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Nepal PM resigns in row over army chief
May 6, 2009Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who heads the Unified Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M), made the announcement on live television on Monday, one day after his firing of the army chief was rejected by...
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Millions join May Day rallies around the world
May 5, 2009In the midst of the world economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s millions of workers poured into the streets of thousands of cities around the world on May 1 to celebrate May Day....
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U.S. pullout deadlines non-extendable, Iraqi government says
May 5, 2009The Iraqi government will not extend the June 30 deadline for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq’s cities, a government spokesperson said today.
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Iran attacks Kurdish guerillas with helicopters
May 4, 2009Original source: Iranian helicopter gunships and artillery units pummeled suspected Kurdish guerilla positions in northern Iraq at the weekend. Tehran has regularly shelled Party for Free Life in Kurdistan (PEJAK) bases in Iraq in recent years,...
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Carter denounces Bolivian separatist movements
May 4, 2009Translated from Mexico City-based La Jornada by Emile Schepers LA PAZ -- Jimmy Carter, the former president of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize winner, denounced on May 2 separatist movements in Bolivia. He anticipated...
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