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Obama: Response to Iraq remarks overblown :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Barack Obama (World, 53 articles)
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The Iraqi Government said yesterday that it had a vision for all US combat troops to leave the country by the end of 2010 - another apparent endorsement of Barack Obama's war strategy during his visit to Baghdad. After meeting with top U.S. military commanders and members of the Iraqi government , Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill, said Monday his opposition to the surge and support for a firm timetable for the withdrawal of troops hasn't changed. The Obama-Maliki meeting comes amid reports that Iraq's government shares the Democratic candidate's desire for a withdrawal of U.S. forces. Iraq's government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh who was present for the meeting spoke to reporters following and said that while his government did not endorse a fixed date they hoped "in 2010 that combat troops will withdraw from Iraq". The campaign of presidential nominee-to-be Sen. John McCain drew on comments by the Pentagon's top military commander today to attack Sen. Barack Obama's plan to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq in 16 months. In a radio address on Saturday, he said Mr. Obama had been wrong about the increase in troops in Iraq, a strategy Mr. McCain said should be the basis for addressing deteriorating conditions in Afghanistan as well.
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Top Bosnian Serb war crimes fugitive Karadzic arrested (World, 46 articles)
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The arrest of Radovan Karadzic on Monday gave badly needed credibility to international war crimes tribunals that have struggled for years to bring fugitives to justice, according to former prosecutors, legal experts and human rights groups. He is the most prominent Balkan war crimes suspect arrested since late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic was sent to the U.N. war crimes tribunal in The Hague on genocide charges in 2001, leaving only two suspects at large. BELGRADE, SERBIA Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, accused architect of a campaign of ethnic mass murder and a war crimes fugitive for more than a decade, was captured Monday by Serbian security forces, officials said.
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Obama pledges to push Israel-Palestinian peace talks (World, 12 articles)
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No excuses says visiting Obama about bulldozer terrorist The presumptive Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Senator Barack Obama, arrived Tuesday for what is scheduled to be a 36-hour visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama stepped into the thicket of Mideast politics Tuesday, declaring in Jordan that neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians are strong enough internally to make the bold concessions necessary for peace. Following dinner, Obama flew aboard his newly refurbished chartered campaign jet to Israel for meetings with Israeli leaders as well as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on the West Bank.
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U.S. envoy will observe nuclear talks with Iran - (World, 17 articles)
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BRUSSELS, Belgium European Union nations approved new sanctions against Iran on Monday, including an assets freeze of the country's biggest bank. The Bank of Melli is suspected of providing services to Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs and was blacklisted by the United States last year. For officials of the six countries sitting on the other side of the table, the paper addressed none of their ideas for resolving the crisis over Iran s nuclear program.
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55 militants killed in battle in east Afghanistan :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (World, 19 articles)
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KABUL, Afghanistan Coalition airstrikes killed 22 militants who were attacking two towns in eastern Afghanistan, and explosions killed two more foreign soldiers in the south, officials said Wednesday. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan A suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up next to a police patrol in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing 24 people, including 19 civilians, a provincial police chief said. The attack in the southern province of Uruzgan also killed five police officers and wounded more than 30 others, said Juma Gul Himat.
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Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai sign deal to end Zimbabwe’s political crisis (World, 25 articles)
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HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's opposition leader briefly emerged from his refuge at the Dutch Embassy Wednesday and called for African leaders to guide talks to end Zimbabwe's crisis, saying a presidential runoff this week was no solution. 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. Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who withdrew from the runoff after an intense campaign of state-sponsored violence, said the results of the election would " reflect only the fear of the people of Zimbabwe.
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Upstart Party Gains Power as Major Vote Nears in India (World, 13 articles)
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Indian newspapers say the Congress party-led government's win in the vote of confidence has been "tainted" by charges of vote buying. Some came from their hospital beds, others from their prison cells, as Indian MPs gathered today for a no confidence vote that will decide the fate of the coalition government and its historic nuclear deal with the United States. The vote, expected at around 6pm (1230 GMT), will conclude a passionate two-day debate in parliament and a frantic fortnight of backroom bartering as the government and the opposition battle to make up the numbers.
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Betancourt, freed cops encourage hostages :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (World, 10 articles)
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" Approving this agreement would strengthen our nation's economy Bush said at a White House event to celebrate Colombian Independence Day. " And the failure to approve the free trade agreement is hurting our businesses who want to sell their products into Colombia Bush said. BOGOTA, Colombia - Freed after years as rebel-held hostages, French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt and four Colombian police officers sent radio messages of hope on Sunday to captives still detained in remote jungle camps.
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Former bin Laden driver to go on trial next week - (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. Trials of Canadian prisoner Omar Khadr and five men facing death penalty charges for alleged involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks are also expected to begin before early November.
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Dinko Sakic, at 87; head of WWII Croatian camp (World, 4 articles)
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Dinko Sakic arrived at the concentration camp known as the "Auschwitz of the Balkans" riding a white horse, wearing a tailored black uniform with polished black boots and carrying a whip and a submachine gun, survivors remembered. Mr. Tudjman wrote a book questioning whether the number of Jews said to have been killed in the Holocaust had been exaggerated. ZAGREB, Croatia Dinko Sakic, the last-known living commander of a World War II concentration camp, died overnight in a Croatian hospital while serving a 20-year sentence for war crimes, officials said Monday.
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Terrorism claims against Khawaja stunned his ex-fiancée (World, 6 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. An artist's sketch depicts Mohammad Momin Khawaja in an Ottawa courtroom last month at the start of his trial. Khawaja's involvement with Islam "did not in any way line up to terrorist activity Khan said, and was more in the spirit of," Let's work in a refugee camp or something.
