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The monkey population of Delhi has grown large and aggressive, overwhelming the city’s efforts to control it, but Hindu tradition calls for feeding the monkeys twice a week.
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(Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike on suspected Islamist militants in northwest Pakistan killed 10 people on Thursday, intelligence officials said, an attack likely to raise tensions in a standoff with Washington over NATO supply routes to Afghanistan.
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Using comedy and an expansive Web presence, Beppe Grillo has fostered a grass-roots antipolitics movement, whose candidates are now a force in local elections.
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A strike by subway and commuter train workers in São Paulo led to congestion that, at its peak, backed up 155 miles of roads and highways.
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Lawyers for three men accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks seek testimony from US President Barack Obama and his predecessor George W Bush.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have arrested a young couple who buried an old woman alive believing she was dead after their car hit the 68-year-old, newspapers said on Thursday, in a case which has sparked outrage over declining public morality.
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In an address to the Air Force Academy's graduating class, President Obama emphasizes the nation's leadership role in the world, countering GOP claims that he has 'led from behind.'COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — President Obama pushed back against the idea of U.S. influence being in decline —...(more)
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Saudi Arabia and Western and gulf states pledged more than $4 billion in humanitarian aid to Yemen.
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A judge ruled Tuesday that a man who flashed his headlights to warn drivers of a nearby police speed trap was exercising his right to free speech, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Ryan Kintner, 25, of Lake Mary, Florida, was ticketed last August in Seminole County for...(more)
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Mitt Romney, in a speech to the Latino Coalition in Washington, attacks Obama's education policies and blames teachers unions' influence for preventing needed reforms.WASHINGTON — Targeting an issue popular with women, a key voter group, Mitt Romney assailed President Obama's leadership on education Wednesday and blamed...(more)
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Mark Sullivan assures a Senate panel that there's no evidence of a wider culture of reckless partying and that President Obama's safety was not compromised.WASHINGTON — The prostitution scandal that has embroiled the Secret Service is not evidence of a wider culture of boozing and paying...(more)
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Quebec is trampling basic democratic rights in order to end student protests against tuition increases.
