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Many clocks tick as Israel, Palestinians open talks

President Barack Obama faces congressional elections on Nov. 2 and a possible re-election bid in 2012, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is on …
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China announces navy drill ahead of U.S. show of force

The Ministry said a naval fleet will stage the drill this week from Wednesday to Saturday in the sea between China and the Korean peninsula, the …
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Uzbek kids made to grow cocoons

Uzbekistan’s authoritarian government insists child labor is banned, but Nishanova, now 15, hasn’t heard about it. She and her siblings, aged 9 to 17, …
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Afghan deputy attorney general forced to retire

Deputy Attorney General Fazel Ahmed Faqiryar said his boss, Attorney General Mohammad Ishaq Aloko, wrote a retirement letter for him earlier this week …
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Afghan militants in US uniforms storm two NATO bases

The raids appear part of an insurgent strategy to step up attacks in widely scattered parts of the country as the U.S. focuses its resources on the …
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Afghan militants in US uniforms storm two NATO bases

The raids appear part of an insurgent strategy to step up attacks in widely scattered parts of the country as the U.S. focuses its resources on the …
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Venezuela helicopter crashes, ten soldiers killed

The helicopter crashed while taking off on Friday afternoon after the soldiers had carried out a foot patrol in search of the suspected traffickers, …
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Afghan militants in US uniforms storm two NATO bases

The raids appear part of an insurgent strategy to step up attacks in widely scattered parts of the country as the U.S. focuses its resources on the …
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Saudi Arabia preparing charges against activist

Former judge Suliman al-Reshoudi has been jailed without trial since 2007 after he and other activists were arrested after drafting a petition …
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Venezuela says buying British-owned farms

Chavez has made land reform a central part of his aim of remolding Venezuela as a socialist society and the government has taken over millions of …
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Dutch judo Olympian Anton Geesink dies at 76

Dutch state broadcaster NOS said Geesink, an International Olympic Committee (IOC) member since 1987, died on Friday from a brief illness after …
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China seeks fresh nuclear talks as Kim eludes cameras

The details of Beijing’s plan for restarting stalled six-party nuclear talks came from a South Korean diplomatic source, who spoke on Saturday after …
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North Korea’s leader Kim and son confirmed in China

"Trust me, it’s 100 percent both are here," the source said, declining to give further details when asked. There had been no conclusive sightings in …
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NATO forces: Taliban base attacks repelled

The attacks targeted the U.S. military’s Forward Operating Base Chapman and Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost province near the eastern border …
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Obama: Iraq war is ending, his promise is kept

Obama, who is vacationing on the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard, declared in his weekly radio and Internet address that "the war is ending" …
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Hurricane Danielle weakens to Category 2 storm

Danielle, located some 340 miles (550 km) southeast of Bermuda, had top sustained winds of 110 miles (177 km) per hour, the Miami-based hurricane …
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Quake in northern Iran kills three, injures dozens

The quake, which the seismological centre said had a magnitude of 5.9, struck Semnan province on Friday night and was followed by 15 aftershocks. The …
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Carter’s diplomacy helps free American prisoner

Shots were also fired near the U.S. consulate in the northwestern city of Peshawar and an unknown number of gunmen were surrounded in a building but …
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