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JERUSALEM – Israel’s outgoing prime minister yesterday ruled out a long-term truce in Gaza without the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit, held in the Hamas-ruled territory – a sign that a month of negotiations may have stalled. Read more
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When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his allies came to state Sen. Abel Maldonado early this morning begging for the last vote needed to pass the state budget, no one could blame the Santa Maria Republican for grinning. Read more
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There is a special, overflowing corner of hell reserved for the policies and practices of just-departed American presidents, and the Obama administration has rushed to toss democracy promotion in Afghanistan onto that sulfurous heap of political oblivion. But Afghan President Hamid Karzai is making it perfectly clear that he does not intend to go along [...]
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A more cooperative relationship with Russia that helps reduce the nuclear threat from Iran would be “one of the factors” influencing the Obama administration’s decision on when and whether to install a missile defense system in eastern Europe, a senior U.S. diplomat said this week. Read more
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 14– Dozens of followers of Pakistan’s top Taliban commander were in a compound when a suspected U.S. missile struck Saturday, killing 27 insurgents in an al-Qaeda stronghold near the Afghan border, officials said. Read more
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CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 14 — Hugo Chávez appears to be everywhere, in his trademark button-down red shirt or army fatigues, singing songs of love to adoring throngs or waving from a campaign truck winding through helter-skelter slums. It is campaign season in Venezuela, yet again. Read more
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HARARE, Zimbabwe, Feb. 11 — Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in as prime minister Wednesday, bringing his party to the top echelons of power after 10 years of struggle by joining a coalition government with bitter rival President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled the nation for nearly three decades. Read more
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BAGHDAD, Feb. 13 — Iraqi interpreters working with the U.S. military in Baghdad are again allowed to hide their identity during certain missions, after a Pentagon decision to grant battalion commanders the discretion to disregard an earlier policy banning interpreters from wearing masks. Read more
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ACHACACHI, Bolivia — The barefoot teen in the potato field acknowledged that his family of 12 still had nearly no money. Read more
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SEOUL (Reuters) – The moon over hermit North Korea gave off a mysterious glow and citizens pledged undying loyalty to leader Kim Jong-il ahead of his birthday. Read more
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will sign the $787 billion economic stimulus bill on Tuesday in Denver, a White House official said on Saturday. Read more
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Afghanistan will send a team to the US to take part in a major policy review of the region, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has announced. Read more
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BEIJING – Measures in a $789 billion U.S. stimulus package that favor American goods are a “poison” that will hurt efforts solve the financial crisis, an editorial by China’s official news agency said. Read more
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AP – In this photo released by China’s official Xinhua news agency, Chinese engineer Long Xiaowei, who was … Slideshow:Pakistan Play Video Pakistan Video:Pakistan progress on Mumbai ‘not enough’ BBC Play Video Pakistan Video:Taleban in Karachi BBC ISLAMABAD – Pakistani Taliban militants have freed a Chinese engineer held captive for nearly six months, officials said Sunday, as fears [...]
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Amanda Knox, the American student accused of killing Meredith Kercher, her British flatmate, behaved in a “strange and unemotional” way immediately after the murder, kissing and cuddling her boyfriend as they waited to give evidence, a court was told yesterday. Read more
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MEXICO CITY (Feb. 14) – Mexico City puckered up to set a new record Saturday as nearly 40,000 people locked lips in the city center for the world’s largest group kiss. Read more
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Britain’s most powerful police body is being run as a private business with an annual income of around £18million. The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), which oversees everything from anti-terrorism policy to speed cameras, was last night facing demands that it be disbanded, following a Mail on Sunday investigation into its activities which include: [...]
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Baby-faced and only 4 feet (1.22 meters) tall, the boy, Alfie, was just 12 when he impregnated Chantelle, now 15, The Sun reported. Shown in a video posted on the tabloid’s website, the diminutive Alfie takes the newborn girl in his arms. Read more
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Why the Valentine’s Day party poopers? Valentine’s Day = St. Valentine = not an Islamic holiday. Plus, as an Islamic scholar told the Saudi Gazette, “As Muslims we shouldn’t celebrate a non-Muslim celebration especially this one that encourages immoral relations between unmarried men and women.” So in Saudi Arabia, the religious police — agents of [...]
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10:38pm UK, Saturday February 14, 2009 A Royal Marine has been shot dead after coming under enemy fire in Helmand province, Afghanistan. Point A shows Sangin in Helmand province where the [...]