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The Taj Mahal hotel burns after gun battles between Indian troops and militants in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at the luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that rocked the nat

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US LeT terrorist visited India
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US LeT terrorist visited India New Delhi / Mumbai, Nov. 8: David Coleman Headley, who was hired by the Pakistan-based militant outfit, Lashkar-e-Tayyaba to carry out attacks in India, was arrested by the US-based Federal Bureau of Investigation for conspiring to carry out terror attacks....

Iraqi Shiite Turkmen lawmaker Abbas Hasan al-Bayati , left, speaks as Iraqi Shiite Turkmen lawmaker Fawzi Akram looks on during a press conference after an Iraqi Parliament session about election law on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.

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Iraq approves 2010 election law: parliament
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BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraqi MPs on Sunday approved a law to govern the country's general election due in early 2010, paving the way to agree a date for the vote, said the parliament's vice president. Khaled al-Attiya said on state television 141 of the 195 members present voted for the document. The election is viewed as crucial to...

Zimbabwean opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai addresses Zimbabwean exiles at a rally in Luton, England, Saturday, June 23, 2007. Tsvangirai, President of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is in the United Kingdom as part of a delegation from the Save Zimbabwe Campaign

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Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai vows to stay in government
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CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Sunday he would stay in the government and challenge President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF to implement last year's political deal in full. Zimbabwe's Prime Minister and Main opposition Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai addresses party...

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Germany celebrates memory of Berlin Wall falling
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BERLIN - Twenty years ago Monday, they danced atop the Berlin Wall, feet thudding on the cold concrete, arms raised in victory, hands clasped in friendship and giddy hope. On that cold night, years of separation and anxiety melted into the unbelievable reality of freedom and a future without border guards, secret police, informers and rigid...

People walk in a street damaged by heavy rains in San Salvador, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.

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40 die in El Salvador flooding
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Forty people in El Salvador have died after three days of rain caused by Hurricane Ida, the country's interior minister said Sunday. Humberto Centeno said the deaths, from flooding and landslides, were reported in at least five of the 14 provinces of the mountainous Central American country. Ida made landfall Thursday over...

A detainee is escorted to interrogation by U.S. military guards at Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, in this March 1, 2002 file photo

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US attorney general says trial reviews under way for Guantanamo detainees
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DOHA, Qatar - U.S. officials are reviewing which Guantanamo Bay detainees could face trial in American courts and the first indications could come next week, the U.S. attorney general said Sunday. Eric Holder told reporters that some decisions could be announced as early as Nov. 16, but he declined to give details or say whether it could include...

Residents raise slogans during a rally, protesting against relocating Futenama Marine airfield on the southern island of Okinawa, in Ginowan, Japan, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.

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Japanese protest against US base
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Thousands of people have protested on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa demanding the removal of a US military base there. The local mayor called on new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama "to put an end to Okinawa's burden and ordeal". Japan and the US agreed in 2006 to relocate the Futenma base from an urban...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, is joined by (L-R) Majority Whip James Clyburn, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif. during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Washington after the passage in the house of the health care reform bill.

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House passes sweeping US healthcare overhaul
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The US House of Representatives approved a sweeping healthcare reform bill yesterday, backing the biggest health policy changes in four decades and handing President Barack Obama a crucial victory. On a narrow 220-215 vote, including the support of one Republican, the House endorsed a bill that would expand coverage to nearly all Americans and bar...

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Chinese premier pledges funds, aid to Africa
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At a two-day China-Africa summit that began on Sunday, Wen Jiabao also said China would build 100 new clean energy projects for Africa over the same period as part of an effort to help the continent deal with climate change issues. The pledges are part of China's increasing push into Africa, a drive that has drawn criticism from some who argue that...

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'I am hurt by China's claim over Tawang,' says Dalai Lama
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Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh), Nov.8 (ANI): Describing his visit to Arunachal Pradesh as non-political, Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama on Sunday said China's objection to his visit was uncalled for, and added that he was also hurt by Beijing's claim on Tawang District. "I am hurt by China's claim over Tawang. ...