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Clinton Calls Israeli Concessions 'Unprecedented'Clinton says Israel making 'unprecedented' concessions on West Bank settlement construction
ABC News Sunday, November 01, 2009Abdullah Plans Runoff Boycott to Delay Afghan VoteAfghan challenger Abdullah plans to call for runoff boycott; wants vote delayed until spring
ABC News Sunday, November 01, 2009Six bodies found in rapist's homePOLICE find up to six bodies, many of them badly decomposed, in the home of a convicted rapist.
Cnet Sunday, November 01, 2009Karzai rival poised to make run-off decisionKABUL (Reuters) - Pressure grew on Afghan President Hamid Karzai's rival Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday to pull out of an election run-off as his supporters gathered to chart their next step in a protracted and complicated campaign.
Reuters Sunday, November 01, 2009Clinton urges Abbas to talk without settlement haltJERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton turned U.S. pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday when she endorsed Israel's view that its expansion of settlements on occupied land should not be a bar to resuming peace talks.
Reuters Sunday, November 01, 2009Mother of jailed Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky calls for UK helpDavid Miliband urged to put pressure on Moscow over case during his first visit to RussiaThe mother of Mikhail Khodorkovsky - the billionaire oligarch locked up for defying Vladimir Putin - has appealed to the foreign secretary, David Miliband, to raise her son's case during his high-profile visit to Russia tomorrow Monday.In an interview with the Observer, Khodorkovsky's mother, Marina Filipovna, 74, said she was "deeply concerned" by the US administration's new hands-off approach to Russia - and said it was essential that Britain kept human rights at the forefront of its dialogue with the Kremlin."It's very important that western leaders keep raising my son's case," she said. Asked whether the Russian government was likely to heed criticism from Miliband, given London and Moscow's recent fraught relations, she replied: "Foreign governments have enough levers that they can use."Miliband is arriving in Moscow tomorrow on his first visit to Russia as foreign secretary. The date coincid
Guardian Sunday, November 01, 2009Hamid Karzai under pressure to strike deal with AbdullahUN envoy presses Afghan president to meet rival for talks to prevent boycott of run-off electionPresident Hamid Karzai was involved in desperate talks last night to broker a deal with his main rival, Abdullah Abdullah, to head off another crisis in Afghanistan's presidential election saga.Western diplomats said last-minute efforts led by Kai Eide, the senior United Nations official in Afghanistan, were under way in an attempt to stop a boycott by Abdullah of a run-off vote on Saturdaynext Saturday. The former foreign minister had insisted on a series of anti-fraud measures before the run-off, none of which have been acted on. Sources close to Abdullah predicted he would announce today that he was boycotting the second roundtomorrow. A diplomat said he was "quietly confident" that a late-night meeting in Kabul's presidential palace could lay the ground for a power-sharing deal in which Abdullah would concede defeat to Karzai, making a second round unnecessary. In exchange, Karzai w
Guardian Sunday, November 01, 2009Iran students plan return to the streetsHuge demonstration will defy Ahmadinejad on 30th anniversary of US embassy takeoverStudents across Iran are planning to lead a huge day of protest this week against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's regime, in a defiant commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the US embassy takeover by radical students in Tehran.Thousands of green flyers and posters, drawn by anonymous artists, are circulating on the internet, inviting ordinary Iranians to join the student protests, planned for Wednesday.Organisers have condemned the repressive measures taken by Ahmadinejad's government since the disputed election results of the summer, which gave the Iranian president a second term and led to unprecedented demonstrations on the streets of Tehran and elsewhere. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi appeared to back the protests yesterday, posting a statement on a reformist website. Mousavi said he would press ahead with his efforts for political change.Referring to the Iranian date of the seizing of t
Guardian Sunday, November 01, 2009Suspect in Iraq bombings kills investigatorBAGHDAD -- A man being questioned in connection with last Sunday's devastating bombings targeting Iraqi ministries grabbed a gun from a guard and fatally shot a senior investigator, Iraqi officials said Sunday.
Washington Post Sunday, November 01, 2009Argentina scores points with free broadcasts of soccer gamesThe opening minutes of the soccer game brought a quick goal, and Rubén Bres and the 15 guests who had joined him around his battered TV erupted in cheers. But they were happy not just for their team. They were happy they could even watch.
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