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1.7KHamas, Fatah Sign Reconciliation Agreement
Beijing (Xinhuanet): The Palestinian rival groups Hamas and Fatah have signed their reconciliation agreement. But a last minute disagreement over protocol is...
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1.6K1Special Report: Why US Mistrusts Pakistan’s Spy Agency
Chris Allbritton and Mark Hosenball Islamabad/Washington (Reuters): In 2003 or 2004, Pakistani intelligence agents trailed a suspected militant courier to a house...
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1.5KNo Apology for Violating Pakistan Air Space: White House
Washington (PTI): The United States would not make any apology for its unilateral military action against al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden...
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2.6KAmerican Indians Object to ‘Geronimo’ as Code for Bin Laden Raid
Neely Tucker He died 102 years ago in Oklahoma, a beaten warrior, a prisoner of war, an exile from his homeland, a...
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1.4KTornado Batters New Zealand Auckland’s North Shore
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, May 3 (Xinhua) — A sudden and powerful tornado left a trail of destruction through New Zealand’s largest city...
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1.4KObama Says He Deserves Second Term
WASHINGTON, April 15 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday on campaign trail he can make the case for a second...
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1.2KJapan Quake’s Economic Impact Worse Than First Feared
Nuclear crisis also threatens power supply; supply chain disruptions could be prolonged; BOJ members uncertain when rebuilding will help growth; Japan to...
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1.3KFrench Burqua Ban: Police Arrest 2 Veiled Women
French police arrested two veiled women this morning just hours after the country’s new ban on wearing the burka in public came...
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1.3K1Death Toll Reaches 13,116 From Great Quake, Tsunami in Japan
Tokyo (Xinhua): The Japanese National Police Agency said on Monday that the March 11 earthquake and tsunami have left 13,116 people dead...
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1.3KJapan Quake Causes Radioactive Water Spill
Small amounts of radioactive water leaking at Onagawa nuclear plant, following an aftershock that left three dead. Tokyo, Japan (Al-Jazeera): A powerful...
