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US wants Israel to cancel settlement plan
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Israeli officials said yesterday that the US is pressing Israel to scrap a contentious east Jerusalem building project whose
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BBC signals new strategy after commercial criticism
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Britain's state-backed public broadcaster the BBC signaled a retreat from some commercial operations to focus on core
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Over 1,200 families flee Afghan offensive
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At least 1,240 families have fled a massive military onslaught against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan,
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"Avatar" dethroned at box office by "Dear John" (Reuters)
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The new romantic drama "Dear John" unexpectedly ended the seven-week reign of "Avatar" at the weekend box office in North America on Sunday, pulling in large numbers of young female moviegoers.
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Jackson kids make surprise speech
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All the music-themed award shows have paid their respects to Michael Jackson with heartfelt tributes. But the Grammys topped them all Sunday night because they not only displayed the King of Pop's music but captured the sentiment of one of the issues closest to his heart--saving the planet.
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Help steps up, but so does scale of Haiti tragedy
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The staggering scope of Haiti's nightmare came into sharper focus Monday as authorities estimated 200,000 dead and
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Haiti quake aid snarled; up to 50,000 feared dead
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Doctors and search dogs, troops and rescue teams flew to this devastated land of dazed, dead and dying people
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India and Bangladesh talks due
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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is due to meet her Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh for talks as her first official visit to India gets underway.
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World's tallest building opens in Dubai
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Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed al-Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, on Monday officially opened the world's tallest building,
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Funerals for Pakistan suicide bomb victims
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Thousands of people in Pakistan have attended funerals in the city of Karachi, a day after a suicide bomb that claimed the lives of 43 people.
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Iran confirms Laden daughter at Saudi embassy
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Iran confirmed Thursday that a daughter of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has turned up at the Saudi embassy in
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Obama says climate discontent is 'justified'
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President Barack Obama said disenchantment over the Copenhagen climate talks was "justified" but defended the...
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Big freeze brings misery and death to Europe
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More than 90 people have died across the Continent, 10 of them in a single day in Poland, where the winter death toll now stands at 79.
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