By John Wendle / Moscow Thursday, Mar. 19, 2009
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev, left, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, in Gorki on Feb. 27
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Whispers of a split between Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his handpicked successor,...
By Bruce Crumley / Paris Thursday, Mar. 19, 2009
In Compiegne, employees from the Continental tyre company burn tyres in protest to the company's announcement of impending lay-offs.
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As millions of French protesters took to the streets Thursday for a repeat of the...
Posted by Joe Klein
America's favorite Senatorial song and dance team are back together on the Washington Post op-ed page today, using a sledgehammer to clobber a straw man--the idea of taking a "minimalist" strategy in Iraq, whatever that means.
They seem to think "minimalism" means a...
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World Bank Finds Protectionist Trend
At least 17 of the 20 major nations that vowed at a November summit to avoid protectionist steps that could spark a global trade war have violated that...
By Arthur Brice
(CNN) -- Some long-time Cuba watchers expressed skepticism Tuesday over a report by a former Mexican foreign minister that Communist leader Raul Castro removed two top-ranking officials earlier this month because they were plotting to overthrow him with the support of Venezuelan...
(CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI refused Wednesday to soften the Vatican's ban on condom use as he arrived in Africa for his first visit to the continent as pope.
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Flourishing Church still faces huge challenges
Richard Owen in Rome and Jonathan Clayton in Johannesburg
Pope Benedict XVI begins his first trip to Africa today, heading for a part of the world where the Roman Catholic faith is flourishing but also facing some of its greatest...
Jonathan Clayton: behind the story
Far from the popular image of a tropical Garden of Eden, Madagascar is a poverty-stricken island notorious for underage sex tourism. Tourist brochures cite its unspoilt rain forests, evolutionary marvels and isolated magnificent beaches but the country’s dark...
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Josef Fritzl is led into court at St Pölten yesterday, faced by the jurors who are expected to hear four days of graphic evidence.
Roger Boyes in St Pölten
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