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Ukraine Far From Helpless In Energy Duel With Russia
Kiev - Russia is screwing down on the natural gas taps to Ukraine, and as Kiev media spin would...
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Blocked Shipments Add To Russia-Ukraine Dispute
Kiev - Ukraine has blocked transit shipment of Russian natural gas to Europe, escalating an...
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Phuket Uses Discounts To Lure Foreign Travellers Back
Phuket, Thailand - Now is the time for a cheap holiday in Phuket, Thailand's leading beach...
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Hebron Settler Standoff Could Be Shape Of Things To Come
Tel Aviv - The tense, violent standoff surrounding a disputed house in Hebron underscores once...
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Bangkok Airport Becomes Political Stage For PAD
Bangkok - Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport, once the pet project of former prime...
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Yushchenko Calls for a Defence of Ukraine's Currency
Kiev - President Viktor Yushchenko on Wednesday called for a tougher defence of the Ukrainian...
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Venezuela, Russia agree to bolster energy, arms deals
Moscow/Orenburg, Russia - The Venezuelan and Russian presidents met in southern Russia Friday as...
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Bush Raises Spectre of Painful Recession without Rescue Plan
Washington - A somber US President George W Bush painted a frightening picture of soaring job...
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Angry State Workers Protest Against Governor’s Cut Plan
Hundreds of state workers in California held a rally on the
west steps of the Capitol Thursday, to...
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Iran Warns EU: Sanctions May Hurt Diplomacy
Iran reacted after the European Union’s members agreed on the new set of sanctions against the...
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Dialogue May End Incidents In Iraq
Al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army militia fighters and the Iraqi troops
backed by U.S. forces reached for arms...
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More Raids at Polygamist Ranch, But Abused Girl Still Missing
The raids at the polygamist ranch in West Texas continue as local law enforcement agents removed...
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Off-Duty Police Officer Involved in a Standoff Kills 1
One man died and another was seriously injured during a fight
in Temecula over the weekend, which...
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Hijacker Killed After Taking 10 Australians Hostage in Xian
A man has been shot dead in China after he had hijacked a bus carrying 10
Australian tourists and...
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Five Killed During L.A. House Standoff
The gunman who shot his relatives and two SWAT officers
during a standoff at a house in San...
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Shocking Japanese Whaling Pictures Released by Australia
Australia
released on Thursday some disturbing images that showed a mother whale and her
calf...
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Japanese Whaling Ships Go Back To Work
Australia's
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade announced on Friday that Japan
resumed...
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Kashmir Mosque Hostages Freed by Police
According to the Press Trust of India, the five hostages
held in a mosque in Kashmir were freed by...
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Lebanese Presidency on Hold
On Friday the parliament session for the election of a new
head of state for Lebanon
was...
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Militants Attack Pakistani Security Forces, Five Killed
Pro-Taliban militants continue their attacks on government troops in Pakistan’s tribal regions, at...
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World Powers Could Impose New Sanctions on Iran
Envoys from Britain, China, Russia, France, Germany and the United States met Friday in Washington...
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Report: Taliban Leader Behind the Abduction of South Koreans Is Dead
Coalition and Afghan forces killed a dozen insurgents in Afghanistan, among them being the Taliban...
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Sharif Sent Back to Saudi Arabia Shortly After Return
Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif returned home Monday after spending almost seven...
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Two Explosions Kill At Least 25 in Pakistan
Two powerful explosions took at least 25 lives in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi, officials...
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At Least Seven soldiers Killed in Pakistan's Tribal Regions
At least seven soldiers died and 26 were injured by a series of powerful explosions that rocked the...
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Fuel Prices And Discontent Rise in Myanmar
Authorities in Myanmar arrested several activists in the past days and broke up demonstrations...
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New Clashes Loom in Pakistan After Militants Scrap Peace Deal
The situation in Pakistan’s tribal region of South Waziristan is becoming very tense after...
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Musharraf Holds Talks with US Diplomat
Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf met on Wednesday with US Assistant Secretary of State for...
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Bush Wants “Swift Action” Against Al-Qaeda in Pakistan
US President George Bush continues the worldwide fight against terrorism by pressing Pakistan to...
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Suicide Attack, Clashes Claim 23 Lives in Pakistan
Renewed clashes and a suicide attack killed at least 23 people on Saturday in northwest Pakistan,...
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