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File - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers his speech on Iran's fifth development plan at the parliament in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010.

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Iran ready to send enriched uranium abroad
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TEHRAN - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday Iran was ready to send its enriched uranium abroad in exchange for nuclear fuel under a plan the West hopes will stop the material being used for atomic bombs. The U.N. nuclear agency has brokered a proposed deal under which Iran, which denies seeking nuclear weapons, would send its low...

Bosnian policeman looks on at a check point near the Bosnian village of Gornja Maoca, 150 kms north of Sarajevo, on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010.

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Bosnia police raid conservative Muslim village
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Bosnian police have launched a massive operation against a conservative Muslim community, to prevent what they called attempts to destabilise the country. Hundreds of police officers raided the mountain village of Gornja Maoca in northern Bosnia. The village is home to Bosnian followers of Wahhabism, a...

Britain's former International Development Secretary Clare Short, escorted by security, leaves after giving testimony at a hearing of the Iraq Inquiry, at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center, London Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010.

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Clare Short: Tony Blair 'leaned on Lord Goldsmith' over Iraq war legality
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Tony Blair "leaned on" the Attorney General to mislead the Cabinet by saying the Iraq invasion was legal, Clare Short told the Chilcot inquiry today. The former International Development Secretary made a damning attack on Labour's "unsafe" style of Government - accusing it for "secrecy and deceit" and saying too much power now rests with the Prime...

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UN will work towards Sudanese unity
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ADDIS ABABA- The UN will work to support national unity in Sudan and try to avoid the southern part of the country breaking away, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday. A referendum on independence for southern Sudan is to be held in January 2011, and Ban said it was important for the UN and African Union (AU) to be prepared, whatever the...

Malaysian former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim - pjb1

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Anwar to call PM to sodomy trial
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said he would call Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife as witnesses in his sodomy trial due to begin Tuesday, accusing them of conspiring against him. Anwar, who was sacked as deputy premier and jailed on similar charges a decade ago, criticised the case as "the machinations of the...

In this Dec. 13, 2008 file photo, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that up to 30,000 extra American troops could be sent to Afghanistan next year. Karzai asked Mullen on Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, what kinds of operations the newly deployed troops would carry out and and told him that the Afghan government should be consulted about those missions.

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Karzai wants top Taliban in peace talks
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KABUL -- Despite U.S. misgivings, Afghan President Hamid Karzai will push his initiative for talks with Taliban leaders during a visit to Saudi Arabia this week, and his top adviser on the reconciliation process with...

FILE - Air France Concorde flight 4590 takes off with fire trailing from its engine on the left wing from Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, in this July 25, 2000 file photo.

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Concorde crash trial set to begin
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Almost 10 years after the deadly crash of an Air France Concorde near Paris, a French court is set to begin hearing a criminal hearing over the crash. Five French and US officials, as well as the US-based airline Continental, are facing charges of involuntary manslaughter over the deaths of more than 100 people in the crash in the town of Gonesse....

His Holiness the Dalai Lama-Tibetans-officials-monks-prayers, Dharamshala, India

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China warns Obama over meeting the Dalai Lama
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Strained ties between the US and China could deteriorate further if President Barack Obama goes ahead with a meeting with the Dalai Lama, China warned today. China's anger with the international peregrinations of the exiled Tibetan god-king and his reception by various foreign leaders spilled over in tough words from the officials in Beijing who...

Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is greeted by his supporters as he arrives at a courthouse in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010.

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Malaysia sodomy trial begins for politician Anwar
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The Malaysian opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim, has appeared in court to face charges of sodomy for the second time in a decade. Mr Anwar denounced the proceedings as the "machinations of a dirty, corrupt few" as he entered the courtroom in the capital, Kuala...

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UN admits daily problems with aid distribution; some schools reopen
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Port-au-Prince, Haiti/Washington - Almost three weeks after the devastating Haitian earthquake, the United Nations said Monday it was facing daily difficulties in the distribution of supplies to survivors. There was better news, meanwhile, from the Haitian government, which reopened a few schools in capital Port-au-Prince and some outlying areas,...