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Thai soldiers killed in border clash with Cambodia 

April 22, 2011
Thai soldiers killed in border clash with Cambodia 

Cambodia's Prime Minister's son Hun Manet (L), talks with Cambodia's Defense Ministry spokesman Chhum Socheat after a news conference at the Council of Ministers in Phnom Penh April 22, 2011. Thai and Cambodian soldiers fought with rocket-propelled grenades and guns on their disputed border on Friday in a morning clash that killed three Thai soldiers [...]

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Radioactivity soars inside Japanese reactor 

March 29, 2011
Radioactivity soars inside Japanese reactor 

Reactors No. 1 to 4 are seen at the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant in Fukushima in this satellite file image, taken and released by DigitalGlobe March 18, 2011 Japanese authorities evacuated workers on Sunday from a reactor building they were working in after radiation in water at the crippled nuclear power plant reached potentially lethal [...]

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Giffords taken outside for first time 

January 21, 2011
Giffords taken outside for first time 

University Medical Center’s Peter Rhee (L) and Michael Lemole (R) join Mark Kelly, husband of US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, as he speaks during a news conference at the University Medical Center. Representative Gabrielle Giffords can now stand with assistance, has tried to speak, and on Thursday got her first breath of fresh air since she [...]

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Gunman wounds congresswoman, kills six 

January 9, 2011
Gunman wounds congresswoman, kills six 

People gather for a vigil at University Medical Center for US Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was in critical condition after being shot in the head by a gunman in Tucson, Arizona. A gunman shot a congresswoman in the head, seriously wounding her, and killed six other people in a shooting rampage at a public meeting [...]

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U.S. to try five 9/11 suspects in New York, Guantanamo debate reignited

November 15, 2009
U.S. to try five 9/11 suspects in New York, Guantanamo debate reignited

This photo obtained in March 2003 shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged organizer of the September 11, 2001, attacks, shortly after his capture. Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged 9/11 mastermind, and four co-accused will be tried in a civilian court in New York just blocks from where Al-Qaeda hijackers crashed two airliners into the World Trade Center, [...]

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U.S. unveils new missile defense program in Europe

September 18, 2009
U.S. unveils new missile defense program in Europe

U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday announced abandonment of the Bush-era controversial missile defense shield program in Eastern Europe. U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday announces abandonment of the missile defense shield program in Eastern Europe at a brief news conference in the White House. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)“This new approach will provide capabilities sooner, build on [...]

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Violence, accidents are killing world’s youth: study

September 11, 2009

Road accidents, pregnancy and childbirth complications, suicide, violence, the AIDS virus and tuberculosis are the biggest killers of young people across the world, according to a study published Friday. Researchers supported by the World Health Organization (WHO) said their study – the first to look at global death rates in those aged 10 to 24 [...]

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Karzai’s rival doubts transparency in Afghan election

August 24, 2009
Karzai’s rival doubts transparency in Afghan election

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah speaks during a news conference in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Aug. 23, 2009. Afghan incumbent president Hamid Karzai’s main rival Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday said that a big fraud is underway to affect the outcome of the country’s recently held presidential election.(Xinhua/Zabi Tamanna)“We would not accept the outcome of the [...]

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New GM emerges from remains of bankrupt automaker

July 11, 2009
New GM emerges from remains of bankrupt automaker

Fritz Henderson, chief executive officer of General Motors Co. speaks during a news conference at the GM headquarters in Detroit, Michigan, US, Friday General Motors Co., a new company majority-owned by the US government, emerged from the remains of bankrupt General Motors Corp. by taking over the best assets of the biggest US automaker. GM [...]

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Global use of cocaine, heroin and cannabis declines: UN

June 26, 2009
Global use of cocaine, heroin and cannabis declines: UN

A volunteer in the northern province of Ninh Binh displays a bucket of used syringes that he found on the street. Global use of cocaine, heroin and cannabis fell last year while production of stimulants rose, the UN drugs chief said Wednesday as he presented the United Nations’ annual report on drugs. “The embedded story [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...