Mafia War After Threats to Prosecutors (Time.com)
- Super typhoon hits Philippines
- Some private security firms to stay in Afghanistan (AFP)
- Australia FM defends Catholic abuse response (AFP)
- Security of India's electronic voting questioned
- Pakistan's government pledges support of country's courts
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- As anti-corruption measures lag in Afghanistan, U.S. looks to grass-roots effort
- Pentagon expecting leak of Iraq war documents
- U.S. says Chinese businesses and banks are bypassing U.N. sanctions against Iran
- At 102, Brazil's foremost architect celebrates past achievements, looks to the future
| Coin questions history of Africa Posted: 17 Oct 2010 10:43 PM PDT A team of Kenyan and Chinese archaeologists have found a coin that seems to confirm a legendary Chinese explorer reached East Africa almost 80 years before the first Europeans.
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| French PM brands strikes 'illegal' Posted: 17 Oct 2010 10:37 PM PDT France's Prime Minister has warned that he will not let strikers who have blockaded the country's oil refineries hold the nation to ransom.
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| Posted: 17 Oct 2010 10:32 PM PDT Election commission announces second postponement of parliament vote marred by fraud allegations.
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| Haiti prison riot leaves three dead Posted: 17 Oct 2010 10:50 PM PDT Two inmates shot as they try to escape, while another trampled to death during incident in the country's largest jail.
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| Coin questions history of Africa Posted: 17 Oct 2010 10:43 PM PDT A team of Kenyan and Chinese archaeologists have found a coin that seems to confirm a legendary Chinese explorer reached East Africa almost 80 years before the first Europeans.
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| French PM brands strikes 'illegal' Posted: 17 Oct 2010 10:37 PM PDT France's Prime Minister has warned that he will not let strikers who have blockaded the country's oil refineries hold the nation to ransom.
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| Super typhoon hits Philippines (Reuters) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 10:14 PM PDT Reuters - Super typhoon Megi slammed into the northern Philippines shortly before noon on Monday, cutting off power, forcing airlines to cancel flights and putting the region's rice crop at risk.
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| Posted: 17 Oct 2010 10:37 PM PDT Storm makes landfall and claims first life after prompting evacuation of thousands of people in country's north.
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| Behind Greece's Courting of Foreign Investment (Time.com) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 09:15 PM PDT Time.com - Heavily indebted, Greece looks to China and the Mideast to boost long-term growth
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| Italy Braces for Mafia War After Threats to Prosecutors (Time.com) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 09:15 PM PDT Time.com - Intimidation tactics blamed on Italy's 'Ndrangheta criminal organization are raising fears of open conflict with law enforcement
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| Super typhoon hits Philippines Posted: 17 Oct 2010 10:14 PM PDT MANILA (Reuters) - Super typhoon Megi slammed into the northern Philippines shortly before noon on Monday, cutting off power, forcing airlines to cancel flights and putting the region's rice crop at risk.
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| Some private security firms to stay in Afghanistan (AFP) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 09:30 PM PDT
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| Australia FM defends Catholic abuse response (AFP) Posted: 17 Oct 2010 09:26 PM PDT
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| Security of India's electronic voting questioned Posted: 17 Oct 2010 04:20 PM PDT NEW DELHI - The world's largest democracy celebrated its transition from paper ballots to electronic voting six years ago, with officials praising a simple voting machine made in India as part of a great democratic leap forward. 
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| Pakistan's government pledges support of country's courts Posted: 17 Oct 2010 05:09 PM PDT ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - Pakistani Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani sought Sunday to preempt a clash between the country's executive and its judiciary, pledging in a public address that his government respected the courts and condemning media reports that suggested otherwise.
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| As anti-corruption measures lag in Afghanistan, U.S. looks to grass-roots effort Posted: 17 Oct 2010 07:19 PM PDT JALALABAD, AFGHANISTAN - Khalis Shinwari doesn't have arrest powers, lacks an official mandate and works unarmed.
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| Pentagon expecting leak of Iraq war documents Posted: 17 Oct 2010 06:41 PM PDT The Pentagon said Sunday that it has a 120-member team prepared to review a leak of as many as 500,000 documents about the Iraq war, which are expected to be released by the WikiLeaks Web site this month.
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| U.S. says Chinese businesses and banks are bypassing U.N. sanctions against Iran Posted: 17 Oct 2010 07:34 PM PDT The Obama administration has concluded that Chinese firms are helping Iran to improve its missile technology and develop nuclear weapons, and has asked China to stop such activity, a senior U.S. official said.
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| At 102, Brazil's foremost architect celebrates past achievements, looks to the future Posted: 17 Oct 2010 07:39 PM PDT BRASILIA - Oscar Niemeyer, a towering figure in 20th-century architecture, is now 102, confined to a wheelchair, his vision faltering, his hand unsteady. It has been 50 years since his greatest accomplishment, designing the monumental buildings of a Brazilian utopia carved out of a distant outback.
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