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America repatriates 12 Guantanamo men

IN accordance with President Barack Obama's pledged to shut Guantanamo Bay prison camp, Cuba by 2010, the United States (U.S.) has transferred 12 detainees from the detention centre to Afghanistan, Yemen and
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Iranian dissident cleric, Montazeri, dies

IRAN'S most senior dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, who emerged as the spiritual father of its reform movement, died yesterday at the age of 87, according to Associated Press (AP).
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Israel threatens to use force against settlers

ISRAELI military officials yesterday said special commando units, unmanned spy planes and cellphone-jamming equipment could be used to enforce a moratorium on new settlement construction in the West Bank, deepening a showdown
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No deadline’ for Afghan troop withdrawal

UNITED States' (U.S.) Ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl Eikenberry, yesterday declared that no deadline exists for withdrawing American troops from Kabul, Agence France Presse (AFP) has reported. Also, Eikenberry reiterated the commitment of
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Berlusconi leaves hospital

AFTER four nights recovering from Sunday's attack, which broke his nose and two teeth, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi finally left hospital yesterday. But the Italian Prime Minister said he hoped the
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