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The trick to killing someone

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:30 PM PST

john kaminskiThe trick to killing someone is not to know them. That's what the moneymakers have kept secret from us all these years.

All those people we were told were our enemies? They weren't. But we were told that so we would kill them. Do you remember when that happened? It has happened every day of your life. Every day of our nation's existence. Every day humans have existed on this Earth.

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N-swap deal still on the table, IAEA says

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:32 PM PST

The UN atomic watchdog says that a UN-brokered deal for nuclear swap between Iran and the West is "still on the table."

The proposal made by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) last October, "which was supported by France, Russia and the US, continues to be on the table," said IAEA spokeswoman, Gill Tudor.

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US envoy presses Syria for Middle East peace

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:29 PM PST

The US Middle East envoy underlines Syria's role in the Middle East peace efforts amid Washington's unwavering support for Israel and ignoring Palestinian rights and demands.

"Syria certainly has an important role to play in all these efforts," said George Mitchell, the United States special envoy to the region on Wednesday as he was meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian capital, Damascus, the AFP news agency reported.

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Dutch MP on trial for anti-Islam campaign

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:16 PM PST

The right-wing Dutch lawmaker who has insulted Islam has appeared in the dock to stand trial for inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims.

Geert Wilders, the leader of the Freedom Party, stood trial on Wednesday in Amsterdam after the court overruled the public prosecutor's decision that Wilders is protected by his right to free speech.

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Nanodrug treats atherosclerosis

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:48 PM PST

A new nanodrug has shown promising results in treating hardened arteries also known as atherosclerosis and subsequent heart diseases, a new study finds.

Balloons and stents are now commonly used to open blocked arteries and keep them open. The procedure, however, is associated with a high risk of a rapid re-growth of tissue around the stent leading to the re-blocking of arteries.

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Blast at Iran military base leaves 3 injured

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:42 PM PST

An explosion has ripped through a military base in Iran's southern province of Hormozagan, damaging properties and leaving three people injured.

The incident took place at around 9 a.m. local time on Wednesday (0530 GMT) as an explosive charge went off in Naiband district of Bandar Abbas — Hormozagan Province's capital.

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464 die in 4 days of Nigerian ethnic clashes

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 02:56 PM PST

The death toll has risen to 464 after four days of clashes between Christians and Muslims in the central Nigerian city of Jos.

"We found more than 200 bodies gathered at the mosque in Kuru Gada Biu and 22 more at Mai Adiko," said a senior mosque official, Muhammad Tanko Shittu.

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Bank of America loses USD 5.2 billion

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 02:55 PM PST

Bank of America has posted a hefty loss of USD 5.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 20009, blaming the loss on its decision to repay the bailout money it owed to the US government.

The biggest US bank said on Wednesday that returning funds from the federal government's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) hurt profits by USD 4 billion in the fourth quarter.

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UN, WHO concerned with Gaza healthcare

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 02:48 PM PST

The United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO) voice concern about the blows the Israeli-imposed blockade have dealt to the Gazan healthcare system.

"We are deeply concerned about the current health system in Gaza and in particular its capacity and ability to deliver proper standards of healthcare to the people of Gaza," the UN Humanitarian Coordinator Max Gaylard was quoted by AFP as saying on Wednesday.

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Weight loss surgery helps obese live longer

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 02:40 PM PST

The most popular bariatric surgeries known as gastric bypass can improve survival rate among those suffering from morbid obesity, a new study finds.

According to the study published in the Archives of Surgery, gastric bypass surgery adds up to 3 years to the life span of morbidly obese individuals.

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Israeli hand in Iraq's Abu Ghraib exposed

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 02:25 PM PST

The former American military chief of the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq reiterates the Israeli involvement in the US-run facility, where hundreds of Iraqi suspects were tortured and sexually abused by US soldiers and interrogators.

Shedding further light on the scandal that has served as a controversy-magnet for Washington ever since its emergence in 2004, the retired US army colonel Janis Karpinski says that Israeli agents were recruited by the US military at Abu Ghraib to interrogate the prisoners suspected of attacking US forces in Iraq.

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Militants could trigger India-Pakistan war: Gates

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 01:51 PM PST

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has warned that militants might provoke a war between nuclear armed Pakistan and India.

