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Afghanistan to hold formal talks with Taliban in Qatar: Karzai
Afghanistan will send representatives to Qatar soon to discuss peace with the Taliban, President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday, in a step towards reaching a ...
Hungarian man, 98, charged with World War II crimes: prosecutors
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungarian prosecutors on Tuesday charged Laszlo Csatary, 98, with war crimes committed during World War Two, saying he helped deport Jews to ...
Police arrest dozens in raids across Turkey after protests
ANKARA (Reuters) - Police raided addresses across Turkey on Tuesday and detained dozens of people after nearly three weeks of anti-government protests, local media reported. ...
China arrests man for seeking repeat of Tiananmen protest
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities have formally arrested a man for trying to stage a repeat of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protest, his wife ...
Poland, Germany probe Nazi-led unit commander
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in Poland and Germany said Tuesday they are reviewing files on a Minnesota man who was a commander of a ...
Poland checking files on Nazi-led unit commander
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish prosecutors say they are reviewing files on a Minnesota man who was a commander in a notorious Nazi-led unit to ...
Poland, Germany probe Nazi-led unit commander
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Prosecutors in Poland and Germany said Tuesday they are reviewing files on a Minnesota man who was a commander of a ...
North Korea says surveillance leaks prove U.S. is "kingpin" of rights abuse
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea rushed to the defense of American civil liberties on Tuesday, saying revelations of mass surveillance operations showed the United States ...
Greece: TV screens still blank amid dispute
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — State TV signals remain blank in Greece as parties in the governing coalition were still at odds over what to do ...
Asian shares ease as Fed meeting keeps markets on edge
TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares eased on Tuesday as investors waited for Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to clarify the U.S. central bank's plans for ...
Turkey could deploy army to quell protests
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's deputy prime minister said on Monday the armed forces could be called up if needed to help quell popular protests that ...
Turkey's 'standing man' launches new protest wave
ISTANBUL (AP) — After weeks of sometimes violent confrontation with police, protesters in Turkey have found what could be a more potent form of resistance: ...
Turkey's 'standing man' launches new protest wave
ISTANBUL (AP) — After weeks of sometimes violent confrontation with police, protesters in Turkey have found what could be a more potent form of resistance: ...
New form of protest in Turkey: standing silently
ISTANBUL (AP) — After weeks of sometimes violent confrontation with police, Turkish protesters have found a new form of resistance: standing still and silent. ...
Zimbabwe 'Cattle Bank' takes deposits that moo
MARONDERA, Zimbabwe (AP) — William Mukurazita's deposit at the bank has four legs and moos. ...
Islamists drive 19,000 farmers from north Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Officials say Islamic militants have driven 19,000 rice farmers from northeast Nigeria while a military crackdown is preventing thousands more from ...
Islamists drive 19,000 farmers from north Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Islamic militants have driven 19,000 rice farmers from their land in northeast Nigeria while a military crackdown is preventing thousands more ...
5 killed in Mozambique clashes
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Media in Mozambique say at least five government troops were killed and two others were wounded in fighting with alleged members ...
Insight: Why Citi wants to rack up U.S. taxes
(Reuters) - Over the past few years, Citigroup Inc has been grappling with an unusual problem - how to incur more U.S. taxes. ...
Explosion in Kabul near Afghan national parliament: police
KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion on Tuesday morning rocked an area in the west of the Afghan capital, Kabul, close to the country's national parliament, ...
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Huntsville - a touch of southern comfort.
The city of Huntsville, nestled amongst the hills of north Alabama, is certainly not the backwater southern town that I perhaps expected. It manages to combine a delightful historical old-town with a state of the art high-tech modern city built around the U.S. space programme. ... Full story
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