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US military chief in Pakistan amid tension with India (AFP)
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AFP - The chief of the United States military arrived here for talks to address simmering tensions between Pakistan and India over the Mumbai terror attacks, a diplomat said on Wednesday.
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Thai airports reopen after PM ousted by court (AP)
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AP - The first commercial flight in a week arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday as anti-government protesters ended their siege of the country's two main airports, declaring victory after Thailand's prime minister was ousted by a court ruling.
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Qantas will remain Aussie, despite BA merger talks (AFP)
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AFP - Qantas will remain a majority-owned Australian airline even if it merges with British Airways to create a global carrier to better cope with challenging market conditions, the Australian government said Wednesday.
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Somali pirates free Yemeni ship without ransom (AP)
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AP - A Somali minister in the semiautonomous northern region of Puntland says pirates have freed a Yemeni cargo ship and its eight crew members without receiving any ransom.
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Rice arrives in India in wake of Mumbai attacks (AP)
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AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday, having urged Pakistan to cooperate in the investigation into a three-day terrorist siege of India's financial capital that left 171 people dead.
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Bomb strikes minibus in Baghdad, killing 1 (AP)
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AP - Iraqi police say at least one civilian has been killed and five others wounded when a bomb attached to a minibus exploded in eastern Baghdad.
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Mexican suspected in police killings beheaded (AP)
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AP - A man suspected of shooting his mother and killing three police officers called to the scene was found beheaded in southern Mexico on Tuesday, authorities said.
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Iraq's president steps up row over PM's councils (AP)
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AP - Iraq's president is going to the country's federal court to try to stop Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from establishing tribal councils a move that major political parties fear is aimed at bolstering the Shiite leader's stature ahe...
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Hague court delays hearing for ex-Congo leader (AP)
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AP - The International Criminal Court postponed a pretrial war crimes hearing for former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba because one of the judges cannot take part.
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Rice flies to India to ease tension with Pakistan (Reuters)
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Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was flying to New Delhi on Tuesday to try to ease tension between India and Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks and put at risk U.S. counterterrorism efforts in the region.
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UN concerned over treatment of Iraqi detainees (AP)
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AP - The United Nations expressed concern Tuesday about overcrowding and "grave human rights violations" of detainees in Iraqi custody in one case, 123 men crammed into a single cell.
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Climate talks seen on track as SAfrica leads call for concessions (AFP)
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AFP - Negotiators at the UN climate talks in Poznan got down to work on Tuesday as South Africa headed demands for rich nations to agree to tough targets in a new pact for defeating global warming.
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Medvedev calls for transparency in Russian courts (AP)
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AP - Russia must rid its justice system of serious flaws that have driven thousands of its citizens abroad in search of justice, the president said Tuesday.
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Dozens hurt as Hebron settlers, Palestinians clash (AP)
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AP - Israeli settlers and Palestinians hurled stones at each other Tuesday near a disputed home in this West Bank city, injuring two dozen people, including a Jewish teenager with a serious head wound, medics and Israeli officials said.
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Russian warships hold exercises with Chavez's navy (AP)
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AP - Russian warships have ended training exercises with Venezuela's navy in Moscow's first such Caribbean deployment since the Cold War.
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