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The Islamic Education Center, a grade school and mosque in Houston, is photographed on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.
photo: AP / Michael Stravato
US moves against Iran Muslim group
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US federal prosecutors have moved to seize four mosques and a New York tower block owned by a nonprofit Muslim organisation with alleged financial ties to Iran. The prosecutors on Thursday filed a civil complaint in a US federal court seeking the forfeiture of more than $500m in assets of the Alavi Foundation and an alleged front company....
In this photo taken Sept. 15, 2009, a forest in the Amazon is seen being illegally burnt, near Novo Progresso, in the northern Brazilian state of Para.
photo: AP / Andre Penner
Brazil celebrates 45% reduction in Amazon deforestation
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A police offensive and the global economic crisis have combined to produce the largest fall in more than 20 years Deforestation in Novo Progresso, Pará, in 2004 was the second worst on record. Photograph: Alberto Cesar/Greenpeace/AP...
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US mosques and New York skyscraper seized over Iran links
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Federal investigators moved to seize four mosques in the US and a skyscraper in Manhattan yesterday over their alleged financial aid to , in an extraordinary step likely to worsen relations between Washington and Tehran. Prosecutors in Manhattan filed a civil complaint in the federal court seeking the forfeiture of more than $500m in assets of the...
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks at his monthly press conference at 10 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008. The Prime Minister defended public sector pay, saying he wants three-year pay deals for public sector workers, instead of the traditional annual deals, to help keep inflation in Britain low. (js1)
photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth,pool
Glasgow poll victory gives boost to Brown
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Gordon Brown was given some much-needed respite from his political troubles early this morning when Labour comfortably won the Glasgow North East by-election. In what was almost certainly the last test of public opinion before a general election next year, Labour's Willie Bain gave the Prime Minister a much-needed boost by holding off the challenge...
Col. Steven Shepro, commander of the 316th Wing, escorts President Barack Obama before he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
Obama sets off for Asia
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WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama left for Asia on...
Rear Admiral Anne Schuchat MD speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wednesday, July 29, 2009 in Atlanta.
photo: AP / John Bazemore
Swine flu has killed nearly 4,000 in US—estimates
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WASHINGTON – Swine flu is thought to have killed nearly 4,000 people in the United States, including more than 500 children, health officials said after a new counting method yielded an estimate six times higher than the last. The new system is based on more precise figures provided by 10 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...
Icebergs breaking off glaciers at Cape York, Greenland. Glacier ice is the largest reservoir of fresh water on Earth, and is second only to oceans as the largest reservoir of total water.
photo: Creative Commons / Mbz
Greenland's ice sheet is melting faster than ever, data shows
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Greenland's ice sheet is melting at an accelerating pace, according to the most detailed observations to date. Until now scientists had been unable to establish whether the loss of the ice sheet had speeded up significantly since the 1990s. Using two independent measurement techniques, the latest study reveals that the melting accelerated...
An unidentified sailor salutes a U.S. flag flying at half mast Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009, aboard the U.S. guided missile destroyer USS Benfold docked in Manama, Bahrain, at the end of a ceremony inaugurating an expeditionary strike force responsible for amphibious forces within Fifth Fleet as well as regional humanitarian and disaster relief efforts. The flag had been lowered in honor of shooting victims at the Fort Hood military base in the United States.
photo: AP / Hasan Jamali
Suspected Fort Hood shooter charged with 13 murder counts
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FORT HOOD, TEXAS: Investigators charged suspected Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan with 13 counts of pre-meditated murder on Thursday over last week's shooting rampage at the Texas military base. Hasan, an army psychiatrist who is being investigated for links to militant Islam, will be tried in a military court for the fatal shootings of 12 soldiers...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton gestures during a news conference inside the Goldenberg Mansion at the Malacanang Palace compound, in Manila, Philippines, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009.
photo: AP / John Javellana, Pool
Clinton vows $5M in storm relief funds
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MANILA, Philippines — Bearing a $5-million Christmas gift, the lady in red learned to say, 'Mabuhay.' US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Thursday visited a flood-devastated school in Marikina City and pledged the new relief package on top of the $14 million in assistance provided in the wake of the back-to-back storms that struck the country...
President Lyndon B. Johnson greets American troops in Vietnam, 1966.
photo: NARA file
Afghanistan and the 'Other' Vietnam War
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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. When discussing the Vietnam War, or comparing it to America's other conflicts, such as the current one taking place in Afghanistan, the "other" Vietnam War is rarely mentioned. This is very unfortunate, because it might be just the correct path to pursue in seeking a peaceful solution. And much...
 
 
Sarah Palin’s ex-son-in-law stole the show at last night’s Fleshbot awards, given...
As Obama jets off to Asia, Europeans are still licking their wounds over his decision to blow...
Twenty-one-year-old Palestinian student Berlanty Azzam was seized by Israeli soldiers at a...
 
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to be called to give evidence to the Iraq War inquiry early next year. He will be among senior Labour figures to be publicly grilled just months ahead of an expected general election. Mr Blair and the others may be...
photo: AP / Ariel Schalit

 
By DAMIAN PALETTA WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve imposed rules Thursday making it harder for banks to hit customers with fees for overdrawing their accounts, in the latest crackdown from the government that could curtail a major revenue stream for...
photo: AP / Damian Dovarganes

 
When President Karzai promised to eradicate corruption in his victory speech last week he made no mention of the "warlords and power brokers" the UN has accused him of sheltering in his administration. Afghanistan's Western sponsors are now waiting...
photo: AP / Rahmat Gul

 
As Arash Hejazi sat in an Oxford coffee bar, members of Iran's Basij militia in Tehran were demanding his extradition outside the British Embassy. The previous day the Iranian regime had sent an Oxford college a letter of protest over a scholarship...
photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis

 
Some are born great, some achieve it, some have greatness thrust upon them: over the past 5,000 years China has experienced them all. But as President Obama comes to call, it is the last that most worries the Chinese. China wants a role on the world...
photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko

 
London: More than 140,000 dementia patients in Britain are given anti-psychotic drugs needlessly and overprescribing of the medicines is linked to an extra 1,800 deaths in elderly people each year, a report said on Thursday. The government-backed...
photo: AP / Mike Derer

 
 
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