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Israel-US diplomatic tension rises A row has erupted between the US and Israel after an announcement of new Jewish homes in occupied East Jerusalem disrupted the US Vice-President Joe Biden's visit to Israel last week. David Axelrod, the chief political adviser to President Barack Obama, described the timing of the announcement as an "insult". "This was an affront, it was an insult, but most importantly it undermined this very fragile effort to bring peace to that region," he told NBC television on Sunday. Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, has ordered an investigation into how government officials announced plans on Tuesday to build 1,600 new homes in occupied East Jerusalem during a visit by... Click here for more details. |
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Bangladesh slaughters 117,000 birds over avian flu DHAKA – At least 117,000 chickens were destroyed in northern Bangladesh Sunday after avian flu outbreak on one of the country's largest poultry farms, a local official said. The deadly H5N1 strain of flu was detected on Saturday when... Click here for more details. |
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Kandahar blasts were warning to US and Nato - Taliban Saturday's bomb attacks in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar were a warning to US and Nato forces, the Taliban say. A Taliban spokesman said the attacks were in response to a planned major offensive by international forces against militants in the region. At least 35 people were killed and some 57 injured in the blasts in Kandahar, Afghanistan's third largest city. The main target appeared to be Kandahar's prison, officials said, though no prisoners escaped. 'Sabotage' Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi said the blasts... Click here for more details. |
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Guinea Interim Leader Rules Out Presidential Bid Filed at 6:20 a.m. ET CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- Guinea's interim leader says he will not run in presidential elections planned for June in the small West African country. Gen. Sekouba Konate also said Saturday that prominent transitional government figures cannot stand in the June 27 election. It could be the nation's first democratic vote, as a coup leader grabbed in power in 2008 and the nation had previously been led by two dictators since gaining independence from France. The coup leader agreed to go into voluntary exile after he survived an assassination attempt following a massacre at a pro-democracy rally in September. The transitional government was established with help from... Click here for more details. |
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Thai protesters converge on Bangkok A sea of anti-government protestors dressed in their signature red shirts surrounded Bangkok's Independence Monument this morning, rattling their plastic hand-clappers, hooting horns and cheering. They had come from all over Thailand, by bus, van and pick-up truck, to join this massive rally for political change. At least 200,000 red-shirts from the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UPD )were at the rally, and their leaders said they planned to continue the protest until the government resigned - or at least until next weekend. Pisanoo Limpiwan, a delivery man from a village 350 miles (400 km)south of Bangkok, said he had made the effort to come to Bangkok because "the... Click here for more details. |
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China's Wen says external pressure on yuan not helpful * Says yuan not undervauled * Sees possibility of global double dip recession By Benjamin Kang Lim BEIJING, March 14 (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday that external calls for yuan appreciation were unhelpful, vowing that Beijing would stick to its own course for currency reform while also warning of global economic risks. Blending his trademark folksy tone with assertiveness born of leading the world's fastest-growing economy, Wen made clear that China would decide for itself whether and when to let the yuan rise again after re-pegging it to the dollar since mid-2008. "We oppose the practice of mutual recriminations. External pressure is not helpful for yuan exchange rate... Click here for more details. |
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US and Russia 'near' new nuclear arms treaty Russia and the US have both said it should soon be possible to conclude a new nuclear disarmament treaty. Officials in Moscow and Washington said US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had a "good conversation" reviewing negotiations. The two countries are trying to replace the 1991 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, which expired last December. The US says it has more than 2,000 nuclear weapons, while Russia is believed to have nearly 3,000. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to discuss nuclear disarmament with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov later this week in Moscow.... Click here for more details. |
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Israel extends West Bank closure Israel has extended a lockdown on the occupied West Bank and restricted access to the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem as tensions continue over its plans to build new homes for Jewish settlers in mainly Arab east Jerusalem. The lockdown, which was due to end on Saturday night, was extended until Tuesday at midnight, because of a continued risk of attacks, an army spokesman said. The military said people needing to pass for humanitarian reasons, medical workers and patients, religious workers teachers and other professionals would be permitted to... Click here for more details. |
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4 people beheaded among 13 slain around Acapulco ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) ? At least 13 people have been killed in a Mexican Pacific coast state plagued by drug gang violence. Guerrero state police say the dead include two decapitated men whose bodies were left on a scenic road packed with nightclubs in the resort city of Acapulco. In a separate incident, gunmen killed five police officers patrolling in Tuncingo, a rural community outside Acapulco. In the same area, police found bullet-ridden bodies of five men, including two who had been beheaded. Another man was found shot to death on the edge of Acapulco. Police named no motive for the killings early Saturday. It is unclear if they were related. Guerrero state is a key battleground for... Click here for more details. |
