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Warns we have entered the most dangerous decade since WW2 Putin laid out thoughts on foreign policy in a rambling speech in Moscow, accusing West of fanning flames of war in Ukraine He also accused the West of rejecting his peace plan and stoking tensions over Taiwan Blamed westerners for causing global food crisis, in what appeared to be an appeal to allies in China and Africa It is the latest in series of bitter speeches Putin has given since invading Ukraine on February 24 this year Russian leader, laying out his warped view of global politics, accused westerners of...

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) -- Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton outlined a broad economic vision Tuesday, saying it's time to replace an "on your own" society with one based on shared responsibility and prosperity. The Democratic senator said what the Bush administration touts as an "ownership society" really is an "on your own" society that has widened the gap between rich and poor. "I prefer a 'we're all in it together' society," she said. "I believe our government can once again work for all Americans. It can promote the great American tradition of opportunity for all and special privileges for none."...

Blondes might have more fun, and gentlemen may well marry brunettes, but redheads are remembered. For while they have had a troubled history - being burned as witches, sacrificed to gods and condemned as unlucky or insane, to give just a few examples, there has always been an edgy glamour attached to women with red hair, from Cleopatra to Rita Hayworth to Julianne Moore. A recent report by the Oxford Hair Foundation in the UK has caused shockwaves in the Netherlands: redheads, it says, are dying out, and could become extinct as soon as 2060. The two main factors involved...

The waging of an illegal war, the crimes against the Iraqi people, the killing of independent journalists. This man is a war criminal. He should be convicted as soon as possible.