Tensions rose among desperate Haitians awaiting international aid and food that began to trickle in three days after an earthquake that Haitian authorities say killed 200,000 people. Haiti's shell-shocked government gave the United States control

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Plans are on track to take Iraq's first complete census in 23 years, a process that will help answer questions critical to the future of Iraq's northern oilfields, such as "how many Kurds live in

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The Japanese ruling party's number two, Ichiro Ozawa, said on Saturday he would not resign, media reported, after the arrest of three aides over a funding scandal that may hit government support ahead of a

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European Union countries struggled Saturday to reach consensus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions before a January 31 deadline established at the Copenhagen climate change conference, sources close to the negotiations said. The meeting of EU

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The Afghan parliament rejected the majority of President Hamid Karzai's second slate of Cabinet choices Saturday, dealing a new setback to the US-backed leader's effort to assemble a team that can focus on badly needed

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Pro-Russia politician Viktor Yanukovich was on course Saturday to sweep the first round of Ukraine's presidential polls, five years after vote-rigging by his supporters sparked the Orange Revolution. Polls showed Yanukovich with a clear lead

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Some New Zealand supermarkets are rationing baby milk powder because Chinese immigrants are buying large quantities to sell online to China, following the 2008 tainted milk scandal that killed six infants and sickened up to

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At least three passengers were killed and 14 were injured when two trains collided in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, in an accident blamed on heavy fog. The Kaliindi Express hit the

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Pakistan post has issued a commemorative postage stamp on 7th NFC Award, as a tribute to the spirit of national unity that led to reach on consensus agreement on the NFC Award after 19 years.

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Minister of State for Finance and Economic Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar on Saturday expressed the hope that the forthcoming visit of President Sarkozy to Pakistan and the signing of the Joint Declaration would boost relations

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