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MSNBC
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Benazir Bhutto's father was prime minister of Pakistan in the 1970s and, before he was hanged, he would tell her to study the lives of great women as inspiration. She sometimes told reporters that story, including the names of Joan of Arc and Indira Gandh..
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MSNBC
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Political analyst Iraj Jamshidi said Ahmadinejad looks at the General Assembly as a publicity forum simply to surprise world leaders with his harsh rhetoric.
“The world has not welcomed Ahmadinejad’s hardline approach. His previous address to the a..
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CBC
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Organizers of the protests at the North American leaders' summit in Montebello, Que., say they have video that shows police disguised as masked demonstrators tried to incite violence on Monday.
About 1,200 protesters were in the small resort town near..
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BBC News
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Leaders of the G8 nations meeting in Germany have pledged to spend $60bn fighting Aids, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa.
Officials said half of that amount would come from the United States.
On the final day of their summit, G8 leaders also commi..
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SF Gate
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Police used water cannons to scatter stone-throwing demonstrators Wednesday as several thousand protesters gathered at a seven-mile fence surrounding the Group of Eight summit meeting involving President Bush and other leaders.
An estimated 10,000 demo..
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BBC News
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Chinese Vice-Premier Huang Ju, one of the most senior leaders in China, has died aged 68 in Beijing, the official Xinhua news agency has reported.
Huang was in charge of financial and economic policymaking in the Politburo, China's highest decision-mak..
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Times Online
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AL-QAEDA leaders in Iraq are planning the first “large-scale” terrorist attacks on Britain and other western targets with the help of supporters in Iran, according to a leaked intelligence report.
Spy chiefs warn that one operative had said he was..
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USA Today
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Fidel Castro telephoned a meeting of provincial legislative leaders who reacted with jubilant applause to the call from their ailing leader, Cuba's Communist Party newspaper said Saturday...
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International Herald Tribune
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Leaders from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds announced a new United Nations initiative Monday to resolve the conflict between the West and the Muslim world...
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International Herald Tribune
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Former revolutionary Daniel Ortega tried to calm critics shaken by his return to power, holding back-to-back meetings with President Enrique Bolanos and business leaders worried about a chilling effect on investment and the influence of leftist allies...
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BBC News
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World leaders are failing to tackle human rights abuses around the globe, Amnesty International says.
In an annual report, the group says people are still being tortured or ill-treated in at least 81 countries.
In at least 54 states they face unfair..
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BBC News
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Burma's secretive military leaders have approved a United Nations aid flight to help victims of the devastating cyclone that left more than 22,000 people dead.
The UN said an aircraft carrying 25 tonnes of aid was due to leave Italy.
The move comes..
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SF Gate
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Dozens of Japanese lawmakers paid respects Tuesday at a war shrine seen by Asian neighbors as an antagonistic symbol of Tokyo's militaristic past, one day after leaders of Japan and South Korea urged an end to disputes over their history.
Eight top gov..
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BBC News
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe will attend an emergency meeting of regional leaders on the presidential poll delay, his deputy information minister says.
"If there is a Sadc (Southern African Development Community) meeting, President Mugabe will de..
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SF Gate
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Senior American officials are saying that NATO leaders have agreed to fully endorse U.S. missile defense plans for Europe over Russian objections. And President Bush's plan is getting another boost, with Czech officials announcing an agreement to install..
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BBC News
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European leaders meeting in Brussels are set to endorse binding measures for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Slovenia's PM, who is chairing the summit, said the leaders had approved a timetable to implement an agreed 20% cut by 2020, compared with 19..
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BBC News
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European Union leaders are expected to offer Serbia a fast track route towards candidacy for EU membership.
The plan is seen as a way of keeping the Balkans stable, with Kosovo set to declare independence from Serbia, which has already rejected the "tr..
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BBC News
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EU leaders have signed a treaty in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, that is expected to greatly alter the way members govern themselves.
The treaty creates an EU president and a vastly more powerful foreign policy chief for the Union's 27 nations.
At..
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BBC News
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European Union leaders have reached a deal on a landmark treaty to reform the 27-member bloc, officials say.
The agreement in Lisbon was sealed shortly after midnight after objections from Italy and Poland were overcome.
The treaty is designed to re..
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CNN
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European leaders were pushing ahead with plans for a new treaty that would reshape the European Union's institutions despite opinion polls showing that a vast majority of people in the main member states believe the treaty should be put to national votes...
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