GAZA - Combat between Israeli troops and Hamas militants
raged on Monday as Israel pressed home its a ground assault in
Gaza in the face of French-led diplomatic efforts to broker a
ceasefire.
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MOSCOW/KIEV - The European Union decided on Monday to send a
mission to Russia this week to press for a speedy resolution of
a dispute with Ukraine that has reduced gas supplies to eastern
and southern Europe.
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LONDON - Cautious New Year optimism rippled through Asian
and European stock markets on Monday as investors waited for
news of tax-cutting plans in Germany and the United States.
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SINGAPORE - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is seeking as
much as $310 billion in tax cuts as part of a massive stimulus
plan to counter what senior policymakers warned could be a
prolonged period of economic stagnation and deflation.
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NEW DELHI - India said it had handed over evidence on Monday
that linked Pakistani militants to the Mumbai attacks, demanding
a prompt investigation by Islamabad and piling diplomatic
pressure on its nuclear-armed rival. India has blamed Pakistani
militants for the November attacks in Mumbai by 10 gunmen that
killed 179 people. The rampage through India's financial hub has
revived hostilities between the neighbours that have fought
three wars since 1947.
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BAGHDAD - The United States opened its new embassy building
in Baghdad on Monday, a step meant to symbolise its transition
from occupying power to an ally of a sovereign Iraqi government.
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ATHENS - Unknown gunmen shot and seriously wounded a
policeman in Athens on Monday, the second such attack since
police shot dead a teenager last month prompting Greece's worst
riots in decades.
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GENEVA - The current head of the World Trade Organisation
(WTO), Pascal Lamy, is the only candidate to be the next
director-general, since no one has emerged to challenge him for
the job, a WTO spokesman said on Monday.
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BEIJING - China has launched a crackdown on websites as the
country enters a politically sensitive year, with officials
accusing search engines including Baidu and Google of spreading
pornography and vulgarity.
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CHICAGO - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama stumbled in his
quest for a smooth transition on Sunday when New Mexico Gov.
Bill Richardson withdrew as his nominee for commerce secretary
in the face of a legal inquiry.
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PATNA, India - At least 55 people have died over the past
four days in northern and eastern India as a spell of cold
weather swept the region, officials said on Monday.
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