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NEW YORK - An activist group has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001, from "Second World Trade Center tower collapses" to "I'm ok & love you..xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox." Full Story »
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CONAKRY, Guinea - One of Africa's most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries, including the United States and some in Europe, a United Nations report said. Full Story »
KABUL, Afghanistan — When Susan Marx was awoken before dawn last month with word that United Nations colleagues across town were under attack, the 32-year-old human rights researcher did the only thing she could think of to calm her nerves: Bake. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States unveiled its proposal to cut greenhouse gases by 2020 on Wednesday and said President Barack Obama will attend U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen next month -- before other world leaders show up. Full Story »
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PARIS - What does it mean to be French? Full Story »
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ATLANTERRA, Spain - A Swiss adventurer trying to soar from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings ditched safely into the Atlantic on Wednesday after hitting turbulence and clouds so thick he could not tell if he was flying up or down. Full Story »
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VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A rare Siberian tiger that Vladimir Putin fitted with a radio-tracking collar is alive and well, the Russian prime minister's spokesman said Wednesday, easing concerns raised when an environmentalist said the tracking device had gone silent. Full Story »
LONDON - A former security consultant wanted in the U.S. on charges of defrauding a client of more than $2 million was refused bail in a British court Wednesday. Full Story »
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NAIROBI, Kenya - The African Union's Somalia envoy said Wednesday donors have released only 30 percent of funds they pledged months ago toward bolstering Somalia's security, frustrating efforts to turnaround the lawless country. Full Story »
MOSCOW - Russian investigators have defended their treatment of a lawyer whose death in a Moscow prison last week has prompted deep concern and criticism. Full Story »
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BRUSSELS (AFP) - European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso announced the nominations for his new team Wednesday, with conservatives to the fore and more women members than the outgoing EU executive. Full Story »
ATHENS, Greece - The ruined theater under the Acropolis where the works of Euripides and other classical playwrights were first performed some 2,500 years ago will undergo partial restoration over the next six years, Greek officials said Wednesday . Full Story »
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LONDON - Iran and Libya, not Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime, were Britain's main security concerns before the invasion of Iraq, Foreign Office officials testified Wednesday at an inquiry probing Britain's role in the war. Full Story »
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LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that several NATO nations will jointly offer 5,000 more troops for Afghanistan, as London and Washington push allies to take on a greater share of the war burden. Full Story »
GENEVA - Swiss minister sees 'no reason' to appeal Polanski's bail. Full Story »
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LONDON - Two ceremonial guards known as Beefeaters at the historic Tower of London were fired Wednesday after an internal investigation found that they harassed their first and only female colleague. Full Story »
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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people are still living in makeshift homes 18 months after Cyclone Nargis tore into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, killing at least 140,000, the United Nations said Wednesday. Full Story »
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will attend United Nations climate-change talks in Copenhagen next month amid international pressure for the U.S. to do more to reduce its record production of greenhouse gases. Full Story »
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