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India swoons over new Pakistani minister - AFP
Jul 27, 2011 - NEW DELHI — Pakistan's new 34-year-old female foreign minister has won instant fans in India where a flurry of flattering headlines on Wednesday greeted her first trip to the country. Hina Rabbani Khar appeared to have made an instant impact on one of
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Pakistan's new foreign minister charms India - Telegraph.co.uk
Jul 27, 2011 - Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan's new foreign minister, secured a diplomatic breakthrough in New Delhi after sweeping India off its feet and into a "new era" of trade and co-operation in the war on terrorism. By Dean Nelson, New Delhi Politicians and
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Before a Diplomatic Showdown, a Budget Crisis - New York Times
Jul 27, 2011 - Members of the Palestinian security forces, and other employees of the Palestinian Authority, have had their wages cut this month because of a budget crisis. By ETHAN BRONNER RAMALLAH, West Bank — As the Palestinian Authority faces some of the hardest
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NATO: Gadhafi cannot wait us out - The Associated Press
Jul 26, 2011 - BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO says it will continue bombing the Libyan regime's armed forces as long as needed, and the country's leader, Moammar Gadhafi, cannot "wait us out." Spokeswoman Carmen Romero said Tuesday that, as long as Gadhafi's forces threaten
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Aid workers rush to help East Africa's hungry - The Associated Press
Jul 26, 2011 - DADAAB, Kenya (AP) — Seven-month-old Mihag Gedi Farah is the frail face of Somalia's famine. He stares out wide-eyed almost in alarm, his skin pulled taut over his ribs and twig-like arms. At only 7 pounds, (3.2 kilograms), he weighs as much as a
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Muslims, Among Victims, Seek Solace - Wall Street Journal
Jul 26, 2011 - DRAMMEN, Norway—After local media reported that Islamic terrorists may have been behind the deadly bombing of a government office in Oslo on Friday, Muslim families in this town began fearing a revenge attack.
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S. Sudan: north's new currency is 'economic war' - The Associated Press
Jul 25, 2011 - JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A Southern Sudanese official on Monday accused northern Sudan of declaring "economic war" by issuing a new currency just weeks after the south's independence, a move that could leave the struggling new government with coffers
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Norwegian Killer's Father: 'He Should Have Taken His Own Life' - New York Times
Jul 25, 2011 - STOCKHOLM, Sweden — The estranged father of the anti-immigrant extremist arrested for the mass killing in Norway said in an interview published Monday that he was shocked and despondent over the news and that his son “should have
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The British far-Right is nothing but a rabble - Telegraph.co.uk
Jul 25, 2011 - I wouldn't suggest that anyone was actually pleased by the horror in Norway. But within hours of the gunman being identified as white, certain British Islamists and their sympathisers were behaving as if they had caught a lucky break
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Afghan officials say NATO killed 3 civilians - The Associated Press
Jul 24, 2011 - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan officials say NATO forces battling insurgents along an eastern highway accidentally killed three civilians who were caught in the crossfire. The dead included a woman who was a provincial health official.
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Sri Lanka's war-hit Tamils vote for local councils - The Associated Press
Jul 23, 2011 - JAFFNA, Sri Lanka (AP) — Voters in Sri Lanka's northern Tamil heartland trickled to polling stations Saturday to elect local councils following the country's long civil war. The local elections have assumed unprecedented national significance,
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In photos: Revolutionary art fills Egypt's streets - The Associated Press
Jul 23, 2011 - CAIRO (AP) — One of the sprawling works of revolutionary graffiti that have appeared all over the streets of Cairo's central Tahrir Square shows a man suffering in a pool of blood. An arrow pointing to the man says "government.
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Malawi: 14 dead, US and UK condemn violence - The Associated Press
Jul 22, 2011 - BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — At least 14 people have been killed in this week's anti-government demonstrations and hundreds have been arrested, officials said Friday, while the US and Britain condemned the unprecedented violence in this southern African
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China's most-wanted fugitive to be extradited - Telegraph.co.uk
Jul 22, 2011 - China's most-wanted fugitive, who allegedly masterminded a multi-billion pound smuggling ring, is to be deported back to face charges after 12 years on the run. By Malcolm Moore In a four-year battle to avoid extradition, Lai Changxing, 53,
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Sydney Opera House appears on cover of terror magazine - Telegraph.co.uk
Jul 21, 2011 - The Sydney Opera House has appeared on the website of a jihadist magazine, prompting concerns over the security of the world-famous landmark. Sydney Harbour Opera House Photo: AP By Bonnie Malkin, Sydney The building was featured on the front of the
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