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Sporadic violence as India marks Republic Day
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin at Republic Day celebrations on Friday marked by sporadic violence in which two suspected Islamic militants were killed in Kashmir and a paramilitary was blown up by a land mine.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/26/D8MT3EVO0.html
Troops Died After, Not In, Sneak AttackBAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Contrary to public statements by the U.S. military, four U.S. soldiers did not die repelling a sneak attack at the governor's office in the Shiite holy city of Karbala last week. New information obtained by The Associated Press shows they were abducted and found dead or dying as far as 25 miles away.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/26/D8MT3E8O0.html
Bush says troops can protect themselves from Iranians in Iraq
(Kyodo) _ U.S. President George W. Bush
said Friday U.S. forces in Iraq have authority to protect themselves from Iranian operatives inside Iraq, confirming a report that his administration has authorized the killing of such operatives.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/26/D8MT3DA80.html
U.S. to resume financial talks with N. Korea Tuesday: report
(Kyodo) _ The United States will resume financial talks with North Korea on Tuesday at an yet-undetermined venue, Reuters reported Friday, quoting a Treasury official.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...src=rss&rpc=22
Iran wants senior atom inspector out
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran, cranking up a war of nerves with the West, has demanded the removal of the official running U.N. nuclear inspections, diplomats said on Friday.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...1_%5bFeed%5d-9
U.N. condemns denials of Nazi Holocaust
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution on Friday condemning denials of the Holocaust, weeks after Iran sponsored a meeting dominated by speakers questioning the Nazi's extermination of 6 million Jews in World War Two.
http://today.reuters.com/tv/videoSto..._C3_Top+News-7
Suicide blast at Pakistan hotel
Jan. 26 - The bomber killed a security guard and himself after he was barred from entering the Marriott hotel in Islamabad.
http://today.reuters.com/News/Crises...me_C4_Crises-2
Indonesia on highest alert over bird flu -ministerJAKARTA, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Indonesia is doing all it can to fight bird flu, the welfare minister said on Friday, a day after officials announced the country's 63rd death from the virus.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...C2_worldNews-4
Mortars, killings shake Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Mortars hit a Mogadishu residential area and two men were shot dead overnight in the latest violence in a city the Somali government is struggling to pacify after the ouster of hardline Islamists.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...1_%5bFeed%5d-5
Hezbollah buries dead, urges Lebanese unity
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah and allies held funerals on Friday for three activists shot dead during sectarian clashes in Beirut and called for unity among the Lebanese to stop their country sliding to civil war.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...domesticNews-3
Marine revolts against digital U.S. ID card
BOSTON (Reuters) - Maine lawmakers on Thursday became the first in the nation to demand repeal of a federal law tightening identification requirements for drivers' licenses, a post-September 11 security measure that states say will cost them billions of dollars to administer.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...6-114956-2839r
NATO ministers support U.N. Kosovo plan
BRUSSELS, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said the alliance's foreign ministers in Brussels fully support a U.N. status plan on Serbia's Kosovo province.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...6-111906-5960r
Al Sharpton threatens presidential run
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- New York-based activist Al Sharpton says he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination again if current candidates fail to focus on civil rights issues.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...6-111906-5960r
Al Sharpton threatens presidential run
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- New York-based activist Al Sharpton says he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination again if current candidates fail to focus on civil rights issues.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...6-113701-1656r
Call for an end to race-based caucuses
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., is calling for an end to race-based groups in Congress like the Congressional Black Caucus.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/818225.html
Six killed in Gaza as factional clashes escalate
Rival Palestinian factions clashed across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and Friday, killing six people, as thousands of Hamas supporters marched on Friday to mark the Islamist group's election victory over Fatah opponents last year.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/818251.html
IDF destroys 2 Hezbollah bunkers on Israeli side of Lebanon border
Israel Defense Forces troops on Friday destroyed two Hezbollah bunkers discovered during searches in the area around the Lebanese border fence.
The IDF was combing the Katamon valley in the western part of the area surrounding the Lebanese border with Israel. One bunker had already been discovered during this summer's war, and the other was discovered on Wednesday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/818236.html
Report: Iran almost ready to launch spy satellite into space
Iran has converted a 30-ton ballistic missile into a satellite launch vehicle that will soon be used to send a reconaissance satellite into space, a move that could have wide security implications, Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine reported on its Web site on Thursday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6302101.stm
Severe hunger looms for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is facing a food deficit of hundreds of thousands of tonnes - a third of its requirements - an international monitoring agency warns.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6300231.stm
Spain rallies constitution bloc
Spain has strongly defended the beleaguered EU constitution at a meeting in Madrid of the 18 countries that have ratified it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6301763.stm
Renewed Gaza factional violence
Four people have died in new violence in Gaza between the rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...F97C6025FA.htm
Violence mars Hamas celebrations
Fatah has postponed unity government talks with rival Hamas after at least five people were killed and 24 others abducted in factional violence across the Palestinian Territories. ... Fighters from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the West Bank city of Nablus have said they are holding 24 Hamas supporters and threatened action against them if their demands are not met.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...C57537D794.htm
Russia and West divided over Kosovo
Russia has reacted unfavourably to a United Nations plan to give Kosovo greater independence from Serbia.
http://www.time.com/time/world/artic...582595,00.html
U.N. Agent: Iran Developing Nukes
He did not elaborate. But U.N. officials, who demanded anonymity because the information was confidential, emphasized that Iran had not officially said it would embark on the assembly of what will initially be 3,000 centrifuges at Natanz. But they said senior officials have informally told the International Atomic Energy Agency the work would begin next month.
