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N. Korea to halt border crossings

Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 11:28 p.m.

North Korea ratcheted up its threats to sever ties with South Korea by announcing Wednesday it will halt cross-border traffic next month over what it calls Seoul’s confrontational stance against Pyongyang

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UN: Congolese troops pillaged homes

Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 11:28 p.m.

Hundreds of Congolese soldiers rampaged through several villages in eastern Congo, raping women and pillaging homes as they pulled back ahead of a feared rebel advance, the U.N. reported Tuesday.

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Pelosi supports auto industry bailout

Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 11:27 p.m.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants Congress to support a financial bailout for the troubled U.S. auto industry, which is suffering under the weight of poor sales, tight credit and a sputtering economy.

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United States drops key feature in Iraq strategy

Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 11:25 p.m.

The U.S. military in Iraq is abandoning – deliberately and with little public notice – a centerpiece of the widely acclaimed strategy it adopted nearly two years ago to turn the tide against the insurgency. It is moving American troops farther from the people they are trying to protect.

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Egypt unveils discovery of 4,300-year-old pyramid

Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 12:04 a.m.

Archaeologists have discovered a new pyramid under the sands of Saqqara, an ancient burial site that has yielded a string of unearthed pyramids in recent years but remains largely unexplored.

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Majority Shiite party undecided on troop agreement

Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 12:03 a.m.

The fate of an agreement that would keep U.S. troops here for three more years rests with Iraq’s largest Shiite party, which must choose between its two main partners: the United States and Iran.

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Former Taiwan president led to court in handcuffs

Wednesday, Nov. 12,2008 12:03 a.m.

Former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on Tuesday was led from a prosecutor’s office in handcuffs after being questioned for five hours on money-laundering allegations.

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Iraq security pact rules out U.S. troops past 2011

Monday, Nov. 10,2008 11:15 p.m.

The proposed U.S.– Iraqi security pact removes language authorizing Iraq to ask U.S. soldiers to stay beyond 2011 and bans cross-border attacks from Iraqi soil, according to a copy of the draft obtained Monday by The Associated Press.

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Rice, Lavrov seek to ease US-Russia tensions

Sunday, Nov. 9,2008 10:02 p.m.

In what might be one of her last such sessions as secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice met with her Russian counterpart in an effort to cool simmering tensions between the two superpowers in the final months of the Bush administration.

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China envoy’s Taiwan trip highlights differences

Thursday, Nov. 6,2008 10:16 p.m.

Chinese envoy Chen Yunlin made history this week when he became the most senior Chinese official to visit Taiwan. But his five-day visit, which ends Friday, also highlighted how – socially and politically – Taiwan and China are not merely like two separate countries. They are more like different planets.

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U.S. responds to Iraqi changes in proposals on American troops

Thursday, Nov. 6,2008 10:15 p.m.

The U.S. responded Thursday to Iraqi proposals for changes in the draft security pact that would keep American troops here for three more years, saying it now considers the text final and it is up to Iraq’s government to push the process to approval.

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Ill. congressman accepts job as White House chief of staff

Thursday, Nov. 6,2008 10:13 p.m.

President-elect Barack Obama’s fellow Chicagoan Rahm Emanuel, the hard-charging No. 4 Democrat in the House, has accepted the job of White House chief of staff, Democratic officials said Thursday.

THREE CHEERS | Extended family members of President-elect Barack Obama react as election results come in at the family’s homestead on Wednesday in Kogelo village, Kenya. The village is where Obama’s step-grandmother lives. Africans organized all-night parties to watch the U.S. election results roll in, determined to celebrate Obama becoming the first black American president.

Obama victory sparks cheers around the globe

By John Leicester · Wednesday, Nov. 5,2008 11:53 p.m.

PARIS – Barack Obama’s election as America’s first black president unleashed a renewed love for the United States after years of dwindling goodwill, and many said Wednesday that U.S. voters had blazed a trail that minorities elsewhere could follow.

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Democrats win House, Senate seats

Wednesday, Nov. 5,2008 2:40 a.m.

Democrats expanded their control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate in Tuesday's election.

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