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WikiLeaks: Pentagon ready to discuss Afghan files

"This week we received contact through our lawyers that the General Counsel of the U.S. Army says now that they want to discuss the issue," Assange …
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West African nations to meet over Guinea-Bissau

President Goodluck Jonathan is currently chairing the Economic Community Of West African States, a group of 15 nations with its own peacekeeping …
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Kiss Flights latest United Kingdom travel company to fold

The failure of Kiss Flights — leaving passengers stranded in Greece, Egypt, Turkey and the Canary Islands — reflects the rough ride experienced by …
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Boys, 11, sentenced over attempted rape of girl

The boys, believed to be the youngest children to stand trial for rape in Britain, were found guilty of assaulting the girl near her home in Hayes, …
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Haiti electoral body postpones ruling on candidates

The country’s provisional electoral council had been due to finalize on Tuesday the list of candidates who met the legal requirements to stand in …
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Insurgents, police clash amid Pakistan flooding

Pakistan senior meteorologist Arif Mahmood said floodwaters won’t fully recede until the end of the month, and existing river torrents were still …
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Three Indian United Nations peacekeepers killed in Congo attack

About a dozen U.N. peacekeepers battled some 50 unidentified attackers in the early hours of Wednesday at their base in Kirumba, in eastern Congo’s …
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Scientists suggest fresh look at psychedelic drugs

Research into the effects of psychedelics, used in the past in psychiatry, has been restricted in recent decades because of the negative …
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Peru’s Garcia says to reshuffle cabinet

The cabinet changes would be carried out as some ministers want to step down to run in regional elections in October, Garcia said. The shakeup, …
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U.S. looks to China for Latin America development help

"We very much welcome continued Chinese engagement, investment and trade with countries of the Western Hemisphere. I think that helps to strengthen …
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Teenagers urged to turn down iPods as hearing loss rises

The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, compared national surveys from the early 1990s and the mid 2000s. Each …
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Iraq’s Allawi says to intensify talks with Sadrists

Iraq has been in a political deadlock since a March 7 election which produced no outright winner, raising tensions ahead of an end to U.S. combat …
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California gay marriage case hangs on technicality

A San Francisco federal judge struck down the California same-sex marriage ban, known as Proposition 8, earlier this month and the case was …
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Serra slides again in poll, seeks TV comeback

The ruling party’s Dilma Rousseff raced to her biggest lead yet on Tuesday as a new poll showed her 16 percentage points ahead of Serra. It was the …
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Colombian court suspends U.S. military base deal

Bogota and Washington signed a pact last year increasing U.S. access to the Andean nation’s military bases to boost anti-drug and counter-insurgency …
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Czech poet translator Ludvik Kundera dies at 90

Kundera, a cousin of Paris-based author Milan Kundera, died Tuesday in a hospital. Details were not given. Born March 22, 1920 in Brno, Kundera was a …
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U.S. program aims to improve sea port security

John Morton, the director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, made the announcement Tuesday at the annual meeting of the program, called …
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Are risks from WikiLeaks overstated by government?

It is difficult to find clear-cut examples of the public exposure of informants leading to their deaths, although there are documented cases of a …
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