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Internet is world's 'greatest spying machine': Assange - 03/16/2011

LONDON- Julian Assange, the founder of whistleblower website WikiLeaks, Tuesday warned that the Internet was the "greatest spying machine the world has ever seen" and an obstacle to free speech....

Dozens of Syrians call for liberty in Damascus - 03/16/2011

DAMASCUS- Dozens of Syrians demonstrated for liberty and political reforms on Tuesday, witnesses and opposition websites said, as the foreign minister said political reforms will be implemented this...

Fresh fire at Japan nuclear reactor: operator - 03/16/2011

TOKYO, Shingo Ito- A fresh fire broke out at a quake-hit Japanese atomic power plant early Wednesday, compounding Japan's nuclear crisis. The blaze at the number-four reactor of the Fukushima No....

Clinton wades into Arab revolutions on overseas tour - 03/15/2011

WASHINGTON, Lachlan Carmichael- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leaves Sunday for an overseas tour to find ways to help the Libyan opposition oust a third Arab leader and maintain the momentum of...

In tragedy, Japanese impress world - 03/15/2011

WASHINGTON, Shaun Tandon- Despite the horrific scenes of destruction, Japan may emerge from its quake-tsunami disaster with a stronger international brand-name as the nation's resilience wins wide...

Recap of developments in Middle East, North Africa - 03/13/2011

CAIRO- Latest developments in the unrest sweeping the Middle East and North Africa in the past 24 hours. LIBYA: Rebels retreated from Brega under heavy shelling as Moamer Kadhafi's forces swept...

Syrian blogger out of jail but still on trial: NGO - 03/13/2011

DAMASCUS- Syrian Kurdish blogger Kamal Hussein Sheikho was released Sunday from jail but remains on trial for publishing reports allegedly harmful for the country, a rights group said. Sheikho,...

Thousands protest outside Bahrain king's palace - 03/13/2011

MANAMA- Thousands of people held a protest against the Bahraini monarchy outside one of the king's palaces near Manama on Saturday, a day after a failed attempt to march on another royal palace....

Jazeera cameraman killed in Libya: TV - 03/13/2011

DOHA- An Al-Jazeera cameraman was killed in an ambush near the rebel stronghold of Benghazi in eastern Libya, the Arab satellite news channel which has often fallen out with Arab regimes said on...

Web helps people locate loved ones in Japan quake - 03/13/2011

TOKYO- Searching the Internet on sites such as Google, Twitter and their local variants has become more effective in finding loved ones than sifting through wreckage following Japan's devastating...
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