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Ruling stalls Amazon dam, but construction likely (AP)

April 16th, 2010

Director James Cameron, left,  and actress Sigourney Weaver, right, march during a protest  against a proposed dam in the Amazon in Brasilia Monday April 12, 2010. Brazil's government says the Belo Monte project will provide much-needed clean energy for the country. Indian groups say they will be displaced by the dam and environmentalists say its benefits won't make up for the damage to the jungle.(AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - As environmentalists cheer a judge’s roadblock to a huge Amazon dam, its supporters, including Brazil’s president, insist the hydroelectric project is needed and will be built.


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Sudan Election: Indicted Ruler al-Bashir Likely to Win (Time.com)

April 15th, 2010

Time.com - The election in Sudan may prop up President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who has been indicted on war-crimes charges, but it is seen as necessary step in keeping a…

NKorea’s parliament likely to focus on economy (AP)

April 8th, 2010

AP - North Korea’s rubber-stamp parliament convenes an annual session Friday expected to show solidarity and perhaps indications of the impoverished and reclusive nation’s future leadership and economy.

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Squeeze Israel by cutting US aid? Not likely (AP)

March 20th, 2010

AP - The diplomatic crisis between the U.S. and Israel has sent a tremor through their alliance, but one key part of the bond seems virtually untouchable: the roughly $3…

First Iraqi vote results likely on Thursday (AP)

March 10th, 2010

Electoral workers sort through ballots cast in the national election in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Iraqi and UN officials say the first results from this week's parliamentary elections are likely to be released on Thursday. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - The top United Nations envoy in Iraq urged election officials Wednesday to release the results of this week’s historic vote as quickly as possible, saying Iraqis “have the…