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'Unknown' Ashton gets top EU job: reaction

Updated on 20 November 2009 By Channel 4 News How does the press around Europe see the British Baroness Cathy Ashton's appointment as the EU high representative for foreign policy? Martin Kettle in The Guardian looks at what...

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The Mongolia Coal Mining Boom

When I was a young high school punk, I had the good fortune of attending Jim Peckham's wrestling camp. Coach Peckham was the 1976 USA Olympic wrestling coach. He had cauliflower ears and a face that looked like he chased parked...

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World › 6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue

Saturday 21st November, 05:46 AM JST BRUSSELS — Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog...

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U.N. Calls on Iran to Address Serious Human Rights Violations

U.S. welcomes U.N. resolution against Iran’s human rights practices U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesman STATEMENT BY ROBERT WOOD, DEPUTY SPOKESMAN U.N. Calls on Iran to Address Serious Human Rights Violations The...

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Iran To Launch Satellite On Its Own By Late 2011

Iran Says It Will Launch Another Communications Satellite Without Outside Help In 2 Years (AP) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran plans to launch a communications satellite by late 2011 with no outside help, a top Iranian official said...

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Suicide bomber detonates near governor's house, kills 13

NEW: Among the dead was one policeman; attack injured 29 others, including 8 children Suicide bomber self-detonated next to the governor's house in the capital, Farah city Attack comes day after Afghan President Karzai was...

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Israel seeks to check Iranian inroads in South America

BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Israel is seeking to check Iranian diplomatic and trade advances in South America, a region where it has enjoyed sympathy and support since its founding, but a fuller picture of shifting alliances...

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Iran's president calls for expansion of trade ties with Turkey

TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday called for the expansion of trade ties between Iran and Turkey, the official IRNA news agency reported. "Iran and Turkey can be each other's major...

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Wired Backs Internet for Nobel Peace Prize

Nothing has done a better job of circumventing censorship, spreading democratic thought and promoting understanding between nations than the internet. Join Wired 's global campaign to award the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to our...

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Iran bribery charges on Statoil dismissed

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Charges against Norwegian energy giant Statoil related to bribing Iranian officials for access to the South Pars gas field were dismissed, U.S. officials said. The U.S. Department of Justice in 2006...

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