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Yemen President Returns from Saudi Arabia

Posted September 23rd, 2011 at 3:11 am (UTC-5)
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Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh has returned to Yemen after spending three months in Saudi Arabia recovering from a assassination attempt. Yemen state television says President Saleh arrived Friday from the Saudi capital, Riyadh, where he was treated for burns he suffered during a June bomb attack on his presidential compound in Sana’a. His return […]

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Pakistan Condemns US Comments About Spy Agency

Posted September 23rd, 2011 at 2:47 am (UTC-5)
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Pakistan has warned the United States it risks losing an ally if the U.S. continues to accuse Pakistan’s intelligence agency of supporting extremist attacks against U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar was responding to comments by U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen, who said Thursday Pakistan’s military spy agency, ISI, […]

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Republican Presidential Hopefuls Debate Health Care,Retirement

Posted September 23rd, 2011 at 2:37 am (UTC-5)
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The top two contenders for the 2012 Republican Party presidential nomination fended off accusations of changing their positions on everything from health care to Social Security during a nationally televised debate Thursday in Florida. While nine candidate took part in the debate, the focus was on Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Texas Governor Rick […]

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Zambia to Swear in Opposition Leader as New President

Posted September 23rd, 2011 at 2:27 am (UTC-5)
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Long-time Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata is scheduled to be sworn in as the country’s next president on Friday, in what will be the country’s second democratic transition of power since its independence from Britain. Zambia’s Electoral Commission announced early Friday that the 74-year-old populist leader defeated incumbent candidate Rupiah Banda following a tight presidential […]

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Tokyo Markets Closed, Dollar Up

Posted September 23rd, 2011 at 2:22 am (UTC-5)
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Japanese markets were closed Friday for a national holiday , while the dollar rose against the yen. In currency trading, the dollar was selling at 76.29 yen, up slightly from late Thursday. The Taipei market plunged 3.55 percent , to close at 7,046.

Closing Arguments to Begin In Amanda Knox Murder Appeal

Posted September 23rd, 2011 at 2:18 am (UTC-5)
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Italian prosecutors present closing arguments Friday in the final phase of American Amanda Knox’s appeal of her murder conviction. She has been in prison in Italy since 2007, when her British housemate Meredith Kercher was killed in the town of Perugia. Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted in 2009 of sexually assaulting […]

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Afghans Prepare to Bury Slain Former President

Posted September 23rd, 2011 at 1:55 am (UTC-5)
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Thousands of mourners in Afghanistan are expected to attend the funeral Friday of former Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani. A suicide bomber killed Mr. Rabbani Tuesday in Kabul. He was the head of Afghanistan’s High Peace Council and was spearheading peace efforts with the Taliban. Police say the ex-president was killed in his home by an […]

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Yemen President Returns from Saudi Arabia

Posted September 23rd, 2011 at 1:44 am (UTC-5)
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Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh has returned to Yemen after spending three months in Saudi Arabia recovering from a assassination attempt. Yemen state television says President Saleh arrived in the country Friday from the Saudi capital, Riyadh, where he was treated for burns he suffered during a June bomb attack on his presidential compound in […]

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Yemen President Returns from Saudi Arabia

Posted September 23rd, 2011 at 1:44 am (UTC-5)
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Yemen President Ali Abdullah Saleh has returned to Yemen after spending three months in Saudi Arabia recovering from a assassination attempt. Yemen state television says President Saleh arrived in the country Friday from the Saudi capital, Riyadh, where he was treated for burns he suffered during a June bomb attack on his presidential compound in […]

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Rebels Clash with Government Forces in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan

Posted September 23rd, 2011 at 12:35 am (UTC-5)
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Fighting between Sudanese government forces and armed opposition fighters has left dozens dead in the war-torn state of Southern Kordofan. The opposition rebel group Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North said Wednesday it carried out an attack on government troops near the border with South Sudan, killing at least 30 Sudanese soldiers. But a government official rejected […]

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