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Lost man drives nine hours to get newspaper
Published Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
An elderly man who went out to fetch a morning newspaper ended up driving nearly 400 miles after getting lost and taking a wrong turn onto a major Australian highway, police said on Wednesday.
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U.S. warns Iran of consequences over standoff
Published Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
World powers could have a package of measures against Iran "within weeks," U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday, warning Tehran of consequences for its failure to respond to an offer of a nuclear deal.
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Belgian Van Rompuy, UK's Ashton win top EU jobs
Published Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
European Union leaders named Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the bloc's first president on Thursday and appointed Briton Catherine Ashton as its foreign affairs chief.
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Karzai sworn in as Afghan leader; vows to fight graft
Published Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
Veteran Afghan leader Hamid Karzai was sworn in as president on Thursday, pledging to fight graft and take control of his country's security before his five-year term ends, after a fraud-marred election left his image in ruins.
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Germany to reassess Afghan troop levels next year
Published Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
Germany, the third largest contributor to the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, on Thursday held out the possibility of sending more troops to the stalled, eight-year-old war after a review early next year.
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Afghanistan is world's worst place to be born: UN
Published Friday, Nov. 20, 2009
Eight years after a U.S.-led invasion ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, the war-ravaged state is the most dangerous place in the world for a child to be born, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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Canada turned blind eye to Afghan abuses: diplomat
Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
Senior Canadian military and government officials ignored evidence that Afghan authorities were torturing detainees handed over by Canada's troops and then tried to silence those who raised the alarm, a senior diplomat said on Wednesday.
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Obama vows Afghan exit; battered Karzai to take oath
Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama aims to bring the Afghan war to an end before he leaves office, he said on Wednesday, the eve of a swearing-in ceremony Western officials hope can help salvage Hamid Karzai's tattered reputation.
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North Korea maneuvers to evade U.N. sanctions: experts
Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
North Korea appears to be taking elaborate measures to evade U.N. sanctions aimed at its nuclear and missile activities, arms trading and import of luxuries, U.N. experts say in a new report.
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Cuba's Raul Castro crushes dissent like Fidel: report
Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
Cuba's Raul Castro has kept the system his brother Fidel used to repress critics, refusing to free scores of people imprisoned years ago and jailing others for "dangerousness," Human Rights Watch said in a report issued on Wednesday.
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Iran rejects sending uranium abroad
Published Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009
Iran ruled out on Wednesday sending enriched uranium abroad for further processing, but would consider swapping it for nuclear fuel provided it remained under supervision inside the country, the ISNA news agency said.
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Israel angers U.S. by approving new West Bank homes
Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
Israel triggered a fresh rift with Washington over settlement building on Tuesday by approving the building of 900 homes for Jews on West Bank land it occupied in a 1967 war and annexed to its Jerusalem municipality.
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NATO chief confident of big Afghan troop increase
Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Tuesday he was confident the alliance would agree to increase substantially the number of troops battling Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.
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Five sentenced to death over Iran vote unrest
Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
Five people have been sentenced to death and 81 have received jail terms of up to 15 years in connection with unrest after Iran's disputed election in June, state broadcaster IRIB reported on Tuesday.
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Honduran Congress to vote on Zelaya fate after poll
Published Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
Honduran lawmakers will wait until after a November 29 election to decide whether to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya, delaying a vote that had been expected earlier this month.
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