JERUSALEM—Israel is deporting a former U.S. congresswoman, a Nobel peace prize laureate and other activists who were arrested trying to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, a government spokeswoman said Monday. The Israeli navy commandeered the boat last week as it tried to sail from...
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) – Afghanistan's insurgent Taliban movement said Monday they had launched a guerrilla operation to counter a major assault by US Marines on their stronghold in Helmand province. Operation Foladi Jal, or "iron net" in Pashtu, would teach the Marines...
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At least 700,000 people are now reported to have fled rising flood waters in southern China, as rainstorms continue to drench large areas of the country. Twenty people are also reported to have died in some of the worst flooding seen in China for more than a decade. Across several provinces heavy...
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The US President Barack Obama and Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev are to announce a framework deal on arms cuts at a Kremlin summit on Monday intended to "reset" difficult relations between Moscow and Washington. A US official told Reuters that negotiators from both sides had agreed the text of an...
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updated 8:12 p.m. ET July 5, 2009 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras: Honduran troops used tear gas and fired shots into the air to hold back protesters at Tegucigalpa's airport Sunday evening ahead of an attempted return by deposed President Jose Manuel Zelaya, injuring at least one person, protest organizers...
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SOUTH Korea's military was on guard last night after North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles in a show of improved firepower that earned widespread international condemnation. The missiles - which North Korea is banned from firing under UN resolutions - were launched into the Sea of Japan...
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