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PAKISTAN Battle for key town in South Waziristan Soldiers fought for control of the Pakistani Taliban chief’s home town Wednesday as they pressed an offensive along the Afghan border, authorities said. Meanwhile, intelligence officials said suspected U.S. missiles killed two militants in the adjacent region of North Waziristan — a potentially troubling strike because it [...]
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KABUL — The top challenger to Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced Sunday that he would not take part in a runoff election scheduled for next Saturday, further clouding the country’s uncertain political picture and likely leaving Karzai in power without a strong mandate to rule in the middle of a war with Taliban insurgents. Read [...]
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The opening minutes of the soccer game brought a quick goal, and Rubén Bres and the 15 guests who had joined him around his battered TV erupted in cheers. But they were happy not just for their team. They were happy they could even watch. Read more
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BAGHDAD — A man being questioned in connection with last Sunday’s devastating bombings targeting Iraqi ministries grabbed a gun from a guard and fatally shot a senior investigator, Iraqi officials said Sunday. Read more
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Pointing an accusing finger at the United States, the Palestinians on Sunday said Washington’s backing for Israeli refusal to halt Jewish settlement expansion had killed any hope of reviving peace negotiations soon. Read more
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KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah quit an election run-off on Sunday after accusing the government of not meeting his demand for a fair vote, leaving doubts over the legitimacy of the next government. Read more
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President Hamid Karzai’s rival in the second round of the Afghan presidential election has announced in Kabul that he is withdrawing from the poll. Read more
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REYKJAVIK (AFP) – Iceland’s central bank said on Saturday it would begin progressively lifting capital controls put in place a year ago after the global financial crisis toppled the country’s banking system. Read more
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AP – Afghanistan’s presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah announces his decision to not to participate … Slideshow:Afghanistan Play Video Barack Obama Video:Raw Video: Obamas handout Halloween treats AP Play Video Barack Obama Video:One Year Later FOX News By HEIDI VOGT and RAHIM FAIEZ, Associated Press Writers Heidi Vogt And Rahim Faiez, Associated Press Writers – 1 hr 37 mins ago KABUL – President [...]
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It is a tangled tale of sex, greed, ambition and blackmail in Silvio Berlusconi’s celebrity-obsessed Italy. Read more
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday that Israel is making unprecedented concessions on West Bank settlement construction _ a position clearly at odds with the prevailing Palestinian view. Read more
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Tony Blair has been in talks with Tesco about helping them open supermarkets in the Middle East – allegedly in return for up to £1million. Read more
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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and [...]
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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and [...]
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The status update from 20 hours ago on former Afghan foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah‘s Facebook page simply reads “God speed to our beloved Afghanistan.” Meanwhile, the wires are buzzing about whether he is going to boycott his Nov. 7 runoff with President Hamid Karzai. A press conference is set for Sunday morning. The AP is [...]
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Those who watched “Call Northside 777,” the 1948 docu-noir movie set in Chicago that aired tonight on WTTW-Ch. 11, might be interested in the true story behind the fictionalized account by Rob Warden, head of Northwestern’s Center on Wrongful Convictions. Read more
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6:48pm UK, Friday October 30, 2009 Dominic Waghorn, Middle East correspondent Hillary Clinton is returning to Israel in an effort to revive America’s push for peace, but in the words of one [...]
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Police have accidentally included images of actors from The Firm on a wanted list. Sky News reports that the Metropolitan Police used a television report to compile images of hooligans that attended the recent West Ham and Millwall football match. However, they accidentally included five images of actors from the film, which is about football [...]
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The body of Sapper Steven Marshall has begun its journey home after a ramp ceremony at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. Read more
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The world’s biggest cruise ship is on its maiden voyage from a Finnish shipyard to its Florida home, where its shakedown cruise will be an invitation-only pre-Thanksgiving overnight voyage featuring pop singer Rihanna. The Oasis of the Seas weighs an astounding 225,282 tons — dwarfing famous ships such as the Titanic, which was [...]