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Costa Rica gets first female president |
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SAN JOSE: Laura Chinchilla, a social conservative who opposes abortion but wants more help for the poor, became Costa Rica’s first female president after a convincing election triumph.
Her main opponents conceded defeat and the 50-year-old ruling party candidate joined thousands of suppor
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Egypt detains senior Brotherhood members |
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CAIRO: Egyptian security forces detained senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood on Monday, sources close to the group said, calling it a crackdown on Egypt’s biggest opposition group before elections this year.
The Brotherhood, though banned, won a fifth of the seats parliament in 2005
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Iran tells UN of enrichment plan |
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TEHRAN: Iran said on Monday it has formally told the UN nuclear watchdog of its plan to produce higher enriched uranium, sparking fresh warnings by world powers of new sanctions against the defiant Islamic republic.
“Iran’s official letter about commencing the 20 per cent enrichment activ
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Yanukovich wins tight Ukraine vote |
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Ukraine has narrowly chosen the pro-Russia Viktor Yanukovich as its next president, results showed on Monday, after elections that rejected the West-leaning policies of the Orange Revolution.
But with his margin of victory of around just 2.5 per cent according to a count of almost all the vo
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Straw denies ignoring advice |
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LONDON: Britain’s foreign minister during the Iraq war denied on Monday he had ignored advice that the 2003 invasion was illegal, in his second appearance before the public inquiry into the conflict.
Jack Straw said he read “with great care” an opinion given by the chief legal advisor to
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UK Afghan death toll matches Falklands loss |
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The death of two British soldiers, reported on Monday, means that as many British troops have been killed in Afghanistan as during the war to recapture the Falklands Islands from Argentina 28 years ago.
The 1982 conflict turned around the fortunes of then prime minister Margaret Thatcher,
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Pope deplores child abuse |
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VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI on Monday again condemned Roman Catholics who have violated children’s rights, a week before a meeting with Irish bishops over a sex abuse scandal.
“The Church, over the centuries... has promoted the protection of the rights and dignity of minors,” the pope
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‘Expect modest US gains from thaw with Syria’ |
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WASHINGTON: The Obama team may get modest benefits from ending a five-year chill with Damascus but will find it hard, if not impossible to peel Syria way from hardline ally Iran and break the Arab-Israeli stalemate, analysts said.
US President Barack Obama’s administration said last week
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Surrounded by history Haitians pray for better future |
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PORT-AU-PRINCE: With hands raised and eyes closed, in unison a crowd of hundreds cries out “thank you for Haiti!” — their voices echoing across the Champs de Mars, a square that is the beating heart of Port-au-Prince.
The Christian throng, surrounded by evidence of a troubled past and a d
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US shuttle Endeavour blasts off for space station |
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: The US space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of six astronauts blasted off Monday and headed for the International Space Station to deliver a module dubbed Tranquility.
The picture-perfect nighttime lift-off came at 4:14 am (0914 GMT), after a 24-hour delay caused
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Heavy snowfall blocks roads, cuts power in Europe |
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SOFIA: Heavy snow caused traffic chaos in Bulgaria and Romania on Monday, closing major highways, delaying flights and trains and cutting off electricity.
In Austria, where 12 skiers and snowboarders have died in the past week, authorities raised the avalanche risk because of heavy snowfa
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