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Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:26:24 +0000

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Need to know: Setting the stage for intense political maneuvering, early results in Iraq’s elections indicated that Prime Minister al-Maliki’s coalition was likely to win a plurality in an exceedingly close race. But a coalition of Shiite parties questioned the vote-counting process.

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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:54:18 +0000

Need to know: A Pennsylvania woman who called herself Jihad Jane was tied Tuesday to an alleged assassination plot against a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the prophet Muhammad atop the body of a dog.

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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:52:16 +0000

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:43:47 +0000

Need to know: Iraq's electoral commission said Tuesday that it would announce partial results of parliamentary elections on Wednesday, providing an incomplete picture of the vote that will nevertheless provide the broad outlines of the country’s political landscape.

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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:08:38 +0000

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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:38:19 +0000

Need to know: Nigerian authorities have begun arresting suspects connected with the massacre of up to 500 people, including children, in the central region of Jos. The weekend violence comes after sectarian killings in this region in January left more than 300 dead, most of them Muslim. Some victims were shoved into sewer pits and communal wells.

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Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:23:38 +0000

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Need to know: A strong, pre-dawn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 57 people as it knocked down stone or mud-brick houses and minarets in at least six villages.

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Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:50:59 +0000

Need to know: Turnout appears to be strong in Iraq's second elections Sunday, although bombs have killed at least 35 people. Two buildings were destroyed in Baghdad and dozens of mortars were fired across the city and elsewhere. The border with Iran was closed, thousands of troops were deployed, and vehicles were banned from roads.

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Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:04:27 +0000

Need to know: On the eve of Iraq's national elections, U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill told American diplomats and U.S. troops that the stakes are high for both the U.S. and Iraq in Sunday's vote. "This election is big. It is simply enormous," Hill said during a visit to this U.S. base near the north-central city of Tikrit.

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Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:36:38 +0000

Need to know: Strikes hit schools and hospitals and brought public transport in Athens to a halt on Friday in protests against austerity measures imposed by the Greek government. Meanwhile, Germany issued a snide letter to the Greece, after failing days earlier to promise a bailout: "Dear prime minister, If you're reading this, you've entered a country different from yours. You're in Germany.

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Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:20:34 +0000

Need to know: An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 rattled southern Chile on Friday morning, striking close to the epicenter of the quake that devastated the country a week ago. The United States Geological Survey reported the latest quake hitting offshore, just 25 miles west of Concepcion, Chile’s second-largest metropolitan area.

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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:59:53 +0000

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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:57:28 +0000

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Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:14:14 +0000

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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:05:52 +0000

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Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:29:31 +0000

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Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:03:27 +0000

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Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:13:28 +0000

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Need to know: GlobalPost is keeping a keen eye on the situation in Chile and has drawn up an easy to navigate roundup of the Chile news for your convenience.

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Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:22:43 +0000

Need to know: Chileans accelerated their rescue, aid and security efforts in damaged regions but also took pride in the country's meticulous planning and preparation. President Michelle Bachelet said the death toll had reached 711 and was likely to rise.

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Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:17:57 +0000

Need to know: It's been an uneasy day so far in Chile, following Saturday's 8.8-magnitude earthquake that devastated large parts of the country.