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Russian communists flirt with Medvedev (...

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Reuters - Russia's communist party denounced powerful Prime Minister Vladimir Putin while cautiously praising President...

South Korea's Pohang win AFC Champions League...

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AFP - South Korea's Pohang Steelers shocked two-time champions Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia 2-1 to capture the AFC...

Afghan ministry: NATO strike kills Afghan...

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AP - Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis the previous...

Guard arrested for torture in Tijuana prison...

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AP - Mexican police caught a prison official who spent a year on the run from charges of killing a 19-year-old inmate, whose beating...

Saudi says swine flu shots advised for pilgrims...

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AP - The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not ban anyone considered high risk for swine...

Madagascar political rivals reach government...

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AP - Madagascar's political rivals have agreed on posts within a transitional government that will hold power until next year's elections...

Britain urges steps to insure financial...

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AP - Britain called for consideration of a global tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis...

7 Afghans killed during missing U.S. troops...

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KABUL (Reuters) - NATO forces mistakenly killed seven Afghan soldiers and police in an air strike during a battle while searching for...

Russia's Medvedev leaves door open to Iran...

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BERLIN (Reuters) - Sanctions against Iran should not be ruled out if it fails to agree to restrictions on its nuclear program, Russian...

In Peshawar, denial over Taliban tactics

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Many people in the Pakistani city of Peshawar blame "foreign hands," not the Taliban, for last week's heinous market bombing.

Afghanistan hits back at U.N. and foreign...

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KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan accused the United Nations on Saturday of intervening in the formation of President Hamid Karzai's next...

Iran lawmakers: No shipment of uranium abroad...

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AP - Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad for further...

Lebanon's Hariri set to announce unity government...

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri will announce a new national unity government in the next two...

Russian military plane crashes in Pacific...

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian military plane with 11 people on board crashed in the Pacific Ocean during a training flight late on Friday...

Iran says over 100 people detained at anti...

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian police detained more than 100 people for "disturbing public order" during a rally this week to mark the...

Afghan gov't says UN representative out...

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AP - Pushing back against international criticism, Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N...

GM in talks to bring Chinese cars to India...

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AFP - US auto giant General Motors is in advanced talks with its Chinese partners on a proposal to bring their vehicles...

African Union imposes sanctions on Guinea...

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AFP - The African Union has implemented sanctions on Guinea's military rulers, AU Peace and Security Commissioner...

War crimes tribunal to appoint lawyer for...

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AP - The U.N. war crimes tribunal ruled Thursday that former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will be appointed...

Somalis hijack grain ship, take Spaniards...

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates seized a Greek-owned vessel full of wheat in the Indian Ocean on Thursday...

Israel rejects U.N. assembly vote on Gaza...

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Friday rejected a U.N. General Assembly resolution urging an investigation into...

Reviews Raise Doubt on Training of Afghan...

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The U.S. program is struggling to help largely illiterate and often corrupt Afghan forces, documents suggest.

U.K.'s Brown warns Karzai over corruption...

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Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghanistan's government on Friday to take action against corruption, saying...

Taliban: We have bodies of 2 U.S. soldiers...

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Two U.S. soldiers transporting supplies in Afghanistan were swept away by a river in Badghis province, a local...

Lebanon's opposition agrees to join Hariri...

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's opposition, including Iranian-backed Hezbollah, agreed on Friday to join a national...

Madagascar rivals agree power-sharing deal...

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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Madagascar's political rivals struck a deal late Friday on the make-up of a unity government...

Lebanon's Hariri set to announce unity government...

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri will announce a new national unity government...

Negotiators scale back UN climate pact ambitions...

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AP - Negotiators and diplomats were working Thursday on a scaled-back version of a global climate...

Israel complains to U.N. over alleged Hezbollah...

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel's U.N. ambassador complained to the United Nations on Thursday about what she...

10 arrested in Mexican police chief's killing...

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AP - Five police officers and five other suspects were arrested Thursday in the investigation into...

Rare Japan shooting wounds 3

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A lone gunman shot and wounded three men Friday in a residential area near Tokyo and then took refuge in a building...

Abbas Says He Won't Seek Re-Election

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he won't run for re-election in January because of American "bias" toward...

Chile's Marco Enríquez-Ominami: Jorge Castaneda...

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An upstart could become president.

Ida drenches Central America, could affect...

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Former Hurricane Ida drenched Central America as a tropical depression Friday and forecasters said it had some...

Abbas' move reflects deep Palestinian despair...

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AP - Neither strategy has yielded a Palestinian state, and Israeli settlements still encroach on...

Iran lawmakers: No shipment of uranium abroad...

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AP - Senior Iranian lawmakers rejected on Saturday any possibility of Tehran shipping uranium abroad...

Forgotten land could decide Turkey-Armenia...

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AGDAM, Azerbaijan (Reuters) - Brief snatches of color -- a washing line, a passing car -- break up the mass of rubble that was Agdam...

Pakistani forces enter Taliban headquarters...

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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani soldiers entered the Taliban headquarters in South Waziristan on Friday, the military said, as gunmen...

Israel rejects U.N. assembly vote on Gaza...

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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel on Friday rejected a U.N. General Assembly resolution urging an investigation into a report saying war...

Saudi strikes to continue until Yemen rebels...

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RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia said on Friday its offensive against Yemeni rebels would continue until it ended any presence by the...

Zimbabwe proposes local ownership of foreign...

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HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's government has proposed that "indigenous Zimbabweans" take 51 percent ownership of all foreign companies...

Honduras pact stalls over unity government...

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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said early on Friday that an accord to end a four-month political crisis...

Depression Ida dumps heavy rain on Nicaragua...

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MANAGUA (Reuters) - Hurricane Ida weakened to a tropical depression as it churned through eastern Nicaragua on Thursday after cutting...

Honduras pact crumbles over unity government...

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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - An agreement to end a four-month political crisis in Honduras collapsed on Friday after two rival leaders failed...

African Union imposes sanctions on Guinea...

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AFP - The African Union has implemented sanctions on Guinea's military rulers, AU Peace and Security Commissioner...

No takers for Abbas' Palestinian presidency...

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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Younger Palestinian leaders were in no rush on Friday to step into the shoes of President Mahmoud Abbas...

China adopts "malaria diplomacy" as part...

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HONG KONG (Reuters) - In a laboratory in China's southern city of Guangzhou, scientists are trying to enhance the rare sweet wormwood...

Brown: UK staying in Afghanistan, but wants...

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AP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Washington's closest ally in Afghanistan, toughened his tone Friday with this...

Young Russians Turn Away From the West

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When the Berlin Wall fell, young Russians clamored for all things Western. Now they rail against anything that is.

Somalis hijack grain ship, take Spaniards...

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates seized a Greek-owned vessel full of wheat in the Indian Ocean on Thursday and threatened to hand...

Israel complains to U.N. over alleged Hezbollah...

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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel's U.N. ambassador complained to the United Nations on Thursday about what she said was an Iranian...

Medical aid group raises alarm about AIDS...

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AP - The global recession and pressure to divert funds to other health crises are hurting the fight against AIDS...

German Red Cross worker shot in Indonesia...

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AP - Officials say a German working for the Red Cross has been shot by men on a motorcycle in Indonesia's Aceh province.

U.N. Dials Down Afghan Presence

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The United Nations said it is temporarily removing more than half its staff in Afghanistan following last week's deadly attack against...

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