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- Peru arrests coca growers and mayors in drug sweep
- South Africa's Zuma prods Zimbabwe leaders on disputes
- Car-clamper jailed for four years
- Cold War rhetoric lives on in Pyongyang
- The Saturday Profile: An American in Peru, Out of Jail and Living With Regret
- At Awards Dinner, Harsh Words for Russian TV
- The Caucus: Obama Gets 12 Stitches in Lip
- Mexico-US drug tunnel uncovered
- Fire brigade wants a helicopter
- 'Stab-proof' vest killer jailed
- Debt crisis escalates in Europe; fears grow about Spain
- Federal troops, police prepare Rio slum offensive
- Top policeman sex scandal dominates Israeli media
- EU says Italy may face fines over Naples rubbish
- Live - Djokovic v Roddick
- Brazil Sends Soldiers to Rio Shanty Towns
- Swedish Court Revises Pirate Bay Ruling
- U.S. Authorities Find Drug Tunnel
- Rogue traders admit to £1.5m scam
- Sea change
| Peru arrests coca growers and mayors in drug sweep Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:07 PM PST LIMA (Reuters) - Dozens of Peruvians, among them two mayors and leaders of coca growing groups, were arrested on Friday for alleged ties to cocaine traffickers and Maoist guerrillas in the world's No. 1 coca leaf producer, officials said.    
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| South Africa's Zuma prods Zimbabwe leaders on disputes Posted: 26 Nov 2010 01:01 PM PST HARARE (Reuters) - South African President Jacob Zuma on Friday said he had persuaded Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai to start talking again to address the rifts in their power-sharing government.   
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| Car-clamper jailed for four years Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:51 PM PST A member of a "criminal" Birmingham car clamping firm which attracted at least 300 complaints is jailed for four years.
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| Cold War rhetoric lives on in Pyongyang Posted: 26 Nov 2010 10:10 AM PST "Running dogs," "imperialist lackeys," "criminal gangs" and "brigandish moves" -- that sort of propaganda language died with the Cold War, except in the offices of the Korean Central News Agency. FULL STORY | N. KOREA 'PUSHED TO BRINK OF WAR' | FULL COVERAGE      
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| The Saturday Profile: An American in Peru, Out of Jail and Living With Regret Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:38 PM PST Lori Berenson was jailed for years for treason. Now released, her sense of regret is palpable, but a country may not be ready to forgive. 
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| At Awards Dinner, Harsh Words for Russian TV Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:16 PM PST Leonid G. Parfyonov, a well-known television personality, delivered a blistering critique of Russian television for bending to the will of the government. 
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| The Caucus: Obama Gets 12 Stitches in Lip Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:18 PM PST A basketball game ends with a call to the White House medical unit. 
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| Mexico-US drug tunnel uncovered Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:17 PM PST Police on the US-Mexico border find an 800m-long tunnel they say was used for smuggling drugs into the United States.
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| Fire brigade wants a helicopter Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:21 PM PST Avon Fire and Rescue Service aims to become the first brigade in England to buy a multimillion-pound helicopter, despite criticism the move is "a folly".
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| 'Stab-proof' vest killer jailed Posted: 26 Nov 2010 08:29 AM PST A man who knifed his friend to death through an armoured vest during a ritual is jailed for manslaughter.
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| Debt crisis escalates in Europe; fears grow about Spain Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:48 AM PST LONDON - The debt crisis in Europe escalated sharply Friday as investors dumped Spanish and Portuguese bonds in panicked selling, substantially heightening the prospect that one or both countries may need to join troubled Ireland and Greece in soliciting international bailouts.    
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| Federal troops, police prepare Rio slum offensive Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:38 PM PST RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Backed by armored personnel carriers and 800 army soldiers, police prepared a major offensive on Friday to occupy one of Rio de Janeiro's largest slums where heavily armed drug traffickers bunkered up after days of violence.   
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| Top policeman sex scandal dominates Israeli media Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:15 PM PST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A senior Israeli law enforcement officer has been accused of sexual harassment on the eve of the naming of a new national chief of police -- a post for which he was one of the leading candidates.   
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| EU says Italy may face fines over Naples rubbish Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:11 PM PST ROME (Reuters) - Italy has failed to comply with a European court ruling on the chronic Naples garbage crisis and could face fines if it does not solve the problem, a top EU official said on Friday.   
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| Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:55 AM PST World number three Novak Djokovic faces Andy Roddick with a semi-final clash with Roger Federer up for grabs at the ATP World Tour Finals.
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| Brazil Sends Soldiers to Rio Shanty Towns Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:25 PM PST President Lula da Silva deployed 800 soldiers to reinforce police battling heavily-armed gangs in Rio's shanty towns.
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| Swedish Court Revises Pirate Bay Ruling Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:26 AM PST A Swedish appeals court upheld the conviction of the men behind The Pirate Bay file-sharing site while revising their sentences.
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| U.S. Authorities Find Drug Tunnel Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:32 PM PST Several people are in federal custody after U.S. authorities found a sophisticated tunnel used to smuggle drugs between Mexico and San Diego.
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| Rogue traders admit to £1.5m scam Posted: 26 Nov 2010 12:05 PM PST Six people plead guilty to conning up to 1,600 pensioners out of a total of £1.5m in a home repairs scam.
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| Posted: 26 Nov 2010 11:37 AM PST Donegal by-election a humiliation for Irish Republic's ruling party
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