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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Mexico is working to get ousted President Manuel Zelaya out of the Brazilian Embassy, a refuge where he has spent nearly three months in a failed effort to get his office back and prevent the election of his successor. Full Story »
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO will step up fighting in Afghanistan next year as 37,000 more troops join the conflict, and is aware that increased civilian casualties may be the result, a military spokesman said on Wednesday. The United States is sending 30,000 more troops to the war, and NATO allies this week promised a further 6,800 from 36 countries, lifting the total foreign force in Afghanistan to about 140,000 once all are on the ground next year. Full Story »
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LONDON (AFP) - The Hubble telescope has captured some of the oldest galaxies yet seen in the universe using a new infared camera, scientists have said. Full Story »
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BAGHDAD - Al-Qaida's umbrella group in Iraq claimed responsibility Thursday for coordinated Baghdad bombings this week that killed 127 people and wounded more than 500, warning of more strikes to come against the Iraqi government. Full Story »
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SYDNEY (AFP) - More than 120 wildfires fanned by high winds and soaring temperatures raged in southeastern Australia Thursday, prompting emergency warnings for several towns, officials said. Full Story »
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KABUL - President Hamid Karzai's promise to fight the rampant graft and bribery plaguing his government has hit a road bump — right down the street from his palace. Despite a corruption conviction, the mayor of Kabul remains in charge of the Afghan capital. Full Story »
SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea vowed Thursday to press ahead with plans to send troops back to Afghanistan despite a Taliban threat of retaliation. Full Story »
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TEHRAN, Iran - Iran claimed Wednesday that a newly built U.N. station to detect nuclear explosions was set up near its border so that world powers could spy on the country, an accusation that underscored the growing bitterness in Tehran's relations with the West. Full Story »
Spain's Thyssen-Bornemisza museum contains one of the world's most prized art collections. But now a mother-son legal battle has its fate up in the air Full Story »
TORONTO - Canada's top general says there is evidence that a prisoner captured by the military in 2006 and handed over to Afghan authorities was abused. Full Story »
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SEOUL, South Korea - President Barack Obama's envoy on North Korea says it remains unclear when the communist nation will return to international disarmament talks. Full Story »
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - A healthy man in blockaded Gaza faked cancer, hoping the deadly disease would be his ticket out of the territory that has become an open-air prison for its 1.4 million residents. Full Story »
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OSLO, Norway - A wartime president honored for peace, Barack Obama on Thursday praised past Nobel winners for giving "voice to the voiceless." Full Story »
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran would strike back at Israeli weapons manufacturing sites and nuclear installations if the Jewish state attacked the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities, Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi was quoted as saying Wednesday. Full Story »
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ZAMBOANGA (Philippines) (AFP) - Security forces scoured jungle in the southern Philippines Thursday for two factory workers held by Al Qaeda-linked militants, after the severed head of one hostage was dumped in a park. Full Story »
HAVANA - Fidel Castro is calling President Barack Obama's accepting of the Nobel Peace Prize a "cynical act," given that he is sending 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. Full Story »
Rome - Amanda Knox diplomatically tip-toed around the furore in the US over her 26-year-prison sentence for murdering her British flatmate, saying Tuesday that she felt she had received a fair trial but that she hoped the guilty verdict would be overturned on appeal. Full Story »
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MANILA, Philippines - Police named 100 government militiamen as additional suspects in the Philippines' worst political massacre Wednesday as prosecutors filed rebellion charges against a powerful clan accused of ordering the brutal attack on a rival's campaign convoy. Full Story »
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