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A row of houses are seen engulfed by floodwaters after a heavy rain caused localised flooding in Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, Friday.
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Romanians vote for president amid political crisis
Posted: November 22, 2009 1:34 p.m.
Romanians voted for a new president Sunday, hoping to end a leadership crisis that threatens a euro1.5 billion ($2 billion) IMF loan their country desperately needs to ease a painful recession.
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2 bomb blasts leave 7 dead, 52 wounded in India
Posted: November 22, 2009 8:09 a.m.
Suspected militants set off two bombs outside a police station in India’s restive northeast on Sunday, killing seven people and wounding more than 50, police said.
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Afghan militias take on Taliban
U.S. aims to build on tribes’ efforts
Posted: November 22, 2009 5:50 a.m.
American and Afghan officials have begun helping a number of anti-Taliban militias that have independently taken up arms against insurgents in several parts of Afghanistan, prompting hopes of a large-scale tribal rebellion against the Taliban.
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Text proves shroud is authentic, researcher says
Posted: November 21, 2009 6:15 a.m.
A Vatican researcher has said a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus’ burial cloth.
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Six world powers press Iran to take nuke deal
Posted: November 21, 2009 6:14 a.m.
Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a United Nations plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned Tehran not to miss the opportunity to resolve the dispute.
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Floods devastate Britain’s Lake District, parts of Ireland
Posted: November 20, 2009 11:31 a.m.
Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods on Friday swamped northern England’s picturesque Lake District. One police officer died after a bridge was swept away by the surging waters.
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Floods devastate UK Lake District; much of Ireland
Posted: November 20, 2009 8:33 a.m.
Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods on Friday swamped northern England’s picturesque Lake District. One police officer was missing and feared dead after a bridge was swept away.
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Russian ship frees itself from ice in Antarctic
Posted: November 20, 2009 8:21 a.m.
A Russian cruise ship that has been struggling through a huge mass of sea ice for days has finally reached open water off Antarctica.
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6 world powers meet about Iran nuclear issue
Posted: November 20, 2009 7:30 a.m.
Representatives of six world powers met in Brussels on Friday to discuss possible measures against Tehran for its refusal to halt nuclear enrichment activities.
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Karzai vows war on crooks
2 from U.S. die in suicide attack
Posted: November 20, 2009 6:15 a.m.
President Hamid Karzai was inaugurated Thursday for a second term, pledging that Afghanistan will prosecute corrupt officials and control its own security within five years.
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Homegrown extremism on the rise, panel hears
Posted: November 20, 2009 5:48 a.m.
Terrorist episodes over the past 12 months show that Islamic extremists within the U.S. increasingly are launching attacks against targets such as military bases, anti-terrorist experts said Thursday.
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Pakistan bombings kill 21 in two days
8 militant attacks in region in 2 weeks
Posted: November 20, 2009 5:47 a.m.
A blast early today killed two police officers a day after a suicide bomber killed 19 people outside a courthouse in northwestern Pakistan in the latest attacks by Islamist militants retaliating against an army offensive near the Afghan border.
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Obama tells troops they helped Asia rise
Posted: November 20, 2009 5:30 a.m.
President Barack Obama told about 1,500 U.S. servicemen Thursday that in providing security to the region and containing North Korea, they’d allowed the nations he’d been visiting to flourish.
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31 years later, Guyana unveils memorial for Jonestown
Posted: November 20, 2009 5:30 a.m.
It has taken more than 30 years, but the government of Guyana has erected a memorial plaque at the site of the Jonestown cult massacre, a dark episode the South American country had long sought to downplay.
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Tokyo tops Paris in Michelin Guide’s restaurant rankings
Posted: November 20, 2009 5:28 a.m.
The Epicurean king who oversees the Michelin Guide fears he may be banished from France.
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