AP - President Bush on Thursday predicted that a Mideast peace treaty would be completed by the time he leaves office, and named a U.S. Air Force general to oversee compliance with a U.S.-backed peace plan.
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Bush strongly warns Iran on naval clash (AP)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 11:10pm EST
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Australia questions community after lonely death (Reuters)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 10:42pm EST
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Reuters - The death of elderly man in his Sydney apartment, which went undiscovered for more than a year, had Australians questioning their loss of community spirit on Thursday. -
Colombian rebels detail hostage location (AP)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 10:36pm EST
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AP - Colombian rebels on Wednesday provided a pickup location for two women they have held hostage for years, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said, and the Colombian government gave him the green light to launch a rescue mission.
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Talks end with Western Sahara stalemate (AP)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 9:35pm EST
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AP - The latest round of U.N.-led peace talks between Morocco and the pro-independence Polisario Front ended in stalemate Wednesday, with the two sides agreeing to try again in March to resolve a 32-year dispute for control of Western Sahara. -
US military deaths in Iraq at 3,921 (AP)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 9:16pm EST
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AP - As of Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008, at least 3,921 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,183 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
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Darfur peacekeeping set back by 6 months (AP)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 9:00pm EST
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AP - U.N. peacekeeping forces lack the troops and equipment necessary to improve the situation in violence-wracked Darfur and will continue to be ineffective until mid-2008, the U.N. peacekeeping chief cautioned Wednesday.
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Ex-rebel leader elected Kosovo premier (AP)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 3:06pm EST
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AP - A former rebel leader was elected Kosovo's prime minister Wednesday, vowing that the province is only weeks away from independence and calling on Serbia to give up its claim to the territory.
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2 nations opt out of UN force for Darfur (AP)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 12:40pm EST
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AP - Sweden and Norway have dropped plans to send about 400 troops to the U.N. peacekeeping force in Darfur because of opposition from Sudan's government, a Swedish Foreign Ministry official said Wednesday. -
Olmert: No peace unless attacks stop (AP)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 12:29pm EST
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AP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday that "there will be no peace" unless attacks are halted from all parts of the Palestinian territories, including those not controlled by his negotiating partners in the Palestinian leadership. But he said that both sides "are very seriously trying to move forward" on a deal.
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African Union chief meets political leaders in Kenya crisis talks (AFP)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 12:13pm EST
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AFP - African Union chief John Kufuor shuttled between Kenyan leaders Wednesday to try to resolve political deadlock following post-election violence that left 600 dead and displaced a quarter of a million.
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Pakistan rejects nuclear watchdog's worries (Reuters)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 11:59am EST
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Reuters - Pakistan rejected on Wednesday
remarks by the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief that Pakistan's
nuclear arsenal could fall into the hands of Islamist
militants, and allayed the fears of a U.S. senator visiting
Islamabad.
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Rockets hit Israel before Bush arrival (AP)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 11:43am EST
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AP - The Israeli military fired at Palestinian militants in Gaza on Wednesday, killing three people, after a rocket hit a house in a battered Israeli border town just as President Bush began his Mideast peace mission.
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Sudan denies attack on UN in Darfur (AP)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 11:39am EST
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AP - Sudan denied Wednesday that its army opened fire on a convoy of U.N. peacekeepers attacked in Darfur barely a week into their new mission.
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Kenyan leader says vote results final (AP)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 11:29am EST
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AP - Hundreds of Kenyans fearing new political violence fled the country's west Wednesday, but the president urged refugees not to abandon their homes and insisted he would hold onto power despite allegations he stole an election.
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Iranian TV: Pentagon video, audio fake (AP)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 11:13am EST
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AP - Iran accused the United States on Wednesday of fabricating video and audio released by the Pentagon showing Iranian boats confronting U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf.
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Ex-CIA agent Philip Agee dead in Cuba (AP)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 11:04am EST
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AP - Former CIA agent Philip Agee, a critic of U.S. foreign policy who infuriated American intelligence officials by naming purported agency operatives in a 1975 book, has died, state media reported Wednesday. He was 72.
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US: Iraq operation meets less resistance (AP)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 10:46am EST
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AP - Nine American soldiers were killed in the first two days of a new offensive to root out al-Qaida in Iraq fighters holed up in districts north of the capital, the U.S. military reported Wednesday.
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Australian ship leaves to track Japanese whalers (AFP)
Posted: January 9th, 2008, 2:27am EST
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AFP - An Australian government ship has left on a mission to track Japan's whaling fleet and gather evidence for a potential international court case against Tokyo, an official said Wednesday.