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Human Rights Watch - Mon Nov 9, 4:29 pm ET
President Obama has spoken forcefully about the importance of defending human rights globally in speeches in Egypt, Ghana, Turkey, and at the United Nations. The test now is whether he will do so in a country where the government remains profoundly hostile to these concepts.
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CNN - Mon Nov 9, 6:55 am ET
(FT) -- Wen Jiabao, China's premier, has pledged $10bn in new low-cost loans to Africa over the next three years and defended China's engagement against accusations it is "plundering" the continent's oil and minerals.
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Asbury Park Press - Sun Nov 8, 10:21 am ET
CAIRO — As Egypt geares for pop diva Beyonce Knowles' first performance in North Africa, Islamic conservatives are branding her show an "insolent sex party" that threatens the Muslim nation's "social peace and stability."
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WOAI San Antonio - 48 minutes ago
A San Antonio couple says they were conned out of thousands of dollars and targeted because of their religious devotion.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 9, 5:58 am ET
China on Monday offered full assistance to Africa in agriculture and infrastructure following its pledge of 10 billion dollars in concessional loans to the continent's states.
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INO News - Tue Nov 10, 12:42 am ET
(RTTNews) - Monday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas slammed the Arab League (AL) for not boycotting his rival faction, the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, after it refused to endorse an Egyptian-drafted reconciliation pact, which was supposed to be signed by all Palestinian factions October 24.
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Bloomberg - Mon Nov 9, 4:51 pm ET
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Panama’s credit-rating outlook was raised to positive by Standard & Poor’s, putting the Central American country on the cusp of an investment-grade rating, as tax increases and faster economic growth help keep the budget deficit in check.
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Crosswalk.com - Tue Nov 10, 1:28 am ET
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UPI - Sun Nov 8, 11:14 pm ET
SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- China, already enjoying extensive reach into Africa's oil and other resources, has widened its influence by pledging $10 billion in easy loans to its nations.
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UPI - Mon Nov 9, 2:44 pm ET
SANAA, Yemen, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Saudi Arabia's entry into Yemen's war against northern Shiite rebels has dramatically increased the stakes in a smoldering powder keg of conflicts in the Red Sea and Horn of Africa region, a key oil artery.
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Burlington County Times - Tue Nov 10, 3:05 am ET
PLUMSTED - Giving up a game-tying goal with less than a minute left in the half can be devastating to a high school field hockey team, unless it has been there before.
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Queens Courier - 11 minutes ago
A Flushing father of two sits in a federal lockup – held without bail as an alleged terrorist gunrunner – and faces up to 80 years in prison.
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Yahoo! Sports via Yahoo! Sports - Mon Nov 9, 2:11 am ET
A perfect record at Stamford Bridge could mean the Blues are back in the business of winning a Premiership title.
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Courier-Post - Tue Nov 10, 2:18 am ET
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin - 55 minutes ago
Harriet Dunlap has been sewing clothing for Shriners Hospital for Children for more than 30 years, but they're not your typical garments. She alters clothing or creates items from scratch that better serve the kids at the hospital.