 Afghan shrines last resort for Afghan mentally ill
| JALALABAD, Afghanistan - The young man sits nearly naked in a small concrete room, a thick, heavy chain fastened around his ankle and bolted to the wall. Flies swarm ar... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) Herald Tribune
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 Charles Taylor accuses prosecutors of paying witnesses
Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president convicted of crimes against humanity, accused United Nations prosecutors of paying witnesses to testify against him and thre... (photo: AP / George Osodi) The Daily Telegraph
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 Putin-Obama Mutual Snubs Spell ‘Reset’ Crisis – Analysts
| The current diplomatic contretemps between Russia and the United States is a crisis for the reset policy in bilateral relations, which are still based on Cold War-era d... (photo: White House / Pete Souza) Novosti
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 Ukraine Dismisses EU Plea Over Jailed Tymoshenko
Kiev. Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov on Wednesday brushed aside Western concerns about his government’s treatment of opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko as misgu... (photo: European Community / EC) Jakarta Globe
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 Russian police break up anti-Putin protest in Moscow park
| At least 14 people reportedly arrested as riot police carry out court order to clear Occupy-style demonstration Russian opposition activists at the sit-in against Presi... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel) The Guardian
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 Bosnian Serb commander General Ratko Mladic faces war crimes trial in the Hague
| Mladic will enter the United Nations' Yugoslav war crimes tribunal as a frail 70-year-old, a far cry from the swaggering general who commanded Serb forces during the wa... (photo: AP / Politika Newspaper) The Independent
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 Sierra Leone trial: Charles Taylor set to address court
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is expected to address the international court that found him guilty of war crimes in Sierra Leone. | It is his last chance to sp... (photo: AP / Peter Dejong) BBC News
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 Around 50% CMS vehicles are taxis in Bangalore
| The city police have unearthed vital clues on the armed gang that ambushed a bank vehicle carrying cash in RT Nagar and fled with more than Rs1 crore on Monday. | An in... (photo: WN / RTayco) DNA India
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 Bosnia war crimes trial of ex-army chief Mladic to open
| AFP - Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic goes on trial Wednesday, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in his campaign of ethnic cleansing and the mas... (photo: AP / Martin Meissner, Pool) France24
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 Frozen desserts by Kwality Walls, Vadilal, Lazza, Cream Bell grab 40% share in ice-cream market
Tweet | Ahmedabad: Frozen desserts, which look and taste like ice cream but are made out of vegetable fat, have silently grabbed a 40% share in India's 1,800-crore organi... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini) The Times Of India
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 India seeks $30 million fund to save tigers
Tweet NEW DELHI: India has sought assistance of $30 million under the Global Tiger Initiative, Keshav Varma, programme manager for the World Bank-led scheme, said here on... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) The Times Of India
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 Guantanamo and Poetic Justice and Prophetic Judgment
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. | The reason why chaos reigned for the five Guantanamo Prison Camp (GPC) suspects charged with the Sept. 11 retaliatory at... (photo: US Navy file / Marcos T. Hernandez) WorldNews.com
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 Corrupt police chief Ali Dizaei loses his job for a second time following disciplinary tribunal
| Dismissed: Dizaei arrives at court with wife Shy before he was convicted for misconduct and perverting the course of justice at a retrial in February | Corrupt police c... (photo: AP / Sang Tan) The Daily Mail
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 Cate Edwards, Former Presidential Candidate John Edwards’ Eldest Daughter, Expected to Testify in her Father’s Trial
Posted: May 15, 2012 | Cate Edwards, the eldest daughter of former U.S. senator and presidential candidate John Edwards, is all set to take the stand in her father’... (photo: AP / Cheryl Senter) The Inquisitr
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 News Corp's Rebekah Brooks charged over phone-hacking scandal
| REUTERS - Rebekah Brooks, a former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper arm, has been charged with perverting the course of justice over a phone ... (photo: AP / Sang Tan) France24
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 Greek president calls for new meeting, expected to pitch technocracy
May 15, 2012 -- Updated 0525 GMT (1325 HKT) What happens if Greece leaves the euro? | Athens, Greece (CNN) -- As the clock ticks toward a Thursday deadline, Greek Preside... (photo: AP / Kostas Tsironis) CNN
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 India may move troops to peacetime positions on Pakistan border
May 15: | India is likely to thin-out troops from wartime positions on the border with Pakistan, where they were deployed after the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, accordi... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) The Siasat Daily
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 Milwaukee Art Museum makes proposal to restore War Memorial
The Milwaukee Art Museum has unveiled a proposed $15 million project that includes a small, glassy new building on the lakefront, the creation of an urban park, a gutting... (photo: Creative Commons / Cburnett) Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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 Dalai Lama silent on monk self-immolations
| By Richard Allen Greene | LONDON (CNN) – The Dalai Lama refused to answer a question Monday about whether Tibetan monks should stop setting themselves on fire to ... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) CNN
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 5 Invasive Plants You Can Eat
| The logic of eating wild plants is obvious; the logic of eating invasive wild plants is even more so. Culling aggressive species that have a negative impact on native p... (photo: Creative Commons) Treehugger
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