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Euro falls as Irish reject EU treatyFri, 13 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT
 Irish voters have rejected the European Union’s Lisbon treaty in a referendum, the government acknowledged on Friday, potentially scuppering EU reform plans.
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Mugabe brandishes spectre of warFri, 13 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT
 Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe raised the spectre of war on Friday by warning that his staunchest supporters are ready to take up arms rather than let the opposition triumph in a June 27 election.
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Japan to lift some North Korea sanctionsFri, 13 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT
 Japan will lift some sanctions on North Korea including a ban on charter flights and travel after Pyongyang agreed to reinvestigate the fate of Japanese citizens abducted decades ago, Japan’s top government spokesman said on Friday.
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Israel approves new settlements in occupied JerusalemFri, 13 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT
 Israel on Friday announced its second settlement project in occupied east Jerusalem in a month, enraging Palestinians just ahead of a US visit aimed at rescuing the stalemated peace process.
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Tibetan monks forced to take ‘patriotic tests’Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT
 Three months after demonstrations flared up in Tibetan towns and monasteries across China, monks say they now have to pass a patriotic test, possibly in September, to be allowed to remain as monks.
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Top court deals Bush a major setback on GuantanamoThu, 12 Jun 2008 05:00:00 GMT
 In a setback for the Bush administration’s policy on holding foreign terror suspects, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Guantanamo Bay detainees have rights under the U.S. Constitution to challenge being held without charge.
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Maliki says U.S. pact talks are deadlockedFri, 13 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday talks with the United States on a new long-term security pact had reached a “dead end” because of U.S. demands that infringed Iraq’s sovereignty. |
G8 finance chiefs ready for oil, food crisis talksFri, 13 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT
 Finance ministers from the world’s leading industrialized powers prepared for talks Friday seeking a way to stem soaring food and oil prices that are endangering world economic growth.
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McCain’s last standing rival drops White House bidThu, 12 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT
Long-shot White House hopeful Ron Paul formally abandoned his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Thursday, vowing to remain on the political scene.
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The Pakistani Army has been given orders to retaliate against any unilateral strike by the Afghanistan-based US troops inside the country.
Army Spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas confirmed the orders in a brief interview with Geo News on late Thursday night.
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says he will not accept military action or new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear activities.
“We should not take any unilateral steps. It is not acceptable to opt for a military scenario. It would be dangerous,”
As the world marks the seventh anniversary of 9/11, some European experts say security improvements in the US have been undercut by fairly basic mistakes. Among the remedies is more trust in America’s laws and allies.
Seven years after the attacks
David Miliband has allegedly come in for a rather undiplomatic tongue-lashing from his Russian counterpart.
The Foreign Secretary was apparently given a furious dressing down by Sergei Lavrov over the telephone.
Mr Miliband’s criticism of Russia’s recent incursion into Georgia is believed
PIETERMARITZBURG, South Africa - A South African judge ruled Friday that prosecutors were wrong to charge ANC President Jacob Zuma with corruption, effectively clearing way for the 66-year-old former freedom fighter to become the country’s next president.
Judge Chris Nicholson’s ruling
Thailand’s political turmoil deepened Friday when the ruling coalition failed to turn up to parliament to reelect leader Samak Sundaravej as prime minister.
Lawmakers from the six-party coalition did not attend an emergency session of parliament called to choose a prime minister, three days after a court stripped Samak of power for accepting payments for hosting
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