Raises

Reuters - Germany said on Wednesday it had strong evidence Islamist militants were planning attacks in the next two weeks and ordered security at potential targets such as train stations…

Time.com - Romania has long downplayed its role in the Holocaust, but the discovery of a mass grave of Jewish victims could force the country to face its past

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AP - China raised its key interest rate Tuesday for the first time since the global crisis as it tries to control inflation and rapid growth even as other Asian…

AP - The Vatican’s top bioethics official said Robert Edwards, who received the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for developing in vitro fertilization, opened “a new and important chapter in…

Time.com - Everyone from the Kurds to the Arabs to the Turkmen wants a big share of Kirkuk, the ancient but oil-soaked Iraqi city. But a census may give the…

AP - Britain has raised its terror alert, saying the threat of violence from Irish dissidents has risen to a point where an attack is “a strong possibility.”

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AP - France is on alert for possible terrorism after intelligence suggested that attackers might target a public gathering place, with one lead pointing to a female suicide bomber, a…

Time.com - The Mexican massacre victims hailed from Brazil, Ecuador, El Salvador and Honduras, and were heading for the U.S. Then they ran into the Zetas

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AP - The party to raise money for Nelson Mandela’s children’s charity started with an odd guest list: Dining among the celebrities was Liberian warlord Charles Taylor, also known as…

AP - Body parts in trees. Mud walls flattened. Corpses riddled with ball bearings.

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