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A man carries debris from his collapsed house in Tubul, Chile, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile last Feb. 27, causing widespread damage.
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India gives $5 million for Chile quake relief
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UNITED NATIONS: India has announced a cash contribution of $5 million for relief and rehabilitation in Chile in a show of solidarity with the people of the earthquake-hit country. "As a country familiar with the...
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U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
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Indirect Israel talks 'called off'
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The Palestinian president appears to have called off indirect talks with Israel after the Israeli interior ministry announced it would build 1,600 new settler homes. Mahmoud Abbas conveyed the decision to Amr Moussa, the Arab League secretary-general, by phone, Moussa told a news conference following an urgent meeting of delegates at the Arab...
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Chile's President-elect Sebastian Pinera delivers delivers a speech after winning the runoff presidential election in Santiago, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010. Billionaire Sebastian Pinera won the election, ending two decades of center-left rule.
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Chile's new leader Sebastian Pinera to be sworn in
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Chilean tycoon Sebastian Pinera is due to be sworn in as president of the country, which was recently devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami. Mr Pinera not only faces the challenge of reconstruction, but takes over from a highly popular outgoing leader....
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Members of Greece's main GSEE trade union hold a mock funeral with a coffin standing for the Greek economy surrounded by wreaths from Greece's international partners in central Athens on Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
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Greece set for second general strike in a month
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Greece is expected to grind to a halt for the second time in a month as hundreds of thousands of state and private workers stage a general strike. The stoppage is in protest at the country's austerity measures. The head...
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Russian exile Boris Berezovsky, a close friend of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko who was
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Berezovsky wins libel case over Litvinenko murder claim
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The British-based businessman Boris Berezovsky has won his claim for libel after being falsely named on Russian state television as the man behind the murder of the former Moscow agent Alexander Litvinenko. Mr Litvinenko, a strong critic of then Russian President Vladimir Putin, was poisoned with radioactive polonium-210 and died in London in...
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Incense stick holders stand at the cremation site of late Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot in Anlong Veng, a former Khmer Rouge stronghold, about 305 kilometers (190 miles) north of Phnom Penh, Friday, April 11, 2008.
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Cambodia puts the cremation site of Pol Pot on 'historic' tourist trail
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The place where the body of Pol Pot, the former Khmer Rouge leader, was unceremoniously burned in a pile of rubbish is set to be the latest location from Cambodia's dark recent history to be transformed into a tourist spot. In a controversial move that underlines the increasing allure of the country's genocidal history and the importance of...
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The Dalai Lama speaking to his follower Tibetans about the importance of modern and ancient educations, Dharamshala, India
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China trying to 'annihilate Buddhism'
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The Dalai Lama has accused the Chinese authorities of trying to "annihilate Buddhism" in Tibet as he commemorated a failed uprising against China's rule over the region. His angry comments appeared to signal frustration with fruitless efforts to negotiate a compromise with China, but he said he would not abandon talks. China shot back, accusing the...
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In this photo released by the Iraqi Government, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks at a meeting with several Arab ambassadors to the United Arab Emirates in that country's capital, Abu Dhabi, Monday, July 7, 2008.
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Iraq PM said to be ahead on eve of vote results
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Initial results from Iraq's national election are likely to be released by Thursday, Iraqi and U.N. officials said on Wednesday, as further signs emerged of a strong showing for Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Iraqi's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks to reporters after voting at a polling station in the Green Zone in...
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Perito Moreno Glacier Patagonia Argentina. Glacier ice is the largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth, and is second only to oceans as the largest reservoir of total water. Glaciers cover vast areas of the polar regions and are found in mountain ranges of every continent except Australia.
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World's top scientists to review climate panel
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SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer= WASHINGTON (AP) — The world's biggest scientific guns are being called in to mop up after a trickle of unsettling errors in the authoritative reports written by a global warming panel. The United Nations and the beleaguered Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said Wednesday that a Netherlands-based group of...
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U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, leaves the podium with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, following their press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill
Biden: Palestinians deserve 'viable' state
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updated 12:30 p.m. ET March 10, 2010 RAMALLAH, West Bank - Vice President Joe Biden's displeasure over an Israeli plan to enlarge an east Jerusalem settlement was on display Wednesday as he warned against actions that "inflame tensions" and reassured his Palestinian hosts that they deserve a sustainable, independent state. The Israeli plans have...
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Uttar Pradesh state Chief Minister Mayawati, center, addresses a press conference in New Delhi, India, Monday, Jan. 7, 2008.
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U.S. calls Myanmar election laws "a mockery" read more
A member, left, of the detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy Party sells a portrait of the detained leader to a woman at the party's headquarters Wednesday, March. 10, 2010, in Yangon, Myanmar.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New laws enacted by Myanmar's military government make a mockery of democracy and ensure that elections due later this year will be a farce, the United States said on Wednesday. State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the...
photo: AP / Khin Maung Win

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'Jihad Jane' new face of terror in US read more
This image provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows Colleen LaRose, an American woman from Pennsylvania indicted Tuesday March 9, 2010 and accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas.
The Times of India
WASHINGTON: The "war on terrorism" just got a little more complicated with the indictment of an average white American female dubbed "Jihad Jane" on charges of plotting with Islamic radicals, bringing even the so-called soccer moms under the radar....
photo: AP / SITE Intelligence Group

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Cathay Pacific returns to profit read more
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Hong Kong: Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong's biggest carrier, posted a second-half profit after paring capacity and selling a stake in a maintenance venture. The HK$3.9 billion (Dh1.84 billion) profit compared with a loss of HK$7.9 billion a year...
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As Japan prepares to assume the president of the U.N. Security Council in April, debate is already under way in various arenas regarding sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program. Against this background, Japan's management and coordination...
photo: UN/Eskinder Debebe

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The leader of Britain´s opposition Conservative party William Hague gestures at the end of a presentation of party policies at the annual Conservative party meeting in Bournemouth, England, Monday, Oct, 2, 2000. Riding a wave of good political fort
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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Conservatives, favourites to win an election due in weeks, said on Wednesday they would back a U.N. arms embargo on Iran and a ban on oil and gas investment if Tehran remains defiant over its nuclear plans. Iran's lack of...
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