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Czech president to name new government on July 13

Necas’s Civic Democrats and two other parties — the conservative TOP09 and centrist Public Affairs — plan to rein in a swollen budget deficit and …
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Small Japan parties vie for big role after election

"I’m going to first work on making the economy better," the lean, floppy-haired Matsuda shouted from on top of a van in Tokyo’s busy Shinjuku …
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Pakistan accuses India of border fire, several wounded

The neighbours, in the past, exchanged almost daily firing across what is known as the Line of Control separating the two armies in Kashmir. But the …
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China executes former Chongqing chief justice

Chongqing’s flamboyant Communist Party boss, Bo Xilai, has gained popularity nationwide with the high-profile clampdown, in what some analysts saw …
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Hawaii’s governor vetoes gay civil union bill

The state, like many others in the United States, has debated fiercely whether gay and lesbian couples should be allowed to marry. Hawaii’s supreme …
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Whaling protester gets suspended jail term in Japan

Pete Bethune, a former captain of a high-tech boat operated by hardline anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd, was indicted in April on several criminal …
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Stressed out Argentines get modern take on siesta

Businesswoman Viviana Vega says she created Latin America’s first dedicated "Siestario" (Siesta Zone) to help stressed workers in the financial …
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Chavez: Venezuela to send terrorism suspect to Cuba

Francisco Chavez Abarca was arrested by Venezuelan authorities last Thursday when he arrived at Caracas’ international airport. Venezuelan officials …
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Australian scientists develop the perfect prawn

After 10 years of careful breeding and research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) scientists have bred a larger …
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Mexican town evacuated amid fears dam will burst

Evacuees from Ciudad Anahuac, near the Texas border, were taken to shelters in nearby towns and cities, Mayor Santos Garza Garcia said. About 4,000 …
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Venezuela captures alleged Colombian drug lord

Carlos Alberto "Beto" Renteria, 65, was arrested Monday after he traveled to Venezuela’s Margarita Island, Chavez said during a speech. He provided no …
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EU calls for opening UFO data

Mario Borghezio, an Italian member of the European Parliament, told The Associated Press in an e-mail Tuesday that the EU needs its own "X Files" …
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Pentagon says new media rules are no “iron curtain”

The rules, issued by Defense Secretary Robert Gates in a July 2 memo and first reported by the New York Times over the weekend, follow the June 23 …
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Russia rejects Moldovan wine amid history dispute

Russia’s top consumer protection official Gennady Onishchenko refused to rule out a total ban on Moldovan wine, raising the spectre of a repeat of …
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Israel’s Netanyahu hold fence-mending talks

After talks which both men described as excellent, the two leaders appeared side by side in the Oval Office, keen to display warmer relations after …
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Sarkozy denies illegal party funding report

The allegation was made by a former bookkeeper for Liliane Bettencourt, main shareholder in the cosmetics giant L’Oreal, and raised pressure on …
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Three killed, 25 wounded in Iraq pilgrimage attacks

The attacks took place during the same religious pilgrimage in which 1,000 people died five years ago in a stampede on a bridge as people made their …
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Queen plans U.N. speech, then ground zero ceremony

The 84-year-old British monarch arrived Tuesday at Kennedy Airport after visiting Canada. She’s headed to the United Nations, where she’s expected …
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