By Edward Yeranian Cairo 08 November 2009 The Iraqi parliament has approved a long delayed electoral law, amid bitter quarrels among Arab, Kurdish and Turkomen politicians. The electoral law is necessary for parliamentary elections to be held close

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By Jason Strother Seoul 05 November 2009 Some South Koreans think their nation has an image problem. While it ranks as one of the world's top economies, international surveys show that South Korea's brand value - how others perceive the country - is

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 06 November 2009 Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai during the Southern African Development Community Troika on Politics, Defence and Security meeting in Maputo, Mozambique, 05 Nov 2009 Zimbabwe's Prime Minister M

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By Richard Green Washington 05 November 2009 New York Yankees' Derek Jeter, left, and Mariano Rivera look at championship trophy after winning Major League Baseball World Series, 4 Nov 2009 The New York Yankees defeated the visiting Philadelphia Phi

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By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 06 November 2009 Tensions between Southeast Asian neighbors Thailand and Cambodia are high after Cambodia's leader appointed a fugitive former Thai prime minister as an advisor. Both countries have withdrawn their ambassado

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By Dan Robinson Washington 06 November 2009 President Barack Obama President Barack Obama goes to Capitol Hill on Friday to urge Democrats to support legislation that would reform the U.S. health care system. The House of Representatives will meet i

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By Steve Herman New Delhi 08 November 2009 With a key global climate change conference just a month away, India's leader is making a blunt call for concessions from the industrialized nations. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attends opening ses

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By Nathan King New York City 05 November 2009 Vendy Award trophy Street food in New York conjures up images of hot dogs and pretzels served from carts by recent immigrants. But now, a whole new breed of food trucks is hitting the streets, with offer

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By Sean Maroney Kabul 07 November 2009 A US Army Chinook helicopter lands on a hill in Kabul on November 7, 2009 The Afghan government says a NATO air strike has mistakenly killed seven members of the Afghan security forces in Badghis province. NATO

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By Sean Maroney Kabul 08 November 2009 An Afghan motorcyclist adjusts a newly purchased surgical mask at a market place in Kabul, Afghanistan, 02 Nov 2009 The Afghan government has closed the country's schools and universities for most of November i

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By Luke Hunt Bangkok 05 November 2009 FAO says most countries in Europe and North America have reversed centuries of deforestation As international attention shifts to Copenhagen and the coming United Nations conference on climate change, reforestat

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By Kent Klein White House 06 November 2009 President Obama, speaking at the White House, 6 Nov 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama says new figures that show the nation's unemployment rate reached double digits in October are a reminder of the challeng

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By Michael Bowman Washington 09 November 2009 Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu during his address before the 2009 General Assembly of The Jewish Federations of North America in Washingtom, 09 Nov 2009 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repe

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By Al Pessin The Pentagon 02 November 2009 The M-ATV, or MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle The U.S. military has begun deploying a new generation of relatively light-weight all-terrain armored vehicles to Afghanistan, which have enough armor to protect troop

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By Scott Stearns Marrakech 02 November 2009 US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) with Moroccan Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri before their bilateral meeting Marrakesh, 02 November 2009 U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says there will

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By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 02 November 2009 President Armando Guebuza casts his ballot for presidential, parliamentary, provincial assembly elections in Maputo, 28 Oct 2009 Provisional results from last week's elections in Mozambique show President

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By Daniel Schearf Bangkok 02 November 2009 Two senior United States diplomats are heading to Burma this week to meet with the military government and detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The visit is the highest level dialogue between the Uni

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By Sean Maroney Islamabad 02 November 2009 Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission says it has canceled the presidential runoff, originally scheduled for this Saturday. The announcement came a day after President Hamid Karzai's challenger, for

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By Peter Heinlein Addis Ababa 02 November 2009 Ethiopia's ruling party and three opposition groups have agreed on a Code of Conduct for parliamentary elections scheduled for next May. Other opposition parties that boycotted the Code of Conduct talks

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By Michael Bowman Washington 01 November 2009 US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner - File Photo The Obama administration says the U.S. economy is rebounding from a painful recession and a severe financial crisis, but the recovery will be slow and unev

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