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Iraq car bombings leave dozens dead
BAGHDAD — Car bombs around Iraq killed at least 65 people Monday amid the worst wave of violence in the country since U.S. troops withdrew a year and a half ago. The attacks, which occurred along busy commercial streets in Shiite and Sunni areas,...Tags: Nouri Maliki, Parliament, Iraq, Religion and Belief, United Nations
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Jordan premier: Arab Spring forces governments to widen press freedoms; local critics unmoved
Associated PressAMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The Arab Spring uprisings that toppled four Arab leaders have forced Mideast governments to allow more freedom of expression and of the press, Jordan's prime minister said Monday, but critics charged that Jordan itself is not...Tags: Government, Judges, National Government, Arab Spring, Abdullah II of Jordan
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Car bombs in Iraq kill at least 65 people
BAGHDAD -- Car bombs around Iraq killed at least 65 people Monday as the country's worst wave of violence since U.S. troops withdrew a year and a half ago continued. The attacks that occurred by busy commercial streets in Shiite and Sunni areas followed...
Tags: Baghdad (Iraq), Explosions, Nouri Maliki, Iraq, United Nations
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Oakland police struggle to rebuild — using fewer resources
OAKLAND — It was a quiet evening by this city's standards, and still the police emergency lines were lighting up. As screams rang out behind her, a caller said her neighbor was being beaten. A woman reported that a front door down the street had...
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Khaled Hosseini on "And the Mountains Echoed"
Khaled Hosseini stormed the best-seller lists with his debut novel, “The Kite Runner,” in 2003, following it up with the even more popular “A Thousand Splendid Suns” in 2007. Both set in the author's native country of Afghanistan,...
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Suspected Islamist gunmen assassinate Yemeni colonel
ReutersADEN (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a senior Yemeni military intelligence officer who had been targeted for assassination by al Qaeda-linked militants, a local security official said. Colonel Abdullah al-Rabaki was walking home in the city of Mukalla in...Tags: Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Shootings, Assassinations, Al-Qaeda
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Pig's head left at Premier League player's locker
ReutersThe Sports Xchange Pig's head left at Premier League player's locker Officials of the Stoke City English Premier League soccer team are initiating an investigation after a pig's head reportedly was left in the locker of striker Kenwyne Jones at the...Tags: Sports, Soccer, BBC
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FEATURE-Change looms for Ethiopia's ancient salt trade
Reuters* Salt is the "white gold" of the Danakil Depression * New tarmac road offers faster access to wider market * Hacking out the salt slabs is hot, exhausting work * Miners, traders fear threat of industrial extraction By Siegfried Modola HAMAD-ILE,...Tags: Africa, Ethiopia, Salt, Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture
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Change looms for Ethiopia's ancient salt trade
ReutersHAMAD-ILE, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Abdu Ibrahim Mohammed was 15 years old when he began trekking with caravans of camels to collect salt in a sun-blasted desert basin of north Ethiopia that is one of the hottest places on earth. Now 51 and retired, he has...Tags: Africa, Ethiopia, Salt, Customs and Tradition, Arts and Culture
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ANALYSIS-Upgrade crowns Turkey's peaceful rise but pitfalls loom
ReutersBy Paul Taylor PARIS, May 17 (Reuters) - Turkey's achievement of investment-grade status crowns a decade of rapid growth, financial stability and political reform by a "tiger" economy on the seam of Europe and Asia, but the rising power still faces...Tags: Iran, NATO, Ankara (Turkey), Government, Government Debt
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Analysis: Upgrade crowns Turkey's peaceful rise but pitfalls loom
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - Turkey's achievement of investment-grade status crowns a decade of rapid growth, financial stability and political reform by a "tiger" economy on the seam of Europe and Asia, but the rising power still faces pitfalls in a dangerous...Tags: Iran, NATO, Ankara (Turkey), Government, Israel
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Soccer-Stoke City investigating after pig's head 'prank'
ReutersLONDON, May 17 (Reuters) - Stoke City opened an investigation on Friday after players reportedly left a pig's head in the locker of striker Kenwyne Jones at the Premier League club's training ground. Media reports said the angry Trinidad and Tobago...Tags: Twitter, Inc., Sports, Soccer
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