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YASUF, West Bank (AFP) - Assailants vandalised a West Bank mosque on Friday, spraying hate messages in Hebrew and burning holy books in an attack blamed on hardline Jews angered by plans to curb settlement building. Full Story »
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OSLO - Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war. Eleven months into his presidency, a fresh Obama doctrine. Evil must be vigorously opposed, he declared as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday. At the same time, he made an impassioned case for building a "just and lasting peace." Full Story »
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - A leader of the most persistent Palestinian protest movement against Israel's West Bank separation barrier was asleep in his home when troops broke down his door and arrested him. Full Story »
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SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Friday threatened Japan with legal action if it fails to stop hunting whales, ahead of a visit to the country. Full Story »
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JAKARTA, Indonesia - For Indonesian farmers, burning down rain forests is the cheapest and fastest way to clear land for palm oil and pulp and paper plantations. Full Story »
BRASILIA, Brazil - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says he will leave the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras by Jan. 27, when his presidential term ends, according to an interview broadcast Friday. Full Story »
NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali Islamist insurgents have imported terrorist tactics and technology used with deadly results in Iraq and Afghanistan, threatening the African country's beleaguered government and causing alarm as far as Washington. Full Story »
OSLO - President Barack Obama says lasting peace requires human rights and economic opportunity for individuals, and sanctions against regimes that violate international rules. Full Story »
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NEW DELHI - Protesters took to the streets Friday, setting public buses on fire and clashing with police, in anger over India's decision to carve a new state out of the southern region of Andhra Pradesh. Full Story »
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MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev fired 20 senior prison officials, including the capital's prison chief, following a probe into the death of a jailed lawyer, officials said Friday. Full Story »
BERLIN - Officials say Berlin's new airport will be named after Willy Brandt, the former West German leader who championed East-West relations and won the Nobel Peace Prize. Full Story »
NASSAU, Bahamas - A 21-year-old man has been charged with robbing two groups of cruise ship passengers with a shotgun as they toured the capital of Nassau on Segways. Full Story »
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's top court on Friday banned a pro-Kurdish political party on charges of ties to Kurdish rebels, a decision likely to disrupt a struggling reconciliation process between the state and minority Kurds. Full Story »
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PROSPERIDAD, Philippines (AFP) - Tribal gunmen in the southern Philippines warned Friday they would massacre dozens of hostages if police made a rescue bid, as hundreds of security forces surrounded their mountain lair. Full Story »
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Just a few months ago, Sri Lanka's president and its army chief were strong allies, working closely together to defeat the Tamil Tiger rebels and end the nation's 25-year civil war. Full Story »
WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland and the United States signed a deal on Friday that paves the way for the stationing of U.S. troops on the territory of its east European NATO ally. Full Story »
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VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet met Friday with Pope Benedict XVI in what the Vatican called a "significant stage" towards normalising bilateral ties. Full Story »
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BEIJING - North Korea announced Friday that it will work with Washington to resolve "differences" over restarting nuclear disarmament talks, but observers said it was too early to declare a U.S. diplomat's mission to Pyongyang a success. Full Story »
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