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21 die in makeshift gold mine
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BOGOTA – A landslide at a makeshift mine collapsed in southwest Colombia yesterday, killing at least 21 people and injuring another 18, authorities said, after residents began digging for rumoured deposits of gold. Read More
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Rice says Kremlin is too powerful
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MOSCOW – US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Russian human rights activists yesterday that she wanted to help them build institutions to protect people from the “arbitrary power of the state.”
“I think that there is too much concentration of power in the Kremlin,” she later told reporters. Read More
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Burma arrests key dissidents
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YANGON – Burma’s junta arrested four prominent political activists yesterday, Amnesty International said, as the regime defied UN calls to halt its crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. Among those detained was high-profile dissident Htay Kywe, who led some of the first marches several weeks ago before going into hiding to escape a manhunt for protest organizers, Amnesty said. Others arrested were Aung Htoo and Thin Thin Aye, also known as Mie Mie. Read More
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US maternal death rate higher than EU
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Former top US commander in Baghdad critical of war
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‘Catastrophic failure’ in Iraq
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Clinton has 21-point lead in recent poll
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Rice recommends prudence in Northern Iraq
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Restraint urged for Turkey
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Massive security for Bhutto’s return
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Venezuela not playing host to press
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Vatican suspends ‘gay’ monsignor
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