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U.S. kept Britain in dark over torture: ex spy chief
LONDON (Reuters) - The United States deliberately kept Britain in the dark about the harsh methods it used when interrogating suspected terrorists, the former head of Britain's domestic spy agency said on Tuesday.
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Israel: Outlook for tough U.N. steps on Iran "grim"
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The outlook for imposing tough new U.N. sanctions on Iran is increasingly grim, as Russia and China work to slow down a U.S. and European drive for swift action, Israel's U.N. envoy said on Tuesday.
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U.N. sees no security vacuum as U.S. troops exit Haiti
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is confident there will be no security vacuum in Haiti as U.S. and other foreign troops withdraw from the earthquake-struck Caribbean country, a top U.N. official said on Tuesday.
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Yemen offers talks with separatists
DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemen, under international pressure to quiet domestic unrest and focus its sights on al Qaeda, has offered to hold talks with southern separatists and hear their grievances, state media said on Tuesday.
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Clinton says elections key to Haiti stability
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged quake-stricken Haiti on Tuesday to hold legislative elections "as soon as appropriate," saying new polls were key to the stability and legitimacy of the Haitian government.
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Two NATO soldiers killed in eastern Afghanistan
KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Two NATO soldiers were killed Tuesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a military base in Afghanistan, the alliance and local government sources said.
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Belfast votes in favor of police, justice transfer
BELFAST (Reuters) - The Northern Ireland Assembly on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to take control of its own police and justice powers, cementing the latest hard-won agreement between the province's divided communities.
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Vatican says wrong to single out Church over abuse
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Tuesday it was wrong to focus blame for child abuse on the Catholic Church and denied accusations it had sought to cover up pedophilia by its clergymen around Europe.
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Nigeria urged to end impunity after village massacre
JOS, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigeria must prosecute those behind a weekend massacre and address underlying issues of poverty and discrimination if it is to end a cycle of violence in the zone between its Muslim north and Christian south, rights groups and diplomats said.
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Greek public, private sector clash over austerity
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's new austerity package has driven a wedge between private and public sector workers, pitting resentful private employees against civil servants seen as privileged over who should pay for the country's debt crisis.
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UK minister urges push for Afghan peace settlement
(Reuters)
Reuters - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Afghans on Wednesday to push energetically for a peace settlement with Taliban insurgents and said Afghanistan's neighbors must support such an agreement.
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Suspect: Charges in Argentine bomb case are 'lies'
(AP)
AP - An Iranian accused of masterminding the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center that killed 85 people dismissed the allegations as "lies" on Tuesday and said he won't appear before an Argentine court.
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Biden condemns new Israeli settlement plan
(AP)
AP - Vice President Joe Biden condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem on Tuesday — a disagreement that tarnished a high-profile visit that had been aimed at repairing ties with the Jewish state and kickstarting Mideast peace talks.
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Venezuelan officials take control of 2 sugar mills
(AP)
AP - Venezuela's government seized control of two sugar mills Tuesday and threatened to expropriate them, accusing managers of hoarding a basic good and violating the labor rights of employees.
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Japan machinery orders fall 3.7 percent in January
(AFP)
AFP - Japan's core private-sector machinery orders, a leading indicator of corporate capital spending, fell 3.7 percent in January from the previous month, official data showed Wednesday.
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Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from election
(AP)
AP - A new election law issued by Myanmar's ruling military has barred pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from joining a political party and thus running in upcoming elections, state-run newspapers said Wednesday.
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Air Canada learns that hockey trumps flying
(Reuters)
Reuters - Canada's largest airline has learned it sometimes has to take a back seat to the country's biggest sporting passion, ice hockey, the head of Air Canada said on Tuesday.
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Israel, Syria pursue nuclear-powered Mideast
(AP)
AP - Is the Middle East about to go officially nuclear?
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'Miracle' birth of baby elephant, says zoo
(AFP)
AFP - A baby elephant believed to have died during labour was born alive at an Australian zoo on Wednesday, amazing its keepers and defying expert opinion that such an outcome would take a "miracle".
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Britain gives one million pounds to S.Africa for condoms
(AFP)
AFP - Britain announced Tuesday one million pounds in aid to South Africa for the purchase of condoms to tackle HIV and AIDS in the world's worst-affected country ahead of the 2010 World Cup.
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Israel rebuffs Biden by announcing new settlement construction
(McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — Hours after the arrival Tuesday of Vice President Joe Biden to help launch indirect Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, Israel announced the construction of 1,600 homes in a settlement block in mostly Arab East Jerusalem, an open rebuff that led Biden to issue a sharply worded...
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Ex-spy chief: US misled allies over detainees
(AP)
AP - United States intelligence agencies misled key allies, including Britain, about its mistreatment of suspected terrorists, the former head of the country's domestic spy agency, MI5, said Tuesday.
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Shots ring out near site of Christian-Muslim massacres
(AP)
AP - Automatic weapons fire punctuated by screams erupted after dark Tuesday in a Nigerian city located near villages where massacres just two days ago left more than 200 people dead.
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Nigeria: More Mass Graves Dug in Jos
(OneWorld.net)
OneWorld.net - ABUJA,
Mar 8 (IRIN) - Hundreds of people in the city of Jos, 350km
northeast of Nigeria's capital, Abuja, have been buried in mass graves
after machete-wielding intruders attacked residents at 3 a.m. (local
time) on 7 March.
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Japan's Hatoyama tries to shift more power to the politicians
(The...
The Christian Science Monitor - For decades, Japan's weekly political calendar was fixed. Before the cabinet met on Tuesdays, the top civil servants from each ministry would meet on Mondays. If the bureaucrats had not already set government policy, the wags said, the ministers would have nothing to rubber stamp.
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Russian Shareholder Activist Exposes Corporate Greed
(Time.com)
Time.com - Alexei Navalny is a unique type of opposition figure in Russia. He believes the most effective way to challenge the ruling class is not through elections, but by acquiring stock
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Israel: Did the Alleged Mossad Hit in Dubai Really Help?
(Time.com)
Time.com - While all the signs point to Mossad as the perpetrator and the Israelis are hardly denying it, the killing of a top Hamas operative may have caused the Israelis problems on other fronts
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