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 Israel to reopen Gaza crossings at Egypt's request
| JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said it would reopen its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in response to an Egyptian request, reversing an earlier decision to close them after a Palestin... (photo: AP Photo / John Klicker) The Star
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 Rights group hits Saudi treatment of domestic help
| JAKARTA: Saudi Arabian families are abusing female migrant workers to the point of slavery, and Riyadh needs to respond with sweeping labor and justice reforms, a major rights group said Tuesday. | ... (photo: AP / Tatan Syuflana) The Manila Times
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 Jihadis break cover
| US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher, the Bush administration's point man on policy in South Asia, is a highly regarded and experienced diplomat seldom given... (photo: AP Photo ) The Australian
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 No hard date in pullout talks: US
| IRAQI Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has for the first time called for a timetable to be set for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, a step that the Bush administrat... (photo: US Navy / MCS3 David R. Quillen) The Australian
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 Delhi carries a small stick
| By Chietigj Bajpaee | Israel bombs the Osirak nuclear research facility in Iraq in 1981 after it alleges that Iraq is using the facility to develop a nuclear weapons pr... (photo: AP Photo/B.K. Bangash) Asia Times
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 Tehran looks beyond Bush
| By Trita Parsi | WASHINGTON - Conciliatory noises from Tehran over the nuclear issue have left Washington and Brussels baffled, and unconvinced of Iran's intentions. Ha... (photo: AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian) Asia Times
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 Now it's war against India in Afghanistan
| By Sudha Ramachandran | BANGALORE - The suicide bomber who crashed an explosive-laden car into the Indian Embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday not only killed ... (photo: AP / Mustafa Quraishi) Asia Times
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 Amid oil boom, inflation makes Saudis feel poorer
| RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Sultan al-Mazeen recently stopped at a gas station to fill up his SUV, paying 45 cents a gallon -- about one-tenth what Americans pay these d... (photo: (AP Photo / Susan Walsh)) The Boston Globe
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 Israeli forces raid West Bank mall, claim linked to Hamas
Posted | Comment | Recommend | | | By Nasser Ishtayeh, AP Palestinian girls pass by a closed shop in a shopping mall in the West Bank town of... (photo: AP Photo / Lefteris Pitarakis) USA Today
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 US moves against Iranian officials, companies
By JEANNINE AVERSA - AP Economics Writer | WASHINGTON -- | The Bush administration moved Tuesday to impose financial sanctions on Iranian officials and companies accused ... (photo: AP/Charles Dharapak) The State
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