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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday released details of a letter he received from Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah outlining his group's conditions

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Khartoum, Asharq Al-Awsat- Sudanese minister of state for foreign affairs, Al-Samani al-Wasilah, has asserted that "Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will call for a comprehensive national

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BAGHDAD, (AP) - Iraq's president promised to reject a draft law paving the way for U.S.-backed provincial elections, saying Wednesday it would worsen sectarian rifts among Iraqis. President Jalal

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YASOUJ, Iran, (AP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is praising U.S. participation in the latest round of nuclear talks with Tehran as a "positive step forward." Ahmadinejad also calls

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JERUSALEM, (AP) - Presidential hopeful Barack Obama donned a Jewish skullcap at Israel's Holocaust memorial on Wednesday and vowed to preserve America's close ties with Israel in a dramatic visit

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, (AP) - An international rights group pressed Pakistan's new government on Wednesday to quickly investigate the disappearance of hundreds of people allegedly rounded up by security

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BAQUBA, Iraq (AFP) - Some 30,000 Iraqi soldiers and police are to launch a military assault against Al-Qaeda fighters and insurgents in Diyala province from August 1, army and police officers said Wednesday. "The

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BAGHDAD (AP) - Presidential contender Barack Obama is wrapping up his Iraq stop with meetings among Sunni tribal leaders who have joined U.S. and Iraqi forces in the fight against insurgents. Obama traveled

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JERUSALEM, (Reuters) - A Palestinian rammed a bulldozer into vehicles on a busy Jerusalem street on Tuesday, ahead of a visit by U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, and wounded 16 people

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TEHRAN, (Reuters) - Iranian Oil Minister Gholamhossein Nozari said on Tuesday there would be no need to call for a cut in OPEC oil output when the group meets in September because winter would by then

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