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Chaos in final rush for Beijing Olympic tickets

Posted on Jul 25, 2008 - 1:11 am
AFP - Police were called in to control more than 50,000 people who queued for the last batch of Olympic tickets that went on sale here Friday amid chaotic scenes.

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China says has more people surfing the Web than US
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 11:16 pm - AP
AP - China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to government data reported Friday.

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Cooperate with UN or face more pressure: US tells Myanmar
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 8:42 pm - AFP
AFP - The United States warned Myanmar's military rulers that they must cooperate with UN mediator Ibrahim Gambari or face increased pressure from the Security Council.

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Concerns in Europe despite Obama's warm welcome
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 4:32 pm - AP
AP - The warm welcome that washed over Barack Obama during his Berlin appearance Thursday made it abundantly clear that Europeans have a strong desire to heal the trans-Atlantic rift and the Democratic president candidate is a good choice for the job.

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Correction: Sudan-Darfur story
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 4:12 pm - AP
AP - In a July 23 story about Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir's trip to Darfur, The Associated Press erroneously reported that it was his first visit to the western Sudanese region in more than three years. Al-Bashir has visited Darfur on several occasions since 2003, most recently in July 2007. It was al-Bashir's first visit since an international prosecutor filed genocide charges against him on July 14.

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Cameroon says kills 10 gunmen in disputed Bakassi
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 2:17 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Cameroonian soldiers killed 10 gunmen who attacked them on Thursday in the Bakassi peninsula, a long-disputed territory Nigeria is transferring to Cameroon under a World Court order, Cameroon's Defence Ministry said.

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China clamps down on business visas
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 1:58 pm - AP
AP - Business travel appears to be the latest victim of China's ever-tightening security crackdown before the Beijing Olympics.

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China marshals Olympic spirit to rebuild
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 1:19 pm - AP
AP - The streets here are alive with the sounds — rumbling backhoes, roaring jackhammers, clanging pickaxes — of a town being brought back from the dead.

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Cricket's Champions Trophy to stay in Pakistan
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 12:02 pm - AFP
AFP - The International Cricket Council decided Thursday to keep September's Champions Trophy in troubled Pakistan but it will appoint a commission to ensure security, officials said.

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Cyclone-battered fisheries worsen Myanmar's pain
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 12:02 pm - AP
AP - No matter how much she loved the river and sea that once provided her family's daily food, Tin Tin Latt now just wants to stay away from the water that widowed her, killed two of her children and destroyed the family's livelihood.

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Champions Trophy to stay in Pakistan: PCB chief
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 9:09 am - AFP
AFP - Pakistan's cricket chief Thursday said that his country would host the Champions Trophy as planned but that the International Cricket Council would appoint a commission to ensure security.

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Canon reports 13 percent drop in profit
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 4:02 am - AP
AP - Canon Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter profit fell 13 percent from a year ago as a stronger yen chipped away at the value of booming overseas sales of color copiers.

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Credit Suisse back into black in second quarter
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 2:06 am - AFP
AFP - Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse returned to the black for the second quarter, posting on Thursday a net profit of 1.215 billion Swiss francs (736.7 million euros) and "immaterial" asset writedowns.

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China clamps down on issuing business visas
Posted on Jul 24, 2008 - 1:28 am - AP
AP - China has clamped down further on issuing business visas, government officials said Thursday, in the latest expansion of already-tight entry restrictions for next month's Olympic Games.

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Castro cryptic on Russian bomber report
Posted on Jul 23, 2008 - 9:17 pm - AP
AP - Ailing Fidel Castro said Wednesday that Cuba's president was right to adopt a "dignified silence" over a Moscow newspaper report that Russia may station nuclear bombers on the island, and said Cuba doesn't owe any explanation to Washington about the story.

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Cuba silent on Russian bomber report: Fidel Castro
Posted on Jul 23, 2008 - 8:58 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Wednesday said Cuba does not have to explain or "ask forgiveness" about a report out of Russia this week that Russia might use its Cold War ally Cuba as a refueling base for nuclear-capable bombers.

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Couple brought back to reality after Narnia website ruling
Posted on Jul 23, 2008 - 3:51 pm - AFP
AFP - A couple in Scotland said Wednesday they have lost their battle to use a website named after C.S. Lewis's fictional world of Narnia, which they had purchased to give as a gift to their son.

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Correction: Argentine Farm Crisis story
Posted on Jul 23, 2008 - 3:31 pm - AP
AP - In a July 16 story before the Senate vote on President Cristina Fernandez's grain-export taxes, The Associated Press incorrectly reported the first name of a political analyst. His name is Ricardo Rouvier, not Roberto.

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Correction: Guantanamo tribunal story
Posted on Jul 23, 2008 - 2:14 pm - AP
AP - In a July 22 story about the war crimes tribunal at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, The Associated Press, based on a statement by the prosecutor, erroneously described witness Ali Soufan as an FBI agent. Soufan is a former FBI agent.

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China warns media about "vulgar" ads
Posted on Jul 23, 2008 - 7:10 am - Reuters
Reuters - China warned its already tightly controlled media on Wednesday that the government would not tolerate "obscene, sexual, superstitious or base" advertisements over the Olympic period which may embarrass the country. "Advertising companies have a responsibility to society for propaganda and showing the country's image.

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Court rejects appeal by bomb plotters
Posted on Jul 23, 2008 - 5:33 am - AFP
AFP - Five men jailed last year for plotting an Al-Qaeda-linked bombing campaign lost an appeal against their convictions Wednesday.

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China arrests dissident in pre-Olympics crackdown
Posted on Jul 22, 2008 - 10:30 pm - Reuters
Reuters - Chinese police have arrested a prominent Internet dissident for violating his probation terms, a rights group said, as the country steps up a pre-Olympic crackdown on dissent to ensure the Games go smoothly.

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