Russia and China took another step to bury the distrust of the Cold War on Wednesday and build on a blossoming military relationship by agreeing to set up a new body to consult more closely

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Saudi Arabia's main foreign intelligence service has become markedly less effective in recent years and its weakness has become a critical security problem, a US think tank said on Wednesday. The Centre for Strategic and

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Pope John Paul II was said to be in a stable condition after being rushed to hospital overnight fighting for breath, as millions of Catholics around the world prayed for their 84-year-old leader amid Vatican

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The Israeli and Palestinian leaders were set for their first summit in more than four years after Ariel Sharon and Mahmud Abbas accepted Wednesday an Egyptian invitation for talks on the shores of the Red

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Australian Prime Minister John Howard, whose government made the largest pledge of aid to tsunami-stricken nations, toured ravaged Aceh province on Wednesday as Indonesia said it had buried 110,000 victims. Howard flew in an Australian

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Two earthquakes, the strongest measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale, shook Indonesia on Wednesday, injuring several people and damaging houses, officials said. The resort island of Bali and Lombok were shaken by the more powerful

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The federal governor of India's western state of Goa dismissed the state's Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled government Wednesday, sparking protests from the party, report said. The two-and-a-half-year-old BJP government was sacked despite winning a confidence vote,

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Sterling held steady against the dollar and the euro on Wednesday as markets waited for fresh direction before a US rate decision due later in the day. Some analysts said sterling had received a little

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The dollar drifted lower against the euro and the yen on Wednesday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve to deliver an expected interest rate hike and give clues on the future outlook for monetary

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US stocks were slightly higher on Wednesday, but trimmed their gains after the Federal Reserve announced another rate hike and said that output was growing at a moderate pace despite higher energy prices. The Dow

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