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Closing Guantanamo priority for Obama: WP

date: 2008-11-13 06:30:17

By Our Correspondent WASHINGTON, Nov 12: The Obama administration will launch an intensive effort to close the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as soon as it takes charge, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The process will start with a review of the classified files of the approximately ...

source: article.wn.com

UN leak angers Damascus

date: 2008-11-13 06:30:17

Syria has reacted angrily to the leaked findings of a UN weapons inspection team which disclosed that traces of uranium were found at a suspected clandestine nuclear complex. "The objective of this campaign of...

source: article.wn.com

Iran envoy in Pakistan abduction

date: 2008-11-13 05:08:15

Gunmen kidnap a diplomat from Iran and kill his guard in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Iran envoy abducted in Pakistan

date: 2008-11-13 05:08:15

Gunmen kidnap a diplomat from Iran and kill his guard in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar, police say.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Burma condemned over jail sentences

date: 2008-11-13 04:19:14

Rights groups and Western governments condemn the harsh sentences for scores of Burmese pro-democracy activists.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Burma condemned for jail sentences

date: 2008-11-13 04:19:14

Rights groups and Western governments condemn the harsh sentences for scores of Burmese pro-democracy activists.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Car wrangle looms in US bail-out

date: 2008-11-13 00:59:50

US Democrats say the $700bn bail-out should include help to rescue the car industry, contradicting the treasury chief.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Palin stokes 2012 run speculation

date: 2008-11-12 22:54:00

Defeated Republican running mate Sarah Palin further stokes expectations she plans a run for the presidency.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

UK navy kills suspected pirates

date: 2008-11-12 21:59:36

Royal Navy seamen shoot dead two suspected Somali pirates believed to have attacked a Danish vessel off Yemen.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Matthew Duss: Obama should keep Robert Gates as secretary of defence

date: 2008-11-12 20:00:00

Matthew Duss: Robert Gates should remain the US defence secretary – at least while Barack Obama establishes himself

source: www.guardian.co.uk

Official: US, Russia to start nuke talks in Geneva

date: 2008-11-12 18:16:08

GENEVA (AP) - An American official says the U.S. and Russia will begin talks Thursday on finding a successor to the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty that expires at the end of next year. The official says the talks will take place in the U.S. and Russian diplomatic missions in Geneva. They will last ...

source: article.wn.com

4 dead as Israelis and Palestinians battle in Gaza

date: 2008-11-12 18:16:08

: Israeli troops and Palestinian militants fought with missiles and mortars along the Gaza-Israel border on Wednesday, raising new concerns that an increasingly shaky five-month-old truce might collapse. Four Hamas militants were killed in the exchange, and the Hamas military wing said it ...

source: article.wn.com

Paulson says US bail-out working

date: 2008-11-12 17:12:24

The $700bn US bail-out package has already "clearly helped stabilise" the financial system, says US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Apec leaders make free-trade vow

date: 2008-11-22 22:49:57

Leaders from Asia-Pacific nations meeting in Peru pledge not to raise trade barriers in the face of the worldwide financial crisis.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Zimbabwe denies bar on Annan team

date: 2008-11-22 21:25:48

Zimbabwe denies refusing entry to a team led by former UN chief Kofi Annan and ex-US president Jimmy Carter.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

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Bush rides free market

date: 2008-11-22 20:07:38

US President George W. Bush and President Hu Jintao of China. Photo / AP US preisdent George W. Bush, faced with a fast dwindling number of days in office, has been using his final world summit to try to keep a virulent economic crisis from ...

source: article.wn.com

Ian Bancroft: New hope in the Balkans

date: 2008-11-22 18:00:00

Ian Bancroft: The recent Odzak agreement has brought a glimmer of optimism for Bosnia and Herzegovina

source: www.guardian.co.uk

Dear Guantanamo Detainees,

date: 2008-11-22 17:06:36

Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Dear Guantanamo Detainees, Several days ago when a US judge ruled that five of you must be freed, whom for almost seven years have been held illegally at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba prison ...

source: article.wn.com


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Baghdad shaken by series of bombs

date: 2008-11-12 16:51:01

At least 21 people are killed and more than 90 injured in a series of bombs throughout Baghdad, police say.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Russia rejects US missile offer

date: 2008-11-12 15:57:13

Moscow says no to US plans aimed at easing concern over a proposed missile shield in Europe, a Kremlin source says.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Algeria deputies scrap term limit

date: 2008-11-12 15:07:46

The Algerian parliament approves a constitutional amendment that abolishes a two-term limit for the president.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

N Korea rejects nuclear sampling

date: 2008-11-12 14:49:46

North Korea says it will not allow inspectors to take samples from nuclear sites, apparently contradicting US statements.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Deadly fighting on Gazan border

date: 2008-11-12 14:04:09

Israeli troops kill four Palestinian militants in a gunbattle on the Gaza border, Palestinians say.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

Woman jailed for helping partner kill himself

date: 2008-11-12 13:50:03

A court in Australia today jailed a woman who helped her long-term partner kill himself with a lethal dose of barbiturate in a case that has highlighted stark divisions over assisted suicide

source: www.guardian.co.uk

Google searches track flu spread

date: 2008-11-12 13:18:34

Google has unveiled a new website that maps flu outbreaks by plotting the locations of flu-related search terms.

source: news.bbc.co.uk

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