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Sarkozy Rebuts Gates’s Remarks on Libya Strikes
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House Spurns Obama on Libya, but Does Not Cut Funds
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WASHINGTON — The House dealt a symbolic blow to President Obama by rejecting a bill to authorize the operations in Libya, but also turned back a measure that would have cut financing for the effort.
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Life Sentences in Rwanda Genocide Case
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PARIS — A U.N. court sentenced Rwanda’s former minister for family and women’s affairs and her son to life prison terms for their roles in the 1994 genocide.
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United States: Blackwater Founder Cleared in Civil Suit
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When The Times posted online a mystery Nazi photo album, it took just hours for readers to identify the photographer.
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Bribery, but Nobody Was Charged
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