Palin: Jewish settlements should expand
Washington - Sarah Palin, the failed Republican vice presidential candidate in the headlines again with a new book, disagrees with the Obama administration's call for an end to Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories. I believe the Jewish ...
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California bans power guzzling flat screen TVs
Sacramento - California regulators on Wednesday passed new regulations to ban power-hungry flat screen televisions from store shelves. The regulations adopted by the California Energy Commission are the strictest in the US and will require manufactur...
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Thousands throng to Palin as she begins book tour
Los Angeles - Thousands of Sarah Palin fans thronged to the opening of her book tour Wednesday as the former Republican vice presidential candidate embarked on a campaign that appeared to be as much about relaunching her political career as selling c...
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UN extends European Union force in Bosnia for one more year
New York - The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday gave the European Union Stabilization Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina a new 12-month mandate to pursue implementation of the peace agreement there. The EU force arrived in the Balkan nation in 2...
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Report: Raul Castro's Cuba keeps up 'repressive machinery'
Washington - Cuba maintains its repressive machinery under new leader Raul Castro, the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released Wednesday. Raul Castro inherited a system of abusive laws and institutions, as ...
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UN team to probe September killings in Guinea
New York - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged three investigators to work independently to assess the facts that led to the deaths of scores of people who demonstrated against the government in Guinea in September. Moha...
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UN: Increased security fails to deter Somali pirates
New York - Pirate attacks have increased despite more effective measures adopted by several navies to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia, United Nations Security Council members said Wednesday. They called for more crucial and robust ways to fig...
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2009-11-18 ] Category : [
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Obama to announce Afghan plan over coming weeks
Washington - US President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he will announce his revised strategy for the war in Afghanistan in the next several weeks. Obama has been holding high-level meetings with his war council in the last two months to map out ...
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Obama admits deadline for closing Guantanamo will be missed
Washington - US President Barack Obama acknowledged on Wednesday that the January deadline for closing the Guantanamo Bay prison facility will be missed. In numerous interviews with US broadcasters while travelling through Asia, Obama also defended t...
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