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Obama defends plans for direct talks with Iran (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:34:34 +0000

AP - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama defended his proposal to negotiate with Iran Wednesday and said he would use “big sticks and big carrots” to persuade the country’s leaders not to develop nuclear weapons.

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Iraqi president rejects election law (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:03:19 +0000

AP - Iraq’s president promised to reject a draft law paving the way for U.S.-backed provincial elections, saying Wednesday it would worsen sectarian rifts among Iraqis.

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Pakistan coalition leaders vow to fight terror at home (AFP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:01:29 +0000

AFP - Pakistan will not be used as a base for terrorism and attacks on Pakistan will be tolerated, members of the ruling coalition announced after talks on Wednesday.

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‘Back from dead canoeist’ and wife jailed (AFP/File)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:56:19 +0000

AFP/File - A husband and a wife who faked his death in a canoeing accident so they could claim life insurance payments were sentenced to jail terms totalling more than 12 years on Wednesday.

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Nigerian health workers defer strike (AFP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:47:39 +0000

AFP - Nigerian health workers have put off a potentially crippling strike due to begin Wednesday because they failed to inform the government of the protest in time, their spokesman said.

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Beijing setting up designated protest zones during Olympics (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:59:40 +0000

AP - Beijing will set up specially designated zones for protesters during next month’s Olympics, a security official said Wednesday, in a sign China’s authoritarian government may allow some demonstrations during the games.

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Iraqi PM pitches reconstruction work to German firms (AFP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:50:03 +0000

AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki expressed confidence Wednesday that German companies would decide “in the coming days” to head back to his country, after meeting more than 100 business leaders here.

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Serb’s fugitive life had mistress, bogus family (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:47:18 +0000

AP - Radovan Karadzic’s secret life included a mistress, a bogus family he claimed he left behind in the U.S., and frequent visits to a Belgrade pub called “The Madhouse,” acquaintances said Wednesday.

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Militants threaten Nigeria’s main oil pipelines (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:43:34 +0000

AP - Nigeria’s main militant group is threatening to destroy the country’s major oil pipelines within 30 days.

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Pakistan coalition meets on terrorism, rifts: officials (AFP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:41:23 +0000

AFP - Leaders of Pakistan’s ruling coalition met on Wednesday to discuss the threat of Islamic militancy and rifts over the restoration of judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf, officials said.

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Obama tries to reassure Israelis and Palestinians (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:34:34 +0000

AP - Presidential hopeful Barack Obama donned a Jewish skullcap at Israel’s Holocaust memorial on Wednesday and vowed to preserve America’s close ties with Israel in a dramatic visit to the Holy Land in which he also promised the Palestinians to push vigorously to win them a state.

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Rice pushes top North Korean diplomat on nukes (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:07:56 +0000

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed North Korea on Wednesday to accept terms to verify the dismantling of its nuclear weapons program, as the two countries held cabinet-level talks for the first time in four years.

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Beijing to set up Olympic protest zones (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:54:52 +0000

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Industry chiefs hope Zimbabwe talks stop the rot (AFP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:34:36 +0000

AFP - Captains of industry are pinning their hopes on talks between Zimbabwe’s political rivals as a chance to stop the rot after a survey on Wednesday showed investor confidence at a new low of two percent.

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Handshakes and smiles at North Korea meeting (Reuters)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:33:57 +0000

Reuters - Ministers from six nations involved
in nuclear talks with North Korea, including U.S. Secretary of
State Condoleezza Rice, held a rare meeting on Wednesday that
China said showed a “political will” to move the disarmament
process forward.

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GlaxoSmithKline announces strategy overhaul after weak profits (AFP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:30:32 +0000

AFP - British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday that net profits slipped during the second quarter owing to competition from generic drugmakers and poor sales of diabetes drug Avandia.

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Rice presses North Korea on nuclear program (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:19:55 +0000

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged North Korea to accept terms to verify the dismantling of its nuclear weapons program, as the two countries ended a four-year hiatus in cabinet-level talks on Wednesday.

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Karadzic seeks to act as own lawyer at UN tribunal (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:18:50 +0000

AP - Radovan Karadzic hopes to defend himself against U.N. war crimes charges, his lawyer said Wednesday, raising the prospect that one of Europe’s most wanted men will use the courtroom to preach Serb nationalism and rewrite the history of the Balkan wars.

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Opposition plan to seize power on track: Anwar (AFP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:26:53 +0000

AFP - Malaysia’s Anwar Ibrahim on Wednesday said an opposition plan to seize power remained intact despite a series of secret talks between one of its partners with the ruling government.

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VW leads European automakers to surprise profit gains (AFP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:24:37 +0000

AFP - Volkswagen, Europe’s biggest carmaker, reported on Wednesday a surprise jump in profits, alongside Peugeot Citroen PSA in France and Italy’s Fiat as all three benefited from strong overseas sales.

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Zimbabwe rivals to start full talks on Thursday (Reuters)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:18:38 +0000

Reuters - Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC and
President Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF will begin
negotiations on a power-sharing deal in earnest on Thursday,
officials said on Wednesday.

