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President-elect Barack Obama Monday formally announced a national security team that is led by his onetime chief Democratic rival and includes a top member of President Bush's Cabinet -- a bipartisan group that he said shares his pragmatism and his commitment to strengthen America's standing in...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 1 hour 26 minutes ago
VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - Heavy rains and high winds left Venice almost completely flooded on Monday after surrounding sea levels rose to their highest in 22 years.
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submitted by Robert Cauthorn 10 hours 19 minutes ago
The sole Mumbai gunman captured alive has told police he was trained in Pakistan and ordered to “kill until the last breath”, according to a leaked account of his interrogation.
Azam Amir Kasab, 21, a Pakistani national, claimed the terror strikes, which left nearly 200 dead, were...(more)
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submitted by Micca 11 hours 21 minutes ago
The Indian government raised the country's security to a "war level" yesterday saying it had certain proof of a Pakistani link to the Mumbai attacks.
The dramatic move prompted Pakistan to say it would end military operations against Islamist militants on the Afghan border, which are critical...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 11 hours 25 minutes ago
AFP - High above the war-battered plain, a giant silverback gorilla ruminatively strips a plant of its leaves with green tombstone teeth. Five females nearby suckle their babies. The world can celebrate a small miracle in eastern Congo.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 11 hours 25 minutes ago
AP - Israeli and Palestinian officials say a Libyan ship carrying 3,000 tons of supplies for the Gaza Strip has turned back before reaching the coast.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 10 hours 25 minutes ago
Nine decapitated bodies were discovered Sunday in Tijuana, a hot spot in an increasingly gruesome war between drug cartels.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 10 hours 25 minutes ago
The slow road to death runs high above the scenic coastline, past the crumbled bridges and buried rivers. It traverses a jagged trail passing green slopes and red fertile dirt before arriving here: an isolated mountain village where little Haitian girls dream of eating rice and...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 12 hours 25 minutes ago
This should be China's time to shine. The country is sitting on almost $2 trillion in foreign exchange reserves and may post a 9 percent growth rate this year, probably the highest of any nation. In the midst of a global financial crisis, the world...(more)
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 10 hours 25 minutes ago
A Japanese general who was fired as head of the air force for suggesting Japan deserves credit, not blame, for its World War II actions stood by his claim Monday.
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submitted by Robby for team staff news 11 hours 25 minutes ago
The deputy chief minister of the Indian state of Maharashtra offers to resign after criticism following the Mumbai attacks.
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