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Tsunami Aftermath
Indonesia announces int'l summit
Indonesia, the country worst hit by the Asian-wide tsunami disaster, said Friday it would host a major international summit to discuss strategies for overcoming the catastrophe and raising more aid.
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Ukraine court rejects PM's complaints
Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich's bid to overturn his liberal rival's victory in a presidential election lay in tatters on Thursday after Ukraine's Supreme Court threw out his complaints.
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Abbas takes election campaign to Gaza
Three Palestinians were killed as Israel pressed on with an offensive in the Gaza Strip, a bastion of Islamic hardliners where Palestinian presidential favorite Mahmud Abbas was taking his election campaign
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Nordic governments under fire for slow response
Survivors, relatives and emergency experts in the Nordic countries like Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark, have blasted their governments in recent days for failing to respond immediately to the needs
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World welcomes new year in sombre mood
Normally exuberant New Year celebrations were tempered by thoughts for victims of south Asia's tsunami as several major cities canceled parties and Australia led a global minute of silence.
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Australian mother's terrible choice
Australian mother Jillian Searle faced an agonising decision as a wall of water approached her on the Thai resort island of Phuket on Sunday.
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Swedes tops the list of foreign casulaties
A total of 60 Swedes have been identified among the dead and 3,500 are missing after the massive earthquake and tidal waves that slammed the Indian Ocean coastlines, the foreign ministry said on Friday.
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Formation of Israeli coalition faces hitch
The formation of a new Israeli government, bringing Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's right-wing Likud into a coalition with Labor, could be delayed by the demands of a small ultra-Orthodox party, officials
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Baghdad oil refinery fire doused
Iraqi firefighters put out a fire at a crucial oil refinery in Baghdad on Friday after an apparent sabotage that officials warned could have caused a "catastrophe" in the nation's capital, the oil ministry
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US replaces memo on torture with new guidelines
The US Justice Department released a new memo yesterday to replace a controversial document outlining how to avoid violating US and international terror statutes while interrogating prisoners.
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Indian troops kill Pakistani insurgents in Kashmir
Indian troops in insurgency-hit Kashmir have killed three Pakistani members of a hardline Islamic militant group fighting for the Himalayan region's secession from India, an army spokesman said Friday.
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