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CNN
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Prospects of resolving Zimbabwe's two-week-old election crisis appeared dim Friday after a government spokesman said President Robert Mugabe would not attend a key weekend meeting with other regional leaders. It is a reversal for Mugabe, who said Thursday..
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CNN
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Russian President Vladimir Putin met NATO leaders Friday amid fresh tensions between Moscow and Washington over the future expansion of the military alliance and U.S. moves to install missile defense bases in eastern Europe. Speaking after the meeting wit..
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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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Iran says it will attend a key meeting on Iraq's security situation.
A delegation headed by Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will attend the conference later this week in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza R..
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BBC News
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The leaders of Pakistan's ruling coalition have begun urgent talks on meeting their pledge to restore judges sacked by President Pervez Musharraf.
PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif and the PPP's Asif Zardari are meeting over lunch in Dubai, officials said...
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BBC News
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Key United Nations development agencies are meeting in Switzerland to try to develop solutions to ease the escalating global food crisis.
Led by secretary general Ban Ki-Moon, officials want to mitigate the impact of the steep rise in staple food price..
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BBC News
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Chinese officials will hold talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives, state media says, in the first meeting since rioting broke out in Tibet last month.
Xinhua news agency quoted an official as saying a meeting would take place "in coming days"...
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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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BBC News
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Alitalia management are holding an emergency board meeting after the chairman quit amid the collapse of takeover talks with Air France-KLM.
Maurizio Prato stood down after the breakdown of talks between Alitalia's unions and Air France-KLM management...
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BBC News
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African and European politicians are meeting in the Ghanaian capital Accra to discuss how to stem the illegal flow of African migrants to Europe.
One plan is to publicise in Africa the stories of hazardous journeys to Europe, in the hope of persuading..
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BBC News
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EU foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to seek a joint position on Kosovo's independence declaration.
While the major European powers are widely expected to recognise Kosovo's independence from Serbia, several other countries have strong reservat..
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CNN
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in Kenya to support efforts to reach political reconciliation, said Kenya's opposing factions must form a "grand coalition" that provides "real power sharing." Rice was meeting with President Mwai Kibaki Monday af..
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BBC News
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EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana is meeting Iran's top nuclear negotiator just hours before reporting to the UN on the Iranian nuclear issue.
Mr Solana is meeting Saeed Jalili in London in talks correspondents say may determine whether the US and..
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CNN
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British Foreign Secretary David Miliband pulled out of a meeting with his Saudi Arabian counterpart in London Monday, but the Foreign Office insisted it was for personal reasons and not a snub.
Miliband has just adopted a baby son and is taking time of..
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MSNBC
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No media access was allowed to Bush’s meeting Tuesday. In a departure from normal procedure, the administration released no photos of the meeting either — a testament to the sensitivity of the matter.
“We in no way want to stir the pot and make C..
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BBC News
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Arab states including Syria - a bitter opponent of Israel - will be asked to a Middle East peace meeting in November, the US secretary of state has said.
Condoleezza Rice described the Arab nations as "natural invitees" but said they would have to reno..
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Yahoo News
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Protesters and riot police clashed on Monday outside a posh Canadian resort where North American leaders are meeting to discuss trade, security, and the recent turmoil in global credit markets.
Police fired tear gas as they pushed back about 150 people..
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USA Today
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U.S. and North Korean envoys were meeting in Beijing on Monday ahead of six-nation talks aimed at ending Pyongyang's nuclear programs.
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill said his meeting with Kim Kye Gwan aimed to smooth the way for the..
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USA Today
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Ehud Olmert on Monday became the first Israeli prime minister to visit a Palestinian town since the outbreak of fighting seven years ago, meeting under heavy guard with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Jericho to talk about the creation of a Palesti..
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