World Briefing | Americas: Brazil: A Cellphone Carrier Is Thwarted
| For the second time in four months, prison guards foiled an attempt to smuggle a cellphone into a prison by carrier pigeon, the authorities said Friday. 07/04/2009 05:20 (nytimes world) Continue to read news >> |
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Middle East Talks Begin With Work Plan Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington and agree on fortnightly talks to work toward a peace deal even as the issue of settlement construction in the West Ban |
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Safrica To End Amnesty For Illegal Zimba... South Africa's government is withdrawing the special status granted to illegal Zimbabwean immigrants who fled their country's economic meltdown and political violence, a |
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North Korea Appears Ready To Extend Dyna... North Korea’s leader is to convene a ruling party meeting where it is expected that his son will be given an official post, a step on the road to leadership. |
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Calderon: Violence Price Worth Paying In... President Felipe Calderon tried to rally frustrated Mexicans behind his increasingly bloody drug war Thursday, saying he knows violence has surged under his watch, but ar |
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In Denying A Sex Scandal, A British Mini... The foreign secretary rejects speculation that he had a relationship with an aide, and focuses instead on his relationship with his wife. |
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Scotland Announces Minimum Price For Alc... LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Scotland's government announced on Thursday that its planned minimum price for alcohol would be set at 45 pence per unit, meaning a bottle of win |
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14 Cops Killed In Colombia Ambush, Rebel... Suspected leftist rebels killed 14 police officers and wounded seven in an ambush of a five-truck convoy in southern Colombia, a police commander said Thursday. |
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For Mexico's President, Cartels Aren't O... Mexican President Felipe Calderon will deliver a major speech Thursday, and ahead of that he released video clips touting his priorities - yet none refer to his war on dr |
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Run On Afghan Bank's Deposits Reported The Afghan president's brother - a major investor in the Kabul Bank - confirms to NBC News that funds were used to buy villas in Dubai but urges the U.S. to step in to pr |
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Gates: U.s. Troops Face 'tough Days' Ahe... As the last of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements arrive in Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday got a firsthand look at operations in the dangerous south. |
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Middle East Talks Begin With Work Plan Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington and agree on fortnightly talks to work toward a peace deal even as the issue of settlement construction in the West Ban |
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