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M23 rebels patrol around Congo's Central Bank in Goma, eastern Congo, Monday Nov. 26, 2012. Regional leaders meeting in Uganda called for an end to the advance by M23 rebels toward Congo's capital, and also urged the Congolese government to sit down with rebel leaders as residents fled some towns for fear of more fighting between the rebels and army. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

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Clashes Resume In Cairo Ahead Of Opposition Rally

Egyptian security forces arrest a protester during clashes near Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra) Egyptian protesters and police clashed in Cairo on Tuesday just hours ahead of a planned massive rally by opponents of the country’s Islamist president demanding he rescind decrees that granted him near-absolute powers. […]

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Egyptian security forces arrest a protester during clashes near Tahrir square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

Egyptian protesters and police clashed in Cairo on Tuesday just hours ahead of a planned massive rally by opponents of the country's Islamist president demanding he rescind decrees that granted him near-absolute powers. Police fired tear gas and hundreds of protesters pelted them with rocks at a street between the U.S. Embassy and Tahrir Square,

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UN Conference On Internet Oversight Raises Concern Over Censorship, Restriction

This March 9, 2011, file photo, shows a large image of Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, UAE Prime Minister and ruler of Dubai, rear left, and Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, UAE President, right, on a tower at Internet City, as cars pass drive on Sheikh Zayed’s highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran […]

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This March 9, 2011, file photo, shows a large image of Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, UAE Prime Minister and ruler of Dubai, rear left, and Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, UAE President, right, on a tower at Internet City, as cars pass drive on Sheikh Zayed's highway in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)

Tech giants and internet advocates are raising concerns ahead of the meeting of the United Nations' International Telecommunications Union (ITU) next week in Dubai. Critics are concerned that changes proposed at the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) could lead to efforts to censor the internet and stifle

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Denmark Repeals Its Fat Tax: Lessons For The World

Frosting drips from doughnuts after dipping at Doughnut Plant on New York’s Lower East Side, Friday Jan. 12, 2007. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) (BRUSSELS) — Having you pay 14 cents more for your burger to help you lose weight was perhaps not such a good idea after all. This is apparently what the Danish government concluded […]

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Frosting drips from doughnuts after dipping at Doughnut Plant on New York's Lower East Side, Friday Jan. 12, 2007. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

(BRUSSELS) -- Having you pay 14 cents more for your burger to help you lose weight was perhaps not such a good idea after all. This is apparently what the Danish government concluded when it decided last week to scrap what is believed to be the world’s first fat tax, imposed just over one year ago. Plans to introduce a tax on sugar next year have

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Fire Highlights Harsh Lives Of Bangladesh Workers

Bangladeshis prepare to bury the bodies of some of the victims of Saturday’s fire in a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Khurshed Rinku) Clothing is king in Bangladesh, a country that exports more garments than any other in the world except China. It is responsible for four out of every […]

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Bangladeshis prepare to bury the bodies of some of the victims of Saturday's fire in a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Khurshed Rinku)

Clothing is king in Bangladesh, a country that exports more garments than any other in the world except China. It is responsible for four out of every five export dollars and has turned factory owners into members of parliament and leaders of sports clubs. That strength has often been turned against the workers in those factories, especially

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Gaza Ceasefire: Israel And Hamas Begin Indirect Talks

Palestinian Hamas supporters carry obituary posters of Hamas’ Ahmed Jabari and Hamas flags as they march in support of the people of the Gaza Strip and against Israel’s military operations, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) Representatives from Israel and Hamas began indirect talks in Cairo on […]

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Palestinian Hamas supporters carry obituary posters of Hamas' Ahmed Jabari and Hamas flags as they march in support of the people of the Gaza Strip and against Israel's military operations, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Representatives from Israel and Hamas began indirect talks in Cairo on Monday over the implementation of the ceasefire deal that ended the recent conflict between Israel and Gaza. According to the BBC, Egyptian intermediaries have been leading the negotiations. Among the list of demands are Hamas' push for an end to the Israeli blockade on

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Experts Exhume Remains Of Palestinian Leader

A Palestinian walks past a huge portrait of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Gaza City on Sunday, November 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) Yasser Arafat’s political heirs on Tuesday opened his grave and foreign experts took samples of the iconic Palestinian leader’s remains as part of a long-shot attempt — eight years after his […]

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A Palestinian walks past a huge portrait of late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Gaza City on Sunday, November 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Yasser Arafat's political heirs on Tuesday opened his grave and foreign experts took samples of the iconic Palestinian leader's remains as part of a long-shot attempt — eight years after his mysterious death — to determine whether he was poisoned. Arafat died in November 2004 at a French military hospital, a month after suddenly falling ill at

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