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An injured person looks for help outside the Peshawar Press Club after a suicide attack in Peshawar, Pakistan on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2009.
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Large explosion rocks Pakistani city of Peshawar
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A large explosion has occurred on a busy road in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar. Police said the blast occurred near an army checkpoint. At least...
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, June 5, 2008
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Gates proposes $2 billion for unstable countries
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has proposed a major overhaul of the way the Pentagon and State Department do nation-building, seeking to end friction between the bureaucracies by putting them jointly in charge of three huge new funds aimed at stabilizing strife-ridden countries. The proposal is aimed at addressing problems that have dogged the...
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Al-Shabaab islamist fighters patrol to provide security to Somali demonstrators in Mogadishu, Friday, Oct. 30, 2009. The demonstrators gathered in an open square north east of the capital Mogadishu to show their support for the Palestinian people
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UN slaps arms embargo on Eritrea
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The UN Security Council has slapped an arms embargo on Eritrea and targeted sanctions on its leaders for aiding Somali rebels and refusing to withdraw troops from its disputed border with Djibouti. Wednesday's resolution demanded that Eritrea "cease arming, training, and equipping armed groups and their members including al-Shabaab [fighters],...
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Palestinian children walk on the ruins of a destroyed mosque in Jebaliya in the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. Hamas leaders vowed to restore order to the shattered territory Monday after Israel pummeled the militant group in a three-week war. But the task of reconstruction faced deep uncertainty because of the fear of renewed fighting and Israel's control over border crossings.
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World powers have 'failed' Gazans
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A United Nations expert has criticised international leaders for what he called a "tragic failure" to end Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip or probe alleged war crimes committed during Israel's  offensive in Gaza one year ago. Richard Falk, the special UN rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, called on world powers on...
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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks during a budget debate at the Greek Parliament in Athens on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009
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Greece steers clear of public sector reform
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The Socialist majority in the Greek parliament appeared set to approve the country's 2010 Budget last night. After a tense, five-day debate in the 300-seat chamber, the 160-strong Pasok party was set to back the Government's line that economic recovery can best be achieved by addressing tax evasion and corruption rather than by...
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File - Wall Street following a wagon bomb attack that killed dozens and injured hundreds more, September 16, 1920, New York, USA.
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First, Make Democracy Safe in America
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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. After being arrested for publicly denouncing America's entry into World War One and resisting the military draft, inside a courtroom and standing in front of a jury Emma Goldman claimed, "We say that if America has entered the war to make the world safe for democracy, she must first make...
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Palestinians stand on their house that was destroyed in January's Israeli military offensive, in Jebalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on October 8, 2009. Hundreds of Palestinians protested against the Palestinian Authority's support for delaying the endorsement of a UN report on possible war crimes committed during Israel's Gaza offensive.
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Postwar Gaza: Scars frozen, Mideast at an impasse
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Gaza's scars have been frozen in place since Israel waged war a year ago to subdue Hamas and stop rockets from hitting its towns. Entire neighborhoods still lie in rubble, and traumatized residents can't rebuild their lives. A man who lost two daughters and his home can't visit his surviving 4-year-old girl in a Belgian...
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An Israeli youth covers with an image of abducted Israeli Soldier Gilad Shalit as others wave Israeli flags during a march celebrating Jerusalem Day next to Damascus gate in Jerusalem's Old City, Thursday, May 21, 2009.
photo: AP / Oded Balilty
Prisoner-Swap Mediator Meets Hamas to Deliver Israeli Terms
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Associated Press Associated Press A Palestinian woman passed a mural depicting captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit as a young man in northern Gaza Strip. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- A German mediator met with Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday to deliver Israel's latest counter offer for a prisoner swap, but the Islamic militant group's...
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The Volvo S60 Concept car is showcased at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.
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Ford agrees Volvo sale to Geely
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Ford has agreed the terms of the sale of its Swedish business, Volvo Cars, to China's Geely. In a statement Ford said "while...
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Chinese police officers on duty patrol outside the No. 1 Intermediate People's Court where the trial of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is taking place in Beijing Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009.
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Top Chinese dissident goes on trial
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A leading Chinese dissident has gone on trial in Beijing accused of trying to subvert the Chinese state for co-authoring a report appealing for political liberalisation. Liu Xiaobo, a 53-year-old academic, who was previously jailed over the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has been charged with "inciting subversion of state power". The...
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By SARAH CHILDRESS KIGALI, Rwanda -- Rwanda's community courts are processing the last of more than a million cases tied to the country's 1994 genocide -- closing a vast experiment in local justice that the government hoped would move the country...
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An activist of Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxist (CPRM), with the CPRM flag painted on his face, participates in a demonstration in Calcutta, India, Friday, June 13, 2008.
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Driving up into the Darjeeling hills one thing quickly becomes apparent - and it's a deliberate message for outsiders. The green, white and yellow of Gorkhaland is everywhere - painted on walls, on curb stones, on banners and posters. "Welcome...
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After 180 years as an icon of British business, Cadbury will end 2009 and enter 2010 facing a fight for its independence. The threat comes from Kraft Foods, the US food giant behind brands such as Oreo and Dairylea, which is now intent on a hostile...
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Israel permits 300 Gazans to attend Mass in Bethlehem read more
Christian worshippers wait to enter the Grotto in the Church of Nativity, believed by many to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008.
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ISRAELI DEFENCE Minister Ehud Barak has issued month-long permits for 300 of Gaza's 3,000 Christians to attend Christmas Masses in Bethlehem. The recipients of the coveted permits must be under the age of 16 or over 35, however. Catholic Patriarch...
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Gordon Brown could be asked to stand down as Labour leader in the new year but allowed to stay as Prime Minister until the general election, which Labour would fight under a new leader. The astonishing plan is being discussed by senior Labour...
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President Barack Obama speaks at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, Calif., Wednesday, March 18, 2009.
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The American First Family should be taking off for a holiday break in Hawaii after all this morning, assuming the Democrat majority in the US Senate succeeds in pushing through their long-debated plan for healthcare reform before breakfast, as...
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