AFP - NATO and Russia have concluded a key agreement on the land transit of non-military freight destined for Afghanistan and will endorse it Friday, a NATO spokeswoman said.
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Russia, NATO conclude Afghan land transit deal: NATO official (AFP)
Posted: April 4th, 2008, 4:15am EDT
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Israel beefs up flight security (AP)
Posted: April 4th, 2008, 4:11am EDT
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AP - Security has been stepped up on overseas Israeli flights for fear of a revenge attack over the assassination of a suspected terror mastermind, security officials said.
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Mugabe party plans fightback as Zimbabwe tensions mount (AFP)
Posted: April 4th, 2008, 4:03am EDT
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AFP - Robert Mugabe and his top lieutenants were set to draw up battle plans Friday after their disastrous performance in Zimbabwe's elections as the deadline loomed for the results of presidential polls.
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Campbell released on bail in London (AP)
Posted: April 4th, 2008, 4:02am EDT
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AP - Naomi Campbell was released on bail Friday after being arrested on suspicion of assaulting a police officer during a dispute over luggage at Heathrow Airport.
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Climate talks snag over Japan proposal (AP)
Posted: April 4th, 2008, 3:59am EDT
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AP - Delegates working on the negotiating agenda for a sweeping global warming pact clashed Friday over Japan's push for early discussions of industry-specific limits on carbon dioxide emissions, delegates and environmentalists said.
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Rescue mission to Colombia founders (AP)
Posted: April 4th, 2008, 3:56am EDT
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AP - A French mission to aid an ill French-Colombian hostage appeared to founder soon after it began, with a senior rebel saying she and others will remain captive until Colombia and the U.S. release jailed guerrillas.
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Iraq: Suicide bomber kills 15 at funeral (AP)
Posted: April 4th, 2008, 3:55am EDT
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AP - Iraqi police say a suicide bomber has struck a funeral for a Sunni policeman north of Baghdad, killing at least 15 people and wounding eight.
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Opposition: Mugabe 'unleashed a war' (AP)
Posted: April 4th, 2008, 3:49am EDT
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AP - Zimbabwe's main opposition party says President Robert Mugabe has "unleashed a war" in his bid to stay in power after party offices were raided and foreign journalists detained five days after presidential elections.
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Remote Suriname plane crash kills 19 (AP)
Posted: April 4th, 2008, 3:02am EDT
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AP - Officials faced the grim task Friday of identifying the victims of a plane crash in a remote Surinamese jungle that killed all 19 aboard.
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Australian PM criticised for salute to Bush (AFP)
Posted: April 4th, 2008, 2:41am EDT
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AFP - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was Friday attacked by politicians at home for saluting US President George W. Bush during a social gathering for world leaders in Romania.
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Bush, Putin at odds near end of terms (AP)
Posted: April 4th, 2008, 1:23am EDT
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AP - President Bush, fresh from securing full NATO support for his missile defense plans for Europe and a pledge to admit former Soviet republics, has plenty to discuss with Russia's Vladimir Putin.