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Former Pakistan President Announces Plans to Return Home

Posted January 8th, 2012 at 1:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has announced plans to return to the country later this month. Mr. Musharraf told supporters in Karachi via telephone Sunday that he would arrive between January 27 and January 30. The former president leads his own faction of the All Pakistan Muslim League and has talked about returning to Pakistan […]

Arab League Ministers Agree to Extend Syria Observer Mission

Posted January 8th, 2012 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
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Arab League foreign ministers have agreed to extend the mission of an observer team trying to monitor the Syrian government’s deadly crackdown on a 10-month opposition uprising. The top diplomats from Qatar and other Arab nations met in Cairo on Sunday. Officials say they called for the Arab League observer mission in Syria to be […]

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Republican Presidential Hopefuls Debate ahead of First Primary Election

Posted January 8th, 2012 at 12:55 pm (UTC-5)
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Two days before the first primary election in the United States, the six Republicans vying for the party’s presidential nomination gathered Sunday for the second debate in as many days. All the candidates have been seeking to brandish their conservative credentials against the more liberal President Barack Obama. And during Sunday’s debate in the northeastern […]

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Two More Monks Self-Immolate in Southwestern China

Posted January 8th, 2012 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
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China says a former Tibetan monk has died after he and another man set themselves on fire in southwestern China — the latest in more than a dozen self-immolations by Tibetan Buddhists in the region in less than a year. The Xinhua news agency, in a report Sunday, said the incidents occurred Friday in Sichuan […]

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Iranian Official: Iran to Start Enrichment at Undergound Site This Month

Posted January 8th, 2012 at 12:00 pm (UTC-5)
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A senior Iranian official says Iran will launch a second uranium enrichment facility later this month at an underground site that is well protected from potential air strikes by nations opposed to the Iranian nuclear program. The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Fereidoun Abbasi said late Saturday the injection of uranium gas into centrifuges […]

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Former Pakistan President Announces Plans to Return Home

Posted January 8th, 2012 at 11:45 am (UTC-5)
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Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has announced plans to return to the country later this month. Mr. Musharraf told supporters in Karachi via telephone Sunday that he would arrive between January 27 and January 30. The former president leads his own faction of the All Pakistan Muslim League and has talked about returning to Pakistan […]

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Arab League Ministers Discuss Ways to Boost Syria Observer

Posted January 8th, 2012 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
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Arab League foreign ministers have met in Cairo to discuss ways of strengthening an Arab delegation trying to monitor the Syrian government’s deadly crackdown on a 10-month opposition uprising. Diplomats say the Arab foreign ministers who met Sunday in the Egyptian capital were considering whether to ask the United Nations to provide technicians and trainers […]

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Republican Presidential Contenders Hold a Second Debate in New Hampshire

Posted January 8th, 2012 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
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Two days before the first primary election in the United States, the six Republicans vying for the party’s presidential nomination gathered Sunday for the second debate in as many days. During Saturday’s debate in the northeastern state of New Hampshire, where Tuesday’s election is being held, former ((Massachusetts) governor Mitt Romney faced a barrage of […]

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Republican Presidential Contenders Hold a Second Debate in New Hampshire

Posted January 8th, 2012 at 10:05 am (UTC-5)
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Two days before the first primary election in the United States, the six Republicans vying for the party’s presidential nomination gathered Sunday for another debate. During Saturday’s debate in the northeastern state of New Hampshire, where Tuesday’s election is being held, former ((Massachusetts) governor Mitt Romney faced a barrage of criticism from his fellow contenders. […]

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S. Africa’s ANC Celebrates 100th Anniversary

Posted January 8th, 2012 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
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Tens of thousands of people gathered Sunday at a rugby stadium in the South African city of Bloemfontein to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the ruling African National Congress. The mass event, which features an address by ANC leader and South African President Jacob Zuma, wraps up a series of weekend festivities marking the founding […]

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