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Brazil: A New Counterweight to the United StatesThe South American giant has ambitions that may make its diplomacy less behind-the-scenes in the near future. But right now, there's the sticky problem of Honduras
TIME Wednesday, September 30, 2009Saving the Lakes of Udaipur in the ''Venice of the East''Rampant development has left one of the world's first water management systems polluted and drying up. But who's going to do anything about it?
TIME Wednesday, September 30, 2009U.N. Chief Says Iran Must Prove Sincerity on Nuclear IssueUNITED NATIONS, Sept. 29 -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday that Iran's construction of the Qom uranium-enrichment facility violates U.N. resolutions requiring it to halt all nuclear enrichment activities, adding that Tehran must prove to the world that it has no intention of...
Washington Post Wednesday, September 30, 2009New Jewish Outreach Center in Mumbai Keeps Address PrivateMUMBAI, Sept. 29 -- The only clue to what's inside this secret location is a small mezuza, a door ornament that traditionally marks a Jewish home. Nearby, Indian police officers with assault rifles stand guard near high iron gates.
Washington Post Wednesday, September 30, 2009Former Reagan Aide Robert McFarlane's Dealings With Sudan Raise QuestionsThe government of Sudan, eager to curry favor with a U.S. government that accused it of genocide, sought help last fall from an unlikely source: a former Reagan administration official known for his role in the Iran-contra scandal.
Washington Post Wednesday, September 30, 2009Afghan girl killed by RAF leaflet dropA YOUNG girl died after a box of public information leaflets, dropped by a Royal Air Force plane, landed on her.
News.com.au Wednesday, September 30, 2009U.S. plans to withdraw 4,000 troops from IraqThe United States will withdraw another 4,000 troops in Iraq by the end of October, the U.S. military commander in Iraq says in prepared testimony for a congressional hearing.
CNN Wednesday, September 30, 2009Deadly quake, tsunami hits American SamoaA magnitude 8.0 earthquake struck the Pacific near American Samoa, triggering towering tsunami waves that gushed over the island and leaving at least 22 people dead.
CNN Wednesday, September 30, 2009Samoa tsunami toll may exceed 100, hundreds injuredSYDNEY (Reuters) - A series of tsunamis smashed into the Pacific island nations of American and Western Samoa, killing possibly more than 100 people, destroying villages and injuring hundreds, officials said on Wednesday.
Reuters Wednesday, September 30, 2009Cirque founder launches into spaceGuy Laliberté, founder of Cirque du Soleil, becomes Canada's first space tourist, blasting off for the International Space Station aboard a Russian Soyuz capsule early Wednesday.
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