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Afghan wealth tempts India, China but hurdles remain

Both resource-hungry nations, jockeying for influence in Afghanistan as the United States prepares to pull out its troops next year, are hungrily …
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Mexico drug gang threatens Arizona police

Nogales Police Chief Jeff Kirkham said the department received the threat through an informant after two off-duty policemen seized 400 pounds (182 …
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Australia to reduce Afghan force in 2-4 years

Australia has about 1,500 troops in Afghanistan, including about 200 special forces and about 1,000 troops based at Tarin Kowt in Uruzgan, working …
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Alleged drug lord Coke captured in Jamaica

Coke, 42, is wanted for extradition to the United States on drug and gun trafficking charges. Police said they arrested him without violence at a …
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World War Two nurse in iconic Times Square kissing photo dies

The V-J Day picture of the white-clad Edith Shain by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt captured an epic moment in U.S. history and became an iconic …
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Indonesia peaceful protesters face torture

The New York-based rights watchdog called on the Indonesian government to release prisoners detained for their political views and repeal laws …
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Obama warns health insurers not to hike rates

"Insurance companies … shouldn’t see it as an opportunity to enact unjustifiable rate increases," Obama said, after meeting with state officials and …
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U.S. to target foreign websites in anti-piracy push

"This is theft, clear and simple," Biden said at a meeting with Attorney General Eric Holder, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and other …
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U.S. general in Afghan war at risk of losing his job

McChrystal’s complaints about his commander in chief and Obama’s aides put his job in jeopardy. Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said Tuesday "the …
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British police probing alleged Google privacy breach

London’s Metropolitan Police says it is looking into complaints that the search engine’s "Street View" project picked up people’s online activities …
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World’s rich seek more emerging markets, dividends

In 2009, millionaires moved some of their cash off the sidelines in favor of predictable though thin returns of fixed-income investments, according …
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U.S. group will sue McDonald’s over Happy Meal toys

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, which has filed dozens of lawsuits against food companies in recent years, is hoping the publicity and …
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British Petroleum shares fall to lowest point in 13 years

Stocks in BP traded as low as 333 pence ($4.95) in London on Tuesday, the weakest since February 1997. The shares closed 4.4 percent lower at 334.20 …
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Two experts resign from WHO swine flu review panel

John MacKenzie and Tony Evans stepped down because their close association with the UN health organization during the outbreak could be seen as …
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Egypt to re-export a Russian wheat cargo

Egypt’s official news agency MENA said on Tuesday the public prosecutor in Alexandria had ordered the wheat returned. A prosecution source later …
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Research project takes genetics to African roots

The project, named Human Heredity and Health in Africa or "H3Africa", will use genetic techniques developed in the West to explore the roots of …
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Apple sells 3 million iPads

The touch-screen tablet computer launched on April 3 in the U.S. and began selling last month in Asia and Europe. Apple Inc. plans to roll out the …
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Germany’s auto industry again thriving

Fueled by the huge appetite for German luxury cars in China and the fact that the plunging euro has made European products cheaper abroad, …
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