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September 10, 2008

Global warming threatens Asia-Pacific security, warns Australian PM

(Guardian) Kevin Rudd announces increase in defence spending in response to accelerating arms race in region.

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Victims or villains?

(Guardian) There have already been 30 suicide bombings by women and girls in Iraq this year - almost four times as many as in the...

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South Ossetia Wants to Join Russia

(Der Spiegel) Independence from Georgia is only intended as a first step for the breakaway region of South Ossetia, whose president Eduard Kokoity has said...

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Protests in Bolivia cuts gas exports; US ambassador expelled

(Merco Press) President Evo Morales said Wednesday that he is expelling the U.S. ambassador in Bolivia for allegedly inciting violent opposition protests. Morales' announcement came...

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Somalia's economy is being ravaged by a weak government

(Times Online) Somalia is rapidly becoming an economy without a state. After almost two decades of warlord-driven anarchy, a weak interim government cannot police its...

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Thai ruling party backs Samak for PM

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's ruling People Power Party (PPP) nominated leader Samak Sundaravej on Thursday to return as prime minister, putting it on a collision...

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US marks seventh 9/11 anniversary

(BBC News) Memorial services are being held to mark the seventh anniversary of the 11 September 2001 attacks on the US....

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