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South Africa official: Zimbabwe’s talks underway (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:13:46 +0000

SRI SA KET, THAILAND- Villagers make air raid shelter near Preah
Vihear national park along Thai-Cambodian border.

SINGAPORE - ASEAN Regional Forum.

SHAH ALAM, MALAYSIA - Mongolian murder trial resumes.

NEPAL - Swearing-in ceremony of new president. Event scheduled from 1200 GMT.

NEW DELHI - Covering celebrations after India's ruling Congress party won vote of confidence in parliament.

NORTHWEST TRIBAL AREA, PAKISTAN - Government troops suspend their operations against suspected insurgents and hold negotiations.

KIMPO, SOUTH KOREA - Military training camp for civilians organised by Marine Corps. Event scheduled from 0100 GMT.

VARIOUS - Monitoring situation after arrest of fugitive Bosnian Serb wartime President Radovan Karadzic.

JERUSALEM - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama visits Israel and the West Bank.

BERLIN - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks in Berlin. Event scheduled from 1045 GMT.

ZIMBABWE - Monitoring situation after Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday signed a framework deal committing their political parties to talks to end the country's deep crisis.

GENEVA - World Trade Organisation (WTO) holds a meeting of a select group of ministers to push the Doha round of global free trade talks toward conclusion.

LONDON - Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga to hold talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Foreign Secretary David Miliband.

MOSCOW - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez continues his visit to Russia.

TEMPLATE OUT" border="0" />AP - South Africa’s presidential spokesman says power-sharing talks are under way between Zimbabwe’s ruling and opposition forces. But there are conflicting reports about the day the talks are set to open.

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Report: Australian newsman posts bail (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:59:28 +0000

AP - An Australian TV journalist has been released on bail on drug charges in Singapore, his employer reported Tuesday.

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Iraqi Kurds reject law (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:47:00 +0000

AP - Iraq’s Kurdish government has denounced a draft law paving the way for U.S.-backed provincial elections and urged the presidential council to reject it.

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Rice meets top NKorean diplomat (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:44:18 +0000

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met North Korea’s top diplomat here Wednesday, ending a four-year hiatus in cabinet-level contacts between the Bush administration and the Stalinist state over its nuclear program.

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Barack Obama tours Holocaust memorial in Israel (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:38:23 +0000

AP - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama toured Israel’s Holocaust memorial Wednesday, laying a wreath in memory of the 6 million Jews who died and saying, “Ultimately, this is a place of hope.”

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Mongolian lawmakers walk out of session (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:05:18 +0000

AP - Opposition lawmakers walked out of a Mongolian parliamentary session Wednesday before they were to be sworn in, saying they refused to participate because last month’s election was fraudulent.

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BoE voted 7-2 to maintain interest rate: minutes (AFP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:02:02 +0000

AFP - Bank of England policymakers voted 7-2 to leave British interest rates at 5.00 percent earlier this month, according to minutes of their meeting published on Wednesday.

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Rice meets top North Korean diplomat in Singapore (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:56:55 +0000

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Beshir tours Darfur under war crimes cloud (AFP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:43:19 +0000

AFP - Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir greeted supporters in Darfur on Wednesday, guarded by bristling security, and dismissed as lies accusations that he masterminded genocide in the region.

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U.S. says all six aboard B-52 in Guam crash dead (Reuters)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:41:41 +0000

Reuters - All six crew members aboard a U.S. B-52
bomber that crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Guam earlier
this week are dead, the U.S. Air Force said on Wednesday.

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Obama tours Holocaust memorial in Israel (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:34:31 +0000

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Karadzic handover to Hague could come this weekend (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:15:24 +0000

AP - A Serbian official says genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic will be handed over to the U.N. war crimes tribunal this weekend or early next week.

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Centrica says to take control of energy group SPE (AFP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:55:17 +0000

AFP - Energy group Centrica said on Wednesday that it would increase its stake in Belgian generation and supply company SPE to a controlling 51 percent, in a cash deal worth 515 million euros.

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WTO global trade negotiators battle on (Reuters)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:47:22 +0000

Reuters - Global trade talks began a third day on
Wednesday after emerging economies such as Brazil and South
Africa said a U.S. offer to cut its farm subsidies was not
enough to justify reciprocal moves by them.

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UN Security Council to discuss Thai-Cambodia dispute (AFP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:45:27 +0000

AFP - The UN Security Council is expected to discuss a tense military standoff between Cambodia and Thailand this week as more troops amassed along the border, officials said Wednesday.

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Obama’s West Bank trip raises hope, skepticism (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:27:34 +0000

AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas plans to tell Barack Obama on Wednesday that he must immediately turn his attention to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict if he is elected U.S. president, or risk losing gains made in peace talks with Israel.

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North Korea demands end to US hostility (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:24:34 +0000

AP - Just hours before Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to meet with North Korea’s top diplomat, Pyongyang insisted Wednesday it had met its commitments in nuclear negotiations and said Washington must completely abandon its “hostile policies” toward the regime.

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Hardline Islamist takes over Somali opposition (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:11:14 +0000

AP - A fundamentalist Muslim whom the U.S. suspects of collaborating with al-Qaida says he has taken over leadership of Somalia’s opposition.

