U.S. pushes UN sanctions on Zimbabwe
Friday, July 4, 2008
| The proposal before the Security Council includes an arms embargo and punitive measures against 14 people the U.S. deemed most responsible for undermining the presidential election through violence.
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China Southern flies to Taipei, ending tourist ban
Friday, July 4, 2008
| Liu Shaoyong, chairman of China Southern Airlines, on Friday piloted a Chinese tourist flight to Taiwan, ending a six-decade ban that deprived the island of visitors from its closest neighbor.
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After a long struggle, U.S. opens new embassy in Berlin
Friday, July 4, 2008
| When the new U.S. Embassy opens in Berlin on Friday, it will mark the final chapter in more than a decade of an often bitter process between the city government and American diplomats.
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Fixing earth one dome at a time
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| A timely new exhibition of works by Buckminster Fuller at the Whitney Museum is likely to stir waves of nostalgia for those who miss the architecture of the Cold war.
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Target: Barack Obama. Strategy: What day is it?
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| John McCain has struggled to solidify lines of attack against Obama, Republican operatives say and some of his own advisers acknowledge.
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McCain winds up Latin trip in Mexico
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Senator John McCain used his visit to appeal to residents of both sides of the border: Mexicans and, more urgently, Latinos in the United States.
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Direct flights between China and Taiwan start
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| A Chinese tourist flight landed in Taiwan, ending a six-decade ban that had deprived the island of visitors from its closest neighbor.
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A no-name Tour de France gears up
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Something must have happened in the dark of night because an entire generation of cycling contenders for the Tour de France seems to have vanished.
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U.S. pushes UN sanctions on Zimbabwe and Mugabe
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| The U.S. proposed UN sanctions including an arms embargo and punitive measures against those responsible for undermining the presidential election through violence.
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Japan sees a chance to promote its energy-frugal ways
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Japan's single-minded dedication to reducing energy use, which dates from the 1970s, has given it the potential to play a rare leadership role on a pressing global issue.
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A surprised France prepares a welcome
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| A jubilant France prepares to welcome Ingrid Betancourt, the French-Colombian politician freed on Wednesday after six years of captivity by rebels in the Colombian jungle.
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Flights begin from China to Taiwan
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| The flights, the latest breakthrough in warming cross-strait relations, mark the first time that "ordinary" Chinese citizens will be allowed to visit Taiwan as tourists.
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Bush to attend opening ceremony in Beijing
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| The president's decision was fraught with international symbolism that quickly drew criticism from advocates for human rights.
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As Tour de France nears, cycling attempts to push past scandals
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| When 180 riders line up for the start of the 95th Tour de France, they will embark on a 2,212-mile journey of uncertainty: for themselves, for the Tour as an event and for cycling as a sport.
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Italy assailed over plan to fingerprint Gypsies
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| The Italian government's plans to fingerprint Gypsies living in camps, including children, drew fresh criticism Thursday when a Catholic human rights organization warned that identifying people according to ethnicity would set a dangerous precedent.
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On exhibit in China's art museums: Growing pains
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Art institutions seem caught in the tension between self-images: the sovereign civilization apart on one hand, and the ambitious scrambler in the global game on the other.
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Hostages freed in Colombia returning home
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| On Thursday, three American officials in Washington, citing the sensitivity of the assistance, confirmed that the United States provided intelligence to support the operation.
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Obama strives to retain some flexibility on his Iraq policy
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Senator Barack Obama said Thursday that he might "refine" his plans for a phased withdrawal from Iraq, but later added that he was committed to withdrawing troops within 16 months of taking office.
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A housing market in shambles, inflation at the highest level in years and signs that the economy is headed for, or already in, recession. Sound familiar?
China agrees to more talks on Tibet
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Tibetan envoys left Beijing on Thursday after two days of private meetings with a pledge for more talks.
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EU plans stronger oversight of ratings agencies
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| The European Union believes the ratings agencies contributed to recent market turmoil by underestimating the risk of structured credit products.
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U.K. releases 2nd suspect linked to bin Laden
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| The 45-year-old Algerian, identified by U.S. prosecutors as the mastermind of an abortive plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport in December 1999, was freed Thursday on tight bail conditions, two weeks after a Jordanian suspected of strong influence in the ranks of Al Qaeda was released.
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EBRD chief urges patience on democracy
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| In his first day on the job, Thomas Mirow said change in Russia and the region from the Balkans through Central Asia would not occur unless the material well-being of people improved.
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Venus and Serena Williams keep Wimbledon final an in-family affair
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Elena Dementieva and Zheng Jie managed to make the second sets very interesting, but power, pressure serving and grass-court experience ultimately prevailed as Venus Williams and Serena Williams earned the right to make this year's Wimbledon final a family affair.
