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March 9th, 2009

World Links: China Ups Troops on Tibetan Border; Global Warming Skeptics Meet in NYC

Czech president Václav Klaus is among the 70 speakers at “the world’s largest-ever gathering of global warming skeptics,” currently underway in New York City.

North Korea’s military has been ordered to be combat-ready, as the U.S. and South Korea begin annual joint military exercises.

China deploys additional troops along the Tibetan border ahead of tomorrow’s 50th anniversary of the failed uprising that led to the Dalai Lama’s exile.

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says that there is only a “one in a thousand” chance that the car crash that killed his wife was anything other than an accident.

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