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Thursday, 23 February 2012, 11:30 am Press Release: US State Department Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Los Cabos, Mexico February 20, 2012 ________________________________________ SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon. And let me begin by thanking our hosts. It was an absolute pleasure to be here, and I want to express my appreciation to President Calderon, to Secretary Espinosa, and to the entire Mexican team for putting together what has been a quite informative and important gathering. And now that I’ve seen this beautiful place for myself, I can understand why so many whales come here to visit. It is, however, less clear to me why they ever leave, but...

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President Hugo Chavez's revelation that his cancer may have returned has plunged Venezuela into a period of deep uncertainty as it ramps up for what many expect to be the most closely contested presidential elections in years.

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Thursday, 23 February 2012, 9:34 am Article: Binoy Kampmark Oh what an atmospherically pent up effort – permanent stuffy darkness; grimy, dirty London immune to light, a world of grubby morals and even grubbier characters. But John le Carré was always rather good at charting pathways into dimly lit corridors, giving life to a world where the economy of morals was always scarce. Director Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a fabulous effort to recapture that dimness, a close study of human decline and fall. The language of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is the language of the British public school set, the jousting, the rivalries, the hard played...

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For all the difficulties it has faced, Somalia has the resilience, talent and natural resources to shape a better future UK foreign secretary William Hague with officials at Mogadishu airport. Hague puts remittances from the Somali diaspora at £1bn a year. Photograph: Stuart Price/UN...

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Sydney. Kevin Rudd was for years the darling of Australian politics before a rapid decline that saw him dumped as Labor leader in a brutal party-room coup by Julia Gillard in 2010. Party sources say he never accepted his relegation from prime minister to foreign minister and always wanted his old job back. With speculation at fever pitch this week that he now intends to make his move, Rudd resigned as the country’s top diplomat in a midnight press conference in Washington on Wednesday. “The simple truth is that I cannot continue to serve as foreign minister...

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Written by Amira Al Hussaini Netizens covering the daily carnage in Syria on social media had to take a step back today to soak in news of more atrocities committed against humanity in the Baba Amr neighbourhood, in besieged city of Homs. NPR media strategist Andy Carvin, who is in Tripoli, Libya, tweets: @acarvin [2]: I need to unplug for a bit before I say something I'll regret. I just can't take this right now. #homs #syria He adds: @acarvin [3]: Killing reporters and citizen...

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The Marine Corps has discharged the lone Marine convicted in the 2005 killings of unarmed Iraqi civilians in the town of Haditha, a spokesman said Tuesday. Former Sgt. Frank Wuterich ended his service Friday, Marine Corps spokesman Lt. Col. Joseph Kloppel said. Wuterich had his rank reduced...

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At least nine demonstrators were shot dead and dozens wounded Wednesday in violent protests across Afghanistan over the burning of the Koran at a US-run military base, officials said.

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Europe's biggest cruise ship operator was caught up on Wednesday in the probe into the Costa Concordia tragedy as eight more bodies including a five-year-old Italian girl were found in the wreck.

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Two Western journalists were among 26 people killed Wednesday as Syrian forces pounded the rebel city of Homs, activists said, while calls mounted for a truce to allow in humanitarian aid.

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