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World in Brief - April 6
The wreck of the Titanic will now be protected by the United Nations cultural arm, UNESCO, the agency said Thursday.
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Wen Jiabao’s Visit to Malaysia Faces Human Rights Protest
Malaysia police arrested 13 members of a human rights group during a silent protest at the University of Malaya, right before China’s Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to the university on April 27.
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World in Brief, Jan. 12, 2010
Report on role of Dutch government in invasion of Iraq concludes that there was insufficient mandate for support.
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World in Brief, Jan. 11, 2010
169 people have died as a result of the freeze during heavy snowfalls across Ukraine over the last three weeks.
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World in Brief, Jan 10, 2010
A man suspected of throwing two bottles filled with acid into a crowd was arrested by Hong Kong police.
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World in Brief, Jan. 7, 2009
Man charged with attempted bombing had contact with radical American-Yemen Muslim cleric al-Awlaki in Yemen.
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World in Brief, Dec. 31, 2009
The United Nations will withdraw some of its staff from Pakistan over security concerns.
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World in Brief, Dec. 22, 2009
Columbian Governor Luis Francisco Cuéllar Carvajal kidnapped from his home by armed rebels.
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World in Brief - April 6
The wreck of the Titanic will now be protected by the United Nations cultural arm, UNESCO, the agency said Thursday.
|
Wen Jiabao’s Visit to Malaysia Faces Human Rights Protest
Malaysia police arrested 13 members of a human rights group during a silent protest at the University of Malaya, right before China’s Premier Wen Jiabao’s visit to the university on April 27.
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World in Brief, Jan. 12, 2010
Report on role of Dutch government in invasion of Iraq concludes that there was insufficient mandate for support.
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World in Brief, Jan. 11, 2010
169 people have died as a result of the freeze during heavy snowfalls across Ukraine over the last three weeks.
|
World in Brief, Jan 10, 2010
A man suspected of throwing two bottles filled with acid into a crowd was arrested by Hong Kong police.
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World in Brief, Jan. 7, 2009
Man charged with attempted bombing had contact with radical American-Yemen Muslim cleric al-Awlaki in Yemen.
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World in Brief, Dec. 31, 2009
The United Nations will withdraw some of its staff from Pakistan over security concerns.
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World in Brief, Dec. 22, 2009
Columbian Governor Luis Francisco Cuéllar Carvajal kidnapped from his home by armed rebels.
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