 CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Heavy rains and flooding in Brazil have caused 260 deaths in the states of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, CNN affiliate TV Record reported Wednesday. The greatest damage was in a cluster of towns in a mountainous area ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
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| Haiti mourns dead, looks ahead MiamiHerald.com Haitians commemorated the first anniversary of the devastating quake with memorials, prayer vigils and questions about their future. BY JACQUELINE CHARLES, TRENTON DANIEL AND FRANCES ROBLES PORT-AU-PRINCE -- At 4:53 pm, Haiti fell silent. ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
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| Poles 'disappointed' about Kaczynski air crash report BBC News A Russian report about the air crash which killed the Polish president and nearly 100 people in April failed to mention the mistakes made by Smolensk air traffic controllers, Polish MEP Pawel Zalewski says. "They did not act professionally," Mr ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
| Gates Seeks to Placate in Tokyo Wall Street Journal By JULIAN E. BARNES TOKYO—US Defense Secretary Robert Gates attempted to reduce pressure on the government to move quickly on relocating a US military base on Okinawa, instead focusing his discussions here on the threat from North Korea. ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
| Belarus Intensifies Efforts Against Former Candidate New York Times By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ MOSCOW — As Belarussian diplomats scrambled on Wednesday to assuage European concerns about the sweeping crackdown on dissent in their country, the authorities in Belarus were stepping up their campaign against the family of a ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
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| Clegg appears to be losing Britain's love Washington Post By Anthony Faiola LONDON - During a riveting election campaign last year, a photogenic 43-year-old stole the hearts of the British people, cutting through their pea-soup-thick cynicism with a Barack Obama-like message of change. But eight months later, ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
| German economy grew by 3.6 percent in 2010 BusinessWeek Official data show that the German economy grew by a powerful 3.6 percent last year -- the strongest performance since reunification two decades ago. The preliminary figure announced Wednesday by the Federal Statistical Office compared with a painful ... See all stories on this topic »
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