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TEHRAN (AFP) — Iranian presidential hopeful Mir Hossein Mousavi vowed on Saturday to review laws which are "unfair" towards women if he wins next month's election. In a speech to around 1500 women at a sports complex in southern Tehran, Mousavi said he …
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KHABAROVSK, Russia (AFP) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged the European Union to lend Ukraine money he said Kiev needed to meet its gas payment obligations.
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LAGOS (AFP) - Nigeria's military vowed Tuesday to press on with its offensive against Niger Delta rebels who last week renewed their violent attacks on the country's multi-billion-dollar oil and gas industry.
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LONDON (AFP) - The scandal over the expenses of British lawmakers claimed its first ministerial victim Friday and the police said senior officers and lawyers would examine allegations as public anger grew.
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US envoy Stephen Bosworth and South Korean officials agreed that the six-party negotiating process "remains the heart" of the effort to ensure North Korea's nuclear disarmament, a US official said.
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ROME (AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Monday demanded an apology from his wife after she publicly complained about his roving eye and said their stormy marriage appeared to be heading for divorce.
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COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lanka's cornered Tamil Tiger fighters appealed to Britain and France on Sunday to broker a truce to halt a government military offensive that threatens to wipe out the rebels.
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama meets Wednesday with the leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan, hoping to shore up the fight against Islamic extremism as concerns about the region mount.
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SUVA (AFP) - Fiji was suspended from the 16-nation Pacific Islands Forum Saturday and told there was no place for a regime which displays "such a total disregard for basic human rights.
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SUVA (AFP) - Fiji was suspended from the 16-nation Pacific Islands Forum Saturday and told there was no place for a regime which displays "such a total disregard for basic human rights.
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