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Pakistan military takes Taliban stronghold

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:50:59 EST

Pakistan's military said Tuesday that its forces have taken over a Taliban stronghold during the ongoing ground offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan.

Karzai calls for unity, end to corruption

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 09:44:52 EST

Making his first public appearance Tuesday since being declared the winner in a disputed election, Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai vowed to stamp out corruption and work with the Taliban in his third term in office.

Aggressive Karadzic appears at war crimes hearing

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:58:59 EST

Bosnian war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic launched a full-throated attack on the International War Crimes Tribunal Tuesday, as he appeared at a hearing to discuss his refusal to appear for trial.

British mercenary pardoned over Equatorial Guinea plot

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:50:52 EST

British mercenary Simon Mann, jailed last year for his part in plotting a coup in Equatorial Guinea, has been granted a presidential pardon, the country's Information Ministry said Tuesday.

Czechs sign EU Lisbon Treaty as last obstacle falls

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:51:19 EST

Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the European Union's Lisbon Treaty Tuesday, he announced on his Web site, paving the way for major changes to the way the 27-nation bloc is run.

Reports: N. Korea completes work on fuel rods

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:50:02 EST

North Korea has completed reprocessing thousands of spent fuel rods, producing plutonium which could be used in nuclear weapons, state-run media reported Tuesday.

Iran urged to respond to uranium plan

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:13:11 EST

Britain, Russia and their international partners want a "prompt response" from Iran on a uranium enrichment proposal, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Monday.

German chancellor asks Congress to act on global warming

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:22:36 EST

President Obama welcomed German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the United States, where she will become on Tuesday the first German chancellor to address a joint meeting of Congress.

Kurds report U.S. pressure to accept Iraqi election deal

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:28:22 EST

A Kurdish member of Iraq's parliament said Monday that the United States is pressuring the "highest levels of the Kurdish leadership" to accept a compromise that would dictate how national elections would be held in January.

Attorney: Alleged 'Jewish terrorist' unstable

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:34:19 EST

Israeli police and security forces have announced the arrest of an American-born West Bank settler for an alleged string of attacks and murder plots against Arabs, homosexuals, leftists, messianic Jews and police forces.