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Eyes on Mugabe at Rome summit (World, 14 articles)
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In recent days, CARE, one of the largest nonprofit groups working in the country, has been ordered by the Zimbabwean government to suspend all its operations, which help 500,000 of the country's most vulnerable people. Western leaders expressed outrage yesterday as Robert Mugabe flew into Rome in defiance of an EU travel ban to attend a United Nations world food summit while millions of people are starving under his brutal rule in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwean authorities Sunday arrested an opposition leader on charges stemming from his criticism of the government and its handling of the recent presidential election, an official with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change told CNN Skirting some restrictions on his international travel, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe arrived in Rome over the weekend to attend a United Nations food conference, and raised protests on Monday from some European and other officials. A top Zimbabwe Army general called on the nation's soldiers to vote for President Robert Mugabe in a runoff or resign from the military, the official state newspaper reported Saturday. Arthur Mutambara, who recently pledged to work with a rival opposition leader to defeat President Mugabe in run-off elections, was detained in Harare.
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6 die in bomb outside Danish Embassy in Pakistan (World, 11 articles)
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The car-bomb attack on the Danish Embassy that killed eight people appears to have been carried out by a suicide bomber, Pakistani investigators and diplomats at Western embassies in Islamabad said Tuesday. Pakistan's border regions are considered havens for al-Qaida and Taliban-linked militants believed behind attacks on U.S. forces in neighboring Afghanistan and a series of blasts in Pakistan in the past year. Pakistan's government, in office for just two months, has been pursuing peace deals with the militants, a shift away from the U.S.-backed military tactics employed by President Pervez Musharraf.
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Chief Cleric Says Iran Doesn’t Seek Nuclear Arms (World, 12 articles)
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" The Iranian nation is not seeking nuclear weapons the ayatollah said at an event commemorating the 19th anniversary of the death of the founder of the 1979 Islamic Revolution , Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Iran's supreme leader said Tuesday that "no wise nation" would pursue nuclear weapons but his country will continue to develop its nuclear program for peaceful purposes. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appeared to be reacting to suggestions by the International Atomic Energy Agency that Tehran may be withholding information on secret attempts to make nuclear weapons.
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Report: Palestinian textbooks portray Jews badly (World, 7 articles)
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The Israeli Supreme Court has called on the government to reconsider its almost total ban on Palestinian students leaving the Gaza Strip to study abroad. Israel tightened its blockade of Gaza after Hamas seized power there a year ago, largely cutting off the territory from the outside world. Israel and Hamas may be inching toward a cease-fire that would end attacks by both sides and, perhaps, loosen the siege imposed on the impoverished Gaza Strip.
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No charges for 2 Marines accused in Afghan deaths (World, 4 articles)
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A convoy of Marines in light armored vehicles attacked Taliban fortifications in a former agricultural school that U.S. intelligence officers said was being used as a major Taliban command post. By midmorning, Alpha and Bravo company Marines had seized several mud-walled compounds set amid lush poppy fields. Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan are fleeing to the Pakistani border after being routed in recent operations by the United States Marines, the American commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan said on Monday.
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Prince William takes helm at start of Navy stint - (World, 4 articles)
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One of Prince William's first duties as a naval lieutenant will be to buy a crate of beer for colleagues after messing up the traditional task of slipping a ship's anchor. Commander Paul Halton said that the Prince had been quick to pick up skills needed to control a picket boat. Prince William earned high marks from commanding officers for his boat-handling skills today after he took the helm of a 40-foot craft at the beginning of his two-month stint in the Royal Navy.
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U.S. military nets 2 al-Qaida suspects, Shiite leader in Iraq (World, 10 articles)
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BAGHDAD - American troops grabbed two "al-Qaida in Iraq" bombing suspects and a Shiite militia leader Tuesday in separate raids north and south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. At least 532 Iraqi civilians and security troopers were killed during the month, according to figures compiled by the AP from Iraqi police and military reports. p (06-03) 04:00 PDT Baghdad - A suicide car bomber targeted the provincial police headquarters in Mosul on Monday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens, police said.
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Abu Dhabi bolsters show of Picassos (World, 4 articles)
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Unlike its neighbor Dubai, which is attracting big business and mass tourism, Abu Dhabi tries to attract more sophisticated visitors to come for exhibitions and music concerts rather than sprawling beaches and giant shopping malls. At a time when record oil prices are making Arab investors rich, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is courting those investors to pour their billions back into the United States. During his weekend tour in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, Paulson met with sheikhs and financial decision-makers.
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China to host Japanese warship (World, 4 articles)
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China has announced plans for the first port visit by a Japanese warship since the departure of Tokyo's defeated imperial forces in 1945. The arrival of the Takanami will offer high-profile confirmation that Chinese and Japanese leaders remain determined to forge a closer and more stable relationship between east Asia's two pre-eminent powers. The trip to the Chinese port will be the first to the country by any vessel of the Maritime Self-Defence Force, as constitutionally pacifist Japan's postwar navy is known.
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Detentions over Indonesia clashes (World, 4 articles)
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Indonesian have detained 57 members of a hard-line Muslim group following violence at a rally for religious tolerance, officials say. Police rounded up several members of the Islamic Defenders' Front (FPI) at the group's headquarters and at several houses in Jakarta early on Wednesday morning, saying that some of them were suspected of being involved in the attacks. About a dozen people were injured on Sunday when FPI supporters wielding bamboo sticks attacked members of the National Alliance for Freedom of Religion and Faith.
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£500m ‘wasted’ on Chinooks that have never flown (World, 4 articles)
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The Ministry of Defence has spent more than $500 million on eight Chinook helicopters that have never been flown as a result of "one of the most incompetent procurements of all time", an audit has concluded. The helicopters have been sitting in a special air-conditioned shelter for the past seven years because of a "gold-standard cockup" that meant the machines' software could not be accessed. While commanders in Afghanistan have been crying out for extra helicopters, the Chinooks - which were supposed to fly missions for Special Forces - have been lying idle in hangars in the Wiltshire countryside.
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U.N.: 1 million in Myanmar aren't getting basic aid - (World, 4 articles)
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Humanitarian groups say they continue to face hurdles from Myanmar's military government in sending disaster experts and vital equipment into the country. As a result, only a trickle of aid is reaching the storm's estimated 2.4 million survivors, leaving many without even basic relief. Compounding these problems, the junta's refusal to allow the use of military helicopters from neighboring countries is driving up relief costs, an official from the World Food Program said.
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