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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.

photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed

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...

South Korean Defense Minister Kim Tae-young, center, looks at the destroyed houses on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010.

photo: AP / Lee Jin-man

South Korea strengthens military near border
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South Korea ordered extra troops deployed on islands near North Korea with Pyongyang warning it would follow its bombardment with more attacks if its neighbour tried any 'provocations.' China is coming under increasing pressure to rein its prickly ally and South Korean media reports said Tuesday's artillery attack was likely personally ordered by...

The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington, D.C., headquarters of the United States Department of Justice.

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Is Guantanamo an Inquisition after All?
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Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. In Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov, he writes about how Jesus returns to earth during the Spanish Inquisition. He is immediately arrested by the Inquisition leaders and their security forces. The Grand Inquisitor, a menacing old churchman who oversees the trials and participates in torturing its...

Former House Majority Leader Tom Delay, along with his wife, Christine, left, and daughter Danielle Garcia, leave the Travis Co. Courthouse in Austin, Texas on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. A jury found Delay guilty of money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

photo: AP / Jack Plunkett

Jury convicts Tom DeLay in money laundering trial
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JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press= AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay — once one of the most powerful and feared Republicans in Congress — was convicted Wednesday on charges he illegally funneled corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. Jurors deliberated for 19 hours before returning guilty verdicts against DeLay on...

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, center, speaks to the media upon his arrival to meet with the families of the 29 miners presumed dead in the Pike River Mine explosion, in Greymouth, New Zealand, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. Elation over a possible rescue attempt quickly turned to anguish for the families of the New Zealand miners missing underground since last week when a second powerful blast ended any hope for another mine miracle.

photo: AP / NZPA, Ross Setford

New Zealand PM pledges Greymouth mine investigation
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In this court room sketch, suspected Somali pirates, from left, Mohammed Modin Hasan, Abdi Mohammed Gurewardher, Abdi Mohammed Umar, Gabul Abdullahi Ali, and Abdi Wali Dire listen to the judge during jury selection at the the federal courthouse in Norfolk, Va., on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. The group is being tried on piracy and related charges for the April 1, 2010 attack on the USS Nicholas, a Norfolk-based frigate, off the coast of Africa.

photo: AP / Alba Bragoli

Five Somali pirates convicted of attacking US naval ship
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A US federal jury in Norfolk, Virginia, today convicted five Somali men of attacking a US Naval ship - in what is believed to be the first...

Protesters rest on a police van that was attacked during a demonstration against an increase in university tuition fees, in Westminster, central London, Wednesday Nov. 24, 2010. Several thousand British students protested Wednesday against government plans to triple tuition fees, two weeks after a similar demonstration sparked a small riot.

photo: AP / Matt Dunham

Protesters disperse after UK student demo
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LONDON (Reuters) - Thousands of demonstrators protesting in central London against a rise in university fees began to disperse on Wednesday, after earlier scuffles with police and vandalism to some public buildings and a police van. A demonstrator sprays graffiti on a wall of the Foreign Office during a protest, in central London November 24, 2010....

Destroyed houses are seen on Yeonpyeong island, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010. South Korea says it has found the burnt bodies of two islanders killed in a North Korean artillery attack, marking the first two civilian deaths in the crisis and escalating tensions between the rival Koreas.

photo: AP / Yonhap, Kim Hyun-tae

U.S. Calls for China to Act on Koreas
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By EVAN RAMSTAD Protesters denounce North Korea in front of the Defense Ministry in Seoul on Wednesday. SEOUL—As South Korea took its first step to penalize North Korea for its artillery attack on a South Korean island, the Obama administration stressed that China could play a crucial role in reducing tensions in the region. "China is pivotal...

Founder of the WikiLeaks website, Julian Assange, poses prior to a press conference in London, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010.

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US warns of likely harm from WikiLeaks release
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WASHINGTON: The Obama administration said Wednesday it has alerted Congress and begun notifying foreign governments that the WikiLeaks website is preparing to release sensitive US diplomatic files that could damage US relations with friends and allies across the globe. ``These revelations are harmful to the United States and our interests,'' State...

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Madoff trustee sues UBS bank
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8:30 AM Thursday Nov 25, 2010 Share Email Print NEW YORK - The trustee labouring to recover money for victims of Bernard Madoff announced a lawsuit yesterday against UBS, alleging the Swiss bank lined up clients for the disgraced financier and "looked the other way" as he fleeced them. UBS called the allegation "completely unfounded." The suit...