Sporadic violence as India marks Republic Day
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India hosted Russian President Vladimir Putin at Republic Day celebrations on Friday marked by sporadic violence in which two suspected Islamic militants were killed in Kashmir and a paramilitary was blown up by a land mine.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/26/D8MT3EVO0.html
Troops Died After, Not In, Sneak AttackBAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Contrary to public statements by the U.S. military, four U.S. soldiers did not die repelling a sneak attack at the governor's office in the Shiite holy city of Karbala last week. New information obtained by The Associated Press shows they were abducted and found dead or dying as far as 25 miles away.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/26/D8MT3E8O0.html
Bush says troops can protect themselves from Iranians in Iraq
(Kyodo) _ U.S. President George W. Bush
said Friday U.S. forces in Iraq have authority to protect themselves from Iranian operatives inside Iraq, confirming a report that his administration has authorized the killing of such operatives.
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2007/01/26/D8MT3DA80.html
U.S. to resume financial talks with N. Korea Tuesday: report
(Kyodo) _ The United States will resume financial talks with North Korea on Tuesday at an yet-undetermined venue, Reuters reported Friday, quoting a Treasury official.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...src=rss&rpc=22
Iran wants senior atom inspector out
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran, cranking up a war of nerves with the West, has demanded the removal of the official running U.N. nuclear inspections, diplomats said on Friday.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...1_%5bFeed%5d-9
U.N. condemns denials of Nazi Holocaust
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution on Friday condemning denials of the Holocaust, weeks after Iran sponsored a meeting dominated by speakers questioning the Nazi's extermination of 6 million Jews in World War Two.
http://today.reuters.com/tv/videoSto..._C3_Top+News-7
Suicide blast at Pakistan hotel
Jan. 26 - The bomber killed a security guard and himself after he was barred from entering the Marriott hotel in Islamabad.
http://today.reuters.com/News/Crises...me_C4_Crises-2
Indonesia on highest alert over bird flu -ministerJAKARTA, Jan 26 (Reuters) - Indonesia is doing all it can to fight bird flu, the welfare minister said on Friday, a day after officials announced the country's 63rd death from the virus.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...C2_worldNews-4
Mortars, killings shake Mogadishu
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Mortars hit a Mogadishu residential area and two men were shot dead overnight in the latest violence in a city the Somali government is struggling to pacify after the ouster of hardline Islamists.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...1_%5bFeed%5d-5
Hezbollah buries dead, urges Lebanese unity
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Shi'ite Muslim Hezbollah and allies held funerals on Friday for three activists shot dead during sectarian clashes in Beirut and called for unity among the Lebanese to stop their country sliding to civil war.
http://today.reuters.com/news/articl...domesticNews-3
Marine revolts against digital U.S. ID card
BOSTON (Reuters) - Maine lawmakers on Thursday became the first in the nation to demand repeal of a federal law tightening identification requirements for drivers' licenses, a post-September 11 security measure that states say will cost them billions of dollars to administer.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...6-114956-2839r
NATO ministers support U.N. Kosovo plan
BRUSSELS, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said the alliance's foreign ministers in Brussels fully support a U.N. status plan on Serbia's Kosovo province.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...6-111906-5960r
Al Sharpton threatens presidential run
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- New York-based activist Al Sharpton says he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination again if current candidates fail to focus on civil rights issues.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...6-111906-5960r
Al Sharpton threatens presidential run
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- New York-based activist Al Sharpton says he will seek the Democratic presidential nomination again if current candidates fail to focus on civil rights issues.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...6-113701-1656r
Call for an end to race-based caucuses
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., is calling for an end to race-based groups in Congress like the Congressional Black Caucus.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/818225.html
Six killed in Gaza as factional clashes escalate
Rival Palestinian factions clashed across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and Friday, killing six people, as thousands of Hamas supporters marched on Friday to mark the Islamist group's election victory over Fatah opponents last year.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/818251.html
IDF destroys 2 Hezbollah bunkers on Israeli side of Lebanon border
Israel Defense Forces troops on Friday destroyed two Hezbollah bunkers discovered during searches in the area around the Lebanese border fence.
The IDF was combing the Katamon valley in the western part of the area surrounding the Lebanese border with Israel. One bunker had already been discovered during this summer's war, and the other was discovered on Wednesday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/818236.html
Report: Iran almost ready to launch spy satellite into space
Iran has converted a 30-ton ballistic missile into a satellite launch vehicle that will soon be used to send a reconaissance satellite into space, a move that could have wide security implications, Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine reported on its Web site on Thursday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6302101.stm
Severe hunger looms for Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is facing a food deficit of hundreds of thousands of tonnes - a third of its requirements - an international monitoring agency warns.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6300231.stm
Spain rallies constitution bloc
Spain has strongly defended the beleaguered EU constitution at a meeting in Madrid of the 18 countries that have ratified it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6301763.stm
Renewed Gaza factional violence
Four people have died in new violence in Gaza between the rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...F97C6025FA.htm
Violence mars Hamas celebrations
Fatah has postponed unity government talks with rival Hamas after at least five people were killed and 24 others abducted in factional violence across the Palestinian Territories. ... Fighters from the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the West Bank city of Nablus have said they are holding 24 Hamas supporters and threatened action against them if their demands are not met.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...C57537D794.htm
Russia and West divided over Kosovo
Russia has reacted unfavourably to a United Nations plan to give Kosovo greater independence from Serbia.
http://www.time.com/time/world/artic...582595,00.html
U.N. Agent: Iran Developing Nukes
He did not elaborate. But U.N. officials, who demanded anonymity because the information was confidential, emphasized that Iran had not officially said it would embark on the assembly of what will initially be 3,000 centrifuges at Natanz. But they said senior officials have informally told the International Atomic Energy Agency the work would begin next month.