| Mexico's Slim becomes 'world's richest' person |
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| MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the first person from a developing nation to top the list, according to Forbes magazine.... |
| Brazil leader rapped for stance on Cuba dissidents |
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| BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil's president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island's communist government over political prisoners and hunger strikes for human rights.... |
| Law bars Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi from elections |
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| YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A decision by Myanmar's military junta to bar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from upcoming elections drew sharp criticism from around the world, with one of the country's Southeast Asian neighbors Thursday calling it "a complete farce."... |
| US-Israel row highlights quandary over settlements |
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| RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rein in Israeli settlement ambitions and deepened Palestinian suspicions that the United States is too weak to broker a deal.... |
| Disaster experts praise Chile quake response |
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| SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- President Michelle Bachelet leaves office Thursday with a chunk of her country in ruins - and her popularity in the clouds.... |
| Church abuse scandal reaches pope's brother |
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| VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Church abuse scandals in Germany have reached the older brother of Pope Benedict XVI and are creeping ever closer to the pontiff himself.... |
| Britain confronts debt of Greek proportions |
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| LONDON (AP) -- Government debt is growing, as is the deficit. The economy is struggling to get out of recession and there is talk of spending cuts or higher taxes. The unions are on edge. And the currency is plummeting.... |
| Lost in the ruins: Haiti's best and brightest |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- They kept the books, had the training and fixed the computers. They were the educated few of Haiti, an up-and-coming generation of nurses, technicians, office managers and college students.... |
| Arab League calls for ending support for talks |
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| CAIRO (AP) -- The Arab League recommended on Wednesday to withdraw its support for indirect talks between Palestinians and Israelis due to recent announcements of new settlement building in east Jerusalem.... |
| Swedish artist has no regrets over prophet drawing |
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| STOCKHOLM (AP) -- The point of a caricature depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a dog was to show that artistic freedom allows mockery of all religions, including the most sacred symbols of Islam, the Swedish artist who created it said Wednesday.... |