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Volkswagen to invest $3.5 billion in Brazil (AP)

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:23:14 +0000

AP – Germany’s Volkswagen AG on Friday announced plans to invest euro2.3 billion ($3.5 billion) in Brazil and said it hopes to be building a million vehicles a year in the country by 2014.

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Indonesia rejects Bali plan for turtle sacrifices (AP)

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:16:31 +0000

AP – Indonesia has rejected a push by the resort island of Bali for rare turtles to be legally slain in Hindu ceremonies, siding with conservationists of the protected reptiles against religious advocates, an official said Friday.

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Namibia vote expected to return party to power (AP)

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:55:15 +0000

AP – Namibia’s President Hifikepunye Pohamba was among the first to vote in an election expected to return him and his party to power, despite a challenge from a new breakaway party.

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BSF Crocodiles to man creeks along Indo-Pak border

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:54:18 +0000

Sir Creek, Nov 27: Just a day after India observed the first anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai Terror attacks when a group of terrorists infiltrated the country’s west coast through sea and wrecked havoc, the Border Security Force (BSF) has formed

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Pakistan military moving to undercut Zardari over his close U.S. ties (McClatchy Newspapers)

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:54:00 +0000

McClatchy Newspapers – ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Suspicions by Pakistan’s powerful army that the country’s civilian leadership is growing too close to the United States are fueling a political crisis that analysts here believe threatens the survival of the government and could divert attention from the battle against Islamic extremists.

Watchdog warning about TV in post-Soviet states (AP)

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:43:09 +0000

AP – A media watchdog is warning that government-influenced TV in Russia and many post-Soviet states is hampering democracy and could endanger international peace and security if misused as a propaganda tool.

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Iraqi PM: Election dispute poses risks to security (AP)

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:37:26 +0000

AP – Iraq’s prime minister on Thursday vowed there will be no delay in the withdrawal of U.S. troops despite an Iraqi political dispute that is expected to force a January vote to be postponed.

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Haiti bans Aristide’s party from 2010 election (AP)

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:22:43 +0000

AP – Haiti’s electoral council has banned the influential party of exiled former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide from running in next year’s legislative elections.

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Second Sony Ericsson phone has software problem (Reuters)

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:59:07 +0000

Reuters – Sony Ericsson said on Thursday that a second of its new smartphones, key to its strategy for returning to profit next year, had been hit by software problems in Britain.

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Philippines prepares to charge suspect in massacre (AP)

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:56:39 +0000

AP – Under threat of military attack, the scion of the clan suspected in the slaughter of 57 people in the southern Philippines turned himself in Thursday, and prosecutors say he will face murder charges in the country’s worst election violence.

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