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Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt (AP)
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AP - The luxury American cruise ship teeming with hundreds of tourists just might have been too much for the Somali pirates to resist.
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U.S. official: India knew of plot on Mumbai coast (AP)
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AP - India received a warning from the United States before last week's attacks in Mumbai that militants were plotting a waterborne assault on the city, a senior U.S. official said Tuesday as domestic intelligence officials said they wer...
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Thai airports to reopen after government falls (AP)
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AP - Thailand's prime minister was ousted Tuesday after weeks of protests closed the capital's airports, stranding 300,000 travelers. Protesters promised to lift their siege, and international flights were expected to resume Friday.
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Climate talks seen on track as SAfrica leads call for concessions (AFP)
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AFP - Negotiators at the UN climate talks in Poznan got down to work on Tuesday as South Africa headed demands for rich nations to agree to tough targets in a new pact for defeating global warming.
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Rice flies to India to ease tension with Pakistan (Reuters)
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Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was flying to New Delhi on Tuesday to try to ease tension between India and Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks and put at risk U.S. counterterrorism efforts in the region.
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Dozens hurt as Hebron settlers, Palestinians clash (AP)
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AP - Israeli settlers and Palestinians hurled stones at each other Tuesday near a disputed home in this West Bank city, injuring two dozen people, including a Jewish teenager with a serious head wound, medics and Israeli officials said.
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US cruise line confirms pirate attack off Somalia (AFP)
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AFP - Miami-based Oceania Cruises confirmed a failed pirate attack on its ocean liner Nautica in the Gulf of Aden over the weekend, saying the ship was fired upon but managed to outrun its assailants.
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UN concerned over treatment of Iraqi detainees (AP)
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AP - The United Nations expressed concern Tuesday about overcrowding and "grave human rights violations" of detainees in Iraqi custody in one case, 123 men crammed into a single cell.
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Russian warships hold exercises with Chavez's navy (AP)
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AP - Russian warships have ended training exercises with Venezuela's navy in Moscow's first such Caribbean deployment since the Cold War.
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Medvedev calls for transparency in Russian courts (AP)
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AP - Russia must rid its justice system of serious flaws that have driven thousands of its citizens abroad in search of justice, the president said Tuesday.
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Anti-Chavez mayor faces corruption charges (AP)
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AP - Venezuelan prosecutors say they have summoned a leading opponent of President Hugo Chavez for arraignment on corruption allegations.
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Orphan of slain rabbi in Mumbai lands in Israel (AP)
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AP - The cries of little Moshe Holtzberg wounded hearts Monday at a tearful memorial for his parents in India. "Mommy, mommy, mommy!" he wailed, clutching a toy basketball while squirming in the arms of mourners at the Mumbai synagogue.
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Zimbabwe police skirmish with angry soldiers (AP)
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AP - Police wielding guns and riot sticks skirmished with unarmed soldiers in Zimbabwe's capital Monday, after frustration over unpaid wages touched off a riot.
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India demands strong action from Pakistan (AP)
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AP - India demanded Monday that Pakistan take "strong action" against those behind the deadly Mumbai attacks, and Washington pressured Islamabad to cooperate with the investigation.
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Mumbai attack puts focus on Pakistan militant link (AP)
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AP - The militant group blamed for the Mumbai attacks has roots in the disputed Kashmir region where Pakistan's military has faced off against India for decades.
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