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US Tries to Contain Damage From Leaked Cables

WASHINGTON (Nov. 29) -- The release of more than 250,000 classified State Department documents forced the Obama administration into damage control, trying to contain fallout from unflattering assessments of world leaders and revelations about backstage U.S. diplomacy. The publication of the secret cables amplified...

Rwanda Decries Genocide Reference in UN Report

UNITED NATIONS (Aug. 27) -- Rwanda has slammed the United Nations for a draft report that suggests Rwandan troops, who entered the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1994 to hunt down perpetrators of genocide in Rwanda, themselves committed massacres that could also be considered genocide. Describing the leaked draft as...

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05/31/12 Downward mobility is now a reality Source: EducationGuardian.co.uk Every generation has its measure of outcasts.
05/30/12 West expels envoys over massacre of Syrian children Source: Angola Press Western powers expelled Syria's envoys on Tuesday in outrage at a massacre of 108 people, almost half of them children, and peace envoy Kofi Annan urged President Bashar al-Assad to halt the bloodshed as "a tipping point" had been reached.
05/29/12 LAT Database Producer Archives Newspaper Website Home... Source: Fishbowl LA - Mediabistro.com Interesting sideline project from Ben Welsh , a database producer at the LA Times.
05/22/12 Alleged Washington Gang Rape Victim Testifies Against... Source: The Moderate Voice Former IMF Chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being charged with yet another sex crime committed in the United States, this time just steps from the White House.
05/18/12 India embassy in Paris terror target Source: The Times of India Responding to a report in a French daily about threat from Taliban to the Indian mission in Paris, the government on Friday said its embassy there was in touch with relevant French authorities for its security.

Background on le monde

Le Monde (; ) is a French daily evening newspaper founded by Hubert Beuve-Méry and continuously published in Paris since its first edition on 19 December 1944. It is one of two French newspapers of record along with Le Figaro, and the main publication of La Vie-Le Monde Group.

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