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Pakistan resumes forcing Afghan refugees to return home 21 Apr 08, 18:53 ET McClatchy Newspapers - PESHAWAR, Pakistan— Pakistani authorities have resumed sending tens of thousands of Afghan refugees, many of whom have lived for decades in camps near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, back to Afghanistan. more Paris makes Dalai Lama a "citizen of honor" 21 Apr 08, 17:51 ET Reuters - Paris city hall made Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama an honorary citizen on Monday, exacerbating tensions between France and China in the build up to the Beijing Olympics. more Polio cases double in Nigeria 21 Apr 08, 17:39 ET AP - Polio cases have nearly doubled this year in the West African nation of Nigeria as officials struggle to fight various natural strains of the virus as well as an outbreak set off by the polio vaccine itself three years ago. more Paraguay winner means more leftist leaders in Latin America 21 Apr 08, 16:01 ET AP - The victory of the "bishop of the poor" in Paraguay's presidential election expands a wave of leftist leadership across Latin America and further isolates the few remaining conservative governments. more Colombia's Uribe hit by another political scandal 21 Apr 08, 14:57 ET Reuters - A former member of Colombia's Congress says she was offered illegal favors by the government to support an amendment that allowed President Alvaro Uribe to stand for re-election in 2006, a charge Uribe denied. more Russian shipment for Iranian nuclear plant blocked 21 Apr 08, 14:04 ET AP - Azerbaijan halted a Russian shipment of equipment intended for Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, demanding more information for fear of violating United Nations sanctions, officials said Monday. more French hunter cleared over shooting of last Pyrenees bear 21 Apr 08, 11:51 ET AFP - Charges were dropped Monday against a hunter who shot France's last native female bear in the Pyrenees mountains in 2004, sparking angry protests from animal rights groups. more UK accuses Mugabe of trying to steal Zimbabwe election 21 Apr 08, 10:09 ET Reuters - Britain accused Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Monday of trying to steal the country's election and of unleashing a campaign of violence against Zimbabweans who had voted against him. more US Coast Guard says bodies of 20 migrants found near Bahamas 21 Apr 08, 09:29 ET AP - The bodies of 20 migrants have been recovered from the sea near the Bahamas after their boat apparently capsized, the U.S. Coast Guard said Monday as it searched for survivors. more Security and governance biggest Afghan problems: Solana 21 Apr 08, 08:23 ET Reuters - Poor security and the lack of good governance are the biggest challenges facing Afghanistan, European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana said on Monday. more Dutch plan to shift coffeeshops worries neighbors 21 Apr 08, 08:16 ET Reuters - Sitting among the mellow smokers in a coffeeshop in Maastricht it is easy to forget that a plan to relocate half of the cannabis-selling outlets to the city limits has aroused fury. more 4 held in Kuala Lumpur airport robbery 21 Apr 08, 03:09 ET AP - Malaysian police have detained four suspects in a $1 million robbery and shootout at Kuala Lumpur's airport this month that left five people wounded, a police official said Monday. more Japan, South Korea resume summit talks after 3-year halt 21 Apr 08, 01:23 ET AP - Japan's prime minister told the South Korean president Monday he wanted a new era in relations between their countries as the two resumed regular summit talks suspended three years ago amid a dispute over a Tokyo war shrine. more

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