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Chinese premier pledges funds, aid to Africa
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At a two-day China-Africa summit that began on Sunday, Wen Jiabao also said China would build 100 new clean energy projects for Africa over the same period as part of an effort to help the continent deal with climate change issues. The pledges are part of China's increasing push into Africa, a drive that has drawn criticism from some who argue that...

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UN to relocate some Afghanistan staff following deadly attack
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5 November - The United Nations said today it will temporarily relocate some of its staff as part of increased security measures following the deadly attack in the Afghan capital last week that killed five UN staff members and injured several others. "Effective immediately, the United Nations is taking additional steps to reduce risks to...

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Police: Suicide bomb in Pakistan market kills 12
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A suicide bomber apparently targeting an anti-Taliban mayor struck a crowded market Sunday in northwest Pakistan, killing the mayor and 11 other people and injuring dozens, police said. The morning attack took place in the town of Adazai, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) south of the main northwest city of Peshawar. The market...

Afghan women and a young boy prepare to cross a busy street Sept. 14, 2009, near a military installation located in Kabul, Afghanistan, while Afghan National Police conduct routine security operations.

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The dark savagery of the Taliban years returns
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The opening night of a new restaurant, and the place is buzzing. The music is a mixture of rock and pop and there is no shortage of alcohol. A normal city scene, except the city is Kabul, and some of those at the party at the Martini are UN staff about to be evacuated out of the country because of the rapidly deteriorating security situation. Out...

First responders prepare the wounded for transport in waiting ambulances outside Fort Hood's Soldier Readiness Processing Center Nov. 5.

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Testing Times for Muslims and Americans
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The American Muslim community is in shock and in a state of disbelief combined with apprehension as it watches the details of the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas unfold. Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a doctor and a practising Muslim, born in Virginia of Jordanian parents, turned against his fellow citizens and military colleagues and gunned down 13 and...

A NATO helicopter flies over the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. M

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NATO Airstrike Reported to Kill Afghan Soldiers
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Filed at 9:29 a.m. ET KABUL (AP) -- Afghanistan's Defense Ministry said Saturday that a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis the previous day mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen. NATO said it and Afghan authorities were investigating whether...

The Great Mosque of Kairouan built in 670, is the oldest mosque in the western Islamic world, Kairouan, Tunisia.

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Neo-Americanism and the Quran
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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. When asked about the Quran, surprisingly, most Americans were like the young store clerk who replied, "North or South Korea?" After years of involvement in the Middle East, and more recently initiating and fighting two major wars in Afghanistan and Iraq-predominantly two Muslim countries, I...

A sign reading "Atomic Power plant" points the way to the nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran, Wednesday Feb. 25, 2009.

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Iran Lawmakers Say Tehran Will Reject UN-Backed Nuclear Deal
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Iranian technicians work at a facility near Isfahan, south of Tehran, that produces uranium fuel for a heavy-water nuclear reactor (File)Some Iranian lawmakers are saying Iran will reject a U.N.-backed proposal for Iran's uranium to be enriched abroad. The semi-official ISNA news agency quotes a prominent conservative...

United States Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama speaks to reporters after his arrival at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, late Tuesday, July 22, 2008.Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to work for a breakthrough in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations "starting from the minute I'm sworn into offi

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Obama urges lawmakers on historic health care vote
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama, his top domestic priority in the balance, was on Saturday to make a rare in-person plea for wary lawmakers to cast an historic vote for legislation to overhaul US health care. Obama, who wooed skittish fellow Democrats by telephone Friday, hoped to bring the full persuasive power of the presidency to...

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, delivers his speech at the Confederation of British Industries annual conference, in London, Tuesday Nov. 28, 2006.

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Gordon Brown calls for global bank bailout fund
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The prime minister tells G20 taxpayers must be protected from bearing the cost of failure by world's banks Gordon Brown. Photograph: Kieran Doherty/Reuters The prime minister, , has called for a new "economic and social contract" with the world's banks to ensure that the cost of their failure would never again be borne by taxpayers....