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EU monitors moved into a Russian-controlled buffer zone around Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia on Wednesday, clearing the way for a Russian troop pull-back by October 10. The 200-plus EU monitors began deploying under a French-brokered...
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The U.N. Security Council unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday calling on all countries with a stake in maritime safety off Somalia to send naval ships and military...
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Powerful far-right politician Joerg Haider has set up a holding facility in the remote mountains of southern Austria for asylum seekers suspected as criminals, saying...
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North Korea has fired a short-range missile into the Yellow Sea, media reports said Tuesday.
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The Vatican stepped up its defense of Pope Pius XII on Tuesday, countering allegations the wartime pontiff was silent about the Holocaust by saying he saved Jews...
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The PETA animal rights organization is targeting Armani in its latest anti-fur campaign.
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Iran forced an aircraft carrying Hungarian military officials to land after it entered its airspace, Hungary’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday. The plane was...
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A rare Islamic crystal jug mistaken earlier this year for a cheap French claret pitcher has sold at auction for almost 3.2 million pounds ($5.6 million).
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Tropical Storm Marco roared ashore on Mexico’s Gulf coast with near-hurricane force winds on Tuesday, prompting a shutdown of some oil platforms.
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Human rights experts on Tuesday expressed concern about a special facility holding suspected criminal asylum seekers in the mountains of southern Austria.
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A Romanian Cabinet minister was fired Tuesday after he used a government helicopter to make it to his wedding on time.
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Israel’s prime minister said Tuesday he received assurances that Russia would not allow Israel’s security to be threatened, but offered no indication he won...
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The latest conflict simmering between Lebanon and Israel is all about food: Lebanese businessmen accusing Israel of stealing traditional Middle Eastern dishes like...
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Lawyers advising the families of children sickened in China’s tainted milk scandal said Tuesday they are facing growing official pressure to withdraw from the...
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Protesters have occupied Thailand’s seat of government for six weeks, demanding the resignation of governments they say are proxies for former Prime Minister...
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A committee of EU lawmakers approved an ambitious climate change plan Tuesday, resisting heavy pressure from lobbyists who sought to water down the bill because of the...
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AP, Islamabad
Afghan refugees ordered out of a Pakistani war zone begged Tuesday for bus fares and flowed over the border into their homeland, worsening a humanitarian crisis...
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To supporters, President Mamoun Abdul Gayoom is a hero who turned a poor nation of fishermen into a tourist paradise and the economic success story of South Asia.
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Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Cabinet decided Tuesday to extend Germany’s military mission in Afghanistan for 14 more months.
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A Serbian court has freed a former diplomat suspected of helping a student facing assault charges in the United States flee to Serbia, a court official said Tuesday.
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Iraq’s prime minister welcomed the crown prince of Abu Dhabi to Baghdad on Tuesday, the latest high-level visit by regional Arab dignitaries.
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The European Union’s 27 governments agreed Tuesday to guarantee private savings of up to euro50,000 for one year and set guidelines on how each country could...
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The European Union said Tuesday it will raise its minimum bank deposit guarantee to euro50,000 (US$68,160) as they agreed on guidelines to deal with banks in danger of...
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An emergency meeting of European Union finance ministers debated raising guarantees for private savings across the 27-nation bloc on Tuesday in an attempt at a...
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Ireland’s finance minister says the European Union is mulling increasing government guarantees for private savings in banks across the 27-nation bloc.
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Britain’s foreign secretary says European Union sanctions against Zimbabwe will be maintained until a new power-sharing government is in place.
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AP, Bern
Switzerland will vote again on whether European Union citizens should be allowed to live and work in the country after nationalist groups collected enough signatures to...
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AP, Moscow
Russia’s foreign minister says Moscow will work with the U.S. and European Union to fight pirates.
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European Union monitors in white shirts and bright blue berets began patrolling a buffer zone Wednesday outside the breakaway region of South Ossetia that has been...
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France’s defense minister says at least eight European Union member states want to join an international operation to protect shipping from pirates off Somalia.
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The European Union on Wednesday imposed one of its highest ever cartel fines on a “paraffin mafia” accused of fixing prices and markets for everyday...
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European Union monitors began patrolling Georgian territory Wednesday under a French-brokered peace deal, and Russian troops allowed some monitors into a buffer zone...
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AP, Gori
Russian troops have allowed a group of European Union monitors to enter a buffer zone on the edge of Georgia’s separatist province of South Ossetia despite an...
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European Union monitors on Wednesday began their patrols of Georgian territory under a French-brokered peace deal, facing a feisty Russian military that seemed...
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European Union monitors have started their patrols of Georgian territory near South Ossetia in line with a French-brokered peace deal.
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Despite talks about the importance of securing rights of its minorities, Iraq is moving in the direction of minimizing the minorities’ role in the political...
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The European Union says it is “very worried” about what it sees as a deterioration of religious freedom in Iran.
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European Union countries responding to appeals from the United Nations are ready to take up to 10,000 more Iraqi refugees and will send a mission to the Middle East to...
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European Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson and China’s commerce minister called Thursday for closer trade ties between their giant economies but announced...
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Iran is nearing the ability to arm a nuclear warhead even if it insists its atomic activities are peaceful, the European Union warned Wednesday.
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