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FACTBOX: Key political risks to watch in Poland

The election was moved forward from the second half of the year after the death of President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others including Poland’s top …
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Egypt offering no space to opposition

The head of the liberal Democratic Front party, Osama Harb, said the abuses in the vote to the upper house of parliament, in which the ruling party …
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European Union leaders work on ways to prevent new debt crises

Leaders of the 27 member states and the executive European Commission will also work on tightening financial regulation to help prevent another …
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Staff fear for future at Venezuela’s Globovision TV

Authorities in the OPEC nation have turned up the heat on Globovision, the last major broadcaster to stick to its editorial stance opposing …
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Chavez mulls fate of banker’s Globovision TV shares

Globovision is the last major broadcaster in the Latin American OPEC member to have kept up its staunchly anti-Chavez stance. On Monday, the …
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‘Made in China’ must ease worker woes

The commentary in the People’s Daily newspaper did not mention a recent rash of strikes by migrant workers in southern China, a sensitive topic for …
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California gay marriage trial ends dramatically

The case is likely headed for the U.S. Supreme Court no matter how District Court Chief Judge Vaughn Walker rules on California’s gay marriage ban. …
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Giving up smoking can help reduce stress levels

A study of 469 smokers who tried to quit after being hospitalized for heart disease found that those who stayed away from cigarettes for a year …
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U.S. envoy in Seoul for talks on ship sinking

Pyongyang has threatened to take military action against the South if the U.N. Security Council punishes it for what it says is a fabricated …
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BusinessWeek hires away Fortune’s publisher

He is replacing Jessica Sibley, who is leaving to become publisher of The Week magazine, starting June 28. Wiley, who has served as Fortune’s …
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Indians abused at school tell their stories

Manitoba Justice Murray Sinclair, the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission on residential schools, said at the first of a series of …
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Cleared forests lead to rise in malaria in Brazil

They found a 48 percent increase in malaria cases in one county in Brazil after 4.2 percent of its tree cover was cleared. Their findings, published …
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Expensive summer camps for kids still going strong

Nearly half of the priciest camps in the country are in Maine, which boasts beautiful beaches and lakes, or scattered throughout New York, …
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Experts argue firing squad a humane execution

But some experts argue it is more humane than all other execution methods, without the court challenges of cruelty that have plagued lethal …
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American stranded in Egypt due to no-fly list

Yahya Wehelie, 26, who was born in Fairfax, Virginia, to Somali parents was returning with his brother Yusuf from 18 months studying in Yemen, when …
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Funding doubled for bicycling, walking projects

Spending on biking and walking projects rose from less than $600 million in 2008 to $1.2 billion in 2009. Twenty years ago, the federal government …
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European Union summit won’t discuss help for Spain

German Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters Wednesday that she will push for tighter budget rules and encourage Spain to keep up efforts to …
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U.S.: Woman took 506 pounds of pot to Ohio on jet

Lisette Lee, the bodyguard and two personal assistants were arrested Monday night after the Drug Enforcement Administration got a tip that the …
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