Reuters China could block sanctions against Iran Washington Post China on Thursday threw a roadblock in the path of a US-led push for sanctions against Iran, saying that it is important to continue negotiations as long as Iran appears willing to consider a deal to give up some of its enriched … Iran groups urge non-violent protests CNN International Iran Nuke Deal: What if Ahmadinejad Is Serious? TIME Russia, West closer on Iran sanctions: lawmaker Reuters Xinhua
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Washington Post General McChrystal sees progress in Afghanistan Los Angeles Times The situation is no longer deteriorating, he says, his most optimistic assessment yet. He says the open talk of an upcoming offensive in Helmand is also a signal to Afghans that things are improving
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Times Online US missionaries charged with kidnapping in Haiti CNN International Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — Ten Americans who were detained last week while trying to take 33 Haitian children out of the country were charged Thursday with kidnapping children and criminal association, a government official said. …
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Reuters McChrystal Sounds Note of Optimism on Afghanistan Wall Street Journal ISTANBUL—Gen. Stanley McChrystal, head of US and allied forces in Afghanistan, said he no longer believes the battlefield situation in Afghanistan is deteriorating, the first time he has made such a determination since taking command ..
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Telegraph.co.uk US Baptists charged with kidnapping Haitian children Telegraph.co.uk Ten Americans held for trying to leave Haiti with 33 children were charged today with child kidnapping and criminal association. By Tom Leonard in New York The five men and five women, most of them members of two Baptist churches in Idaho, … 10 Americans in Haiti Are Charged With Abduction New York Times Americans charged with child kidnapping in Haiti Times Online US missionaries charged with child kidnapping in Haiti The Guardian CNN International
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CBC.ca US commander in Afghanistan says situation likely to improve Washington Post ISTANBUL — The top US commander in Afghanistan, whose gloomy assessment of the war last summer prompted the White House to boost troop levels, said Thursday that conditions were no longer deteriorating and predicted further … Afghans prepare for NATO assault on Taliban enclave Reuters 32 Taliban, 3 Afghans killed in fighting CNN International Afghan security better, says US BBC News AFP
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Reuters Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial visits Kuala Lumpur flat BBC News The trial of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on sodomy charges has visited the apartment where his a former aide says he was assaulted. The trial in the capital, Kuala Lumpur, opened on Wednesday after a judge rejected an appeal by defence … Malaysia trial closed to public Aljazeera.net Anwar's sodomy trial closed to media ABC Online Trial of Opposition Leader Could Reshape Malaysian Politics New York Times Bernama
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Hurriyet Daily News France denies citizenship to Muslim man Press TV France's decision to partially ban burqa wearing has taken a new twist as it decides to deny citizenship to a Muslim man with his burqa-clad wife. The French Immigration Minister, Eric Besson signed a decree rejecting a Moroccan Man's citizenship ..
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Globe and Mail Groups Welcome Appeal of Genocide Charges against Sudan's Bashir Voice of America Photo: AP Reactions to Wednesday's International Criminal Court (ICC) appeal of genocide charges against Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir range from a broadside against the US government by Sudan's foreign ministry, to measured comments from … Sudanese president may face genocide charges Telegraph.co.uk Court ordered to rule again on Bashir genocide charge Reuters Judges allow genocide charge against Sudanese leader CNN International Washington Post
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Christian Science Monitor French citizenship denied to man with veiled wife Christian Science Monitor French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said the Moroccan man, who had married a French woman, failed to respect the “values of the [French] republic” by forcing his wife to wear a burqa. A woman is shown wearing a burqa southwest of Paris, in this Jan
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