Gates said in New Delhi on Wednesday that India cannot be expected to show restraint, should it be attacked by a militant group with roots in Pakistan.

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London to exhibit Van Gogh works, letters

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 01:38 PM PST

Britain's Royal Academy of Arts is set to mount an exhibition of works and original letters by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.

The Real Van Gogh: The Artist and His Letters will display 65 paintings and 30 drawings by Van Gogh, which express the main themes of over 35 original letters written by the acclaimed artist to his family members and other artists.

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Post-WWII economic theories obsolete: Mottaki

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 01:11 PM PST

Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says adopting regional approaches can ensure sustainable security and stability in the Caucasus region.

In a Wednesday meeting with former Armenian president Robert Kocharian in Tehran, Mottaki highlighted the age-old relations between Iran and Armenia and stressed the importance of maintaining calm in the Caucasus.

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Baby Elisabeth brings hope to quake-hit Haitians

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:57 PM PST

A little baby girl has survived under the rubble for over a week following a devastating earthquake that hit Haiti last week.

Three-week-old Elisabeth Joassaint, was found by French rescuers under the rubble of a collapsed house in the southern town of Jacmel on the quake-hit island.

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Cervical cancer vaccine cuts disease rate by 2/3

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:35 AM PST

Vaccination against cervical cancer can lower the risk of the disease in women aged less than 30 by two-thirds, experts say.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) had long been considered as the cause of cervical cancer. HPV vaccines were believed to be an effective tool in fighting the condition.

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'Bushehr plant to come on stream by late September'

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:30 AM PST

Director of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi says the Bushehr nuclear power plant will be operational within the next few months.

In an interview with Fars News Agency on Wednesday, Salehi said that the Bushehr nuclear plant would come online by late September.

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Brain tumor is not a single disease

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:10 AM PST

The most common form of brain cancer known as glioblastoma multiforme consists of a set of diseases rather than a single one, a new study finds.

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a rapidly spreading aggressive brain tumor. The condition is believed to be difficult to treat, causing the death of the sufferer in a short time after the condition is diagnosed.

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Omega 3 fights aging in heart patients

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:10 AM PST

In line with previous studies, a new research points out the efficacy of omega-3 in protecting heart patients against cellular aging and a second heart attack.

"Cardiologists have known for a long time that omega-3 fish oil seems to be beneficial for patients with coronary heart disease," said lead researcher Ramin Farzanehfar.

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Bomb attack targets lawmaker in Pakistan

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:08 AM PST

A powerful bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan has left at least five people, including a provincial lawmaker, injured.

The explosion rocked Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province on Wednesday.

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New 6.1-quake ignites fears in Port-au-Prince

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 11:02 AM PST

Haiti has been jolted by yet another strong earthquake, sending people into streets in horror eight days after a deadly quake struck the country causing massive devastation and casualties.

The 6.1-magnitude quake, centered 59 kilometers (36 miles) west of the capital Port-au-Prince, sent tremors across the city on Wednesday, AFP reports quoting a statement by the US Geological Survey.

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Seoul threatens Pyongyang with pre-emptive strike

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:48 AM PST

South Korea says it will launch a pre-emptive strike against North Korea, should Pyongyang indicate an intention to carry out a nuclear attack.

South Korea's Defense Minister Kim Tae-Young told a forum in Seoul on Wednesday that it will be too late to cope with a North Korean nuclear attack if it really happens.

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Iran awaits West response on fuel swap

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 10:12 AM PST

Iran's Foreign Ministry says Tehran has not made any new proposal regarding the fuel swap, describing reports to the contrary as "Western media hype."

"Iran has offered no new proposal concerning the supply of fuel for the Tehran research reactor," Mehr News Agency quoted Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast as saying on Wednesday.

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'Referendum will determine south Sudan fate'

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:26 AM PST

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir says that his government will accept secession of southern Sudan if southerners were to vote for independence in a referendum.

The referendum to be held next year is part of the 2005 peace deal which brought to an end more than a decade of civil war.

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Argentine head delays trip over politics

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:13 AM PST

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner postpones her trip to China fearing that the vice-president might overstep his authority during her absence.

She said she chose to put off the planned 10-day trip out of concern that Vice President Julio Cobos, an outspoken critic of the government, would be left running the country.