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Thousands attend anti-Berlusconi protest in Rome Tens of thousands of Italians have been taking part in a protest in Rome's main square against the government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The demonstrators, called out by the opposition... Click here for more details. |
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Karzai in U-turn over elections panel The Afghan president has backed down and agreed to include two foreigners on the elections' watchdog panel, after concerns were raised over corruption. Hamid Karzai has reversed a decree which allowed him to appoint all five members of the Electoral Complaints Commission. Afghanistan's ECC was responsible for stripping a third of Karzai's votes over allegations of... Click here for more details. |
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Heavy security in Tibet ahead of protests' anniversary The Chinese security forces have launched a "strike hard campaign" ahead of the second anniversary of riots and protests in Tibet against Chinese rule. Special police detachments are stationed... Click here for more details. |
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In tight race, al-Maliki reaches out to rivals (03-13) 04:00 PST Baghdad - -- Seizing on an early lead in Iraq's election, the prime minister's political coalition began reaching out to rivals Friday as partial results signaled a tight race that was unlikely to produce a clear-cut winner. It's doubtful that Nouri al-Maliki - even if he keeps his job - will be able to build a seamless government from political parties separated by sectarian fault lines and Shiite rivalries.... Click here for more details. |
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Euro zone agrees bailout for Greece LONDON - The euro zone has agreed a multi-billion euro bailout for heavily indebted Greece as part of a package to support the euro, the Guardian newspaper reported on Saturday. The 16 euro zone members have agreed on "coordinated bilateral contributions" in the form of loans or loan guarantees to Greece if Athens is unable to refinance its debts and asks the European Union for help, the Guardian quoted a senior... Click here for more details. |
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Clinton Rebukes Israel for Housing Announcement WASHINGTON — In a tense, 43-minute phone call on Friday morning, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel’s plans for new housing units for Jews in East Jerusalem sent a “deeply negative signal” about Israel-American relations, and not just because it spoiled a visit by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Room for Debate Israel's Challenge to the U.S. The Israeli government tests the Obama administration?s policy of restraint. Post a Comment Mr. Biden, in Israel this week to declare American support for its security, had already condemned the move as undermining the Middle East peace process. But Mrs. Clinton went a... Click here for more details. |
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Chile faces $30B price tag for quake recovery, but in better position to pay than Haiti SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile may need to spend twice as much as Haiti to recover from its devastating quake and tsunami, but it doesn't have the same desperate need for international aid or generous loans. Thanks to surplus stashed away in better times, Chile will be able to finance much of its own reconstruction from last month's disaster. On Friday, President Sebastian Pinera said the country will draw on foreign credit "with moderation." In his first presidential press conference, Pinera said the reconstruction effort would last years and cost "close to $30 billion" — more than double economists' damage estimates of around $14 billion for Haiti's Jan. 12 quake. And... Click here for more details. |
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India, Russia sign nuclear pacts, seal Gorshkov deal NEW DELHI: Infusing new vigour in their time-tested ties, India and Russia on Friday signed a slew of pacts, including three nuclear accords that could see Moscow building at least 12 more nuclear reactors, and sealed the price of refitted aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov at $2.3 billion. Ending years of stagnation in their economic ties, the two sides decided to take their business relations beyond defence deals by... Click here for more details. |
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Brown, Sarkozy slam US 'protectionism' over plane A European-led consortium pulled out of bidding this week for the $35 billion contract, saying the Pentagon was favoring rival American bidder Boeing. "This is not the right way for the United States to treat its European allies," French President Nicolas Sarkozy said. "If they want to be spearheading the fight against protectionism, they shouldn't be setting the wrong example of protectionism," he said. "In life there is what you... Click here for more details. |
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Suicide bombs kill 43, wound 100 in Pakistani city LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday, killing at least 43 people in this eastern city and wounding about 100, police said. It was the fourth major attack in Pakistan this week, indicating Islamist militants are stepping up violence after a period of relative calm. About ten of those killed were soldiers, said Lahore police chief Parvaiz Rathore. The bombers, who were on foot, struck RA Bazaar, a residential and commercial neighborhood where several security agencies have facilities. Security forces swarmed the area as thick black smoke rose... Click here for more details. |
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Miliband's grand Middle East delusion There is a common ritual that I, like most Britons, have regularly encountered when riding a taxi in Damascus, Amman or Cairo over the past seven years. Talkative and curious, most cabbies will immediately ask where you are from and, on hearing London, raise the usual questions about Tony Blair and Iraq. Seven years after the invasion, British citizens are still taken to task for their government's actions in 2003. It is therefore hard to take seriously David Miliband's claim earlier this week that the Iraq war has boosted Britain's reputation in the Arab world. Called before the Chilcot inquiry, the foreign secretary stated: "People in the region do respect those who are willing to see... Click here for more details. |
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