PRESSING FOR ACTION: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari in Islamabad on Thursday. ISLAMABAD: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice asked the Pakistan government to provide “unequivocal assistance” to India in investigating the Mumbai attacks and ...
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CHICAGO -President-elect Barack Obama selected New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his commerce secretary Wednesday, naming a prominent Hispanic to his new Cabinet and calling him a leading "economic diplomat for America" in troubled times. Richardson's nomination brings to three the number of former ...
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FORT BRAGG - A military jury has acquitted a New York Army National Guard soldier in the 2005 bombing deaths of two officers in Iraq. Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez was found not guilty Thursday after a six-week trial at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. He has been in military custody since his arrest in ...
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Countries around the world are looking to Barack Obama for leadership in reaching a global climate treaty next year, but no nation will be able to singlehandedly deliver a final agreement, a senior U.N. official said Thursday. Robert Orr, assistant secretary-general for policy coordination and ...
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Canada's crisis-torn parliament was suspended Thursday in a move which helped Prime Minister Stephen Harper block an opposition bid to topple his government and take over without fresh elections. Acting head of state, Governor General Michaelle Jean, agreed to Harper's demand to suspend the two-week ...
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LONDON: European shares were up on Thursday, having pared gains after the Bank of England (BoE) slashed interest rates by 1 percentage point, and as investors awaited the European Central Bank’s (ECB) rates decision. By 1215 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 .FTEU3 index of top European shares was up 0.6 ...
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