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This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows an Iranian anti-riot police officer, center, held by protestors, as they put a green scarf, a symbolic color of opposition, on his head after their clash during anti-government protest at the Enqelab (Revolution) St. in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009.
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Iranian protests spark fresh clashes in Tehran
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Further clashes have taken place in the Iranian capital Tehran, following anti-government protests in which at least four people died. Reports say police fired tear gas to disperse crowds of demonstrators in various parts of the city overnight. Sunday's clashes, the worst violence since last June's contested presidential elections, have been...
Northwest Airlines flight 253 sits on the tarmac after requesting emergency help at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009.
photo: AP / Charles Rex Arbogast
Plane plot probed for al-Qaeda link
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US authorities are investigating whether al-Qaeda was involved in a failed attempt to blow up a US airliner on Christmas Day, the head of the country's homeland security has said. Janet Napolitano, however, told US television broadcasters on Sunday that there was no early evidence to suggest that the 23-year-old Nigerian suspect in the case...
Palestinians sit on the rubble of a destroyed building after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Wednesday, Jan.14, 2009. Two and a half weeks of Israel's fierce assaults on Gaza's Hamas rulers have destroyed at least $1.4 billion worth of buildings, water pipes, roads, power lines and other assets, independent Palestinian surveyors
photo: AP / Ashraf Amra
Ban Ki-Moon: Gaza reconstruction not being addressed
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said more must be done to repair damage done in the Gaza Strip by Israeli military action one year ago. Mr Ban said Gazans were being denied "basic human rights" and urged Israel to end its "unacceptable and counterproductive blockade". He said Israeli well-being depended on conditions...
This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows an Iranian protestor flashing the victory sign during anti-government protest at the Enqelab (Revolution) St. in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009
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Witnesses: Iran cops fatally shoot 4 protesters
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updated 7:52 a.m. ET Dec. 27, 2009 TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian security forces opened fire on anti-government protesters in the capital Sunday, killing at least four people in the fiercest clashes in months, opposition Web sites and witnesses said. Thousands of opposition supporters chanting "Death to the dictator," a reference to hard-line President...
Palestinians attend a rally held by the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), marking the first anniversary of the Israeli offensive on Gaza, in an area destroyed by the January offensive in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009.
photo: AP / Khalil Hamra
Gazans mark anniversary of war
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Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are marking one year since the start of Israel's 22-day offensive on the territory, which left hundreds dead and damaged millions of dollars worth of infrastructure. Hamas officials held a ceremony on Sunday outside the destroyed Palestinian Legislative Council building in Gaza City - one of the first targets of the...
Residents cast their ballots at a polling station in Zagreb, Croatia, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009
photo: AP / Darko Bandic
Croatia Votes for New President
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Associated Press Associated Press A combo shows three leading presidential candidates, Milan Bandic, left, Ivo Josipovic, center and Nadan Vidosevic. ZAGREB, Croatia -- Croatians are voting for a new president Sunday in an election marked by allegations of corruption as the country tries to fight graft and smooth its entry into the European Union....
Shiite Muslim women express their grief during the festival of Ashoura in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday Dec. 26, 2009.
photo: AP / Ahmed al-Husseini
Millions of Iraq Shia Muslims gather for Ashura
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KERBALA, Iraq - Millions of Shia Muslims gathered at shrines and mosques across Iraq on Sunday for the Ashura religious festival while Iraqi forces stood watch against the bloody attacks that have marred past pilgrimages. Loudspeakers blared traditional Ashura chants across Baghdad and the city of Kerbala, site of the most important shrine where...
Israeli soldiers are seen during an army operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009.
photo: AP / Nasser Ishtayeh
Israeli Military Kills 6 Palestinians
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JERUSALEM - The Israeli military killed six Palestinians on Saturday, three in the West Bank whom it accused of killing a Jewish settler and three in Gaza who it said were crawling along the border wall planning an attack. It was the deadliest day in the conflict in nearly a year. Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian prime minister, called it "a sad day...
An aerial view of the vast destruction of the Sri Lankan southern coast, between the towns of Colombo and Hambantota, caused by the Indian Ocean tsunami, January 2005
photo: UN file / /Evan Schneider
Lost and found: Recovering from Sri Lanka's tsunami
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On a plantation in the island's south-west, Sarath Kumara and his men harvest the cinnamon crop as the birds of the forest sing. The slender trunks of the shrub will give spice. From the leaves they will extract oil for cooking, medicine and aromatherapy. The rhythm of farming life seems timeless. But the tsunami brought death to this village. Mr...
A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment provides support by fire during Operation Cobra's Anger in Now Zad, Afghanistan, Dec. 5, 2009.
photo: USMC / Cpl. Albert F. Hunt
Obama's troubles are at their most desperate in Afghanistan
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On a mild mid-December morning, the chairman of US joint chiefs of staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, strolled through a humble market in Nawa. Mullen was in the heart of Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold where US marines have spent months fighting – and dying – to pacify. Just a few months earlier, Nawa's market was nearly abandoned. But this past...
 
 
Hamas turned Gaza into hell on Earth, but Judea and Samaria can be transformed. Maybe not into...
Despite state bailouts buying the private sector time, 2010 may not be the mundane and humdrum...
Why does it seem that it is always Christmas in corporate boardrooms? And how can investors...
 
* Chapter 11-style bankruptcy discussed as option-sources * Private out-of-court restructuring still option-sources * JAL shares unchanged at 97 yen, Nikkei up 0.7 pct TOKYO, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Bankruptcy has been proposed by a state-backed fund as...
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A FORMER London student has been charged with attempting to blow up a transatlantic aircraft carrying 278 passengers on Christmas Day. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian, was charged in hospital last night with attempting to destroy...
photo: AP / Akira Suemori

 
Thailand has begun deporting a group of about 4,000 ethnic Hmong back to communist Laos, despite international concerns for their safety. Thai officials said unarmed soldiers began closing a camp for Hmong refugees in northern Phetchabun province....
photo: AP / David Longstreath

 
By RON WINSLOW PETN, the explosive that nearly doomed Northwest Airlines Flight 253 in Detroit on Christmas Day, is a white powder that can deliver powerful blasts in quantities as small as tenths or hundredths of a pound. But generally, it can't be...
photo: AP / Carlos Osorio

 
By SUSAN CAREY Midwest residents began to dig out Sunday as a major storm moved east, after blanketing the heartland over the holiday weekend. The Northern Plains continued to contend with blizzard conditions, with interstate freeways closed in parts...
photo: AP / Orlin Wagner

 
Premier Wen Jiabao said Sunday that the nation will not bow to pressure from other countries to revalue the yuan because they are using the issue as a tool to curb China's development. He also cautioned against the possibility of rising inflation in...
photo: AP / Ng Han Guan,Pool

 
 
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