WASHINGTON/LIMA - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama may
consider delaying a campaign promise to roll back tax cuts on
high-income Americans as he works on a huge stimulus plan to
counter the worst economic crisis the world has faced in
decades.
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RAMALLAH - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on
Sunday he would call for elections in 2009 if his secular Fatah
movement and its Islamist rivals Hamas do not reconcile by the
end of this year.
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LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday
defended his plan to inject billions of pounds of borrowed money
into the economy to try to stave off a deep recession, saying
failure to act could cause permanent damage.
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LIMA - The United States, China, Japan and 18 other
economies in Asia and the Americas pledged quick and decisive
action on Sunday to prevent a severe global economic downturn.
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BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau's President Joao Bernardo "Nino"
Vieira survived an attack by renegade soldiers early on Sunday,
two days after the results of parliamentary elections were
rejected by an opposition leader.
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DHARAMSALA, India - The Dalai Lama ruled out retirement on
Sunday and reaffirmed the support of Tibetan exiles for his
"Middle Way" approach to China.
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TBILISI - Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili called for
unity after war with Russia on the fifth anniversary of the
street protests that brought him to power, but instead faced a
direct challenge from a former ally.
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CARACAS - Venezuelans voted in state elections on Sunday
that test President Hugo Chavez's grip after a decade in power
as he seeks to renew his drive toward socialism in the OPEC
nation despite falling oil prices.
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DHAKA - Bangladesh said on Sunday it had delayed by 11 days
until Dec. 29 a parliamentary election which is expected to
return the country to democracy after two years of emergency
rule by an interim government.
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TEL AVIV - An Israeli court jailed eight Jewish teenagers on
Sunday for carrying out neo-Nazi attacks in a case that sparked
revulsion in a state that was a haven for Jews after the
Holocaust.
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