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In this photo released by the Iraqi Government, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks at a meeting with several Arab ambassadors to the United Arab Emirates in that country's capital, Abu Dhabi, Monday, July 7, 2008.
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 The Star 
Iraq PM said to be ahead on eve of vote results
| BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Initial results from Iraq's national election are likely to be released by Thursday, Iraqi and U.N. officials said on Wednesday, as further signs emerged of a strong showing for ... (photo: AP / Iraqi Government, HO)
 Russian exile Boris Berezovsky, a close friend of former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko who was poisoned by Polonium 2-10, speaks to the media in a news conference in London, Wednesday, July 18, 2007. Berezovsky claims he was advised, three weeks ago
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 The New York Times 
Tycoon Wins Libel Suit in Ex-Spy's Murder Case
| Boris A. Berezovsky, a self-exiled Russian tycoon, won a libel suit in London on Wednesday against a Russian satellite broadcaster that had linked him to the murder in 2006 of Alexander V. Litvinenk... (photo: AP/Sang Tan)
Pope Benedict XVI follows his brother Rev. Georg Ratzinger inside Regensburg's Alte Kapelle, or Old Chapel, where the pontiff blessed the chapel's new organ, in Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2006  The Star 
German Catholic sex abuse scandals draw link to pope
| PARIS (Reuters) - In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus says that if anyone leads innocent children to sin, "it would be better for him to have a great millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in ... (photo: AP / Maurizio Brambatti, pool)
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A mother comforts her crying child in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010.  The Times 
Religious leaders must unite to beat Nigeria's extremists
| Sir, The article by Ruth Gledhill and Jonathan Clayton ("500 butchered in Nigeria killing fields", Mar 9) portrays vividly the horror suffered by innocent civilians in the most recent outbreak of vi... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
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A mother comforts her crying child in Dogo Nahwa, Nigeria, Monday, March 8, 2010. The Times
Religious leaders must unite to beat Nigeria's extremists
| Sir, The article by Ruth Gledhill and Jonathan Clayton ("500 butchered in Nigeria killing fields", Mar 9) portrays vividly the horror suffered by innocent civilians in ... (photo: AP / Jon Gambrell)
Nigeria   Photos   Religion   Society   Violence  
Indonesian paramilitary policemen carry their weapons during a search for militants in Aceh Besar, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The New York Times
Suspect's Death Leads to Questions on Indonesia's Border Security
| JAKARTA, Indonesia — The fugitive Islamic militant killed by Indonesian security forces traveled to Indonesia from the Philippines within the last few months, pol... (photo: AP / Heri Juanda)
Defence   Indonesia   Photos   Security   Terrorism  
In this Aug. 29, 2007 file photo, American Airlines aircrafts are shown operating at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Grapevine, Texas. American Airlines says, Wednesday, May 21, 2008, it will cut domestic capacity by 11 percent to 12 percent in the fourth quarter as it grapples with record-high fuel prices. The New York Times
E.U. Signals Approval for Larger Airline Alliance
| BRUSSELS — European antitrust regulators took a step Wednesday toward approving an expanded alliance between British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia after t... (photo: AP / Tony Gutierrez, file)
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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao, as they attend a state dinner reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Standing behind them are their translators. Asia Times
Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics
| By Willy Lam | China's ongoing tussles with the United States over issues including Taiwan, Tibet and trade are in a sense nothing new. For more than two decades, Sino-... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wave to the press ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jews in Palestinian-claimed east Jerusalem overshadowed Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank on Wednesday. Biden was to hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in part to ease their doubts about the latest U.S. peace efforts. Zeenews
Israel apologizes for embarrassing Biden
Ramallah (West Bank): Israel apologized Wednesday for disrupting the visit of Vice President Joe Biden with its announcement of 1,600 new homes in disputed east Jerusalem... (photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill)
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Iraqi Kurds voted on Saturday in elections expected to keep Kurdistan President The Star
First Iraq vote results expected by Thursday - U.N.
| BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Preliminary results of Iraq's parliamentary election, a vote seen as a litmus test of its young democracy, are likely to be released by Thursday, a ... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
Election   Government   Iraq   Photos   UN  
The Ettal Monastery in Ettal, southern Germany, Friday, March 5, 2010 where a press conference was held about various child abuse cases in Ettal, . BBC News
Vatican forced to defend itself over abuse cases
| As accusations of historic sexual abuse by Roman Catholics emerge in another European country, the Vatican has insisted it has dealt with "the very serious issue&q... (photo: AP / Christof Stache)
Austria   Germany   Netherlands   Photos   Vatican  
Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, grand sheik of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's pre-eminent theological institute, waves to Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas, not in picture, at the Azhar headquarters, in Cairo, Egypt Independent online
 Head of al-Azhar dies
| Cairo - Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt's most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar, died of a heart attack on Wednesday during a visit to Saud... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil)
Death   Education   Egypt   Islam   Photos  
In this photo taken Wednesday, March 3, 2010, military personnel march amongst residents in Lhasa, western China's Tibet region. The Times
Hundreds held in pre-emptive Tibet crackdown
| Hundreds of Tibetans have been rounded up in Lhasa and armed paramilitaries are patrolling the streets in the run-up to the anniversary of a bloody riot in 2008. | The ... (photo: AP / David Wivell)
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