Can Iron-Fisted Syria Withstand Wave of Rebellion?
Mar 23rd 2011 – 10:16 AM
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Hussein Malla, AP
Just two months ago, Syrian President Bashar Assad boasted to The Wall Street Journal that his country was "stable" and that -- unlike the soon-to-be-toppled tyrants in Tunisia and Egypt -- his...
King of Bahrain's Invite to Prince William's Wedding Causes Outrage
Mar 17th 2011 – 4:32 PM
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LONDON -- Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding next month has been billed as the media event of the decade. But the young couple's big day could now be overshadowed by a row over one of the...
Japanese Officials Warn Massive Blackouts Could Hit Tokyo
Mar 17th 2011 – 1:00 PM
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Tokyo's 35 million residents are preparing for massive blackouts after Japan's government warned that freezing conditions were straining the country's quake-ravaged electricity grid. Power demand...
WikiLeaks: Cables Show Japan Was Warned About Nuclear Plant Safety
Mar 16th 2011 – 3:33 PM
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Kyodo News / AP
The Japanese government has said it is doing all it can to contain the crisis at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, which was critically damaged in last week's earthquake. But according to U.S....
Japan's Economy Shaken by Quake; Damage May Be Costliest Ever
Mar 15th 2011 – 3:30 PM
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MCT
The human cost of last week's earthquake and tsunami in northern Japan is now well known. At least 10,000 people are thought to have died in the tragedy and another 500,000 have been left homeless....
Japan Disaster Reignites Nuclear Debate Around the World
Mar 14th 2011 – 3:47 PM
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LONDON -- Japanese authorities are battling to stop radiation from leaking from Fukushima's quake-ravaged atomic power plant. But the economic and political fallout from the disaster has already...
Massive Tsunami Devastates Japan; Waves Hit Hawaii
Mar 11th 2011 – 1:52 PM
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Kyodo News / AP
The biggest earthquake to hit Japan since records began almost 150 years ago smashed into the country's northeast coast today, triggering tsunamis up to 23-feet high that swept away boats, cars and...
German Interior Minister: Islam May Not Belong in Germany
Mar 4th 2011 – 2:57 PM
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He's only been in the job for three days, but Germany's new interior minister has already sparked a major controversy by suggesting that Islam does not "belong" in the country. Hans-Peter Friedrich,...
Libyan TV Shows Captured Dutch Helicopter Crew [VIDEO]
Mar 4th 2011 – 10:21 AM
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Libyan state TV today broadcast footage of a Dutch naval helicopter crew who were captured by pro-government militias while trying to evacuate European citizens from the conflict-torn...
Mourning Pakistanis Bury Assassinated Christian Official
Mar 4th 2011 – 10:00 AM
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Thousands of mourners crowded into an Islamabad church today to pay their final respects to Shahbaz Bhatti, Pakistan's only Christian government minister, who was assassinated for opposing the...
Petraeus Apologizes After Gunships Kill 9 Afghan Children
Mar 3rd 2011 – 7:35 AM
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Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, has issued a rare apology for an airstrike that killed nine children gathering firewood in the east of the country. A 10th child...
One Family's Fight Against the Westboro Baptist Church
Mar 2nd 2011 – 4:01 PM
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Baltimore Sun / MCT
On March 10, 2006, more than 1,200 people gathered at St. John's Catholic Church in Westminster, Md., to say their farewells to Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder. The 20-year-old Marine had died a week...
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