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Palestinians say it’s time to recognize their state (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - Israel’s plan to build new homes on occupied land should be countered by international recognition of a Palestinian state, the chief Palestinian negotiator said on Tuesday.

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Brazil rivals rally in swing state on election eve (Reuters)

October 30th, 2010

Brazil's presidential candidates, Dilma Rousseff (R) from the ruling party PT (Workers Party) shakes hands with Jose Serra of the PSDB party, before a television debate at the Globo TV studio in Rio de Janeiro October 29, 2010. REUTERS/Bruno DomingosReuters - Brazil’s presidential candidates rallied in the key swing state of Minas Gerais on Saturday in a last-ditch attempt to win over undecided voters before Sunday’s runoff election.


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Merkel says not enough immigrants on state payroll (Reuters)

October 30th, 2010

Reuters - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday more people of immigrant stock should work for the state in Germany, where a fractious debate about the integration of Muslims has…

Arabs may ask UN to recognize Palestinian state (AP)

October 15th, 2010

AP - Arab nations may seek U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state, if Israel continues to build settlements in the West Bank, Egypt’s foreign minister said Friday.

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Chavez: State will lower prices of farm supplies (AP)

October 4th, 2010

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gestures during a news conference with foreign media at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Sept. 27, 2010. Chavez lost the two-thirds majority in the National Assembly as his opponents made gains in congressional elections Sunday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez promised on Monday to bring down prices of seeds and fertilizer as his government takes over a leading farm-supply business.


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Ecuador in state of seige, region supports Correa (AP)

October 1st, 2010

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa, sitting in a wheelchair and wearing a gas mask, is rescued from a hospital where he was holed up by protesting police in Quito, Ecuador, Thursday Sept. 30, 2010. The army rescued Correa from a hospital where he had been trapped by rebellious police for more than 12 hours while he was being treated for tear-gas fired by hundreds of police angry over a law that they claim would cut their benefits. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)AP - Ecuador was under a state of siege Friday, the streets quiet with the military in charge of public order, after soldiers rescued President Rafael Correa from a hospital…

Mexican mayor slain in drug-plagued northern state (AP)

September 24th, 2010

Soldiers guard the crime scene where Prisciliano Rodriguez, mayor of the Doctor Gonzalez municipality, was shot dead by gunmen at his ranch 50 kilometers, some 31 miles, east of Monterrey, northern Mexico, Thursday Sept. 23, 2010. Rodriguez is the fourth mayor in northern Mexico to be murdered in little more than a month. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)AP - Gunmen killed a town mayor near the drug-plagued industrial city of Monterrey, authorities said Friday, the fourth mayor in northern Mexico to be murdered in little more than…

Mexican mayor slain in drug-plagued state (AP)

September 24th, 2010

Army soldiers walk by the body of a man lying in the street in Acapulco, Mexico, Thursday Sept. 23, 2010.  Authorities say seven people were killed in a shootout between rival drug gangs. (AP Photo/Bernandino Hernandez)AP - Authorities say gunmen have killed the mayor of a northern Mexican town — adding to a string of attacks on political figures in the drug-plagued region.


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Gunmen kidnap 9 Mexican state lawmen, 2 found dead (AP)

September 18th, 2010

Paramedics carry an injured woman outside a bar where a man was killed three people were injured when gunmen opened fire in downtown Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, late Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Gunmen kidnapped nine police officers investigating a death in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, and the bodies of two of the lawmen were found later, authorities said…

State media: Iran ready to release American woman (AP)

September 12th, 2010

FILE - In this May 21, 2010 file photo, Sarah Shourd, left, hugs her mother Nora Shourd, as Shane Bauer, second right, hugs his mother Cindy Hickey, during their meeting at the Esteghlal hotel in Tehran. Iran announced Thursday that one of the three Americans jailed for more than a year will be released Saturday to mark the end of Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Press TV, File)AP - Iranian state TV is reporting that a senior prosecutor is ready to release a jailed American woman on bail.


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