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Nov 6 2009
Iran’s opposition movement brought its struggle back to the streets of Tehran on Wednesday, turning the 30th anniversary of the U.S. embassy takeover — typically marked by government-sanctioned displays of anti-Americanism — into a protest...
Oct 27 2009
Britons should turn vegetarian to help beat global warming, according to one of the world’s top experts on climate change. Lord Stern said methane emissions from cows and pigs were putting ‘enormous pressure’ on the world. The peer,...
Sep 18 2009
A protest over a Toronto International Film Festival spotlight on Tel Aviv cinema has galvanized the globe’s creative community. From Cairo to Calgary, artists can often be divided on their Middle East views but most agree on the need to draw the...
Sep 7 2009
Kraft made its initial proposal on 28 August after a meeting earlier that day between Irene Rosenfeld, Kraft chairman and chief executive, and Roger Carr, chairman of Cadbury. Cadbury’s board had rejected the proposal, Kraft said, adding that it was...
Aug 31 2009
Mike Perham, 17, sailed into Lizard Point in Cornwall, the southernmost point in Britain, at 9:47 a.m., his race team said. “It feels absolutely brilliant,” Mike told CNN by phone hours before crossing the finish line. “I’m...
Aug 29 2009
Oasis front man Noel Gallagher has quit the rock group after a fallout with his bandmate brother, he announced late Friday. “It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight,” Noel Gallagher said in a...
Aug 8 2009
Up two flights of stairs in a musty apartment in central Madrid is where an African man with a face as white as chalk has placed his hope for the future. In early April, 18-year-old Moszy came ashore in the Spanish Canary Islands, along with 59 other...
Aug 4 2009
Acontest between competing needs of conservation and economic growth is threatening the future of large parts of Europe’s last ancient forest. The 380,000-acre Bialowieza Primeval Forest, which straddles the border between Poland and Belarus, is...
Aug 3 2009
Europe’s top human rights watchdog launched a probe Monday into Serb allegations that ethnic Albanian guerrillas kidnapped Serb civilians during Kosovo’s war, removed their organs and sold the body parts on the black market. Leading the...
Aug 1 2009
When Eta took up arms 50 years ago in pursuit of an independent Basque homeland, Spain was an international pariah in the grip of Franco’s dictatorship, the Basque language was banned and political parties were illegal. Many considered it...