Fatah marks Arafat’s fifth death anniversary : No talks unless Israel halts settlements: Abbas
* Palestinian president sees UN resolutions as viable basis for negotiations with Israel
RAMALLAH: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called again on Wednesday for a halt to Israeli settlement building before he would resume talks with Israel, accusing it of trying to scupper Palestinian... 
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World remembers sacrifice of WWI lost generation
* French, German leaders pledge their nations would never go to war again
PARIS: French and German leaders stood side by side in Paris to honour the fallen of World War I on Wednesday, as countries around the globe held ceremonies to remember the millions who died in the conflict.
President...
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Koreas’ clash won’t deter US envoy: Clinton
SINGAPORE: A naval skirmish between the two Koreas will not derail the Obama administration’s plans to send its first envoy to Pyongyang to revive dormant nuclear talks, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.
The rival Koreas exchanged gunfire for the first time in seven years...
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Brazil’s largest cities hit by blackout
SAO PAULO: A major electricity outage left tens of millions of people in Brazil’s two biggest cities without power on Tuesday night due to problems with the transmission lines that connect to the massive Itaipu dam.
The blackout affected Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, as well as cities in at...
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Yemen, US sign military deal to fight rebels
* Tehran offers to help Sanaa in restoring peace and security
DUBAI: Yemen has signed an agreement with the United States for cooperation on military intelligence and training, its official news agency reported, as the Arabian Peninsula state faces a worsening rebellion in the north....
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Saudis impose naval blockade on Yemeni coast
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia has imposed a naval blockade on northern Yemen’s Red Sea coast to stop weapons from reaching the rebels it is fighting in the area, a Saudi government adviser said on Wednesday. Last week, Saudi Arabia launched an offensive against the rebels after they staged a cross-border raid...
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‘$1m approved to buy Iraq officials’ support’ : Blackwater tried to hush up Iraq killings
WASHINGTON: Top Blackwater executives authorised about $1 million in payments to Iraqi officials to buy support and silence criticism of the private security firm after a deadly shooting in Baghdad in 2007, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
In September 2007, Blackwater workers fatally...
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Cambodia rejects Thai request to extradite Thaksin
PHNOM PENH: Cambodia refused a request from Thailand on Wednesday to extradite fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, in a widening diplomatic row that threatens to worsen Thailand’s political crisis.
Cambodia’s Foreign Ministry handed over a statement refusing to extradite the billionaire...
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6th UN mission gets white powder letter
NEW YORK: Russia became the sixth UN mission in New York to receive a letter containing white powder, police said on Wednesday after an envelope was found at the diplomatic post on Manhattan’s Upper East Side overnight.
The UN missions of Austria, France, Britain, Germany and Uzbekistan all...
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Somali pirates demonstrate long-range menace
Pirates on Monday launched their longest-range hijack attempt yet by opening fire on a big Hong Kong-flagged crude oil tanker, 1,000 nautical miles east of Mogadishu
ANTI-piracy measures off Somalia appear to be forcing pirates to extend their range to strike deep into the Indian Ocean, shifting...
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