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Iran Gives Nations in Nuclear Talks Two Pages and No Ground (World, 18 articles)
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During that time, Iranians have been deprived of US consular services, and US diplomats have lost direct contact with Iran and its people. The talks between Iran and the European Union's chief negotiators in Geneva failed to reach an agreement Sunday on Tehran's nuclear program, but the sides agreed to resume talks on suspending uranium enrichment in two weeks. Choose negotiation or isolation, U.S. tells Iran after nuke talks The United States said on Saturday after inconclusive international talks with Iran's nuclear envoy that Tehran must choose between cooperation or confrontation and give up sensitive nuclear work. GENEVA - International talks on Iran's nuclear ambitions ended in deadlock Saturday, despite the Bush administration's decision to reverse policy and send a senior U.S. official to the table for the first time. Iran on Sunday put a positive gloss on the Geneva nuclear talks though its negotiators had shown little flexibility in a meeting with representatives from world powers, provoking threats of a fresh round of sanctions against the Islamic regime. A U.S. decision to bend policy and sit down with Iran at nuclear talks fizzled Saturday, with Iran stonewalling Washington and five other world powers on their call to freeze uranium enrichment.
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War crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic arrested in Serbia (World, 16 articles)
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Serge Brammertz hailed the arrest as an important step in bringing to justice one of the architects of Europe's worst massacre since World War II. Bosnian Serb war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's most wanted men, has been arrested in Serbia after more than a decade on the run. Radovan Karadzic has spent his first night in a cell at the special war crimes court in Belgrade, after 13 years on the run.
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Mugabe, Tsvangirai sign Zimbabwe framework deal (World, 10 articles)
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After a bloody election season marked by beatings and assassinations of opposition supporters, Zimbabwe s feuding political leaders met face to face on Monday to sign an agreement laying out terms for negotiations to wrest their land out of political chaos. The handshake in Harare, the Zimbabwean capital, came after 120 opposition activists were killed in recent months in state-sponsored violence, thousands were jailed and tens of thousands of opposition supporters were driven from their homes. Three months after the voting and violence began, Zimbabwe's embattled President Robert Mugabe and his bitter opposition rival agreed Monday to hold talks immediately about sharing power to end the country's political crisis.
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Evidence from "coercive" interrogations barred in Guantanamo trial (World, 8 articles)
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Allred rejected defense contentions that Hamdan is entitled to constitutional protections beyond the right of habeas corpus upheld by the Supreme Court on June 12. Robertson's refusal to postpone the start of the trial also allows the Republican administration to put some terrorism suspects on trial before the presidential election. GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - The judge in the first American war crimes trial since World War II barred evidence on Monday that interrogators obtained from Osama bin Laden's driver following his capture in Afghanistan.
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Pope meets with victims of clergy abuse in Australia (World, 8 articles)
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Support groups for victims of church abuse in Australia, whose numbers are not known but who activists say are in the thousands, had demanded the pope make a full and open apology for clergy abuse and do more to prevent future abuse. The pontiff is in Australia to lead hundreds of thousands of pilgrims in the church's World Youth Day, a celebration meant to inspire a new generation of Catholics. The Mass, delivered at a horse racetrack filled with pilgrims who had camped out overnight, comes a day after the pope made a forceful apology for the sexual abuse of children by Australia's Roman Catholic clergy.
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Sarkozy denies pressurising Irish (World, 7 articles)
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President Sarkozy toasted a landmark victory last night as the French Parliament narrowly backed his overhaul of the country's 50-year-old Constitution in a Bill that will curtail some of his power. The reform, described by his supporters as a significant modernisation of French democracy, was approved by only one vote after arm-twisting by the centre-right Government to win over MPs and Senators. France's parliament on Monday approved by the narrowest possible margin one of the most significant packages of institutional reforms since the Fifth Republic was founded by General Charles de Gaulle in 1958.
