For the Costa Rican island, see Cocos Island. For the island of southern Guam see Cocos Island (Guam) . For the palm tree Cocos nucifera see coconut ''.

The Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, also called Cocos Islands and Keeling Islands, is a territory of Australia. There are two atolls with 27 coral islands in the group. The islands are located in the Indian Ocean, about one-half of the way from Australia to Sri Lanka, at .

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In Yugoslav tribunal, welling up of conscience
Sat, 30 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0500
Radovan Karadzic appears Friday to answer to charges of war crimes in the 1990s.
Yemen's fight against resurgent Al Qaeda
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0500
The government is backing a feature film to warn young Yemenis against radical jihad.
Pentagon disputes reports of 90 Afghan civilians killed in US airstrike
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0500
Officials say only five civilians died in last week's attack, but UN, Afghanistan say 60 children died in the strike.

NPR Topics: World

Up Next: Transnistria?
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:37:00 -0400
A separatist enclave in Moldova could be the next place Russia will try to assert its control over the former Soviet republics.
China, Iraq Aim To Team Up To Develop Oil Field
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:06:00 -0400
A pending deal with the state-run China National Petroleum Corp. calls for China to help develop an oil field south of Baghdad, Iraq. It would be the first contract Iraq has signed with a big foreign oil company since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003. Iraq needs help to develop its oil fields, and China needs energy for its fast growing economy.
Food Program Gets Rare Access In North Korea
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:41:00 -0400
North Korea recently allowed foreigners to visit parts of the country that aren't usually seen. Tony Banbury, the World Food Program's regional director for Asia, is there now and has visited several locations close to the border with China.

NYT > World

Putin Suggests U.S. Provocation in Georgia Clash
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:02:03 -0000
Russia’s prime minister said he thought the U.S. might have helped “stir up” the conflict to benefit one of the presidential candidates.
An Embattled Enclave Yearns to Be Free (and Liechtenstein)
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:26:49 -0000
Russia’s recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent nations has filled people in the region with hope that other countries will follow.
Bolivian Is an Uneasy Ally as U.S. Presses Drug War
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:39:55 -0000
President Evo Morales, a former coca grower, is both a partner in U.S. anti-drug policy and an antagonist.

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Japan - $18 billion stimulus plan
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:37:32 -0400
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Toyota lowers global sales target
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:48:43 -0400
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Dollar mixed as sentiment improves
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:51:38 -0400
The dollar was mixed against major currencies on Friday as two better-than-expected economic reports gave the market hope, but rising inflation and higher oil prices weighed.

FRONTLINE/World - Reports | PBS

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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