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Iraq
Dozens of explosions that ripped through the Iraqi capital and other cities Sunday morning killed at least 30 people and soured the early hours of Iraq’s first parliamentary election as a sovereign nation.
As polls were closing at 5 p.m., Iraqi officials said the series of attacks failed to thwart the election, which unfolded smoothly in [...]
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Falklands
Washington refused to endorse British claims to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands yesterday as the diplomatic row over oil drilling in the South Atlantic intensified in London, Buenos Aires and at the UN.
Despite Britain’s close alliance with the US, the Obama Administration is determined not to be drawn into the issue. It has also declined [...]
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Haiti
Although a U.S. Baptist group said it was trying to rescue 33 “orphans” by taking them out of earthquake-ravaged Haiti, all the children have close family still alive, The Associated Press has found.
Niger
The leaders of the military coup in Niger have promised a “return to constitutional order”, three days after overthrowing President Mamadou Tandja.
A spokesman [...]
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Haiti
Joint Task Force Haiti has requested that the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team be allowed to start returning home, said Col. Gregory Kane, task force operations officer.
The task force made the request to U.S. Southern Command, and it will ultimately have to be approved by Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
“There have been discussions [in [...]
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Russians investing another $50 M in bid to claim Arctic sovereignty
Randy Boswell, Canwest News Service
Facing a UN deadline this year to register its claims for new Arctic seabed territory, the Russian government has announced a $50-million infusion of scientific funding for its bid to assert sovereignty over a vast polar domain on Canada’s northern doorstep.
Afghan Geological Reserves Worth Roughly $1 Trillion
AFP
Afghanistan, one of the world’s poorest countries, is sitting on mineral and petroleum reserves worth an estimated one trillion dollars, President Hamid Karzai said Sunday.
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Zimbabwe
A secret airstrip is being built in a diamond field illegally seized by the Zimbabwean army 14 months ago which would enable clandestine weapons shipments.
Diplomats and analysts believe that the mile-long runway is intended for arms shipments, probably from China, for which troops loyal to President Robert Mugabe would pay on the spot with gemstones [...]
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Haiti
This story seems to be avoiding any mention of right wing Crist, leaving it instead to some sort of mystery where the cut came from.
Following the suspension of U.S. military flights for critically injured Haitians, the White House said Sunday that those will resume soon after assurances were given that hospitals have the capacity to [...]
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Haiti
Children are going missing from hospitals in Haiti, raising fears that the youngsters are being trafficked for adoption abroad in the wake of the January 12 earthquake, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said.“We have documented let’s say around 15 cases of children disappearing from hospitals and not with their own family at the time,” said [...]
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