LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) - British Conservative leader David Cameron told French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday he would be an "active and energetic" participant in the European Union if he became prime minister after a forthcoming election. The Conservatives, who are hostile to closer...
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Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | JERUSALEM (AP) Israel has sealed off the for 48 hours, preventing Palestinians from entering Israel because of fears of unrest. There have been clashes after Friday prayers at mosques in and elsewhere in recent weeks, sparked by...
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BEIJING: China on Saturday announced a sharp increase in the number of Internet users. The timing of the announcement suggests Beijing is trying to persuade Google to stay and give up plans to pull out its Chinese version from the country. "There is no sense blowing things out of proportion and...
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Two suicide bombers attacked military vehicles in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Friday killing at least 39 people and wounding more than 50, officials said. The dead included soldiers,...
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updated 12:14 a.m. ET March 12, 2010 TOKYO - Japan's coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for boarding a whaling ship without permission last month, in the latest incident in the ongoing battle over Japanese whaling. Peter Bethune, a member of the U.S.-based Sea...
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