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US, Britain, France protest Libya comment on Nazis 23 Apr 08, 21:10 ET AP - Dilomats from the United States, Britain and France have walked out of a U.N. Security Council meeting after Libya compared the situation in Gaza to Nazi concentration camps. more Pakistan seeks peace deal with Islamic militants, angering the U.S. 23 Apr 08, 19:03 ET McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD— Pakistan's new government is negotiating a peace deal with militants in the Taliban-controlled Waziristan region, the rugged mountainous area that's thought to be Osama bin Laden's refuge. more Libya compares Gaza to 'concentration camps': UN diplomats 23 Apr 08, 18:56 ET AFP - France on Wednesday led a walkout of Western envoys from a UN Security Council debate on the Middle East after Libya compared the situation in the besieged Gaza Strip to Nazi "concentration camps," diplomats said. more Insecurity blocks Saudi embassy in Iraq 23 Apr 08, 18:33 ET AP - The Iraqi capital isn't secure enough yet for an embassy, Saudi Arabia said Wednesday, insisting its diplomatic absence there doesn't reflect a lack of support for the country. more Thousands gather at start of Australian Olympic torch relay 23 Apr 08, 17:49 ET AFP - Thousands of mostly Chinese supporters gathered early Thursday at the start of the Olympic torch relay in Canberra, amid tensions between pro-Beijing and pro-Tibet demonstrators. more India rejects US advice to pressure Iran 23 Apr 08, 16:27 ET AP - India tartly dismissed American advice that it press Iran to give up its nuclear program, saying it does not need "any guidance" on foreign relations. more British minister says Clinton's 'obliterate' Iran tone imprudent 23 Apr 08, 12:59 ET AFP - A British foreign minister said Wednesday that US Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton's threat to "totally obliterate" Iran if it attacked Israel with nuclear weapons was imprudent. more New Year's card sent by Anne Frank found, museum says 23 Apr 08, 12:26 ET AP - A Dutch school director preparing an exhibition on Anne Frank has found a holiday postcard signed by the Jewish teenage diarist, a museum said Wednesday. more Minister blames Ahmadinejad's policies for economic woes 23 Apr 08, 10:16 ET AP - Iran's outgoing economy minister blames President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's policies for high inflation and growing economic hardships, according to comments published in Iranian newspapers Wednesday. more Bangladesh evacuates stranded workers from Iraq 23 Apr 08, 10:02 ET Reuters - Bangladesh has begun evacuating thousands of stranded workers who were trafficked into war-ravaged Iraq by illegal manpower traders, officials said on Wednesday. more Nepal expels climber with 'Free Tibet' banner from Everest 23 Apr 08, 09:34 ET AP - An American mountain climber with a "Free Tibet" banner was forced to turn back from Mount Everest, which Chinese climbers carrying the Olympic torch plan to summit next month, officials said Wednesday. more Haitian food crisis sending refugees to the sea 23 Apr 08, 08:36 ET Reuters - Acute hunger and the rising cost of living could send a new wave of boat people from Haiti, where rising food prices set off deadly riots two weeks ago and drove the prime minister from office, officials and analysts say. more UN official: Biodiversity loss could hurts medical research 23 Apr 08, 05:40 ET AP - The world risks losing new medical treatments for osteoporosis, cancer and other human ailments if it does not act quickly to conserve the planet's biodiversity, a senior United Nations environmental official said Wednesday. more Denmark evacuates embassies in Algeria, Afghanistan 23 Apr 08, 04:48 ET AP - The Danish Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that it has evacuated its staff from embassies in Algeria and Afghanistan because of threats after newspapers reprinted a cartoon depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad. more Boycott 'Genocide Games'? Sudan's Olympic athletes say no. 23 Apr 08, 04:00 ET The Christian Science Monitor - Ismail Ahmed Ismail is a Fur, from one of the Darfur farming tribes who have suffered hardest at the hands of janjaweed raiders and their Khartoum paymasters. more China slammed for arming Zimbabwe's Mugabe 23 Apr 08, 04:00 ET The Christian Science Monitor - Hammered by criticism over its own human rights record and perhaps worried about its reputation ahead of the upcoming Summer Olympics, China signaled Tuesday that it might turn around a ship full of arms bound for its longtime ally, Zimbabwe. more Internet proves powerful tool for Chinese protests 23 Apr 08, 03:25 ET AFP - It may be decades before China gets democracy, but for many Chinese, political participation of sorts is only a mouse click away. more TV stations defy Afghan government ban on Indian soap operas 23 Apr 08, 03:07 ET AP - Every evening, Roya Amin sits down with her husband and 2-year-old daughter in front of the television. When their favorite Indian soap opera starts, they sigh in relief. more

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