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Despite Government Support, Inter-Caste Couples in India Still Face Violence in Their Communities
NEW DELHI -- She was a gutsy student leader known for hunger strikes and provocative street theater at universities across the country, exposing the plight of India's beleaguered lower castes. He was a worldly gadfly with a passion for ending nuclear proliferation and exposing environmental crimes.
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Jones Would Bring Broad Experience to National Security Adviser Post
If President-elect Barack Obama turns to James L. Jones Jr. to be his national security adviser, his administration would gain someone whose career spans much of the contemporary security landscape.
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Bush, on His Final Trip Abroad, Goes to Peru for Asia-Pacific Summit
LIMA, Peru, Nov. 21 -- President Bush arrived in Peru's capital on Friday for his last scheduled overseas trip, taking a final chance to mingle with world leaders as they struggle with a worsening economic crisis and other looming threats.
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Chinese Governor, Demonstrators Hold High-Profile Meeting
BEIJING, Nov. 21 -- A senior Chinese official met with participants in a recent riot, according to the protesters and media reports Friday, as the government sought to highlight how much it was doing in the face of a shaky economy and an increasingly restive population.
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Report Sees Nuclear Arms, Scarce Resources as Seeds of Global Instability by 2025
The drive for dwindling resources, including energy and water, combined with the spread of nuclear weapons technology could make large swaths of the globe ripe for regional conflicts, some of them potentially devastating, according to a report released by the National Intelligence Council yesterday.
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Japanese Artist Chronicles Young, Ambitionless Office Workers in Comic Books
TOKYO -- The American poet Theodore Roethke called it "the inexorable sadness of pencils." It's the desolation of time lost and dreams forsaken while sitting in an office.
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In Beijing, Applicants Try for a Piece of the Stimulus Package
BEIJING -- They have been coming here from all over China, businessmen and local officials looking for a slice of the Chinese stimulus.
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China's ‘Grim' Employment Picture Could Threaten Communist Party Hold on Power
BEIJING, Nov. 20 -- A top Chinese official on Thursday described the country's employment outlook as "grim" and said he will expedite a new system to mediate employment disputes as China seeks to head off social unrest amid a weakening economy.
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Blast in Bangkok Kills 1, Injures 23
BANGKOK, Nov. 20 -- An explosion at an anti-government protest site in central Bangkok early Thursday killed one person and wounded 23 others, prompting a leader of the demonstration to call for a mass rally against the government on Sunday.
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Taxi Drivers Strike in China
BEIJING, Nov. 19 -- Civil unrest stemming from economic concerns flared in southwestern China on Wednesday as several hundred taxi drivers in Chongqing went on strike over a government plan to put more cabs on their district's roads. The protest took place two days after rioting erupted in the...
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