| British treasury chief urges climate agreement |
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| ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) -- British treasury chief Alistair Darling urged the world's top finance officials on Saturday to reach an agreement on bearing the cost of fighting climate change before a UN summit on global warming next month.... |
| Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line |
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| KABUL (AP) -- Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords.... |
| Ministry: NATO airstrike kills Afghan soldiers |
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| KABUL (AP) -- Afghanistan's Defense Ministry says a NATO airstrike in the western province of Badghis mistakenly hit a joint base housing coalition troops and Afghan security forces, killing four Afghan soldiers and three policemen.... |
| Pakistan's fashionistas defy Taliban |
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| KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with her shoulders - and tattoos - exposed. Male models wore long, Islamic robes as well as shorts and sequined T-shirts.... |
| Pakistan: 12 militants killed in offensive |
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| ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistani soldiers killed 12 militants in gunbattles over the past day, officials said Saturday, as government forces pressed on with their offensive in the mountainous Taliban sanctuary of South Waziristan.... |
| Unique homecoming to Vietnam for US commander |
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| DANANG, Vietnam (AP) -- On the day his side lost the Vietnam War, Hung Ba Le fled his homeland at the age of 5 in a fishing trawler crammed with 400 refugees. Thirty-four years later, he made an unlikely homecoming - as the commander of a U.S. Navy destroyer.... |
| Obama to meet Myanmar, other ASEAN leaders |
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| MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- President Barack Obama will meet leaders of Southeast Asian nations, including Myanmar, in a high-level affirmation of Washington's new policy of engaging the military-ruled country despite its dismal human rights record.... |
| Venezuelans struggling with water shortages |
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| FILAS DE MARICHES, Venezuela (AP) -- While a drought has put Caracas under widespread water rationing for the first time in years, for Venezuelans in this hillside slum it's just more of the same.... |
| UN urges Karzai to fight corruption |
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| UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The U.N. Security Council joined calls Friday on Afghan President Hamid Karzai to fight corruption, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calling the country's political situation "delicate" following deeply flawed elections.... |
| China offers Africa more trade, investment |
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| BEIJING (AP) -- China is offering to abolish import duties on some commodities from Africa and make sure Chinese exports to the continent are safe as part of a package to boost already thriving economic ties, China's commerce minister said in an article published Saturday.... |