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Saudis use cash and counseling to fight terrorism
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0500
About 3,200 former militants have completed the ambitious program aimed at persuading them to disavow violent Islamist ideologies.
Strategic shift in North Africa militancy
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0500
In Algeria, suicide bombings blamed on Al Qaeda resemble insurgent tactics in Iraq.
Nepal's ex-guerrillas take on civilian rule
Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0500
Former rebel leader Prachanda – or 'the fierce one' – now leads the assembly rewriting the Constitution.

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A Walk Through Beijing's Vanishing Hutongs
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:13:00 -0400
Beijing is a city of contrasts: It has dazzling Olympic venues as well as the ancient city, a maze of homes and alleys, or hutongs, that are rapidly being demolished to make way for high-rise development. A walk reveals the vanishing backstreet neighborhoods.
In Vietnam, Press Freedom Suffers
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:00:00 -0400
It's getting tougher to be a journalist in Vietnam, a tough one-party communist state. Two prominent high-level journalists are now in jail and many are wondering if the press will engage in self-censorship to avoid the conservatives' wrath.
In S. Ossetia, Opposition To Georgia Remains
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:00:00 -0400
The people of the breakaway region of South Ossetia say they will never rejoin Georgia. Many of them say they want independence, or even union with Russia. It seems Russia will keep its forces in South Ossetia for the foreseeable future.

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Nearly 150 Are Dead in Madrid Plane Crash
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:00:11 -0000
Nearly 150 people were killed Wednesday when an airliner en route to the Canary Islands swerved off the end of a runway at Madrid’s airport during takeoff, officials said.
Taliban Escalate Fighting With Assault on U.S. Base
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:00:18 -0000
Insurgents have taken advantage of a wavering NATO commitment, a flailing Afghan government and disarray in Pakistan.
Survivors in Georgia Tell of Ethnic Killings
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:08:01 -0000
Now that the fighting between Georgia and Russia has subsided, killings will be grist for competing claims of ethnic cleansing.

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BAA urged to sell 3 UK airports
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:36:23 -0400
Britain's competition watchdog criticizes lack of airport capacity, slow route development, higher charges.
Ericsson and STM in joint venture
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:05:37 -0400
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China shares soar on stimulus chatter
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:29:40 -0400

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China: Kung Fu English
Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:00:00 -0500
Xinjiang province in remote western China is best known for the Taklamakan desert and the struggle for autonomy among the region's Muslim Uighur people. It's also considered a provincial backwater looked down upon by the Western influenced provinces in the east. Xinjiang native Jake Yong set out to change that perception by teaching himself -- and others -- to speak English.
The Arrest of Radovan Karadzic
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:00:00 -0500
Hasan Nuhanovic lost his father and brother at Srebrenica. FRONTLINE/World spoke to him from Sarajevo about the capture this week of the man who ordered the massacre.
Burma: After the Storm
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:00:00 -0500
Capturing recent, dramatic footage inside Burma, our correspondent shares his video diary and talks about the mood among dissidents there.

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