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5 face trial in Concorde crash that killed 113 in France
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Continental Airlines and two of its employees have been ordered to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges related to the crash of a Concorde airliner in 2000 near Paris in which 113 people died.
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Sarkozy wasn't told of Betancourt rescue plan
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| That was extraordinary because Betancourt is a dual French-Colombian national, her captivity was a cause célèbre in France and Sarkozy had maintained a drumbeat of diplomatic pressure to try to spring her from the hands of Colombian rebels.
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U.S. employers cut workers for a sixth month
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| The unemployment rate held steady as 62,000 jobs disappeared in June, the Labor Department reported, in the latest signal that the nation is struggling with a severe downturn.
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UN appeals court overturns conviction of Bosnian Muslim
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| A UN appeals court Thursday overturned the war crimes conviction of Naser Oric, a Bosnian Muslim considered a war hero by many in his country for fighting Serbs in the Srebrenica enclave during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia.
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Obama's focus turns to big donors
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| His army of small donors, largely over the Internet, helped him shatter fund-raising records over the last year and a half, but now Senator Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, is embarking on a series of pricey fund-raising events across the United States.
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Algerian suspected of links to Al Qaeda is freed in Britain
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| An Algerian suspected of links to Osama bin Laden and bomb plots in the United States and France has been freed on bail after more than seven years in prison in Britain, officials said Thursday.
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A Falun Gong welcome for mainland visitors to Taiwan
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| The tourists are encountering members of a sect that has been banned on the mainland since 1999, but who can speak and gather freely in democratic Taiwan.
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The luckiest girl
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| One of the most remarkable of this year's new college graduates, Beatrice Biira, credits her success to something utterly improbable: a goat.
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Save the press
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| As newspapers struggle, their reach, paradoxically, is greater than ever.
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Shoot to stun
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| As effective less-than-lethal weapons proliferate, U.S. state laws will increasingly keep people from actually using their guns for self-defense.
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5 Face trial in Concorde crash that killed 113 in France
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Continental Airlines and two of its employees have been ordered to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges related to the crash of a Concorde airliner in 2000 near Paris in which 113 people died.
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Kurdish oil deal with Texas company is questioned
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| The oil deal with the regional Kurdistan government runs counter to U.S. policy and undercuts Iraq's central government, a congressional committee has concluded.
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ECB raises key rate to 4.25%
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| The European Central Bank moved to address rising consumer prices Thursday, joining several other central banks around the world in battling inflation.
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Rate increases appear inevitable as Asia sells its currency reserves
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Asian central banks have sold billions of dollars recently to prop up their currencies, but such intervention will be money wasted unless policy makers are more aggressive in raising interest rates to fight inflation.
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Overseas bond sellers turn focus to Japan
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Japanese institutions have come through the global credit crisis largely unscathed, leaving them with cash to buy bonds, known as Samurai bonds, that are issued in the country by overseas entities.
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Poland and U.S. to discuss missile shield
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Poland's prime minister is meeting with the U.S. ambassador a day after officials said the two countries tentatively agreed to base American missile interceptors in Poland.
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Taiwan prepares for Chinese tourists on historic flights
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Taiwan's tourist attractions have a fresh coat of paint and restaurants are laying on special buffet lunches in anticipation of a surge in visitors from China when regular commercial flights between the old foes start Friday.
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Behind the reluctance of China and Africa to criticize Mugabe
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Western governments led by London and Washington look at Mugabe's rule and see such a clear-cut case of evil that they are at a loss to understand why the rest of Africa - or China, for that matter - don't rush to join in on their condemnation.
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Channeling the voices of Africa's lost children
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Rev. Uwem Akpan is a Nigerian and a Jesuit priest who has just published a debut collection of stories about the dark side of human experience.
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Justice dept. admits error in Supreme court case
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Government lawyers should have known about a recent military law on child rape relevant to Supreme Court deliberations on the death penalty, the Justice Department acknowledged.
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China frees imprisoned U.S. businessman
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| China freed Jude Shao, a U.S. businessman sentenced to a decade in prison for tax evasion, after President George W. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed for his release.
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No relief for Asian shares
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| The Nikkei share index fell for the 11th consecutive day, on track for the longest losing streak in a half century, after the Dow Jones industrial average sank.
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Bearish economic outlook and rising oil prices push stocks lower
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| U.S. stocks tumbled in a volatile session on Wednesday, as oil's surge to a record over $144 a barrel and new signs of weakness in both the economy and for corporate profits pushed the Dow Jones industrial average into a bear market.
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Clean-up in Mongolian capital after riot
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Smoke hung in the air Thursday as people swept up in Mongolia's capital on the second day of a state of emergency called after at least five people died in rioting sparked by allegations of election fraud.
