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Asia Economy Inflation Market Photos | Asian economies meet gravity
| By Chan Akya | At long last, the world's most vibrant economic region has met gravity. This week's economic news has been all negative around Asia - whether it's the slowdown in Singapore's non-oil ... (photo: AP / Kin Cheung) Asia Times
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 A Nation-Fulfilled Prophecy?
Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. | I can still see and hear the members of the 9-11 Committee questioning then National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice over why she and the Bus... (photo: NATO / ) WorldNews.com
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 Comment: Valery Gergiev relishes role on world stage
| Nobody else was ever going to conduct this concert. Valery Gergiev, the most talked-about maestro in the world today, is not only Ossetian by birth (his wife and children still live there) but also ... (photo: Creative Commons / yisris ) The Times
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 Spanish people are in our prayers - Mbeki
| Johannesburg - South African President Thabo Mbeki extended his condolences to Spain on Thursday, following a plane crash at Madrid Airport in which 153 people were kil... (photo: UN /Rick Bajornas ) Independent online
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 Madrid plane crash inquiry begins
| : A day after a passenger plane crashed on takeoff here, killing at least 153 people, a team of experts examined the charred wreckage Thursday, seeking to explain why t... (photo: AP / /Victor R. Caivano) International Herald Tribune
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 Spanish plane that crashed had overheated valve
| MADRID, Spain - The plane that crashed in Madrid reported an air intake valve overheating before a first attempt at takeoff but it was not immediately clear whether tha... (photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano) Houston Chronicle
Airport Crash Madrid Photos Spain |
 Sony updates consoles
| SONY HAS ANNOUNCED a slew of updates for both the Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable. | A new PS3 SKU will come with a 160GB hard drive - twice as large as the 80GB... (photo: (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)) The Inquirer
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 The Afghan fire looks set to spread, but there is a way out
Far from being a noble cause, the occupation of Afghanistan is poisoning the region and will never bring peace or security | The war in Afghanistan is running out of cont... (photo: ISAF / Senior Master Sgt. Andrew E. Lynch) The Guardian
Afghanistan Occupation Photos Politics Security War |
 Agreement with Cyprus offers many benefits
| Seychelles and Cyprus yesterday signed an agreement through which youth, education, culture and other sectors will benefit. | Cyprus has also offered to sponsor medical... (photo: WN / Prajkta Bapat) Nation
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 Russia blocks Georgia's main port city
| By BELA SZANDELZSKY | Associated Press Writer | POTI, Georgia (AP) - Russian forces blocked the only land entrance to Georgia's main port city on Thursday, a day before... (photo: AP / Bela Szandelszk) The Guardian
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 Spain mourns as air disaster probe continues
| (CNN) -- Spain declared three days of mourning Thursday as investigators continued probing what caused a passenger jet to crash on takeoff in Madrid, killing 153 people... (photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano) CNN
Disaster Madrid Passenger Photos Spain |
 Rebels push to sever Georgia ties
| A big pro-independence rally is being held in Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region and a similar rally is expected soon in war-ravaged South Ossetia. | Separatists in bo... (photo: AP / Sergey Ponomarev) BBC News
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