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- Hollande to be sworn in as new French president
- Afghan woman sets sights on presidency in a man's land
- Afghanistan: Home to 'world's most extreme golf'
- N. Zealand 'runaway millionaire' denies theft
- New tipping point
- VIDEO: Mines hit by conflict crackdown
- U.S. unimpressed with India's efforts to cut Iran oil buys - envoy
- Tunisian Islamists join jihad against Syria’s Assad
- Hollande to be sworn in as new French president
- VIDEO: German faith in austerity explained
- VIDEO: Last-ditch Greek coalition talks
- U.S. mulling sending Afghanistan general to head Europe troops
- Okinawa marks 40 years since return to Japan
- Two bodies retrieved after bridge collapses in central China
- Myanmar says S. Korean president's visit opens new chapter in bilateral ties
- Balding disease killing Australia's wombats
- Police crack down on illegal foreigners in Beijing
- Three astronauts blast off for ISS on Russian rocket
- An old drum beats a path from the ancients to Erykah Badu
- Asia Pacific anchor of stability for world economy: UN
| Hollande to be sworn in as new French president Posted: 15 May 2012 12:06 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Francois Hollande is to be sworn in as France's first Socialist president in 17 years in a hurried ceremony on Tuesday before a dash to Berlin to challenge German Chancellor Angela Merkel's austerity prescription for Europe. 
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| Afghan woman sets sights on presidency in a man's land Posted: 15 May 2012 12:17 AM PDT Leading Afghan women's rights champion, author, lawmaker and presidential hopeful, Fawzia Koofi, has a revealing anecdote about life as a woman in a man's land.
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| Afghanistan: Home to 'world's most extreme golf' Posted: 15 May 2012 12:08 AM PDT "Welcome to the most extreme golf in the world," says the European Union ambassador to Afghanistan, as half-a-dozen heavily armed bodyguards fan out around him and scan the Kabul Golf Club course.
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| N. Zealand 'runaway millionaire' denies theft Posted: 14 May 2012 11:56 PM PDT A New Zealand woman who allegedly fled the country with her partner after a bank mistakenly deposited millions of dollars into his account pleaded not guilty to money laundering and theft Tuesday.
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| VIDEO: Mines hit by conflict crackdown Posted: 14 May 2012 11:19 PM PDT Mineral mines in central Africa and the people who rely on them for a living are being hit by international reluctance to trade in conflict minerals.
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| U.S. unimpressed with India's efforts to cut Iran oil buys - envoy Posted: 14 May 2012 10:47 PM PDT NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The United States is not impressed with India's efforts to cut its oil imports from Iran, a top U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday, throwing into doubt whether New Delhi would be given a waiver from U.S. financial sanctions before a June deadline. 
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| Tunisian Islamists join jihad against Syria’s Assad Posted: 14 May 2012 07:59 PM PDT BEN GUERDANE, Tunisia, May 15 — The first that Tunisian schoolteacher Moktar Mars heard of his brother fighting alongside rebels in Syria was a phone call from someone on a phone with a foreign number, telling him Houssein was dead. "We got an anonymous call telling us he had been martyred," said Mars, 40, sitting on a mattress along a wall of ... 
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| Hollande to be sworn in as new French president Posted: 14 May 2012 06:50 PM PDT PARIS, May 15 — Francois Hollande will be sworn in as France's first Socialist president in 17 years in a hurried ceremony today before a dash to Berlin to challenge German Chancellor Angela Merkel's focus on austerity policies. Hollande, whose election comes as the euro zone is teetering back into crisis with fears about Greece's future in the ... 
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| VIDEO: German faith in austerity explained Posted: 14 May 2012 11:08 PM PDT When the Berlin Wall came down, the former West Germany poured billions into helping the East grow and it paid for the expansion by freezing wages for more than a decade.
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| VIDEO: Last-ditch Greek coalition talks Posted: 14 May 2012 10:51 PM PDT Greek leaders will meet again to continue trying to form an emergency coalition, with President Karolos Papoulias proposing a possible handover of power to a technocratic government.
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| U.S. mulling sending Afghanistan general to head Europe troops Posted: 14 May 2012 10:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration is considering sending its top general in Afghanistan, who commands U.S. and NATO troops there during a crucial withdrawal period, to head U.S. forces in Europe this winter. 
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| Okinawa marks 40 years since return to Japan Posted: 14 May 2012 10:32 PM PDT The tropical island chain of Okinawa Tuesday marked 40 years since US occupying forces returned it to Japan, as locals readied to protest against the continued American military presence there.
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| Two bodies retrieved after bridge collapses in central China Posted: 14 May 2012 10:26 PM PDT Two bodies were retrieved and four people remained missing Tuesday morning after a bridge collapsed on Sunday in Hunan Province, local authorities said.
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| Myanmar says S. Korean president's visit opens new chapter in bilateral ties Posted: 14 May 2012 10:26 PM PDT Myanmar President U Thein Sein said on Monday evening that South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's first visit to Myanmar during the time of new government opened up a new chapter of the friendly ties between the two countries, official media reported Tuesday.
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| Balding disease killing Australia's wombats Posted: 14 May 2012 10:23 PM PDT A mystery liver disease thought to be caused by introduced weeds is causing hairy-nosed wombats in southern Australia to go bald and die, researchers said Tuesday.
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| Police crack down on illegal foreigners in Beijing Posted: 14 May 2012 10:22 PM PDT Police in Beijing on Tuesday launched a 100-day campaign urging citizens to report on foreigners illegally living or working in the capital, after a British man allegedly tried to rape a woman.
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| Three astronauts blast off for ISS on Russian rocket Posted: 14 May 2012 10:21 PM PDT Two Russians and an American on Tuesday blasted off for the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a Soyuz FG rocket from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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| An old drum beats a path from the ancients to Erykah Badu Posted: 14 May 2012 10:19 PM PDT With a curved stick in one hand, a five-year-old Nigerian pre-schooler staggers as she tries to steady what's been slung from her shoulder: a drum and many generations of history.
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| Asia Pacific anchor of stability for world economy: UN Posted: 14 May 2012 09:35 PM PDT Even as the global economic downturn impacts the Asia-Pacific region, it will still be the world's fastest growing while proving to be an anchor of stability for the world economy, a report by the United Nations (UN) says.
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