Saturday, January 19, 2013

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Floods paralyze Indonesian capital; at least 4 die
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia’s army deployed rubber boats in the capital’s business district on Thursday to rescue people trapped in floods that inundated much of the city of 14 million people. The president was pictured standing in water up to his shins -- his trousers rolled up -- at the palace waiting for the arrival of Argentina’s leader on a state visit.


Algerian hostage crisis heightens as scores are reported dead
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US envoy says Taliban peace process stuck
U.S. ambassador in Afghanistan, James Cunningham speaks during a news event at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013. The American ambassador in Afghanistan says the United States wants serious peace negotiations with the Taliban but that it has not yet been possible to get the process under way. (AP Photo/Patrick Quinn)KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The United States wants serious peace negotiations with the Taliban to begin, but it has not been possible to get the process under way, the American ambassador to Afghanistan said Thursday.


Judge sends India rape case to fast-track court
Indian students participate in a candlelight vigil to mark the passing of a month since a gang rape of a 23-year-old student in a bus, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. The bus rape has drawn protests and intense media attention. Rapes have become front-page news nearly every day across the country, with demands that police do more to protect women and that the courts treat sexual violence seriously.in New Delhi, India , Wednesday,    Jan. 16, 2013. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)NEW DELHI (AP) -- An Indian magistrate on Thursday ordered the trial of five men accused in the fatal gang rape of a young woman on a moving bus to be shifted to a special fast-track court in New Delhi.


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