About 100,000 North Koreans gathered and thrust fists into the air at a New Year rally in the capital, Pyongyang. Top government officials attended t
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Arab News LONDON/KABUL: British, Afghan and coalition forces captured four key Taleban strongholds in southern Afghanistan during a massive operation
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JOHN Howard's latest gong has elicited a predictable response. Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says it is all about "George Bush patting his mates
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WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama's studied silence on the subject of Israel's 10-day-old war against Palestinian Hamas militants in t
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran wants to send a message to the new U.S. administration and Arab governments that it is a power to be reckoned with in the reg
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Amid a dispute over tax cuts, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition has prepared the groundwork for a new economic stimulus package desi
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AFP COLOMBO: Government troops captured a strategic Tamil Tiger-held town yesterday and moved closer to a key rebel base, as Sri Lankans raised flags
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Tara Todras-Whitehill An Israeli soldier wounded in the Gaza Strip arrives at Soroka Hospital in the southern Israeli town of Beersheba, Monday, Jan.
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06.01.09 Tony Blair will receive America's highest civilian award - the Presidential Medal of Freedom - from George Bush next week. He will be presen
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MARIA DANILOVA The Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine - Ukraine's gas company Naftogaz said Tuesday that Russia's Gazprom slashed natural gas shipments
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip—Israel consolidated its hold on parts of the Gaza Strip on Monday, seizing high-rise buildings on the outskirts of the te
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