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WOOTTON BASSETT, England - It's a grim milestone: On Tuesday residents of this small market town lined up to salute the funeral cortege of the 100th British soldier killed this year in Afghanistan. Full Story »
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BEIJING - China on Tuesday warned the United Nations refugee program not to be a "haven for criminals" as it signaled it wanted the return of 22 Muslim Uighurs who fled to Cambodia after deadly ethnic rioting this summer. Full Story »
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ROME - The man who attacked Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was carrying pepper spray and a crucifix as he waited for the premier, an Italian official said Tuesday as a judge considered whether the suspect should be transferred to a psychiatric hospital. Full Story »
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COPENHAGEN (AFP) - World leaders raised the pressure for results at the UN climate summit on Tuesday, amid procedural wrangles, finger-pointing and defence of national interests. Full Story »
SUKHUMI, Georgia - Georgia's breakaway province of Abkhazia on Tuesday won recognition by the South Pacific island nation of Nauru, one of the world's smallest states. Full Story »
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ROME - The souvenir-flinging man who attacked Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi joins a long list of gatecrashers, shoe-throwers and other security breachers who have embarrassed, bruised and even killed leaders worldwide. Full Story »
MOSCOW - As other countries struggle to cut greenhouse gas emissions, two ex-Soviet industrial powerhouses have found themselves heirs to an unlikely windfall. Full Story »
GENEVA - The international Red Cross has made its first visit to Afghan prisoners held by the Taliban in the northwest of the country, the organization said Tuesday. Full Story »
GENEVA - Red Cross makes first visit to Afghan detainees held by Taliban in NW Afghanistan. Full Story »
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BEIJING (AFP) - China on Tuesday rejected as "unacceptable" US and EU calls to release prominent dissident Liu Xiaobo, who appears headed for trial on subversion charges after co-authoring a bold petition for democracy. Full Story »
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Tuesday warned Western countries against taking up the case of a prominent dissident, Liu Xiaobo, who is facing trial for subversion, after the United States and European Union called for his release. Full Story »
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SYDNEY (AFP) - Five Greenpeace activists scaled Sydney's iconic Opera House on Tuesday to unfurl a large banner demanding world leaders settle their differences and strike a global climate treaty in Copenhagen. Full Story »
UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he is "positively considering" a request to extend a U.N. investigation into the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto for an additional three months. Full Story »
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama wants world leaders meeting in Copenhagen to seal a deal that imposes "meaningful steps" to shape the battle against global warming, a US official said Monday. Full Story »
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union and the United States called on China on Monday to release a prominent pro-democracy writer and rights activist who faces trial on charges of subversion. Full Story »
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LONDON - A lawyer for the British government argued Monday that two judges acted irresponsibly when they ordered officials to disclose confidential documents relating to the alleged torture of a former Guantanamo detainee. Full Story »
MADRID - A Spanish court has found 11 men guilty of belonging to a terrorist organization that was plotting to stage what would have been the country's first suicide attacks, judges said in a statement Monday. Full Story »
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UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Monday that a U.N. panel looking into the 2007 assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto needed more time to complete its investigation. Full Story »
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