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Portugal passes austerity budget

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:23:08 +0000

Portugal’s parliament backs an austerity budget aimed at cutting its deficit to the level permitted for countries using the euro. more …

India embraces Russia arms

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:17:09 +0000

New Delhi signs five deals, buying fighter jets, an aircraft carrier and nuclear reactors.

India signed five deals Friday to purchase more than $7 billion in hardware and expertise from Russia, including an aircraft carrier, a fleet of MIG-29 fighters, defense and space technology and at least 12 civilian nuclear reactors.

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Yemen Arrest Yields Another U.S. Terror Suspect

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:43:19 +0000

The arrest of a New Jersey man, Sharif Mobley, in the Yemeni capital is the latest in an alarming string of cases involving radicalized American Muslims.

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Fashion TV Pulled Off Air in India for ‘Obscenity’

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:43:04 +0000

Fashion TV was to be pulled off the air in India on Friday after falling afoul of obscenity laws by broadcasting bare-breasted models during a show last year, officials said.

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India shops Russian arms

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:07:21 +0000

New Delhi signs five deals, including the purchase of fighter jets and an aircraft carrier.

India signed five deals Friday to purchase over $7 billion in hardware and expertise from Russia, including an aircraft carrier, a fleet of MiG-29 fighters, defense and space-technology agreements and at least 12 civilian nuclear reactors.

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Widening Sex-Abuse Scandal in German Catholic Church Enmeshes Pope Benedict XVI

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:03:12 +0000

A senior church official acknowledged that a German archdiocese made “serious mistakes” in reassigning an abusive priest during the pope’s tenure as its archbishop in the 1980s.

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Clinton rebukes Israel over homes

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:53:21 +0000

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a stinging rebuke to Israel over new settlements in East Jerusalem. more …

Israel charges over human shield

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:43:20 +0000

Israel charges two of soldiers over the use of a Palestinian boy as a human shield during its offensive against Hamas in Gaza. more …

Protests over Egypt blogger case

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:43:12 +0000

A human rights organisation in Egypt accuses the interior ministry of manipulating the legal system to target a blogger. more …

Protests as Egypt jails blogger

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:17:09 +0000

A human rights organisation in Egypt accuses the interior ministry of manipulating the legal system to target a blogger. more …