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The head of the International Monetary Fund delegation in Greece, Poul Thomsen, leaves the finance ministry in Athens, on Friday, April 23, 2010.

photo: AP / Dimitri Messinis

IMF: Greece has options for bailout repayment help
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ATHENS, Greece – The IMF says that while it is confident Greece will be able to return to international markets before the end of the three-year rescue loan package, there are a number of options that could be used to help the country if it finds itself in difficulty....

Houses are burned on South Korea's Yeonpyeong island near the border against North Korea, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010.

photo: AP / Yonhap

SKorea: NKorea fires artillery onto island
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto a populated South Korean island near the countries' disputed western border Tuesday, and South Korean troops returned fire, military officials said. South Korea's YTN television said two people...

Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi welcomes her son, Kim Aris, at Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Suu Kyi, recently released from detention, was reunited with the son she last saw a decade ago.

photo: AP / Khin Maung Win

Myanmar's freed Suu Kyi reunited with younger son
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Israeli settlers protest against a construction freeze in the West Bank settlements outside the cabinet meeting in the Prime Minister office in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010. The Palestinian President says he will not accept a U.S.-backed proposal for resuming peace talks with Israel unless it halts Israeli housing construction in disputed east Jerusalem.

photo: AP / Bernat Armangue

Israel passes land-for-peace law
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Israel's parliament, backed by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, has approved a law that requires a two-thirds Knesset majority or a referendum on any potential land-for-peace deal concluded with Arab neighbours. The law, which was passed by a vote of 65 to 33 on Monday, calls for putting any treaty involving a withdrawal from Israeli-annexed land...

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, reacts during a press conference at government buildings, Dublin, Ireland, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Cowen declared Monday he won't resign now despite pressure within his own unraveling government, because he's determined to pass an emergency budget and negotiate a massive EU-IMF bailout before he goes.

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Irish PM is forced to call election as Euro90bn bailout sparks unrest
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An extraordinary day in Irish politics ended in a major setback for Brian Cowen's government last night after his coalition allies forced him to concede an election as soon as his budget goes through. The Green party, which has kept Mr Cowen's Fianna Fail in power for several years, effectively pulled the plug by calling for an election in January,...

The entrance to the Pike River coal mine is cordoned off in Greymouth, New Zealand, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010. Anguished relatives of 29 workers missing after an explosion at the coal mine grew frustrated over delays in the rescue operation Sunday, as officials prepared to drill a small hole through hundreds of feet (meters) of rock to test for levels of deadly gasses.

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Families of New Zealand miners told to prepare for the worst
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ALEXANDRA TOPPING and ADAM GABBATT ANXIOUS FAMILIES of miners trapped in a mine in New Zealand were yesterday told to prepare for the worst, as police acknowledged for the first time that they were preparing for "loss of life". Last night a borehole into the mine where 29 men have been trapped for four days was nearing completion, after explosive...

An injured Cambodian is carried by visitors after a stampede onto a bridge at an accident site during the last day of celebrations of the water festival in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. Thousands of people celebrating a water festival on a small island in a Cambodian river stampeded Monday evening, killing many people, a hospital official said. Hundreds more were hurt as the crowd panicked and pushed over the bridge to the mainland.

photo: AP / Heng Sinith

Cambodia stampede kills 345, 'biggest tragedy' since Khmer Rouge, PM says
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A STAMPEDE that killed at least 345 people at a festival in the Cambodian capital today was the country's "biggest tragedy" since the Khmer Rouge, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said. "This is the biggest tragedy since the Pol Pot regime," Mr Hun Sen said in a live...

Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010.

photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti

Why Not Permanent Seats for Palestine and Haiti Too?
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. “…determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.” - Preamble of the UN Charter Pledge, 1945. When President Barack Obama announced support regarding a permanent seat for India on the UN Security Council, it reminded me of what Howard Zinn wrote: “The creation of the United Nations...

Jean-Pierre Bemba, center rear, is seen with his lawyers in court at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday Oct. 19, 2010.

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Bemba war crimes trial to start
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The war crimes trial of former Congolese rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba is to start at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The former vice-president of DR Congo is accused of murder, rape and pillage in the...

Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, left, and The Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan speak to the media at government buildings, Dublin, Ireland, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2010.

photo: AP / Peter Morrison

Euro, Asia stocks get fillip from Irish bailout
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SYDNEY: The euro, Asian stocks and commodities jumped in a relief rally on Monday after global financial authorities agreed to save debt-swamped Ireland and protect Europe's wider financial stability. An agreement from the EU and the IMF to lend Ireland cash to tackle its banking and budget crisis gave investors a reason to buy back some of the...