Turkish Cypriot Prime Minister Mehmet Ali Talat is set to pursue a deal to reunify the island after his election victory, but Greek Cypriot reluctance leaves both him and his mentor Turkey with little leverage.

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Environmental changes wrought by population movement, destruction of habitats and other factors may be behind a resurgence of infectious diseases, a United Nations study says. A rise in cases of diseases such as malaria and

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Two Indonesian journalists held captive in Iraq for nearly a week were released on Monday, but an Iraqi female journalist was reported to have been seized, perpetuating Iraq's long-running hostage crisis. Indonesia said its two

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Three US soldiers were killed and eight wounded Monday in a bomb attack in Iraq, the US military said. "At approximately 8:00 am (0500 GMT) on February 21, three US soldiers were killed and eight

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The World Council of Churches (WCC), the main global body uniting non-Catholic Christians, accused the United States on Monday of violating international law in its treatment of detainees at its Guantanamo naval base. The Council,

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Togo's parliament on Monday cleared the way for presidential elections to be held within 60 days by reversing changes made to the constitution after the army named the dead president's son leader on February 5.

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Syria indicated on Monday it would start withdrawing some of its troops from Lebanon soon, but US President George W. Bush insisted it should "end its occupation" of its neighbour. International and Lebanese pressure have

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The Palestinian parliament delayed approval on Monday of President Mahmoud Abbas's cabinet following a stormy debate in parliament that signalled widespread dissent at the new line-up. Lawmakers, even from the dominant Fatah movement that backed

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Israel freed 500 Palestinians on Monday in the largest mass release for nearly a decade, a gesture meant to bolster a cease-fire deal with new Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. But even as Abbas' hand was

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Al Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri warned the West it faced defeat in what he termed its "new crusade" against the Islamic world, as well as thousands of dead and economic collapse, in a videotape

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