AP - President Cristina Fernandez refused to ease tax hikes on agricultural exports Tuesday, facing down angry farmers embroiled in a nationwide strike that has all but halted production in one of the world's biggest beef-exporting nations.
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Argentine farm strike tests president (AP)
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 12:46am EDT
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US Navy confirms Suez Canal shooting (AP)
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 7:21am EDT
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AP - An American cargo ship under contract to the U.S. Navy opened fire on a small Egyptian boat while moving through the Suez Canal, the U.S. military said Tuesday in a statement. Egyptian authorities said at least one man was killed, but the U.S. said it had no reports of casualties. -
New Pakistan PM sworn in by Musharraf (AFP)
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 7:16am EDT
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AFP - Pakistan's new prime minister was sworn in by President Pervez Musharraf Tuesday, as two senior US envoys arrived in an apparent bid to shore up Islamabad's support for the "war on terror."
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Comoros says rebel capital captured (AP)
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 7:06am EDT
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AP - The Comoros government captured the capital of the rebel-held island of Anjouan on Tuesday, just hours after an African Union-backed military operation got under way to oust a renegade colonel who took power in May, a defense official said.
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Sadrists order disobedience campaign (AP)
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 6:59am EDT
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AP - Followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have called for a nationwide civil disobedience campaign to protest raids and detentions.
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Four killed in South Africa slum blaze (AFP)
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 6:49am EDT
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AFP - Four people, including two children, were killed while at least 120 shacks were destroyed in a fire which broke out at dawn in a slum area near Cape Town, a safety official said.
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Belarus says uncovers U.S. spy network (Reuters)
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 6:45am EDT
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Reuters - The intelligence agency in Belarus, an ex-Soviet state locked in a diplomatic row with Washington, confirmed on Tuesday that a espionage ring working for the United States had been uncovered in the country. -
Austria: Up to 100 cars in pileup (AP)
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 6:39am EDT
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AP - Police say between 50 and 100 vehicles were involved in a pileup on an autobahn in western Austria Tuesday and that a "larger number" of people were believed injured. -
Palestinian force to deploy in West Bank (AP)
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 6:38am EDT
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AP - Israel's defense minister says he will soon allow 600 foreign-trained Palestinian police to take up positions in the West Bank town of Jenin, a site of frequent clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants.
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New Pakistani prime minister sworn in (AP)
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 6:22am EDT
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AP - President Pervez Musharraf swore in a loyalist of slain ex-leader Benazir Bhutto as prime minister Tuesday, while two top U.S. envoys held talks with Pakistan's old and new leaders in what some viewed as an ill-timed visit.
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Australian building his own Stonehenge (AP)
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 4:38am EDT
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AP - Pagans and druids, mark your calendars and book your airplane tickets. An Australian entrepreneur hopes to open a Stonehenge replica by the Dec. 21 solstice, just in time for New Age revelers. -
Guatemala adoption lawyers charged (AP)
Posted: March 25th, 2008, 1:19am EDT
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AP - Two Guatemalan lawyers retained by an adoption agency that has sent scores of children to the U.S. have been charged with fraud and human trafficking, their attorneys said on Monday.