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NYT > World: Iran Dispute Becomes Focus of Clinton’s Russia Trip

Thursday, March 18th, 2010 by Sports News Guy

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In a tart public clash over Iran, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that the planned opening of a Russian-built nuclear power plant in Iran would send the wrong signal.

NYT > World: Raids Aim to Find Killers of 3 in Mexico

Thursday, March 18th, 2010 by Sports News Guy

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Agents cracked down on a gang in El Paso, Tex., to determine whether it was behind the deaths of three people tied to the American consulate in Ciudad Juarez.

BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Kidnapped British boy arrives home

Thursday, March 18th, 2010 by Sports News Guy

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Five-year-old Sahil Saeed returns to the family home in Oldham, as three people are charged with his kidnapping in Pakistan.

NYT > World: U.N. Rejects Export Ban on Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

Thursday, March 18th, 2010 by Sports News Guy

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Delegates at a conference on endangered species in Doha, Qatar, rejected the U.S.-backed measures.

BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition: Cuba 1968 hijacker pleads guilty

Thursday, March 18th, 2010 by Sports News Guy

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A US man who hijacked a US flight and diverted it to Cuba in 1968 pleads guilty to kidnapping and aircraft piracy.

NYT > World: Gaza Rocket Attack Into Israel Kills a Thai Worker

Thursday, March 18th, 2010 by Sports News Guy

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A foreign agricultural worker was the first fatality from Gaza rocket fire since Israel’s 2009 military offensive.