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Clashes erupt in Philippine martial law provinceShariff Aguak, Philippines (AFP) Dec 7, 2009 Philippine police said Monday that militiamen loyal to a powerful Muslim clan attacked security forces after martial law was imposed in a southern province following a massacre. More than 3,000 armed followers of the Ampatuan clan -- whose leaders are suspects in last month's slaughter of 57 people -- are on the run in Maguindanao province and pose a major security threat, authorities said. ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) Dec 7, 2009Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized Monday the UN nuclear watchdog's censure of Iran as "very rushed," and insisted Tehran's nuclear program should be dealt with only through diplomacy. Erdogan said he told President Barack Obama earlier at a White House meeting that Turkey, which borders Iran, could serve as a mediator with Tehran to find a diplomatic solution to the ... more  
Baghdad (AFP) Dec 7, 2009The United Nations on Monday urged Iraq to announce "as soon as possible" the date for the war-torn country's general election after MPs struck a last-minute deal to get the poll back on track. The election, the second national vote since the American-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003, is seen as a crucial step towards consolidating Iraq's democracy and securing a complete US ... more 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 7, 2009Top Russian and US officials held talks in Moscow Monday dealing with the expired START nuclear weapons treaty, and a new deal could be reached by December 18, according to a Russian newspaper. Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Riabkov and US undersecretary of state Ellen Tauscher held a meeting on disarmament and international security, the foreign ministry said in a statement. ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Dec 7, 2009Setting a date for the start of a US withdrawal from Afghanistan conveys "a sense of urgency" to Kabul that American forces would not stay indefinitely, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said. Defending President Barack Obama's decision to combine a troop buildup in Afghanistan with a target date of July 2011 for the beginning of a drawdown, Gates said the Kabul government had to understand the ... more 
Seoul (AFP) Dec 7, 2009A US envoy Monday stressed unity with South Korea, on the eve of talks in Pyongyang aimed at bringing North Korea back to nuclear disarmament negotiations. Stephen Bosworth, who will be the first official from President Barack Obama's administration to hold direct talks with the communist state, said the decision to start his mission in Seoul was "not an accident". He was speaking before ... more 
Tarmiyah, Iraq (AFP) Dec 7, 2009Six members of an anti Al-Qaeda militia were gunned down in broad daylight near the Iraqi capital on Monday, police said, in the latest in a series of such attacks. The militiamen of the Sahwa (Awakening) movement were manning a checkpoint in Nadeem village, 30 kilometres (19 miles) north of the Iraqi capital, when gunmen using silencers approached at around 9 am (0600 GMT) and shot them ... more |
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