|  Obama urges 'new Afghan chapter'   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 12:52 PM PST Barack Obama urges Hamid Karzai to "write a new chapter" in governing Afghanistan, after its disputed presidential poll.   
 
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  |  North Korea calls for direct talks with U.S.   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 12:26 PM PST SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea called on Monday for direct talks with its long-time foe, the United States, and gave the clearest signal so far it was ready to return to nuclear disarmament talks it has boycotted for almost a year.    
 
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  |  Clinton Denies Easing Pressure on Israel   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 12:41 PM PST | 
  |  Iran Guards warn opposition against rallies   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 11:28 AM PST TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Revolutionary Guards, who helped quell protests after the June election, warned the opposition on Monday not to use anti-U.S. rallies this week to stage new demonstrations.    
 
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  |  IMF Chief Warns of 'Business as Usual'   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 11:51 AM PST World political leaders seem committed to better coordination in economic policy-making, but the financial sector is returning too rapidly to "business as usual," says Dominique Strauss-Kahn.   
 
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  |  Tokyo Mulls Cigarette-Tax Boost   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 11:50 AM PST Japan's new administration is considering raising cigarette taxes to European levels to help pay for an ambitious domestic spending plan, in a potential threat to partially state-owned Japan Tobacco.   
 
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  |  U.N. cuts aid to Congo army brigade   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 12:06 PM PST The United Nations has suspended assistance to a Congolese army brigade battling rebels amid allegations that its troops killed 62 civilians, including women and children, between May and September.    
 
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  |  US backs Karzai's presidential win   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 11:41 AM PST Incumbent congratulated after victory due to opponent dropping out of runoff.   
 
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  |  Poll Surveys Eastern Bloc Residents   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 09:33 AM PST People who lived behind the Iron Curtain are substantially happier today, but express reservations about democracy, capitalism and their lot in the modern market economy.   
 
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  |  U.K. Bankers Criticize 'Too Big' Rules   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 11:21 AM PST Bankers hit back at proposals from the U.K. Financial Services Authority to force systemically important banks to hold more capital.   
 
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  |  Croat parliament approves Slovenia border deal   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 10:51 AM PST ZAGREB (Reuters) - The Croatian parliament backed a border arbitration agreement with Slovenia on Monday, helping Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor's efforts to lift a major obstacle to Croatia's European Union bid.    
 
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  |  Despite Slump, Venture Firm Sets Up $575 Million Fund   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 12:29 PM PST | 
  |  Urban Hospitals May Feel Squeeze in Health Overhaul   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 11:40 AM PST | 
  |  Businessman shot dead near Putin's office   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 10:43 AM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - Gunmen shot dead a prominent Russian businessman in his car on Monday a few hundred meters from the seat of Russia's government, state investigators said.    
 
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  |  Putin says Berlin Wall's fall was inevitable   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 10:25 AM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - Vladimir Putin has spoken for the first time to a television interviewer about the fall of the Berlin Wall and his role in confronting an angry German crowd of protesters while working as a KGB officer stationed in Dresden.    
 
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  |  Saudi Arabia warns against political activity at haj   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 10:18 AM PST RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia warned Monday against any attempts to politicize the annual haj pilgrimage, saying they would threaten the safety of more than two million Muslims expected to attend the ritual.    
 
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  |  Canadian sent to Syria can't sue U.S. over torture   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 11:30 AM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Canadian man who was detained at a New York airport and then moved to Syria, where he says he was tortured, cannot sue the United States, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday.    
 
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  |  Study: Support for democracy wanes in Eastern Europe   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 09:53 AM PST A specter is haunting Eastern Europe: the ghost of Communism past.    
 
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  |  7 charged with aiding Madrid train bombers   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 09:37 AM PST A Spanish judge indicted seven suspected Islamic militants Monday for allegedly helping some perpetrators of the Madrid train bombings in 2004 to flee Spain after the attacks, according to a copy of the order.    
 
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  |  Iran Pressed on Nuclear Deal   Posted: 02 Nov 2009 12:25 PM PST | 
 
  
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