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China says has evidence linking Lhasa riots to foreign groups (Reuters)
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Reuters - China said on Tuesday it had gathered
“sufficient” evidence to prove that exiled Tibetan groups had
organized and carried out a citywide riot in Lhasa earlier this
month at the instigation of the Dalai Lama.
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Iraqi casualties at highest level since August (Reuters)
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Reuters - Fighting between Iraqi security forces
and Shi’ite militiamen last month has driven civilian deaths in
the country to their highest level in more than six months,
government figures showed on Tuesday.
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Bush vows to press for Ukraine and Georgia in NATO (Reuters)
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Reuters - President George W. Bush vowed on Tuesday
to press for Ukraine and Georgia to be allowed to start the
process of joining NATO despite resistance from Russia and
skepticism from the alliance’s European members.
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Portraits of Pain (Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone)
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Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone - Note: Though Cambodia is not an active conflict, Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone believes it is important to examine the country’s brutal past under the Khmer Rouge. In focusing on the lessons learned and the lingering problems, we’ll explore how the conflict is reflected in Cambodia today.
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Doctors support universal health care: survey (Reuters)
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Reuters - More than half of U.S. doctors now
favor switching to a national health care plan and fewer than a
third oppose the idea, according to a survey published on
Monday.
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US military deaths in Iraq at 4,011 (AP)
“AP - As of Monday, March 31, 2008, at least 4,011 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,264 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military’s numbers.”
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Microsoft sees no reason to raise Yahoo bid: sources (Reuters)
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Reuters - Microsoft Corp sees no
reason to increase its bid for Yahoo Inc , two months
after it made a $44.6 billion offer to buy the Internet
company, people familiar with Microsoft’s plans said on Monday.
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France won’t back Ukraine, Georgia NATO bids (Reuters)
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Reuters - France will not support bids by the
former Soviet republics of Georgia and Ukraine to become
members of NATO, putting it at odds with the United States,
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said on Tuesday.
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Google starts letting users edit documents offline (Reuters)
“Reuters - Google Inc said on Monday it is
taking the next step to make its Web-based software useful in
the real world of spotty Internet access by allowing users to
edit word processing documents offline.”
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Microscopic Fuzz May Be Best Evidence of Martians (SPACE.com)
“SPACE.com - If Martian life existed a few billion years ago, scientists think any plant-like microbes would have left behind a stringy fuzz of fibers.”
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