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N Yemen sees fresh incursion, missile fire

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 08:11 AM PST

Yemen's Houthi fighters say the Saudi Arabian army has launched a new incursion into the north of the war-wracked country, followed by massive missile fire.

Tuesday's Saudi advance led to a major battle that is still underway in the al-Dukhan region near the Saudi border, said Shia Houthi fighters in northern Yemen.

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Iran enters gas talks with Iraq

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:59 AM PST

Iran has entered into talks with Iraq for supplying its neighbor with natural gas, a senior Iranian gas official says.

The Deputy Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company, Mostafa Kashkouli, said that Iran is in negotiations with Iraq to pump its gas to the country via two pipelines that cross the border at Dehloran and Khorramshar, but he offered no details.

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IMF urges continuation of financial reform

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:49 AM PST

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for continuation of the reforms in the financial sector for prevention of a further global credit crisis.

Addressing the Asian Financial Forum in Hong Kong, IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn urged world leaders to support such reforms designed to aid recovery of devastated economies.

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Iran's 5th fleet to head for Gulf of Aden

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 07:46 AM PST

The Iranian military has announced plans to dispatch a fifth fleet of warships to the Gulf of Aden to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia.

"The fourth fleet, which included the destroyer Alborz and the Bushehr logistic support vessel, will soon reach the end of its mission in the Gulf of Aden," said the First Naval Operational Zone Chief of the Islamic Republic Navy Admiral Fariborz Qaderpanah.

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Gianluigi Buffon crowned world's best goalie

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:45 AM PST

The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) names the Italian national team goalie Gianluigi Buffon as the world's best goalkeeper.

The IFFHS crowned Buffon as the best shot-stopper between 1987 and 2009 on Wednesday.

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Ahmadinejad urges unity among regional states

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:43 AM PST

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stresses the importance of strengthening unity among regional countries to foil enemies' plots in the region.

"Maintenance of unity and integrity among regional countries will be the only way to thwart the conspiracies of enemies," Ahmadinejad said in a meeting with Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi in Tehran on Tuesday.

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Temple of ancient cat goddess found in Egypt

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 06:34 AM PST

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old temple as well as 600 Ptolemaic statues in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria.

The Ptolemaic temple was dedicated to the ancient cat goddess Bastet, a known solar and war goddess of the ancients.

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30 wounded in Mosul car bomb attack

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:53 AM PST

A car bomb has targeted an Iraqi army base in the restive city of Mosul, leaving at least 20 security forces and 10 civilians wounded.

The attack occurred around 10.00 a.m. (0700 GMT) in the east of the city, 350 kilometers (218 miles) north of Baghdad, AFP reported.

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Israel harvesting organs in Haiti?

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 05:02 AM PST

While media reports from Haiti express amazement at Israel's well-equipped medical delegation to the quake-stricken nation, some critics have warned against organ theft.

The Israeli medical team dispatched to Haiti has set up a field hospital in the tremor-battered Caribbean country, winning Western media praise for doing what even their American peers have not yet managed to accomplish.

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Iran denies gas deal with Germany

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:41 AM PST

The National Iranian Gas Company has denied the reported signing of a one billion euro gas contract with Germany to improve its gas distribution grid.

No contract has been signed with any German firm for buying gas-fuelled turbines or turbo compressors, IRIB quoted the company as saying in a statement.

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Survivor in Haiti alive after 7 days

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:41 AM PST

After the disaster in Haiti, hope seems to be the only thing to help people endure the situation as two women survive the killer quake after one full week.

Rescue workers on Tuesday pulled an elderly woman alive and singing out from under the rubble of Haiti's Roman Catholic cathedral, a week after the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck.

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Tymoshenko, Yanukovich face Ukraine runoff

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:39 AM PST

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich will be in the second round in the country's presidential elections.

According to the Central Election Commission, Yanukovich received 35.32% and Tymoshenko took 25.05% with 100% of the ballots counted.

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US indicts 3 Israelis in int'l bribery case

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:31 AM PST

The US Justice Department has indicted three Israeli businessmen for attempting to bribe the defense minister of an African country to win a multi-million military contract.

The businessmen, along with 18 others indicted in the same case, were arrested in Las Vegas, where they were attending a sports and hunting convention, following a 2 and a half year FBI surveillance and sting operation. The 22nd defendant was arrested in Miami.

