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Inside the cat and dog meat market in China
CNN
Dogs bark and whine behind high chain-link fences, some of them gnawing the wire so hard they bleed at the mouths while cats packed into crowded cages cower in fear if anyone approaches.This isn't a pet store --...
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US apologises over Gaddafi comments
BBC
The US State Department has apologised for comments made about Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for jihad, or holy war, against Switzerland. Department spokesman PJ Crowley, who made the dismissive comments, said they did not reflect US policy...
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MSNBC
JERUSALEM - Mideast rivals Israel and Syria on Tuesday each announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that its plan could bring new international attention to its secretive nuclear activities. Both countries laid out...
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Clinton says elections key to Haiti stability
Reuters
By Andrew QuinnWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged quake-stricken Haiti on Tuesday to hold legislative elections "as soon as appropriate," saying new polls were key to the stability and legitimacy of the Haitian government.Clinton, speaking...
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CNN
Nigeria on Tuesday faced international calls to bring to justice killer mobs armed with guns and knives who massacred hundreds of villagers in the country's rural heartland.As more details of the atrocities emerged, Nigeria's acting president, Goodluck Jonathan,...
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NPR
When earthquakes happen, earthquake scientists want to be there, especially with an earthquake as large and destructive as the 8.8-magnitude quake that hit Chile last month.In the days and weeks that have followed, geophysicists and geodesists, who study...
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Bill to reserve legislative seats for women advances in India
Washington Post
NEW DELHI -- Indian lawmakers on Tuesday approved a historic bill that would set aside one-third of all legislative seats for women, a move aimed at overturning six decades of male-dominated decision-making in this country. The bill, which...
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