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2 Die in Bus Blasts in Southwest China (World, 4 articles)
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Checkpoints were set up on highways, while the police were tightening security at Kunming's airport and train terminal, according to the Web site of the provincial public security bureau. The explosions Monday on two public buses in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan province, had heightened fears of terrorism with less than three weeks to go before the opening of the Beijing games. Kunming police chief Du Min said investigators did not know whether the blasts were perpetrated by many people, or an individual, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
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Cambodia launches diplomatic push in temple dispute with Thailand (World, 9 articles)
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Calling a border confrontation with Thailand " an imminent state of war Cambodia asked the United Nations and its Southeast Asian neighbors to intervene Tuesday as hundreds of soldiers faced each other for the eighth day on the grounds of a disputed temple. PHNOM PENH, Cambodia A Cambodian official claimed that about 40 Thai troops entered Cambodia on Tuesday as tension escalated between the two countries over disputed land around an ancient temple. Southeast Asian neighbours of Thailand and Cambodia have urged the two countries to tone down hostile rhetoric over a disputed strip of land and an ancient temple, before violence breaks out.
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Iraqi parliament passes election law, but Kurdish boycott makes delay of regional votes likely - (World, 4 articles)
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BAGHDAD - The Iraqi Parliament approved legislation on Tuesday to govern provincial elections, but Kurdish lawmakers boycotted the session, vowing to force the measure to be rewritten, and probably delaying the balloting for months. Provincial elections had been scheduled for October, but because of delays in reaching a compromise on the election law, they had already been set back to December. The approved legislation is likely to be rejected by the Presidency Council, and with more work necessary to reach an agreement, it will be difficult to hold elections before next year, said Iraqi politicians from several parties.
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Pope apologizes for clergy sex abuse in Australia :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Religion (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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Chavez says Venezuela needs Russia for protection :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (World, 7 articles)
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MOSCOW Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez blew through Russia on Tuesday, cutting business deals, griping about the United States and pumping up the friendship between two oil-rich nations. " That will guarantee the sovereignty of Venezuela, which the United States is now threatening Mr. Chavez said, according to the official Russian news agency RIA-Novosti, at the start of two days of planned meetings. So did Russian officials, who stressed the business significance of the new cooperation, including three new deals to expand Russian oil and gas companies' presence in Latin America, rather than its political import.
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Iraq wants timetable for U.S. withdrawal :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (World, 5 articles)
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BAGHDAD Gunmen attacked a soccer game north of Baghdad on Sunday, killing a policeman and a Sunni Muslim allied with the U.S. against al-Qaida, the U.S. military said. ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates canceled billions of dollars of Iraqi debt Sunday and moved to restore a full diplomatic mission in Baghdad, evidence of Iraq's improved security and growing acceptance of its Shiite-led government. BAGHDAD - Iraq's prime minister said Monday his country wants some type of timetable for a withdrawal of American troops included in the deal the two countries are negotiating.
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With Offer, Europe Tries to Spur Trade Talks (World, 5 articles)
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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. The offer from the European trade commissioner , Peter Mandelson, was intended to ignite the stalled Doha trade round, which began seven years ago. The long-awaited offer was contingent on other partners at the World Trade Organization making offers to open up their markets for agricultural and industrial goods, Schwab said.
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5 South Koreans kidnapped in Mexican border city (World, 4 articles)
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REYNOSA, Mexico Five South Koreans were kidnapped while driving in a Mexican border city and their captors are demanding $30,000 in ransom, police and embassy officials said today. Gunmen seized the four men and one woman as they rode in a car on July 14 in Reynosa, across the border from McAllen, Texas, police commander Noe Hinojosa said. No formal complaint had been filed with local or federal officials, but South Korean Embassy authorities were meeting with investigators to determine how to proceed.
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Captive Pandas Bouncing Back After Quake (World, 4 articles)
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BEIJING A panda who was relocated after China's deadly earthquake damaged her home gave birth to twin cubs on Sunday, a state news agency said. Guo Guo is the first panda to give birth since the 7.9-magnitude quake struck Sichuan province on May 12, killing nearly 70,000 people and leaving 5 million homeless, Xinhua News Agency reported. BEIJING Pandas living in an earthquake-hit part of southwestern China have been evacuated to temporary shelters due to the continuing threat of landslides and other hazards, a forestry bureau report said Tuesday.
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Darfur rebels condemn killings of 7 peacekeepers :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (World, 4 articles)
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KHARTOUM, Sudan The two main Darfur rebel groups condemned on Thursday an attack that killed seven peacekeepers from a joint U.N.-African Union force and wounded nearly two dozen. STOCKHOLM, Sweden The top U.N. envoy to Darfur is resigning to make room for a new full-time chief negotiator, the Swedish Foreign Ministry said Thursday. More than 200,000 people have been killed and 2.5 million displaced in fighting has raged in the western Sudanese region since ethnic African tribesmen took up arms in 2003, complaining of decades of neglect and discrimination.
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Benazir Bhutto assassinated at political rally in Pakistan (World, 4 articles)
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Zardari is the widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, who was killed in a suicide gun and bomb attack in the city of Rawalpindi on December 27 while campaigning for an election that her party subsequently won. Ejaz Durrani, a spokesman for Zardari in Karachi, said the assailants ambushed the security officer , Khalid Shehanshah, outside his house in Karachi's upmarket Defense neighborhood. " The attackers got out of a white car and opened fire as Shehanshah was standing outside his house provincial interior minister Zulfiqar Mirza told reporters.
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