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 Afghan assembly sets November date for decision on U.S. troops
| Reuters | October 19, 2013 - 13:26 | By Mirwais Harooni and Hamid Shalizi | KABUL (Reuters) - The future of U.S. troops in Afghanistan after 2014 will be decided by an assembly of tribal elde... (photo: US Army / Margaret Taylor) Swissinfo
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 Shock as Saudi Arabia rejects seat on UN Security Council - hours after winning a ...
Astonishing the diplomatic community in New York, Saudi Arabia announced last night that it would not be taking up a seat on the United Nations Security Council just one day after being elected to the... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras) The Independent
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 Ceasefire violations a matter of great concern, Salman Khurshid says
NEW DELHI: Terming the ceasefire violations on the LoC as a matter of serious concern, external affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday said it is not just an issue ... (photo: PIB of India / ) The Times Of India
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 Ex-Pentagon lawyer nominated as homeland security secretary
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has nominated ex-Pentagon lawyer Jeh Johnson as the homeland security secretary. | If confirmed by the Senate, Johnson will replace ... (photo: US Navy / Chad J. McNeeley) The Times Of India
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 Maldives Police Block Attempt at Presidential Vote
MALE, Maldives — Maldives sank further into political disarray Saturday when police blocked officials from conducting a presidential revote, saying that holding the ele... (photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena) The New York Times
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 Stocks rise, dollar falls
NEW YORK, Oct 18: Global stock markets climbed to a five-year high on Friday as investors bet the Federal Reserve would extend its stimulus policy into 2014, but uncertai... (photo: AP / Richard Drew) Dawn
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 Drone strikes undermine world security: UN rapporteur
NEW YORK: Deploying drone strikes as a form of global policing undermines international security and will encourage more states and terrorist groups to acquire unmanned w... (photo: AP / K.M.Chaudary) Dawn
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 Syria: 9 Lebanese Captives Are Freed
Nine Shiite pilgrims from Lebanon kidnapped in Syria more than a year ago were freed on Friday as part of a negotiated hostage release that could lead to the release of t... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) The New York Times
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 Saudi Arabia rejects Security Council seat, lashes U.N. as failure
A day after the United Nations elected Saudi Arabia to a prestigious seat on the Security Council, the Saudi leadership refused to accept the position and lashed out at t... (photo: AP / Evan Schneider) Daily Press
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 Asteroid could collide with Earth in 19 years
Amid all the government shutdowns, fiscal crises and other worldly problems, it’s easy to forget the everyday dangers floating around us. By us, we mean Earth. And by d... (photo: AP / NASA/JPL-Caltech) WPXI
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