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Brown: U.K. a true friend of Israel, will work toward terror-free future (World, 6 articles)
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All sides seem to see Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visits as an end-of-administration effort in resume building. Speaking at a press conference with President Mahmoud Abbas, Mr Brown said the cash would help "underpin" a Palestinian state should the current round of talks conclude successfully. In his first trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories as Britain's leader, Brown repeatedly stressed that economics are key to Mideast peace, and said Israel should ease travel restrictions in the West Bank that have hindered commerce.
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Court in Pakistan Muzzles Disgraced Nuclear Scientist (World, 5 articles)
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Public pressure to release Dr. Khan from house arrest has increased since a new, more nationalistic government took power a few months ago, eclipsing the power of Mr. Musharraf. If convicted on all 69 counts, including altering and stealing public records, computer fraud, burglary, identity theft, receiving stolen property and conspiracy, Mr Khan could spend almost four decades in prison. Mr Khan's defence lawyer, Carol Lavacol, described her client as "a really nice kid" and said: " There's a lot more going on than meets the eye.
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Unilateral Action by U.S. a Growing Fear in Pakistan (World, 4 articles)
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"What is missing and is urgently required in Islamabad is a coherent policy" for dealing with the militants in the tribal areas, said one in a series of recent editorials in a leading newspaper, Dawn. Kabul has never recognized the line as an international border, instead claiming the Pashtun territories in Pakistan that comprise the Federally Administered Tribal Lands (FATA) and parts of North West Frontier Province along the border. Without the I.S.I.'s help, American spies in Pakistan would be incapable of carrying out their primary mission in the country: hunting Islamic militants, including top members of Al Qaeda.
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Parts of Nova Scotia prepare for a downpour from tropical storm Cristobal (World, 9 articles)
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Rainfall warnings were issued for most regions of mainland Nova Scotia, but no tropical storm watch was planned because the strongest winds were expected to remain offshore, the Canadian Hurricane Centre said in a statement issued at 9 p.m AT. RALEIGH, N.C. - Tropical Storm Cristobal dumped rain and brought rough seas to the North Carolina coast yesterday, and forecasters predicted the weakening system was headed for the open Atlantic. At 5 p.m., the National Hurricane Center said the center of the storm had moved to 45 miles east of Cape Lookout and 40 miles south-southwest of Cape Hatteras with maximum sustained winds continuing at 45 miles per hour.
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With Offer, Europe Tries to Spur Trade Talks (World, 4 articles)
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What is the point of the talks? The Doha Round of World Trade Organisation talks is aimed at liberalising global trade to make importing and exporting cheaper and easier, with a special emphasis on improving the economies of developing countries. What would a deal look like? Many of the WTO's 152 countries would either have to cut subsidies to their producers or lower protective import tariffs to let goods in. GENEVA - The European Union began crucial global trade talks Monday with an offer of reducing its farm tariffs by 60 percent - the highest figure it has yet offered - in a challenge to developing countries to make concessions.
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Suu Kyi's detention to last until 2009 (World, 4 articles)
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Survivors of Myanmar's Cyclone Nargis face a "second emergency" unless relief efforts receive an influx of $1 billion in international aid over the next three years, according to the first full assessment of the disaster released Monday. SINGAPORE - Myanmar's foreign minister has said pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi can be kept in detention legally until late 2009 and not until December this year as reported earlier, Singapore officials said Tuesday. Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win was misunderstood by his nine counterparts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations during a dinner conversation on Sunday, said a Foreign Ministry official.
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AU rejects Bashir Darfur charges (World, 4 articles)
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The African Union has called for the UN Security Council to suspend war crimes accusations against Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir over Darfur. The Security Council has the power to delay ICC indictments by up to 12 months, reports the AFP news agency. Mr Moreno-Campo has accused the Sudanese leader of running a campaign of genocide that killed 35,000 people outright, at least another 100,000 through a "slow death" and forced 2.5 million to flee their homes in Darfur.
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