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MSNBC
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But Russia, Serbia's key ally, and emerging global power China remained adamantly opposed to Kosovo's independence, warning of the danger of inspiring separatist movements around the world, including in their own sprawling territories.
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CNN
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A "national electrical emergency" has been declared in South Africa where power cuts are affecting millions of people and casting doubt over plans to host the football World Cup in 2010. Authorities on Friday outlined steps to combat the problem that is s..
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Guardian Unlimited
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Television sets and other domestic appliances will be fitted with special devices to switch off standby power as part of a radical plan to cut wasteful use of electricity, a special Conservative report will recommend this week.
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BBC News
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Japanese officials have confirmed further leaks of radioactive material from a nuclear power plant following Monday's earthquake in central Japan.
In addition to a leak of radioactive water, drums containing nuclear waste burst open and radioactive gas..
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CNN
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A 44-year-old woman who needed an electric oxygen pump to breathe died after an energy company cut the power to her home because of a $122 unpaid bill, her family claimed Wednesday.
Police said they had launched an investigation into Folole Muliaga's d..
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BBC News
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Households in Zimbabwe are to be limited to four hours power supply a day in the latest setback to hit the country's struggling economy.
The measure, meaning electricity will only be available in homes between 1700 and 2100 local time, is likely to com..
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USA Today
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Britain said Sunday it intends to try to hand power immediately to a new Catholic-Protestant administration for Northern Ireland — but is open to the Protestant side's demand for an extension to May.
Northern Ireland Secretary Peter Hain said Saturda..
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Los Angeles Times
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The squat, tan buildings with barred windows can be reached only by driving well outside the city to a flat stretch of desert on the edge of the hills. The site is surrounded by an array of antiaircraft artillery emplacements, each with one or two soldier..
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Yahoo News
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Venezuela's Congress on Wednesday granted President Hugo Chavez powers to rule by decree for 18 months as he tries to force through nationalizations key to his self-styled leftist revolution...
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CBC
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Residents in southwestern B.C. will spend their weekend cleaning up in the wake of the third powerful storm to hit the region this week...
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Al Jazeera
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Kim Jong-il is to have his access to iPods and other desirable gadgets cut off as part of US efforts to target sanctions directly at the North Korean leader and his power base...
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Reuters
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Nicaraguans voted for a new president on Sunday with former Marxist guerrilla Daniel Ortega in with a strong chance of returning to power despite opposition from the United States, his Cold War enemy...
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BBC News
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Millions of people in Pakistan's largest city have been without electricity, following a power outage.
Pakistan's state-run utility said it had cut supplies to Karachi because the city's power company had not paid its bills. Outages occurred in the mor..
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BBC News
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Cuba's ailing leader Fidel Castro has said he will not accept another term as president, ending 49 years in power.
"I neither will aspire to, nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief," he told the news..
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CNN
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Kenya to support efforts to reach political reconciliation, said Kenya's opposing factions must form a "grand coalition" that provides "real power sharing." Rice was meeting with President Mwai Kibaki Monday af..
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BBC News
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South Africa's biggest gold and platinum mining companies have suspended production because of a spate of recent power cuts.
They took the drastic measure after state power company Eskom said it could not guarantee supplies, raising fears of miners bei..
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BBC News
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Thailand's Supreme Court has dismissed a suit seeking to dissolve the People Power Party (PPP), which won the most votes in December's general election.
The court rejected a petition accusing the PPP of violating electoral law by acting as a proxy for..
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BBC News
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A new generation of nuclear power stations in the UK has been given formal backing by the government.
Business Secretary John Hutton told MPs they would give a "safe and affordable" way of securing the UK's future energy supplies while fighting climate..
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BBC News
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Mobile devices will deliver a more personal internet within five years, using chips with the power of today's desktop PCs, Intel's head has said.
Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show, Paul Otellini predicted mobile devices could soon "augment real..
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CNN
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Russian President Vladimir Putin Monday declared his party's parliamentary victory as a mandate to cement power, according to The Associated Press, reporting remarks he made on Russian TV. But international electoral monitors and foreign governments have..
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