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Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

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  1. China Unlikely to Loosen Its Grip in West

    29 minutes ago

    BEIJING, Aug. 29 -- Violent outbursts are continuing in the Xinjiang region of western China, with the latest resulting in the deaths of two policemen who were attacked Wednesday while searching a cornfield for a woman

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  2. Less Yen for Foreign Travel In Aging, Risk-Averse Japan

    29 minutes ago

    TOKYO -- The phrase "hordes of Japanese tourists" appears hundreds of times in a Google search.

    Tagged: japan, travel, in, foreign, less, aging, for, yen, risk averse

  3. Putin Asserts Link Between U.S. Election and Georgia War

    21 hours ago

    MOSCOW, Aug. 29 -- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he had reason to think U.S. personnel were in the combat zone during the recent war in Georgia, adding that if confirmed, their presence

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  4. Meanwhile, Back in the Capital . . .

    21 hours ago

    Normally you can't swing an intern in Washington without hitting a politician, a lobbyist, a journalist, a muckety-muck or, at the very least, a deputy assistant undermuckety-muck. But everyone's gone from Official

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  5. Taiwan's Ex-Security Chief Accused of Hiding Presidential Cash Scheme

    Aug 28, 2008

    TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. 28 -- Taiwan's former security chief was indicted Thursday for allegedly covering up suspected money-laundering activities by former president Chen Shui-bian and his family.

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