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Gates: Gulf allies understand Iran sanctions next step; Iranian support for Taliban ‘limited‘
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that Persian Gulf allies understand sanctions are the inevitable next step in dealing with the threat of a nuclear Iran. He predicted economic sanctions will work because of broad international consensus th...
Thursday , March 11, 2010

Vatican, Italian bishops slam Rome school’s move to install condom-vending machines
ROME - The decision by a Rome high school to install condom vending machines has set off a storm in Italy, with the Catholic Church charging the move will encourage young people to have sex and Rome’s mayor saying it sends the wrong message. But the Keplero high school vowed Thursday to go...
Thursday , March 11, 2010

3 protesters killed in clashes with Yemeni forces during crackdown on southern separatists
SAN’A, Yemen - Three protesters were killed Thursday in clashes with security forces during anti-government demonstrations in southern Yemen, where a separatist movement has triggered a crackdown, officials said. South and North Yemen merged in 1990 but southerners say they are marginalize...
Thursday , March 11, 2010

Bush, Obama no difference on wars, says Sheehan who plans tent-city protest
WASHINGTON - Cindy Sheehan was a long-time thorn in the side of former president George W. Bush, famously camping out in front of his Texas ranch to protest the war that claimed the life of her son in 2004 as he served in Iraq. But Sheehan, 52, isn’t any more enamoured of President Barack ...
Thursday , March 11, 2010

Police official: US troops open fire on journalist and her husband, killing both
BAGHDAD - U.S. troops opened fire on a car in western Baghdad, killing an Iraqi journalist and her husband, a police official said Thursday. Morgue officials confirmed the deaths and said the bodies of Aseel al-Obeidi and her husband were riddled with bullets in Wednesday’s shooting in the...
Thursday , March 11, 2010

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