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| Week ending Friday, October 28, 2005
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Violence Spreads in Caucasus
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| MOSCOW, October 23, 2005 -- Set in the foothills of towering Mount Elbrus, the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria has for decades been a quiet resort area. Tourists would flock to the capital, Nal...
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Deadly Protest Further Riles Egypt's Christians
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| CAIRO, October, 24, 2005 -- A deadly Muslim protest in front of a church in Alexandria has deepened the resentment of Egypt's Christian Coptic minority, which has long complained of systematic margina...
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Bernanke Named New Fed Chief
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| WASHINGTON, October 25, 2005 -- President Bush yesterday named Ben Bernanke, White House economic adviser and a respected former central banker and Princeton professor, to succeed Alan Greenspan as ch...
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Iraq Voters Approve New Constitution
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| BAGHDAD, October, 26, 2005 -- Final referendum results show Iraqis emphatically approved a new constitution, putting their country on a firm democratic footing and setting the stage for crucial legisl...
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French Anti-Terror Bill Sparks Controversy
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| PARIS, October 26, 2005 -- France has drafted tough new anti-terrorist legislation that proponents say will reduce the threat of Islamist extremism and critics fear will curb basic freedoms with few b...
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EU Summit Overshadowed by Terror, Migration
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| BRUSSELS, October 26, 2005 -- European Union summits have a habit of getting hijacked by what former British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan called "events, dear boy, events" -- and Thursday's meeting...
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Walker's World: Japan's Strategic Challenge
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| WASHINGTON, October 26, 2005 -- There is a tangible mood of pessimism in Japan about next month's scheduled visit to Tokyo by Russian President Vladimir Putin, his first for five years. Japanese hopes...
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Canada-China Relations may Threaten U.S.
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| WASHINGTON, October 27, 2005 -- It’s tough being a Canadian. You have to pin on a Maple Leaf traveling abroad to tell people you are not a dreaded American. Your highly touted health system, supposedl...
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Miers Withdraws Nomination
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| WASHINGTON, October 28, 2005 -- Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, fiercely criticized by conservatives as unqualified, abruptly withdrew her name from consideration yesterday. President Bush said h...
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Oil Firms Reap Huge Profits After Storms
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| WASHINGTON, October 28, 2005 -- Exxon Mobil Corp.'s profits surged 75 percent to a record $9.92 billion in the third quarter, fueled by high crude oil and natural gas prices, the world's largest publi...
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