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11/22/2008 11:15 PM
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Asian, American leaders back free trade to ease crisis
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LIMA (Reuters) - Leaders from Asia and the Americas promised on Saturday to push for a global free trade deal and reform international lenders in an effort to keep the world from sliding into a deep recession.
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11/23/2008 02:50 AM
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Ransoms bring wealth to Somali pirate bases
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BOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - As dawn breaks over the Indian Ocean each morning, elders in Somali pirate bases sip strong coffee and clutch mobile phones to their ears, eager to hear the latest from the gunmen out at sea.
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11/23/2008 03:06 AM
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Obama tells Karzai Afghan security will be priority
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KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama told Afghan President Hamid Karzai he would make it a priority to fight terrorism and bring security to Afghanistan and the region, the Afghan presidential palace said Sunday.
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11/23/2008 01:10 AM
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Venezuelans vote in local election test for Chavez
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelans vote Sunday in state elections where President Hugo Chavez aims to consolidate his grip on the OPEC nation to re-energize his drive toward socialism a year after he suffered a referendum defeat.
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11/23/2008 12:38 AM
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South Korea stands firm as tension rises with North
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SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea made clear on Sunday it will not back down in mounting tensions with North Korea, which has threatened to shut their heavily armed border next week over what it sees as Seoul's antagonistic approach to relations.
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11/23/2008 05:43 AM
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Thai protesters in "final battle" against government
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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of anti-government protesters rallied in central Bangkok on Sunday, the start of what they call the "final battle" in a five-month street campaign to oust the administration.
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11/23/2008 03:01 AM
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Pakistan revives Afghan camps for its own people
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KACHAGARI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan has reopened camps originally set up in the 1980s for Afghans who fled the Soviet occupation to provide shelter for those made homeless by offensives against Islamist militants on its northwest border.
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11/22/2008 09:04 PM
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Bush meets with Russian leader for last time
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LIMA (Reuters) - George W. Bush held his last meeting as U.S. president with a Russian leader on Saturday, telling Dmitry Medvedev he had worked hard to make it a "cordial relationship" despite difficult disagreements.
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11/22/2008 11:13 PM
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Seven die in Guatemala prison riot
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FRAIJANES, Guatemala (Reuters) - Seven inmates were murdered, most of them beheaded, in a brutal prison fight between gang members in Guatemala on Saturday, authorities said.
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11/22/2008 10:54 PM
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China protests against "prejudiced" U.N. torture report
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BEIJING (Reuters) - A United Nations panel on torture that criticized China's record had prejudiced and politicized members, the foreign ministry said late on Saturday.
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