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South Africa and Brazil pledge to boost trade

At the end of a six-country tour of Africa — his 12th trip to the continent — Brazil President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva told South African …
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Sarajevans honor Srebrenica massacre victims

There were pained sighs mixed with Muslim prayers when the four trucks appeared around a corner. The weeping crowd tucked white and red roses into …
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Taliban commander captured as NATO ramps up raids

The coalition is touting a string of successes in capturing or killing dozens of key militant leaders since April, but so far it has not managed to …
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Suicide bombers kill 62, wound 111 in Pakistan

The attack, possibly aimed at some anti-Taliban tribal elders, showed that Islamist militants remain a potent force in the northwest tribal belt …
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Spain reforms troubled savings banks sector

Under the measures approved by decree, savings banks will be able to cede as much as 50 percent control to private investors and regional …
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Sri Lanka war crimes rift with UN widens over protests

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday recalled the head of U.N. Sri Lanka for consultations and blasted President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s …
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Suicide bomb kills 20, wounds dozens in Pakistan

The bomber struck when people were gathered around the office in the Mohmand ethnic Pashtun tribal region on the Afghan border, where security …
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China finds fresh trade in toxic milk powder

Samples of milk powder found in northwest China’s Gansu and Qinghai provinces had levels of the chemical melamine up to 500 times beyond the …
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Google confident of getting China web license

Schmidt, addressing executives and financiers at an annual gathering of the industry’s movers and shakers in the Idaho mountain resort of Sun …
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Obama: U.S. will dig itself out of economic hole

Obama has come under fire for bank and auto bailouts and a $787 billion stimulus package whose effectiveness is a subject of debate. He is under …
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Deal-making mysterious as U.S., Russia swap spies

U.S. officials said the 10 agents expelled from the United States on Thursday in exchange for four Russian prisoners had signed plea agreements …
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Stress is good? Study says curbs cancer in mice

Experiments with mice showed that animals put into a stressful situation, even fighting with other mice, did a better job of fighting tumors than …
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Clinton says Cuba prisoner release a ‘positive sign’

"We were were encouraged by the apparent agreement between the Roman Catholic Church and the authorities in Cuba for the release of 52 political …
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Officials: 3 arrested in Norway al-Qaida bomb plot

The three men, whose names were not released, had been under surveillance for more than a year. Two were arrested in Norway and one in Germany. …
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Fifteen killed in Baghdad on last day of Shiite holiday

The deaths came one day after nearly 60 people were killed in attacks in and around the Iraqi capital, most of them by a suicide bomber who targeted …
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Obama praises Berlusconi as ‘great friend’

In an interview published Wednesday in Corriere della Sera, Obama called Berlusconi "a great friend of the United States, and of mine." Obama said …
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Egypt court sets trial date for police torture case

Khaled Said, 28, died on June 6 in the port city of Alexandria. Witnesses and rights groups say two policemen dragged him out of an internet cafe …
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Mongolia approves plan for coking coal Initial public offering

The plan approved by parliament calls for selling a 30 percent stake in Erdenes-Tavantolgoi, the state-owned company that will develop the mine in the …
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