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Iran rejects US offer over medical isotopesPress TV - 59 minutes ago Iran has rejected the US offer to provide the Tehran government with an alternative way to obtain medical isotopes. "The US proposal is illogical as Iranian patients are in need of medicine," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on ... Iran arrests activists before expected protests The Associated Press Sri Lanka opposition, in tight corner, rallies for leader FonsekaChristian Science Monitor - - 1 hour ago Sri Lanka police fired tear gas Wednesday at protesters demanding the release of defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka. The factionalized opposition faces dim prospects in just-announced April elections. Sri Lanka Government, Opposition Supporters Clash in Colombo Voice of America Ukraine election: Yanukovych urges Tymoshenko to quitBBC News - 3 hours ago Viktor Yanukovych, the winner of Ukraine's presidential election, has called on his rival to abandon her protests and resign as prime minister. Final tally shows Yanukovich wins Ukraine election CNN International Afghan Avalanches Kill 165 PeopleVoice of America - 23 minutes ago Photo: AP Soldiers and local volunteers in northern Afghanistan have found more bodies and survivors from recent avalanches along a well-traveled mountain road. More Than 150 Killed In Afghan Avalanches New York Times Afghanistan's lifeline BBC News Nigerian Parliament Names Acting PresidentNew York Times - - Feb 9, 2010 DAKAR, Senegal - Nigeria's National Assembly voted Tuesday to make Vice President Goodluck Jonathan the acting president, filling a power vacuum that has unsettled Nigeria, Africa's most populous nation, since President Umaru Yar'Adua ... New acting president for Nigeria BBC News Nigeria: Jonathan Now Acting President AllAfrica.com EU Parliament backs new European CommissionReuters - - 22 hours ago By John O'Donnell STRASBOURG, France, Feb 9 (Reuters) - European legislators approved the make up of the next European Commission on Tuesday, clearing the way for the executive to take office after months of delay and with a wealth of policy issues to ... EU Approves New Commission Wall Street Journal Iran court cuts jail term for US-Iranian scholarWashington Post - - 6 hours ago TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian appeal court has reduced to five years the jail sentence for an Iranian-American scholar detained after last year's disputed election and accused of espionage, an Iranian news agency reported on Wednesday. Pakistan Believes Taliban Chief Is DeadWall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago ISLAMABAD -- A senior Pakistani official said Wednesday there was credible information that Hakimullah Mehsud, head of the Pakistan Taliban, died of wounds inflicted by a US missile strike last month in the first official statement ... Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud is dead, say officials Christian Science Monitor New Information Points To Pakistani Taliban Chief's Dea... MyStateline.com PA corruption and sex scandal called Israeli conspiracyYnetnews - - 6 hours ago Palestinian Authority not rattled by claims made by former anti-corruption official that senior figures stole millions from public coffers and that sex tape found of Abbas personnel with woman office candidate. Palestinian rock throwers arrested in Shuafat Jewish Telegraphic Agency South America leaders hold Haiti aid summitBBC News - Feb 9, 2010 South American leaders are holding a summit in the Ecuadorean capital, Quito, to discuss how to help Haiti recover from last month's earthquake. Suicide bomb hits Pakistan police, kills 13ABC Online - 1 hour ago A suicide bomber has struck a police patrol vehicle in Pakistan's tribal belt on the Afghan border, killing 13 people, including seven policemen, officials said. Suicide Attack in NW Pakistan Kills 7 Police Voice of America South Africa's hopes 20 years laterAljazeera.net - - 1 hour ago When former president Nelson Mandela walked out of Victor Verster prison just outside Cape Town on February 11, 1990, South Africans who had endured years of oppression under Apartheid looked forward to living ... Mandela memories: Freedom walk BBC News China's Exports Grew in JanuaryWall Street Journal - - 1 hour ago BEIJING—China's purchases of commodities and other goods from abroad appeared to slow in January from the high rates of recent months, according to new figures, though price swings and holidays made the trend unusually ... China Enjoys Export Boom in January 2010 Voice of America Tremors in SichuanWall Street Journal - 32 minutes ago Earthquakes can be the ultimate test of government. In Haiti, last month's earthquake all but destroyed what little government there was to begin with. Editor Appeals Sentence in China New York Times China sentences quake activist Tan Zuoren Christian Science Monitor North Korea nuclear envoy visits China, talks closerReuters - - Feb 9, 2010 A border security soldier of South Korea checks a bus carrying a South Korean delegation at the CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) office, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, north of Seoul February 8, 2010. US Welcomes Chinese Dialogue with North Korea on Nuclear Issue Voice of America Report: NKorea's Kim reiterates disarmament pledge The Associated Press Afghanistan says ready if thousands flee assaultReuters - - 4 hours ago US Marines walk during a dust storm in a US Marines camp near the town of Marjah in Nad Ali district of Helmand province, February 8, 2010. Israeli planes 'strike Gaza's disused airport'BBC News - 5 hours ago Israeli warplanes have hit southern Gaza with missiles in response to rocket fire from Palestinian militants, the military said. The airstrikes reportedly hit Gaza's disused Yasser Arafat airport near the border town of Rafah, but no injuries have been ... Power struggle could portend a cold, dark winter in Gaza Strip Los Angeles Times Israel bombs southern Gaza Jewish Telegraphic Agency Tsvangirai rejects 'indigenous' lawAljazeera.net - 8 hours ago Zimbabwe's prime minister has dismissed the official announcement of government legislation requiring all businesses operating in the country to be 51 per cent owned by blacks. Black Zimbabweans to take control of white-owned companies Telegraph.co.uk Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Rejects New Ownership Laws BusinessWeek China indicts workers with Rio Tinto mining company in bribery, theft caseLos Angeles Times - - 1 hour ago Four men with the British-Australian outfit are accused of soliciting bribes from steel companies and stealing commercial secrets. China Indicts Rio Tinto Staff on Bribery Charges New York Times China Indicts Rio Tinto Executives The American Lawyer Haiti PM: rebuilding could take 10 yearsReuters - - 12 hours ago PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Four weeks after an earthquake shattered its capital, Haiti remains in a precarious situation with no clear idea of how to house 1 million people living in the streets, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said on Tuesday. Americans Jailed in Haiti Plead for Aid From US New York Times |
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US Marines under fire ahead of Afghan assaultAFP - 8 hours ago
OUTSKIRTS OF MARJAH, Afghanistan - US Marines came under attack from insurgents armed with sniper guns and rocket-propelled grenades as they...
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