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Agent: No rights advisement for Gitmo prisoners (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:55:49 +0000

AP - An FBI agent testifying at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial said interrogators did not advise detainees here of any rights because the military prison is dedicated to intelligence gathering, not law enforcement.

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15 dead, 24 hurt in Indian bus plunge: police (AFP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:33:59 +0000

AFP - At least 15 people were killed and 24 others hurt, 12 of them seriously, when a bus they were in plunged into a gorge in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday, police said.

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Australia to give aid to Myanmar (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:58:24 +0000

AP - Australia announced Wednesday an extra $29 million in aid for survivors of Myanmar’s May cyclone, but pressed its recalcitrant military junta to democratize quickly and respect human rights.

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Rice to press North Korean envoy on nukes (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:06:03 +0000

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held talks with Asian officials here Wednesday before meeting North Korea’s top diplomat in what will be the Bush administration’s highest-level contact with the Stalinist state in four years.

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Rice to push North Korea on verifying mechanism (Reuters)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:34:02 +0000

Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice will push North Korea’s foreign minister hard in their
first ever meeting on Wednesday to prove the North’s
disarmament efforts are serious, U.S. officials said.

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British track stars eye lion’s share of cycling gold (AFP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:32:52 +0000

AFP - With names like ‘Kamakazi’ and ‘Real McHoy’ competing in the Olympic cycling events, there’s no doubt the two-wheeled battle for gold in Beijing will come with colour and entertainment.

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Mexico’s Telmex 2Q profits down 13 pct. (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:24:21 +0000

AP - Telefonos de Mexico SA, Mexico’s dominant fixed-line phone operator, said Tuesday that profits fell 13 percent in the second quarter amid stronger competition.

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5 kidnapped SKoreans released in Mexico (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:40:40 +0000

AP - Five South Koreans abducted in Mexico were set free unharmed on Tuesday, more than a week after they were kidnapped and held for ransom, officials said.

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Rome census reveals the hopes and fears of gypsies (AFP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:05:03 +0000

AFP - Italy’s policy towards immigrants — notably ethnic Romanians, many of them Roma — has come under intense scrutiny since Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said last month that security forces would fingerprint gypsies.

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Beshir to tour Darfur under war crimes cloud (AFP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:03:11 +0000

AFP - Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir, facing a possible international arrest warrant for allegedly masterminding genocide in Darfur, is to make a rare visit to the war-torn region on Wednesday.

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SKorean hostages in Mexico released: Seoul (AFP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:26:42 +0000

AFP - Five South Koreans held hostage in Mexico have been released, the foreign ministry in Seoul said Wednesday.

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5 SKorean abductees released (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:13:13 +0000

AP - South Korean officials say five South Koreans who were kidnapped while driving in a Mexican border city have been set free.

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Nigeria bulldozes slums to polish capital (Reuters)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:36:40 +0000

Reuters - Scavenging through mounds of rubble in
Nigeria’s capital Abuja, Usman Landam plucks out the biggest
mud blocks he can find, determined to rebuild his two-bedroom
hut after government bulldozers knocked it down.

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Art shock troops mock Russian establishment (Reuters)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:19:48 +0000

Reuters - Carrying bags of stolen groceries, Oleg
Vorotnikov takes out the batteries of his mobile phone before
entering the secret headquarters of his underground art
collective on the outskirts of Moscow.

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Gunman dies of wounds in Jordan (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:02:55 +0000

AP - A Jordanian security official says a Palestinian gunman who shot himself after wounding six people in Jordan’s capital last week has died of his injuries.

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US ties prisoner to 9/11 at Gitmo trial (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:31:54 +0000

AP - A former driver for Osama bin Laden knew the target of the fourth hijacked plane on Sept. 11, a prosecutor said Tuesday as he sought to undercut defense arguments that the Guantanamo prisoner was a low-level employee of the terrorist leader.

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France lifts water ban from spill at nuclear site (AP)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:24:39 +0000

AP - Authorities in southern France have lifted a ban on water sports and fishing in two rivers that was imposed after a leak at a nearby nuclear site.

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Afghan police needs 2,300 additional trainers: US general (AFP)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:57:00 +0000

AFP - The US teams in charge of training security forces in Afghanistan are short of some 2,300 trainers to set up a national police force, team commander Major General Robert Cone said Tuesday.

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British say Taliban leader gives up, another slain (AP)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:40:54 +0000

AP - A senior Taliban leader has surrendered to Pakistani authorities and another insurgent commander was killed by a British airstrike in southern Afghanistan, British officials announced Tuesday.

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Palestinian attacks using construction vehicle (AP)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:40:53 +0000

AP - A Palestinian attacker turned a construction vehicle into a fearsome weapon in downtown Jerusalem just hours before Barack Obama’s visit Tuesday, ramming a bus, overturning a car and injuring five people before he was shot dead.

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Angry Serb nationalists protest Karadzic arrest (AP)

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:33:29 +0000

AP - Serb nationalists skirmished with riot police in the capital Tuesday, lashing out against the new Western-leaning government that captured war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic.

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