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On campus, liberal professors retire
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| Baby boomers, hired in large numbers during a huge expansion in higher education, are being replaced as part of a vast generational change.
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Leona Helmsley's will goes to the dogs
Thursday, July 3, 2008
| The New York hotelier and real estate magnate Leona Helmsley may have left $12 million in her will to her dog, Trouble. But that, it turns out, is nothing much compared with what other dogs may receive from the charitable trust of Helmsley, who died last August.
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U.S. is in no shape to give advice, Medvedev says
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| Russia's president said that America was in "essentially a depression," and that Russia had a right to a larger role in the world economy.
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Recognition for a People Who Faded as Japan Grew
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| Only a few weeks ago the Japanese government finally, and unexpectedly, recognized the Ainu, who live on Japan's northernmost island, as an "indigenous people."
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Airlines try to hedge oil costs to stay in business
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| Hedging is a financial strategy that lets airlines or other investors protect themselves against rising prices for commodities like oil by locking in a price for fuel. It has been described as everything from gambling to buying insurance.
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Rediscovering the Feelies, nearly 17 years later
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| After nearly 17 years, the punk-era band the Feelies has resurfaced. The band was a vivid apparition between 1977 and 1991, influencing indie rock. Then they just disappeared.
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U.S State Dept. role in Iraq oil deal questioned
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| A congressional panel has concluded that Bush administration officials knew that an oil company with close ties to President George W. Bush planned to sign an oil deal that runs counter to American policy.
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Opposition rejects call to start talks with Mugabe
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, rejected the African Union's call for talks with Robert Mugabe, citing continuing government-backed violence.
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15 hostages held by Colombian rebels are rescued
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| Officials said that the United States was involved in the rescue, which freed Ingrid Betancourt, a former presidential candidate, and three Americans.
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McCain orders shake-up of his campaign
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| Responding to Republican concerns, John McCain placed a veteran of President George W. Bush's 2004 re-election in charge of day-to-day operations.
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American Airlines plans nearly 7,000 job cuts
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| American Airlines said it expected to cut about 8 percent of its work force by the end of 2008, as it reduces flights and grounds aircraft due to high fuel prices.
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Iraqi hints at delay for U.S. security agreement
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said that negotiations under way since early March had made headway but that many difficult issues had yet to be decided, such as the extent of Iraqi control over American operations and the right of American soldiers deployed here to detain suspects.
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Colombian military frees Ingrid Betancourt
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| Colombian forces rescued the former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, three U.S. military contractors and 11 other hostages from leftist rebels on Wednesday.
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McCain orders shake-up of his campaign
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| Responding to Republican concerns, John McCain placed a veteran of President George W. Bush's 2004 re-election in charge of day-to-day operations.
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Obama says public service would be 'central cause' of presidency
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| Senator Barack Obama issued a call Wednesday for more Americans to become involved in public service, imploring citizens of all ages to rally to the country's needs at home and abroad
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Assisted suicide causes furor in Germany
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| Woman who died was not sick, just unwilling to move to a nursing home, and her enabler is looking for publicity.
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EU seeks to allay concerns arising from data-sharing talks with U.S.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| The European Commission sought Wednesday to ease fears that details about the medical conditions and sexual preferences of EU citizens could be abused by the American authorities under a data-sharing system currently under discussion.
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Medvedev, without the swagger, brushes off Russia's critics
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| The new president of Russia, Dmitri Medvedev, speaking with less swagger than his predecessor but similar distaste for criticism from abroad, has asserted that with the American economy mired in "essentially a depression," Washington would be foolish to try to engage in anything other than a pragmatic bilateral relationship.
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Bush says U.S. prefers diplomacy in Iran standoff
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| With tension and warnings continuing to swirl around Iran and its nuclear program, President George W. Bush said again Wednesday that the United States continued to prefer diplomacy but that, as always, "all options are on the table."
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EU expands health care treatment
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| Draft law will allow bloc's citizens to get medical treatment in any of the 27 members without prior authorization.
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A consistent Federer defeats Ancic advance to semifinals
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| There was no hint of weakness at all against Mario Ancic as Federer was both ruthless and stylish in a 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 victory that put him back into the semifinals at a Grand Slam tournament for the 17th straight time.
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Sugar plum Valentino
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| As the models stepped out delicately in the fairy-like dresses, with light layers creating sculptural ovoid shapes, Alessandra Facchinetti's first couture collection for Valentino was loyal to everything the fashion house has stood for
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Poland's snub of EU is all about local politics
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
| When President Lech Kaczynski of Poland said Tuesday that it was "pointless" for him to sign off on a new European Union treaty now that the Irish had rejected it, he opened a new chapter in his struggle with the center-right government over Poland's future role in Europe and its relations with the United States.
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