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Nobel prizewinner Amartya Sen: why happiness is not just pleasure read more
The Times
On a sweltering late June day in Cambridge I first encounter Amartya Sen, as Peter O'Toole...
Obama shouldn't put too much hope in a Kremlin-led thaw read more
Daily Star Lebanon
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The Daily Beast
In preparing his Tour de France comeback tomorrow, Armstrong is taking on the skeptics, his own...
 
Australian delegation meets H.H the Dalai lama: strong support for Tibet read more
Australian Parliamentary delegations visits Tibetan communities in India
WorldNews.com
Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Yeshe Choesang. Dharamshala: 4 July 2009 - The visiting delegation of six parliamentary members representing the Australian All-Party Parliamentary Group for Tibet to Dharamsala said Friday (3 July) they will be...
photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang

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North Korea Fires Three Missiles read more
In this photo taken Thursday, April 2, 2009, South Korean protesters hold pictures of two American journalists Euna Lee, left, Laura Ling, center, and North leader Kim Jong Il, right, during a rally against North Korea in Seoul, South Korea. On Friday, April 24, 2009, North Korea's state news agency said the country has concluded an investigation of two detained American journalists and formally decided to indict them
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North Korea test fires a missileSouth Korea's news agency says North Korea launched a third missile Saturday, just a few hours after test-firing two short-range missiles, following similar tests earlier this week. The Yonhap news agency quoted...
photo: AP / Lee Jin-man

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Costa Rica is world's greenest, happiest country read more
Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy) from Monteverde (Costa Rica)
The Guardian
Latin American nation tops index ranking countries by ecological footprint and happiness of their citizens...
photo: Creative Commons / Eric Cha

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US Marines push deeper into southern Afghan towns read more
.S. Army Staff Sgts. Danieto Bacchus, left, and Robert Newman, take a break and drink chai tea at an Afghan National Army outpost near Forward Operating Base Baylough in Zabul province, Afghanistan
Syracuse
(AP) - NAWA, Afghanistan-U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the second day of the biggest U.S. military operation here since the American-led...
photo: US Army / Staff Sgt. Adam Mancini

 Afghanistan   Asia   Photos   Taliban   US
 
No Suu Kyi meeting for UN chief read more
A Myanmar anti-government demonstrator looks on during a demonstration Sunday, May 17, 2009, outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, Thailand. Detained Pro-Democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to be tried Monday in a incident involving American who entered her home illegall
BBC News
Burma's junta has refused to allow visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to meet jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Mr Ban was told of the refusal when he held a second round of talks with military leader Gen Than Shwe. "I'm deeply...
photo: AP / David Longstreath

 Burma   Junta   Leaders   Photos   UN
 
Russia 'agrees US troop transit' read more
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a meeting with the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry at the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008. President Dmitry Medvedev urged state-funded banks to "act responsibly" Tuesday, the latest comments by top Russian officials warning that banks might be abusing the government's billion-dollar b
BBC News
A senior Obama administration official has told the BBC that Russia has agreed to let US troops bound for the war in Afghanistan fly through its airspace. The deal, which opens up an important new corridor for the US military, is to be officially...
photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service

 Afghanistan   Photos   Russia   Terrorism   War
 
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Sensex, Nifty gain one per cent each in bullish market" The Times of India
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Sideshow: Hundreds of South Africans moonwalk for Jackson" Philadelphia Daily News
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Proposal would have state take over city pension plan" Philadelphia Daily News
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California woes could prolong the recession" Denver Post
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Historic role awaits cattle group’s leader Rancher to be first female president of State Cattlemen’s Association" The Oklahoman
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Delhi metro shows the way for India infrastructure" The Times of India
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US dollar ekes out gains in thin trade" The Australian
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Rio Tinto sells $24b of shares" NZ Herald
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A Subdued Trading Day in Asia and Europe" The New York Times
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Dutch 'success' in Afghan conflict" BBC News
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Gen. Petraeus, head of US Central Command, says Taliban a dangerous, resilient enemy" Star Tribune
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After Terror Attacks, a Return to Test Cricket for Sri Lanka and Pakistan" The New York Times
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Nobel winner seeks U.N. human rights envoy for Iran" The Star
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon on 'risky' mission to Burma" The Australian
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Plea for Sri Lanka Tamil refugees" BBC News
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UN's Ban on tough mission to Burma" The Manila Times
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Obama's Africa visit prompts Nigerian, Kenyan angst" The Star
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Imelda Marcos turns 80, offers prayers for sick Cory" Manila Standard Today
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Sport
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SERENA LOOKING FOR HAT-TRICK" Sporting Life
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Kevin Pietersen is world's best batsman: Australian players" The Times of India
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Sri Lanka's Vaas to quit Tests, says chief selector" The Times of India
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The man who fell to earth" The Guardian
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A new journey of exploration for Michael Palin" The Independent
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China to use Harvard gene pigs for tranplant test" China Daily
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Burmese junta blocks UN chief from meeting Suu Kyi" The Australian
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Obama seeks to soften health care rhetoric" Herald Tribune
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Consuming Issues: Some sun creams are not worth the slather" The Independent
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Two supporters, hold a poster of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ultraconservative mayor of Tehran, the winner of Friday's presidential run-off election during a celebration, in front of his home in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 25, 2005. Iran's new president spoke Saturday of making Iran a 'powerful and Islamic' model for the world, borrowing the style of the hardline ruling clerics that backed him in his landslide vict
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