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The Taliban rebuffed President Barack Obama’s new war plan for Afghanistan on Wednesday, saying his strategy to send 30,000 new troops will only lead to more American casualties. Read more
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Iran has released five Britons who had been detained in the Persian Gulf after their yacht apparently strayed into Iranian waters, state radio in Tehran said today. British Foreign Secretary David Miliband held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki late yesterday and called for formal consular access to the men and their [...]
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Democrats are not raising all taxes on the rich. Tomorrow the House will take up and probably pass an extension of the current estate tax. HR 4154 would permanently extend the current estate tax before it… Read more
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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]
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BERLIN — NATO and European allies gave firm rhetorical backing Tuesday to President Obama’s new troop surge and revamped strategy for the war in Afghanistan. But tangible offers of fresh help were few and far between. Read more
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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s government expressed confusion and concern Wednesday about President Obama’s new Afghan strategy, which calls for Pakistan to step up its cooperation against terrorism in exchange for a pledge of a long-term partnership “after the guns fall silent.” Read more
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The past is all there, in a small closet, inside old, musty boxes: photo albums, one stacked upon the other, filled with pictures of the father, a man Forbes magazine once christened the world’s seventh richest, with a personal fortune of at least $3 billion. Read more
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NEW DELHI — Recent announcements by the United States and China to cut carbon dioxide emissions are propelling India to make its own commitment to slow greenhouse gas emissions and go to the upcoming Copenhagen climate summit with a firm proposal on reductions. Read more
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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected on Wednesday as “illegal” a U.N. nuclear watchdog resolution over the country’s disputed nuclear activities, state television reported. Read more
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WASHINGTON/KABUL (Reuters) – The top U.S. battlefield commander said on Wednesday that President Barack Obama’s 30,000-strong troop increase for the Afghan war would make a huge difference, as the White House prepared to sell the new strategy to Congress. Read more
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The Taliban have vowed to step up their fight in Afghanistan, after pledges by the US and its allies to send large reinforcements to the country. Read more
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GENEVA (AFP) – Trade ministers were set to wrap up three days of WTO talks Wednesday with no compromise in sight for ending an eight-year stalemate on framing a trade liberalisation accord ahead of a 2010 deadline. Read more
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Play Video AP  – Soldiers confident Afghan surge will work Slideshow:Afghanistan Play Video Video:Details emerging from Obama’s Afghanistan speech AP Play Video Video:Robert Gibbs: Obama to ‘Set Forward Benchmarks’ ABC News AP – U.S. Army soldiers talk to each other before leaving on patrol at Forward Operating Base Airborne, near … By HEIDI VOGT and DENIS GRAY, Associated Press [...]
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Two penniless brothers who live in a cave outside Budapest are to inherit most of a reported €4.5bn after an astonishing twist in their family fortunes. Read more
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Britain\’s Sun newspaper is reporting that a breast-feeding mother accidentally smothered her four-week old child on a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C. to Kuwait. Read more
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Record investment in schools and colleges has produced an average increase of just one extra GCSE per pupil every five years, devastating official figures showed yesterday. 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 people of Honduras have spoken, and it wasn’t the answer that ousted President Manuel Zelaya wanted to hear. With turnout pegged at more than 60 percent, National Party of Honduras leader Porfirio Lobo — who narrowly lost the presidency to Zelaya in 2005 — won with about 56 percent of the vote. [...]