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GOMA, Congo, Nov. 7 -- Angolan troops have joined Congolese soldiers battling rebels near the city of Goma, U.N. officials in the region reported Friday, raising fears that the conflict would spread as African leaders struggled to find a way to stop it. New clashes...(more)
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -- Two suspected U.S. missile strikes Friday on villages close to the border with Afghanistan killed at least 12 people, most of them militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said. American forces recently ramped up cross-border operations against Taliban and al-Qaida militants in...(more)
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CAIRO, Sept. 27 -- A car carrying more than 400 pounds of explosives blew up in Syria's capital on Saturday, killing 17 people in at least the third deadly attack this year in the tightly policed Arab country. Interior Minister Bassim Abdel Majid said "terrorists"...(more)
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledged Friday to try to reach a final status peace agreement with Israel by the end of the year - but he admitted the goal, set by U.S. President George W. Bush, might not be achieved.
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Western observers, including the the Los Angeles Times, jumped on recent comments by Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei that appeared to be a ringing endorsement for firebrand president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as he prepares to compete for a second term next year.
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Russian commanders said Wednesday they were growing alarmed at the number of NATO warships sailing into the Black Sea, conceding that NATO vessels now outnumbered the ships in their fleet anchored off the western coast of Georgia.
As attention turned to the balance of naval power in...(more)
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AFP - Police arrested more than 1,000 students in India's eastern Bihar state on Saturday after their protests over the release on bail of a firebrand politician turned violent.
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San Francisco officials said they would cut the Beijing Olympic torch route short today, following a chaotic morning along San Francisco's Embarcadero, where thousands of people descended to support and protest the torch run.
From McCovey Cove and AT&T Ballpark to Justin Herman Plaza and Pier...(more)
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AFP - Washington's top diplomat for Africa, Jendayi Frazer, discussed Kigali's position on the Congolese crisis Saturday with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, a president's office source said.
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David Miliband says British troops will not be sent to join UN troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo "at the moment".
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AFP - Dissidents in the African National Congress, which has run South Africa since the end of apartheid, laid out a platform Saturday for their breakaway party ahead of next year's election.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand's prime minister declared a state of emergency Tuesday in Bangkok to restore order after overnight clashes between government opponents and supporters left one person dead and 43 injured. Samak Sundaravej called it the "softest means available" to end the violence. But...(more)
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