Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:51:52 GMT
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The U.S. military says it flew thousands of spy flights over Colombian jungles trying to find and free three Pentagon contractors since their kidnapping in 2003.
Published: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 00:27:27 GMT
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The plan was nothing if not audacious: A turncoat persuades rebels to bring together their most prized hostages and march them 90 miles through Colombia's wilderness.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 23:08:21 GMT
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A meal was rice and beans. When they weren't chained by the neck, they were forced on long marches to new hideouts. The hostages freed in Colombia said their grueling existence worsened in recent months.
Published: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:25:38 GMT
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More than 100 Chinese tourists arrived in Taiwan on Friday on the first regularly scheduled direct flight from the mainland in nearly six decades.
Published: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:12:22 GMT
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Italian authorities have started fingerprinting tens of thousands of Gypsies living in nomad camps across the country, brushing aside accusations of racism.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 21:05:00 GMT
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It could turn out to be one of the significant comments of the 2008 campaign — and due to the July 4 weekend, it isn’t getting much notice. The nation’s highest ranking military officer warned Wednesday upon his return from a visit to Israel that a strike on Iran would be a very bad idea.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:22:37 GMT
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Imagine slapping a government on a grocer's scale and measuring how its top leaders, officials and judges behave. Experts say the 'Rule of Law Index' does just that.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:43:13 GMT
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Iraq's prime minister plans trips to Europe and the Persian Gulf this month, apparently hoping improved security at home will pay dividends in greater international support.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:46:32 GMT
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President Bush will attend the opening ceremonies of Olympics in Beijing. While there was no question the president would attend the Olympic Games in August, his plans for the opening ceremonies had not been confirmed until now. Some world leaders have said they may boycott the Aug. 8 opening event to protest the most recent Chinese security crackdown in Tibetan areas of China.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 20:08:11 GMT
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A 5-month-old girl whose mother died in the rampage by a Palestinian driving a huge front loader has been reunited with her father.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:56:48 GMT
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About 200 opposition supporters have sought refuge at the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe, the American ambassador said Thursday.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:53:30 GMT
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A baby boy removed from his parents' custody after they offered to sell him on eBay for just a euro — $1.59 — as a joke is back at home, a prosecutor said Thursday.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 21:00:40 GMT
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Bettina Schardt knew that the combination of drugs she drank in the living room of her home in Wuerzburg last week would kill her, and she died alone.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 19:59:17 GMT
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Military vehicles withdrew from streets as life in Mongolia's capital largely returned to normal Thursday just days after rioting sparked by an electoral dispute left five people dead.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:26:55 GMT
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China demanded that the Dalai Lama prove he does not support Tibetan independence and disruption of the Beijing Olympics during the latest round of talks with the spiritual leader’s representatives, state media reported Thursday.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 19:07:53 GMT
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The Pentagon has extended the tour of 2,200 Marines in Afghanistan, after insisting for months the unit would come home on time.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:26:54 GMT
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Internet search company Google signed an agreement with Brazilian public prosecutors on Wednesday to help combat child pornography on its social networking site Orkut, an accord that the company believes is the first of its kind internationally.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:47:45 GMT
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A major terrorist suspect alleged to have strong ties to Osama bin Laden has been set free on bail after spending more than seven years in jail, British officials said Thursday.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 18:40:15 GMT
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A French judge ordered Continental Airlines and five people to stand trial on charges of manslaughter for the 2000 crash of a Concorde jet that killed 113 people, a prosecutor said.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 09:22:17 GMT
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Anti-terror police arrested 10 suspected Muslim militants and seized a large cache of high-powered bombs, foiling a major attack targeting Westerners in the Indonesian capital, police and media reports said Thursday.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:19:52 GMT
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The children of rescued hostage Ingrid Betancourt embraced their mother for the first time in six years on Thursday.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 21:54:54 GMT
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Three U.S. hostages rescued from leftist guerrillas in Colombia were in good condition, military officials said.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 15:36:40 GMT
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A series of powerful explosions erupted Thursday at two army ammunition depots near Sofia, shattering windows in hundreds of buildings, spewing smoke and debris into the sky and forcing Bulgaria's main airport to shut down.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:59:57 GMT
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Four decapitated bodies were found on a street in the Mexican city of Culiacan, blocks away from their severed heads.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:20:03 GMT
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U.S. officials condoned Hunt Oil Co. efforts to obtain an exploration deal with Iraq’s Kurdish regional government, contrary to public statements discouraging it, according to documents cited by a congressional committee.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 11:08:56 GMT
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A deadly rampage in an earth-mover by a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem left Israel grappling on Thursday with the dilemma of how to maintain security in the city along with the premise it is undivided.
Published: Thu, 3 Jul 2008 14:28:01 GMT
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The U.S. government has done the least among the world’s eight biggest economies to address global warming, a study released Thursday found.