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Brazil’s Rousseff facing runoff presidential vote (AP)

October 3rd, 2010

Dilma Rousseff, presidential candidate for the Workers Party, right, is kissed by Tarso Genro, candidate for Governor of Rio Grande do Sul, next to an electronic ballot box after voting in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010. Brazilians vote Sunday in national elections that could see front-running candidate Dilma Rousseff become the country's first female president, succeeding her popular ally and mentor, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)AP - Official vote returns indicate Brazil’s leading presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff has been forced into a second-round runoff.


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Iran claims woman facing death has confessed (AP)

August 12th, 2010

Iranian lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei answers reporters' questions at a press conference in Oslo, Norway Sunday Aug. 8, 2010. Mostafaei has applied for political asylum in Norway after he was released from a detention center in Istanbul. Mostafaei fled Iran for Turkey after defending his client, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, who was convicted of cheating on her husband and sentenced to death by stoning in Iran. Tehran says it will not carry out the stoning against Ashtiani for the time being, but the mother of two could still face execution by hanging. (AP Photo/Scanpix Norway/ Hakon Mosvold Larsen) **NORWAY OUT **AP - Iranian state television broadcast a purported confession by a woman who had faced death by stoning for adultery, a case that has drawn U.S. concern, an offer of…

China’s microblogs facing new restrictions (AP)

July 15th, 2010

In this photo taken Wednesday, July 14, 2010, a Chinese man uses a computer at an Internet cafe in Beijing, China. China's Twitter-like microblogs are facing new threats of censorship. The country's top microblogs either are down for maintenance or now display a 'beta' tag to indicate they are in a testing phase, though they have been operating for months. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - China’s Twitter-like websites are facing new threats of censorship.


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G20 leaders facing worries about rising deficits (AP)

June 24th, 2010

Police officers stand watch over an crosswalk on Front Street in Toronto, Thursday, June 24, 2010, as the security was put in place around the Metro Toronto Convention Center for the upcoming G8 and G20 Summits. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - World leaders who addressed a severe economic crisis with an unprecedented show of strength last year were gathering Thursday to again confront the state of their economies. But…

Britain facing biggest budget cuts in decades (AFP)

June 20th, 2010

Britain is preparing for big spending cuts and tax hikes in the new government's emergency budget on Tuesday as Prime Minister David Cameron's coalition attacks a record deficit(AFP/File/Carl Court)AFP - Britain is preparing for big spending cuts and tax hikes in the new government’s emergency budget on Tuesday as Prime Minister David Cameron’s coalition attacks a record deficit.


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Rio Tinto exec facing commercial secrets charges (AP)

March 24th, 2010

Commuters ride bicycles past the Shanghai's No. 1 People's Intermediate Court, where the final day of a trial of four Rio Tinto employees on politically sensitive charges of stealing commercial secrets is taking place, Wednesday, March 24, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Australian executive Stern Hu and three Chinese coworkers have been detained since last July in a case many thought linked to Beijing's anger over high prices it was paying for iron ore — a key commodity in China's booming economy. Rio Tinto, based in London and Melbourne, is one of the top suppliers of ore to China and a key industry negotiator in price talks with China's state-owned steel mills. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - The trial of four employees from Australian mining giant Rio Tinto was set to end Wednesday as a Shanghai court wrapped up closed sessions on industrial espionage charges.


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Britain facing tough pre-election budget (AFP)

March 20th, 2010

British Finance Minister Alistair Darling (C) leaves the Treasury, in London. Britain's Labour government will deliver a critical pre-election budget this week to help fix the dire public finances but some experts fear political posturing with an election around the corner(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Britain’s Labour government will deliver a critical pre-election budget this week to help fix the dire public finances but some experts fear political posturing with an election around…

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