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Posted 2008-05-09
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U.S. sees record world food crops easing crisis

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2008 (Reuters) — Good weather will help the world's farmers reap record wheat and rice crops this year, the U.S. government said on Friday, which should allay fears of shortages and help bring prices down from current high levels. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-09
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U.N. launches Myanmar appeal and resumes aid flights

YANGON, May 9, 2008 (Reuters) — The United Nations appealed for $187 million in aid on Friday to help 1.5 million victims in cyclone-ravaged Myanmar and said it would resume relief flights despite the military government's seizure of food supplies. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-09
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Top U.N. human rights forum to examine food crisis

GENEVA, May 9, 2008 (Reuters) — The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold a special session on May 23 to examine how the world's food crisis is undermining the right to food for millions of people, officials said on Friday. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-09
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U.S. says man held in Iraq is not al Qaeda leader

BAGHDAD, May 9, 2008 (Reuters) — The leader of al Qaeda in Iraq is still being hunted, the U.S. military said on Friday, after Iraqi officials wrongly declared Abu Ayyub al-Masri had been caught. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-09
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McCain likely to be outspent in election

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2008 (Reuters) — He backs an unpopular war in Iraq, represents an unpopular political party and is endorsed by an unpopular president in the midst of an economic downturn. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-09
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U.S. said to shift plans for top brass in Pakistan

WASHINGTON, May 9, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.S. military has dropped plans to assign the former commander of the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Pakistan, after sharp criticism of his Guantanamo command in Pakistani media, the New York Times reported in its Friday editions. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-08
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U.S. says 5-10 percent of Guantanamo inmates fight again

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2008 (Reuters) — Between 5 and 10 percent of inmates freed from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay have returned to terrorism since their release, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-08
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Judge orders CIA to turn over "torture" memo: ACLU

NEW YORK, May 8, 2008 (Reuters) — A U.S. judge ordered the Central Intelligence Agency on Thursday to submit to the court a 2002 memo said to specify harsh interrogation methods used on suspected terrorists held abroad. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-08
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U.S. declines to help present nuclear deal to Iran

WASHINGTON, May 8, 2008 (Reuters) — World powers will in the coming days offer a revised package of incentives to Iran but Washington has refused to send its own envoy to help present the deal, diplomats and a U.S. official said on Thursday. ... > full story
Posted 2008-05-08
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Wedding bells for Bush's daughter Jenna draw near

CRAWFORD, Texas, May 8, 2008 (Reuters) — President George W. Bush has been trying to cajole North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and tamp down violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, but lately all that seems to be on his mind are wedding bells. ... > full story