VIENNA - Iran ignored a U.N. deadline on Friday to respond
to an international draft deal for it to cut an atomic
stockpile the West fears could be used for weapons, and
challenged the basis of the pact.
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BRATISLAVA - NATO ministers on Friday backed a broader
strategy against the Taliban insurgency expounded by U.S. and
alliance commander General Stanley McChrystal.
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DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - Pakistani forces backed by
helicopter gunships and artillery recaptured a strategic town
from Taliban militants after fierce fighting, officials said on
Saturday.
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RAMALLAH - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on
Friday for presidential and parliamentary elections on Jan. 24,
in a political gamble that could end in divorce for the divided
Palestinian movement.
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TEHRAN - A judge and five members of the same family were
killed in the capital on Thursday during a dispute, local media
quoted judicial sources as saying.
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BERLIN - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives
sealed a coalition deal with the Free Democrats (FDP) on
Saturday after marathon talks and said they will press ahead
with 24 billion euros in tax cuts despite a yawning deficit.
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HUA HIN, Thailand - Japan's prime minister backed a U.S.
role for a proposed EU-style Asian community on Saturday,
telling Southeast Asian leaders Japan's alliance with
Washington was at the heart of its diplomacy.
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TOKYO - The Asahi newspaper reported on Saturday that
chances are growing Japan may sign off on a plan to reposition
a U.S. Marine air base, which would help clear the way for a
realignment of U.S. troops in the country.
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TEGUCIGALPA - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya
pulled out of talks with the country's post-coup de facto
leaders on Friday, throwing efforts to resolve a months-long
political crisis back to square one.
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SAN JUAN - Authorities in Puerto Rico on Friday ordered the
evacuation of hundreds more residents from homes around a huge
fire at an oil depot which spewed a column of toxic black smoke
into the sky near the capital San Juan.
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