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COPENHAGEN – The success of the U.N. climate conference hung in the balance Tuesday as China and the U.S. deadlocked over whether Beijing will allow the world to check its books and verify promised cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Full Story »
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KABUL - The top U.S. military officer said Tuesday that he's confident that most of the 30,000 additional troops that are being sent to Afghanistan will be there by August. Full Story »
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JERUSALEM - Angry settlers beat and seriously injured a female Israeli police officer Tuesday, police said, as she tried to enforce a government ban on new housing construction in Jewish West Bank settlements. Full Story »
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Almost immediately after being assaulted, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi used his wounds to castigate his opponents. Is Italy descending into a political free-for-all? Full Story »
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COPENHAGEN - If they fail to reach a climate deal in Copenhagen, world leaders flying in their private jets and huddling in five-star hotels will have little to show for their efforts beyond a big, fat carbon footprint. Full Story »
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LONDON - Britain pledged Tuesday to reform a peculiar legal power that lets judges order the arrest of visiting politicians and generals — a threat currently focused on Israeli visitors that, one day, might be invoked against Barack Obama or Vladimir Putin. Full Story »
CARACAS, Venezuela - Lawmakers loyal to President Hugo Chavez inaugurated a state-run radio station Tuesday that replaces a previous broadcaster that sandwiched criticism of Venezuela's socialist leader between jazz and salsa music. Full Story »
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LONDON (AFP) - England manager Fabio Capello is adamant there is still enough time for Manchester United midfielder Owen Hargreaves to earn a place in next year's squad for the World Cup in South Africa. Full Story »
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will put off a decision on relocating a U.S. airbase, the foreign minister said on Tuesday, which the top U.S. Marine officer called "unfortunate" and that risks fanning doubts about Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's leadership. Full Story »
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is considering suspending Parliament until March to take some of the heat off the minority Conservative government, the Globe and Mail said on Tuesday. Full Story »
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SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia said Tuesday it would push ahead with a mandatory China-style plan to filter the Internet, despite widespread criticism that it will strangle free speech and is doomed to fail. Full Story »
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A section of the Pakistani military top command now agrees with Washington that the country's armed forces should be sent into the North Waziristan area, a sanctuary for al Qaida and Afghan insurgents, analysts and officials said Tuesday. Full Story »
Washington, DC - The seizure at Bangkok’s airport of 35 tons of North Korean arms being shipped by plane raises a disturbing question: How many weapons is North Korea managing to ship undetected to Iran and other clients worldwide? Full Story »
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While the President's West Point speech posited an accelerated troop buildup followed by an expedited withdrawal, his military commanders acknowledge a messier reality Full Story »
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TOKYO - Japan needs several more months to decide on the relocation of a major U.S. military base on the southern island of Okinawa, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Tuesday, a delay likely to frustrate Washington. Full Story »
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DERA GHAZI KHAN, Pakistan - A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in a market close to a politician's home in central Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 33 people and showing the increasing reach of Taliban militants in the nuclear-armed nation. Full Story »
It wasn't a state dinner, and they didn't crash it on purpose. Full Story »
Oral Roberts, who helped pioneer TV evangelism in the 1950s and used the power of the new medium — and his message of God's healing power — to build a multimillion-dollar ministry and a university that bears his name, died Tuesday. He was 91. Full Story »
The cascade of news about Tiger Woods since his Escalade escapade has largely been driven by the public’s interest in celebrity, mystery, and often pure salaciousness. Only lately has the negative fallout from his secret infidelity begun to hit home: lost corporate sponsors, a stunning golf career on hold, and most of all, a marriage and family in jeopardy. Full Story »
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