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India eyes Google and Skype in security crackdown

The 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, which were coordinated with satellite and cell phones, helped prompt a sweeping security review of …
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Diseases pose new risks in Pakistan flood crisis

The floods, triggered by torrential monsoon downpours, have engulfed Pakistan’s Indus river basin, killing more than 1,600 people, forcing two …
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New York City woman gives beggar credit card, gets it back

Marrie Harris tells the New York Post she didn’t have any cash when Jay Valentine asked for some Monday, so she let him use her American Express …
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Court rules to allow Belgian clergy abuse inquires

The court dismissed a church complaint claiming the police raid had been excessive. During the June 24 raid, police detained a dozen Belgian bishops …
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Century-old Scotch pulled from frozen crate

The crate, recovered from the Antarctic hut of renowned explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton after it was found there in 2006, has been thawed very slowly …
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Lebanon TV stations scrap controversial Jesus show

The 17-episode program, which was produced in Iran, describes Jesus from an Islamic point of view. Muslims believe Jesus was a prophet and a …
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Chinese set new world record for human dominoes

The 10,276, mostly students seated cross-legged and falling backwards in a line that snaked across an enormous square, took 1 hour and 20 minutes to …
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Pakistan says won’t divert forces from militant fight

The floods, the country’s most severe natural disaster, began two weeks ago and have killed more than 1,600 people, forced 2 million from their …
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Heavy rain, mudslides bring more misery to China

In Longnan, in poor and remote Gansu province, 15 died and more than 10,000 were trapped following torrential rains and landslides, state television …
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U.S.: Kim Jong-il’s son seeks military ‘stripes’

Gates, who was in South Korea last month, said one of his biggest worries about the North was that with the succession of the ailing leader’s son …
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Canada intercepts migrant ship on Pacific coast

The government initially announced the ship MV Sun Sea was boarded at midday when it veered toward land, but police later said it was not boarded …
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Myanmar to hold parliamentary elections on Nov. 7

As of this week, 40 parties had registered with the military-appointed Election Commission to take part in Myanmar’s first civilian government in …
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Sailors press Gates on how defense budget hits them

"We are fighting two wars and so the budget is a huge deal for us," said Naval Petty Officer Michael Allen after Gates gave him and the rest of the …
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Mudslides trap 500, kill five in China

The rains started late on Thursday in Mianzhu, close to provincial capital Chengdu, Xinhua said. The area was hard hit during a massive earthquake …
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California gay marriage can resume next week

The order to allow gay marriage will take effect at 5 p.m. PDT on Wednesday. That will give an appeals court time to consider "in an orderly manner" …
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China: U.S. has chaotic China policy

"On the one hand, it wants China to play a role in regional security issues. On the other hand, it is engaging in an increasingly tight encirclement …
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Polish leaders try to calm passions over cross

The wooden cross has become a flashpoint between conservative Roman Catholic supporters of former President Lech Kaczynski, who was killed along with …
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Blackberry security explained

Here are questions and answers that explain how the BlackBerry system works and why governments consider it to be a potential threat to national …
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