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Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is seen during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2010.
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Iraq's PM to begin forming new Cabinet
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BAGHDAD - An official in the Iraqi president's office says the president will officially ask incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to form the next government. The long-awaited announcement, which is expected on Thursday, is part of a deal to end an eight-month deadlock over who would lead the country following the inconclusive March 7...
 
 
Women polling agents wait for counting of the ballot papers at a polling station during the parliamentary election in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2010.
KABUL, Afghanistan - The Afghan attorney general's office has arrested two money changers and two members of the nation's electoral commission on allegations of fraud in the September parliamentary election. Deputy Attorney General Rahmatullah Nazari...
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Cambodian women hold lotus flowers while attending a memorial service near a bridge where festival goers were killed Monday in a stampede in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010.
Cambodia's prime minister wept at the spot where hundreds died during a wild riverside stampede, as the country began a day of mourning for victims. Hun Sen's tears came as he lit candles and incense at the narrow bridge where tens of thousands of...
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A taxi driver protests as he drives past the offices of the Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen, Dublin, Ireland, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010.
Continue reading the main story Global Economy Irish unveil tough recovery plan Key Points: Irish austerity plan Analysis: The leaders who stole Christmas 'How much worse is it going to get?'...
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People walk in the Moscow Red Square, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010, enjoying the respite from the smog due to a change in the wind direction.
By Konstantin Rozhnov Business reporter, BBC News Continue reading the main story Russia Business Report Cleaning up Russia Russia's bid to stop $33bn kickbacks Russia's art market offers investment opportunities Russia Business Report in Nizhny...
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A South Korean farmer looks at packs of rice for North Korea being loaded onto a ship at Incheon port in Incheon, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. South Korean farmers urged their government Thursday to resume regular food aid to North Korea as they prepared to send their own rice shipment to the impoverished neighbor. The shipment is scheduled to depart for the North's western port of Nampo on Friday.
CHRISTIAN OLIVER in Seoul FOLLOWING NORTH Korea's bombardment of South Korea's Yeonpyeong island on Tuesday, killing four people, Seoul has moved to sever the few largely symbolic ties it has left. South Korea said yesterday it would suspend aid to...
photo: AP / Lee Jin-man
The headquarters of the Allied Irish Banks (AIB) is shown in Dublin, Wednesday Feb. 6, 2002. Officials of the company said Wednesday a Baltimore-based foreign-exchange dealer is missing and is suspected of defrauding Allied Irish Banks of $750 millio
Ireland was last night poised to nationalise its two biggest banks as the country continues to be battered by the financial crisis. A source at one of the banks admitted that the situation was now "out of our hands" and resembled "what happened at...
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Two brokers talks inside the Stock Exchange in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday Nov. 24, 2010, as the stock prices are seen reflected in a glass table top. The cost of borrowing in Span and Portugal rose sharply Wednesday as investors worried that the governments' debt loads will prove unsustainable, putting them under pressure for possible European bailout.
The euro plunged further into crisis yesterday as investors sold off Spanish, Portuguese and Belgian government bonds in record numbers on renewed fears that those nations would follow Greece and Ireland into the financial emergency ward, undermining...
photo: AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, right, Indian President Pratibha Patil, front left, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, left, and wife of Syrian President Asma Assad, center wearing white, walk together during a ceremonial reception at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Al-Assad arrived Tuesday on his first visit to India
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Israeli Likud party leader Benjamin Netanyahu talks during a faction meeting at the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Nov. 3, 2008. A string of high-profile Israelis who take a tough approach to the Arab world are streaming into Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party, adding star power and an even more hawkish edge to a faction well placed to win February elections. Monday, polls showed Likud and Kadima, headed by moderate Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, running neck and neck ahead of Feb. 10 parliamentary election
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Australias Justin Langer bats during the third day of the three-day match against Mumbai team in Bombay, India, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2004. The Australian cricket team is in India to play a four test match series beginning Oct. 6. Langer scored 108 runs in Saturdays match.
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A Qantas Airbus A380 turns at the end of the runway and taxis after landing at Sydney Airport in Australia, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, two years behind schedule. Qantas said the Airbus, which has a 525-seat capacity but which Qantas has configured to carry 450 passengers, will make its inaugural commercial flight from Melbourne, Australia, to Los Angeles on Oct. 20.
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