Ramallah (West Bank): Israel apologized Wednesday for disrupting the visit of Vice President Joe Biden with its announcement of 1,600 new homes in disputed east Jerusalem, but made clear it had no intention of reversing the order that has cast a shadow over the latest US push for Mideast peace. As...
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Preliminary results of Iraq's parliamentary election, a vote seen as a litmus test of its young democracy, are likely to be released by Thursday, a United Nations official said on Wednesday. An employee of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) checks the numbers of...
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As accusations of historic sexual abuse by Roman Catholics emerge in another European country, the Vatican has insisted it has dealt with "the very serious issue" promptly and decisively. After recent revelations of widespread abuse in Ireland, and claims of similar mistreatment of...
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Hundreds of Tibetans have been rounded up in Lhasa and armed paramilitaries are patrolling the streets in the run-up to the anniversary of a bloody riot in 2008. The authorities are anxious to avoid a repeat of the anti-Chinese attacks that left about 20 people dead when Tibetans rampaged through...
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(03-10) 04:00 PST Now Zad, Afghanistan -- This southern Afghan city has been touted as a symbol of the progress U.S. troops have made in recent weeks. But when Defense Secretary Robert Gates swung through the main market on Tuesday, it seemed mostly to be a symbol of the work that remains to be...
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Indonesia has confirmed that police have killed Dulmatin, the last main suspect of the 2002 Bali bombings. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's announcement came a day after police said they had killed three suspected militants in two raids in Jakarta. Officials had not immediately been able to...
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Yangon, March 10 (DPA) Myanmar's new election laws have barred opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and more than 2,000 other political prisoners from contesting polls planned this year, state media reports said onWednesday. Under the Political Parties Registration Law, published in state-run...
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The aftershocks of the Port-au-Prince earthquake are hitting especially hard among displaced women, who face an outbreak of sexual violence. Liesl Gerntholtz on the awful toll—and how to help. Driving through Port-au-Prince’s Parc Jean Marie Vincent camp, the first thing I notice is how...
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The Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has confirmed that the terror suspect Dulmatin was killed in a police raid in Jakarta. Indonesian security forces said they had killed three suspected militants in two raids on Tuesday. But they could not confirm that Dulmatin, alleged mastermind...
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