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Dreams turn bitter for Bangladeshi garment workers
29 mins ago
Moushumi's family now has one of the largest homes in their village _ two bedrooms plus a living area with walls made of sturdy brick. Her father and brother will soon have a small business out front, selling furniture her dad will make. There will be money to pay for her younger sister to get married when it's time.
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Baker named AP chief for Malaysia, Singapore
69 mins ago
Mark Baker, photographer and acting bureau chief for The Associated Press in Kuala Lumpur, has been promoted to chief of bureau for Malaysia and Singapore.
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Protesters back in streets of Brazilian cities
1 hour 34 mins ago
More than 100,000 people took to the streets in largely peaceful protests in at least eight cities Monday, demonstrations that voiced the deep frustrations Brazilians feel about carrying heavy tax burdens but receiving woeful returns in public education, health, security and transportation.
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Tropical depression forms off the coast of Belize
1 hour 39 mins ago
A tropical depression has formed off the coast of Belize and forecasters say it is expected to bring as much as five inches of rain to parts of Belize, Guatemala, northern Honduras and southern Mexico.
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Uncertainty over US stimulus drags shares lower
1 hour 46 mins ago
Jitters over a possible change in U.S. stimulus efforts by the Federal Reserve helped pull share prices mostly lower in early Asian trading Tuesday.
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Salvadorans to help with gang truce in Honduras
2 hours 5 mins ago
Two Salvadorans who mediated in a gang truce in their country that cut the homicide rate by at least 50 percent met Monday with gang leaders in Honduras, where they will help do the same.
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US names prisoners slated for indefinite detention
4 hours 33 mins ago
A list released by the U.S. government Monday identifies several dozen Guantanamo Bay prisoners who have been designated as too dangerous to release but who can't be prosecuted.
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Unions give lift to Turkish protest movement
4 hours 34 mins ago
Turkish labor groups fanned a wave of defiance against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's authority, leading rallies and a one-day strike to support activists whose two-week standoff with the government has shaken the country's secular democracy.
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Charlie Trotter accused of selling bogus $46K wine
Award-winning chef Charlie Trotter is being sued by two New York wine collectors who say he sold them a bottle of wine for more than $46,000 that wasn't what it said on ...
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Politics
Obama: Iranian people want a 'different direction'
President Barack Obama said Monday that Iran's election of a relative moderate shows that the country's people want to change course. But he stressed that Tehran still needs to show the international ...
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Finance
Thrifty says offer of free rental car was mistake
Thrifty Car Rental says it's sorry, but many customers who were offered a free one-day rental won't be getting that after all.
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