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As pact is debated, Sadr repeats call to arms - International Herald TribuneAs the Iraqi cabinet prepares to vote on a security agreement with the United States, the most vocal opponent of the pact, the Shiite cleric Moktada al-Sadr, reiterated his call Friday for armed resistance. In a statement read out to thousands of supporters at Friday prayers, Sadr urged armed ...
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Financial crisis may give rise to new era of regulation - International Herald TribuneFor 30 years, the U.S. political system has been tilted in favor of business deregulation and against new rules. But that is about to change, now that the government has been forced to intervene in the once highflying financial industry to avert an economy-wide crash. But the pro-regulation ...
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U.S. concedes undercounting Afghan civilian dead - International Herald TribuneAn investigation by the military has concluded that American airstrikes on Aug. 22 in a village in western Afghanistan killed far more civilians than American commanders there have acknowledged, according to two U.S. military officials. The military investigator's report found that more than 30 ...
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EU rescue fund rejected as U.S. bailout advances - International Herald TribuneThe European Central Bank's chief and the chairman of euro zone finance ministers sided with Germany on Thursday in rejecting any need for a European rescue fund for banks suffering from the global financial crisis. An unnamed senior Greek finance ministry official said the country would ...
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Dresden bombing killed fewer than thought, report concludes - International Herald TribuneThe Allied firebombing of the eastern German city of Dresden in 1945 killed no more than 25,000 people — far fewer than scholars' previous estimates running as high as 135,000 — a special commission has found. Nazi propaganda from 1945 put the toll at some 200,000. Under communist East Germany, ...
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China vows to prevent toxic milk from reaching export markets - International Herald TribuneChina vowed to prevent toxic milk from reaching processors and export markets after an infant powder scandal that has made more than 54,000 children sick and mired the nation's trade reputation in fresh crisis. Milk powder laced with the industrial chemical melamine has led to nearly 13,000 ...
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Kristof: The push to 'otherize' Obama - International Herald TribuneHere's a sad monument to the sleaziness of this U.S. presidential campaign: Almost one-third of voters "know" that Barack Obama is a Muslim or believe that he could be.In short, the political campaign to transform Obama into a Muslim is succeeding. The real loser as that happens isn't just ...
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Fed rescues AIG with $85 billion loan for 80% stake - International Herald TribuneActing to avert a possible financial crisis worldwide, the U.S. Federal Reserve Board reversed course Tuesday and agreed to an $85 billion bailout that would give the U.S. government an ownership stake in the troubled insurance giant American International Group. The decision, announced by the ...
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Washington's hypocrisy - International Herald TribuneThe U.S. administration is trying to stick the label of "bad guy" on Russia for exceeding the peacekeeping mandate and using "disproportionate force" in the peace-enforcement operation in Georgia. Maybe our American friends have gone blind and deaf at the same time. Mikheil Saakashvili, the ...
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How a spat became a showdown - International Herald TribuneThe story of how a 16-year, low-grade conflict over who should rule two small, mountainous regions in the Caucasus erupted into the most serious post-cold-war showdown between the United States and Russia is one of miscalculation, missed signals and overreaching, according to interviews with ...
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