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- Japan's Ozawa cleared in funding scandal, may challenge PM
- Syria violence rages, France tells U.N. to hurry
- Pakistan says U.S. not listening: drone strikes must stop
- Pakistan PM convicted of contempt, escapes jail time
- Could your manicure be toxic? Brands may be mislabeling, finds report
- Brazil sex worker may sue US embassy over injuries
- Pakistan PM convicted of contempt, receives no jail time
- Principle and face
- Giant asteroids hit Earth more frequently than thought: researchers
- Muhyiddin advises undergrads against abusing political freedom
- Buyers of U.S. beef keep importing after mad cow case
- Pakistan PM convicted of contempt, receives no jail time
- VIDEO: Sausage row in Austria and Slovenia
- Token sentence for Pakistan PM after contempt conviction
- Asia's promise lures French from eurozone woes
- VIDEO: Former Liberia president to learn fate
- Going au naturel is the business in S.Africa
- The ultimate babysitter? iPads for infants stir debate
- Japanese star escapes Taiwan jail term for assault
- Hemingway's Cuban hangout marks its 70th birthday
| Japan's Ozawa cleared in funding scandal, may challenge PM Posted: 26 Apr 2012 12:27 AM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese court on Thursday acquitted former ruling party chief Ichiro Ozawa of violating political funding laws, allowing the veteran politician to return to his familiar role of being a thorn in the side of the prime minister. 
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| Syria violence rages, France tells U.N. to hurry Posted: 26 Apr 2012 12:16 AM PDT BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian forces shot dead four civilians on a bus on Wednesday and fighting raged near Damascus, dissidents said, as international pressure mounted on President Bashar al-Assad to honour U.N.-backed ceasefire pledges to order his troops back to barracks. 
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| Pakistan says U.S. not listening: drone strikes must stop Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:59 PM PDT ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has spelt out in no uncertain terms that U.S. drone aircraft strikes against militants inside its territory must stop, but Washington is not listening, the country's foreign minister said. 
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| Pakistan PM convicted of contempt, escapes jail time Posted: 26 Apr 2012 12:01 AM PDT ISLAMABAD, April 26 — Pakistan's Supreme Court today found Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani guilty of contempt of court for refusing to reopen corruption cases against the president, but gave him only a symbolic sentence of a few minutes' detention in the courtroom. It was unclear if the token sentence would defuse political uncertainty in ... 
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| Could your manicure be toxic? Brands may be mislabeling, finds report Posted: 26 Apr 2012 12:35 AM PDT A new report by California's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has found significant amounts of one or more of the chemicals formaldehyde, toluene, and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) in polishes that had been labeled "toxic-free."
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| Brazil sex worker may sue US embassy over injuries Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:54 PM PDT BRASILIA, April 26 — A former Brazilian prostitute plans to sue the United States embassy and five of its personnel for injuries sustained outside a strip club late last year, complicating the second of two embarrassing incidents to emerge recently involving American officials and sex workers in South America. Romilda Aparecida Ferreira, 31, and ... 
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| Pakistan PM convicted of contempt, receives no jail time Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:44 PM PDT ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday found Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani guilty of contempt of court for refusing to reopen corruption cases against the president, but gave him only a symbolic sentence of a few minutes' detention in the courtroom. 
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| Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:46 PM PDT Rallies were not allowed at historical sites last year, but it would not be a problem this year.
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| Giant asteroids hit Earth more frequently than thought: researchers Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:49 PM PDT Research by international scientists concluded that giant asteroids similar or larger than the one believed to have killed dinosaurs hit Earth billions of years ago with more frequency than previously thought, U.S. space agency NASA announced Wednesday.
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| Muhyiddin advises undergrads against abusing political freedom Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:48 PM PDT Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today advised undergraduates against abusing the political freedom they have been accorded under an amendment to the Universities and University Colleges Act.
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| Buyers of U.S. beef keep importing after mad cow case Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:17 PM PDT BRUSSELS/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Major export markets for U.S. beef from Canada to Japan stayed open after the United States reported its first case of mad cow disease in six years amid assurances that rigorous surveillance had safeguarded the food system. 
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| Pakistan PM convicted of contempt, receives no jail time Posted: 25 Apr 2012 09:54 PM PDT ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday found Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani guilty of contempt of court for refusing to reopen corruption cases against the president, but gave him only a symbolic sentence of a few minutes' detention in the courtroom. 
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| VIDEO: Sausage row in Austria and Slovenia Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:34 PM PDT A row has broken out between Austria and Slovenia over the name of a sausage.
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| Token sentence for Pakistan PM after contempt conviction Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:33 PM PDT Pakistan's prime minister was Thursday convicted of contempt of court by the country's highest court but given only a token sentence in a case that could still see him thrown out of office.
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| Asia's promise lures French from eurozone woes Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:31 PM PDT Whether it's for business, study or an exotic retirement, the French are flocking to Asia like never before, drawn by economic opportunities that contrast with debt-ridden Europe.
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| VIDEO: Former Liberia president to learn fate Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:10 PM PDT The former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, will hear in The Hague whether he's been found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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| Going au naturel is the business in S.Africa Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:28 PM PDT From naked computer technicians to a concert where the audience -- and musicians -- are all in the buff, South Africans are embracing whipping their kit off two decades after the fall of apartheid's stuffy rule.
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| The ultimate babysitter? iPads for infants stir debate Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:13 PM PDT Twenty-two-month-old George sits on a tiny blue chair, at a baby-sized desk, playing with a grown-up toy -- an iPad, sign of a powerful trend that has set alarm bells ringing among child development experts.
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| Japanese star escapes Taiwan jail term for assault Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:12 PM PDT A Taiwanese court on Thursday handed down a three-year suspended sentence to a Japanese-Taiwanese star for attacking a Taipei taxi driver in a case that has captivated celebrity watchers for months.
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| Hemingway's Cuban hangout marks its 70th birthday Posted: 25 Apr 2012 10:06 PM PDT "La Bodeguita del Medio", one of Havana's most emblematic bars, will celebrate its 70th anniversary on Thursday. The place where Ernest Hemingway used to drink his mojitos is a hot-spot for tourists from all over the world. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2012.
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