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Published Saturday, November 07, 2009
LONDON -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Washington's closest ally in Afghanistan, toughened his tone Friday with this harsh message for the Afghan leadership: Clean up your act -- for real this time -- or risk a cutoff of support.In what 10 Downing St ...
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Published Saturday, November 07, 2009
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The Palestinian president said Thursday that he did not want to run for another term in the January elections, blaming a stalemate in Mideast peace talks on Israel and the United States.In a televised speech to the Palestinians ...
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Published Saturday, November 07, 2009
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says a deal that could have returned him to power is defunct. Roberto Micheletti, who took power after a coup, says that deal has been successfully accomplished.The Obama administration ...
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Published Saturday, November 07, 2009
TORONTO -- Canada has begun preparations to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in 2011.Maj. Cindy Tessier said Friday that the chief of defense staff, Gen. Walter Natynczyk, has ordered preparations to get under way that would see Canada's 2,800 tr ...
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Published Friday, November 06, 2009
BARCELONA, Spain -- With the U.S. Congress still struggling to agree on sharp cuts in greenhouse gases or how to fund them, European officials said Thursday that they were striving for a political agreement instead of a new treaty to allow the U.S. a ...
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Published Friday, November 06, 2009
KABUL -- The United Nations is sending about 600 foreign staffers out of the country or into secure compounds because of the deadly Taliban attack on U.N. workers, warning the Afghan government Thursday that international support would wane unless it ...
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Published Thursday, November 05, 2009
KABUL -- The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan police officer underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and possible insurgent infiltration of a police force that the U.S. hopes will be its ticket out of Afghan ...
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Published Thursday, November 05, 2009
MILAN -- An Italian judge found 23 Americans and two Italians guilty Wednesday in the kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect, apparently delivering the first legal convictions anywhere in the world against people involved in the CIA's extraordinary ...
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Published Thursday, November 05, 2009
TEHRAN, Iran -- Government supporters chanted "Death to America" and stomped on U.S. flags Wednesday while, not far away, hundreds of opposition protesters denounced Iran's leaders and appealed to America's president to choose sides."Obama, Obama, yo ...
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Published Thursday, November 05, 2009
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- A gang of gunmen killed an off-duty U.S. airman and five other people early Wednesday at a bar in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, authorities said.Meanwhile, gunmen assassinated an army general recently named police ...
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Published Thursday, November 05, 2009
JERUSALEM -- Open crates from a cargo ship seized Wednesday by Israel revealed dark green missiles inside. Containers from the vessel bore writing in English that said "I.R. Iranian Shipping Lines Group."Israel alleged that the shipment of hundreds o ...
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Published Thursday, November 05, 2009
BERLIN -- General Motors Co.'s decision to scrap the sale of European subsidiary Opel raised new uncertainty Wednesday over the unit's future, astonishing politicians in Germany and Russia and prompting workers to plan walkouts in protest.The GM boa ...
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Published Wednesday, November 04, 2009
SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea said Tuesday that it had weaponized more plutonium for atomic bombs, a day after warning Washington to agree quickly to direct talks or face the prospect of a growing North Korean nuclear arsenal.The official Korean ...
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Published Wednesday, November 04, 2009
KABUL -- President Hamid Karzai promised to stamp out corruption. The image suggested otherwise. Standing at Karzai's side on Tuesday were his two vice presidents -- both former warlords widely believed to have looted Afghanistan for years.Reform is ...
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Published Tuesday, November 03, 2009
LONDON -- Women faced their share of trouble at the Tower of London, including three queens who were beheaded there.But treachery has long been considered a thing of the past at the notorious 11th century fortress. At least until now.If charges made ...
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Published Tuesday, November 03, 2009
MARRAKECH, Morocco -- In the face of Arab criticism of the administration's recalibrated Mideast peace tack, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton moderated her praise Monday for Israel's offer to restrain building settlements in Palestinian ...
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Published Tuesday, November 03, 2009
KABUL -- Afghanistan's election commission proclaimed President Hamid Karzai the victor of the country's tumultuous ballot Monday, canceling a planned runoff and ending a political crisis two and a half months after a fraud-marred first round.The can ...
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Published Tuesday, November 03, 2009
MEXICO CITY -- Horrified by the excesses of dictatorship, Latin Americans discarded the strongman model at the end of the 20th century and limited politicians' time in power.Now a new wave of populist presidents is trying to do away with those limits ...
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Published Monday, November 02, 2009
LONDON -- To fight pneumonia, the world's top killer of children, United Nations officials say they need $39 billion over the next six years.On the first World Pneumonia Day on Monday, the World Health Organization and UNICEF are releasing a global p ...
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Published Monday, November 02, 2009
KABUL -- President Hamid Karzai effectively secured a second term Sunday when his only challenger dropped out of the race, and the Obama administration said it was prepared to work with the man it has previously criticized to combat corruption and co ...
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Published Monday, November 02, 2009
ISLAMABAD -- An onslaught of militant violence has transformed Pakistan's capital from a sleepy oasis to something of a city under siege, with its tree-lined streets barricaded, schools shuttered and jittery residents wondering when the next attack ...
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Published Monday, November 02, 2009
SANTIAGO, Chile-- Hundreds of former military draftees are making a provocative offer to Chile's government: They will reveal details of crimes committed by Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship -- but only if their safety is guaranteed.The draftees ...
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Published Sunday, November 01, 2009
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A man being questioned in connection with this week's deadly double bombings in the Iraqi capital was able to seize a gun and kill an investigative officer during an interrogation before being shot himself, the government said Saturda ...
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Published Sunday, November 01, 2009
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's opposition leaders vowed Saturday to continue challenging the ruling system despite a harsh crackdown by security forces that killed dozens of protesters in post-election turmoil.The statements Saturday from opposition lea ...
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Published Sunday, November 01, 2009
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Lawmakers will wait until Tuesday to consider a U.S.-brokered agreement that could return deposed President Manuel Zelaya to power, despite diplomats' pleas to not delay an end to the country's 4-month-old political cris ...
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