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Carter, Annan, others refused entry to Zimbabwe
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said Saturday that he and others planning a humanitarian mission in Zimbabwe had been refused entry to the impoverished African country.
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Tibetan official: 'Middle path' favored by exiles
Hundreds of Tibetan leaders agreed Saturday to continue to follow the Dalai Lama's "middle path" of compromise with China, capping a rare meeting to discuss how to advance their struggle for freedom.
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Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan
A suspected U.S. missile strike killed five militants in a Taliban and al-Qaida stronghold in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, officials said.
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Rwanda protocol chief says she'll prove innocence
She knew she risked arrest, and yet she made the trip. Sure enough, police picked her up at the airport.
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Lame-duck US, Israeli leaders to meet a final time
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert heads to Washington this week for his final meeting with President George W. Bush, two lame-duck leaders looking to leave a blueprint for fulfilling their ambitious - but unrealized - Mideast agendas.
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Iraq's prime minister, president in public quarrel
Iraq's presidential council has taken the unusual step of publicly criticizing the Shiite prime minister after he berated them for their opposition to councils of loyal tribesmen in several Iraqi provinces.
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Bush urges countries to avoid protectionism
President George W. Bush, faced with a dwindling number of days in office, was using his final world summit to try to keep a virulent economic crisis from triggering a retreat into protectionism.
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Gates would like to add US forces in Afghanistan
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he would like to add significant U.S. forces to the war in Afghanistan before national elections scheduled for next year, and that grim depictions of backsliding in the seven-year-old war are "far too pessimistic."
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Congo rebels to hold rally in seized territory
Congo's rebel leader is expected to hold his first public rally Saturday in the territory his fighters seized during a lightning advance last month in the eastern part of the country.
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Malaysia Islamic body bans yoga for Muslims
Malaysia's top Islamic body on Saturday ruled against Muslims practicing yoga, saying it has elements of other religions that could corrupt Muslims.
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