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Kent Klein | Washington 31 December 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama has been briefed on early reports about last week's aborted airline terror attack. The president has received a report on how a Nigerian man suspected of terrorist links boarded a U
Photo: AP Security guards man a gate outside the bombed Ritz-Carlton hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia, 22 Jul 2009 The United States Embassy in Jakarta has warned Americans that an attack may occur on the resort island of Bali on New Year's Eve. According
Indian students hold protest signs during a rally to stamp out violence against international students and racism in Sydney, Australia, 07 Jun 2009 Tourism executives predict the number of Indian students coming to Australia will fall sharply in 2010
Photo: AP Indonesian military carry the coffin of former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid at his family cemetery in Jombang, East Java, Indonesia, 31 Dec 2009 Former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid has been buried after a state funeral.
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Photo: AP A Yemeni refugee woman washes clothes at the Mazraq Refugee Camp in northern Yemen, 11 Dec 2009 The International Committee of the Red Cross reports conditions are continuing to deteriorate in northern Yemen where fighting between the gover
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Many Zimbabweans living and working in neighboring South Africa travel home during the holiday period, causing massive bottlenecks at the main overland border post. Despite the delays and the cost, they prefer to return to South Africa after only a f
He has fought tirelessly for minority inclusion and freedom of speech in American broadcasting Adam Phillips | New York 31 December 2009 Some of the cases Andrew Jay Schwartzman takes on are pretty arcane. They might be broadcast media regulatory iss
Officials in West Bengal state say the tragedy occurred early Thursday, when hundreds of devotees scrambled to take the first boat service to Sagar Island - the venue for a Hindu religious festival known as the Gangasagar Mela. Anjana Pasricha | New
Former top al-Qaida propagandist al-Bahlul sentenced to life in prison in 2008 for conspiracy, solicitation for murder, material support for terrorism Michael Bowman | Washington 26 January 2010 A panel of U.S. military judges has heard the first dir
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