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BANGKOK, Thailand – Female tourists visiting the Thai island of Phuket will be given whistles to sound in case of an emergency, the Tourism Ministry said Monday, two days after the murder of a Swedish woman in broad daylight. The whistles are part of a campaign to increase security on …

MOSCOW – Russia had a short answer Tuesday for President Bush’s top national security advisers who came to ask for detente in the simmering argument over a planned U.S. missile shield at Russia’s doorstep. “Nyet.” Or maybe, “Not yet.” The United States and Russia got no closer to settling their …

CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela has nearly completed its deployment of thousands of troops to states along the border with Colombia, a top general said Wednesday. “Between 85 and 90 percent of the troops are situated,” Gen. Jesus Gonzalez Gonzalez told reporters at a news conference, saying soldiers were largely sent …