- >Mayors in Brazil’s biggest cities reverse transit fare hikes that sparked protests
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Leaders in Brazil’s two biggest cities said Wednesday that they had reversed an increase in bus and subway fares that ignited the anti-government protests that have spread across the nation in the past week. Read full article…
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- >In Istanbul, protest leader sees his movement dispersed
ISTANBUL — Just five days ago, a mild-mannered architect who was among the first to object to plans to raze central Istanbul’s Gezi Park thought his group was on its way to becoming a vanguard of a movement against Turkey’s leader that was far…
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- >State Dept. downgrades Russia, China on trafficking
The United States accused Russia and China on Wednesday of widespread participation in human trafficking, opening the door to potential sanctions and complicating diplomatic cooperation to resolve crises involving Syria and Iran. Read full article >>…
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- >Despite Karzai’s ire, U.S. confident that talks with Taliban will be held
The Obama administration expects to move ahead with plans to meet with Taliban representatives in the next few days, despite a still-simmering dispute with Afghan President Hamid Karzai over the negotiations that led him Wednesday to suspend separate…
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- >Scrapping equipment key to Afghan drawdown
KANDAHAR AIRFIELD, Afghanistan — Facing a tight withdrawal deadline and tough terrain, the U.S. military has destroyed more than 170 million pounds worth of vehicles and other military equipment as it rushes to wind down its role in the Afghanistan…
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- >Chinese hackers referencing PRISM to lure e-mail victims
A cyber security professional named Brandon Dixon recently discovered an e-mail scam, apparently sent by the same group responsible for the "NetTraveler" attacks sourced to Chinese hackers, with an ingeniously newsy hook. Read full article >>
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- >Before-and-after satellite photos from Darfur show entire villages wiped off the map
On April 8, one of Sudan's most infamous militia leaders, a man who fights under the name of Ali Kushayb, descended on the the town of Abu Jeradil, in Darfur. He was traveling with a convoy of khaki-uniformed men, some of them armed with anti-aircraf…
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- >Obama, in Berlin, calls for U.S., Russia to cut nuclear warheads
BERLIN — President Obama on Wednesday called for reducing the number of deployed U.S. strategic nuclear warheads by one-third if the Russian government agrees to a similar cut, reviving a goal outlined early in his presidency to work toward a world…
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- >The ultimate symbol of why Afghan peace talks will be so difficult
Peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan have not even begun yet they're slated to kick off Thursday in Doha, between the United States, the Afghan government and the Taliban and they've already hit three setbacks. First, the Taliban claimed respon…
- 10 hours ago, 19 Jun 13, 8:20pm -
- >Head of Russian news website faces prison
YEKATERINBURG, Russia — There was a time when a wily and adept journalist had room to maneuver in this Russian city, between the competing camps of the mayor and the governor. Aksana Panova took full advantage of that, and her news website, called…
- 16 hours ago, 19 Jun 13, 2:53pm -
