Archive for October, 2009

Clinton tries to jump-start Mideast talks

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tried Saturday to revive peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, saying she’d like to see talks begin “as soon as possible.”

Afghan election official opposes coalition

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The head of Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission vowed Saturday that he would not support a coalition government in Afghanistan.

Six Afghans held for attack on U.N. staff

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Six Afghans have been arrested for planning this week’s guest house suicide attack that killed five U.N. employees in Kabul, Afghanistan’s chief of national security said Saturday.

Iraq bombing suspect killed

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A suspect in a massive double bomb attack in Baghdad grabbed a guard’s weapon and shot dead an investigator, before being shot himself, the Interior Ministry said Saturday.

25-year-old massacre haunts India’s Sikhs

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Gurdeep Kaur’s wrinkled face was wet with tears, as she recounted what she saw a quarter century ago: the killings of 21 of family members.

Fourth typhoon in month hits Philippines

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The fourth typhoon to hit the Philippines in a month came ashore east of the capital, Manila, on Saturday morning, bringing heavy rain, flooding, and washing away shanty houses near the coast.

Brazilian Indians find plane survivors

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Indigenous Indians located nine survivors of a plane that crashed in a river in the Amazon rain forest with 11 people onboard, according to the Brazilian air force.

Analysts: Honduras deal favors Zelaya

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Four months after he was escorted in his pajamas onto a military plane and flown out of the country, ousted Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya could return to power within days, analysts said Friday.

Deal allows U.S. to use Colombia bases

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In a move that has already come under harsh criticism in Latin America, Bogota and Washington signed an agreement Friday that allows U.S. personnel to be stationed in Colombia.

Source: Afghan election talks break down

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Talks between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his election opponent, Abdullah Abdullah, have broken down, a Western source close to the Afghan leadership told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Friday.