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IBM reports jump in fourth-quarter earnings

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 04:02 AM PST

Computer giant IBM has reported a stronger-than-expected 9 percent increase in its fourth-quarter earnings due to its cost-cutting plan.

IBM says its profit in the last three months of 2009 increased to $4.8 billion from $4.4 billion a year earlier.

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China jails former top judge for corruption

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 03:13 AM PST

A court in China has sentenced a former senior Supreme Court judge to life in prison after being convicted of taking bribes and other corruption charges.

Huang Songyou, the court's former vice-president, confessed to the charges including accepting nearly 3.9mn yuan (USD 570,000) in bribes while he was deputy head of the Supreme Court, the official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday.

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Tevez double lets Man City take Red Devils

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 02:37 AM PST

Two goals by Carlos Tevez have helped Manchester City rally to defeat Manchester United 2-1 in the opening game of their Carling Cup soccer semifinal.

The Red Devils took the lead when Ryan Giggs netted the opener after 17 minutes at the City of Manchester Stadium on Tuesday. The 36-year-old midfielder tapped in the rebound after City goalkeeper Shay Given stopped Wayne Rooney's shot from close range.

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Dems lose Kennedy Senate seat after 50 years

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:29 AM PST

Scott Brown has defied all odds to claim victory in the Massachusetts special election to fill the US Senate seat left vacant by the late Edward Kennedy.

Scott, 50, defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in a race that had been in the national focus.

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No Saudi reconciliation initiative tabled, Hamas says

Posted: 20 Jan 2010 12:19 AM PST

Hamas says it has not received a new Saudi initiative to end the internal divisions among Palestinians and to achieve national reconciliation.

In an exclusive interview with Press TV on Tuesday, a member of the Hamas Political Bureau, Ezzet al-Resheq, stated that the Islamic Resistance Movement has not been informed of any such initiative.

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100s killed in 3 days of communal violence in Nigeria

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 11:45 PM PST

Nearly 300 people have been killed and hundreds more wounded in three days of clashes between Christians and Muslims in central Nigeria.

Mosque workers and Muslim clerics told reporters of the deaths, amid reports of continuing armed clashes in various parts of the city of Jos, AFP reported on Tuesday.

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My children were tortured, this trial is a sham: Aafia

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 11:18 PM PST

Pakistani citizen Aafia Siddiqui has told jurors at her trial that she was held in a secret prison in Afghanistan, her children were tortured, and the case against her is a sham.

On Tuesday, Siddiqui was thrown out of the New York courtroom where her trail is being held after shouting the remarks at the jurors.

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US military-industrial complex sends Gates to India

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 10:28 PM PST

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has arrived in New Delhi, looking to forge closer military links with India.

Gates met with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, and other officials on Tuesday, which was the first day of his two-day visit.

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Gunman goes on deadly rampage in Virginia

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 09:55 PM PST

A gunman has gone on a deadly rampage in the southern US state of Virginia but is now trapped in a wooded area, surrounded by police.

The incident unfolded around noon (1700 GMT) Tuesday when several shots were fired by a lone gunman, said a deputy from the Appomattox sheriff's office, who immediately arrived at the scene of the crime after receiving a distress call about a man lying down beside a road.

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'Russian fighter jet allowed to fly over Iran'

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 08:55 PM PST

Iran has agreed to allow a Russian fighter jet to use its airspace to get to an international air show in Bahrain, a Russian website reported.

On Tuesday, RIA Novosti quoted an official of the Iranian Embassy in Moscow as saying that the Su-27 Flanker fighter had been cleared to fly to Bahrain via Iran's airspace.

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US says latest Iran talks were constructive

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 07:44 PM PST

The United States has declared that the P5+1 group's latest talks on the nuclear standoff with Iran have been constructive.

"We are moving on both tracks," said State Department spokesman Philip Crowley on Tuesday, referring to diplomacy and the threat of further sanctions.

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Britain calls for new Iran sanctions

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 07:21 PM PST

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has called for new Iran sanctions to "exert pressure" on Tehran over its nuclear program.

Miliband made the remarks on Tuesday, three days after Britain and five other major powers discussed Iran's nuclear program in New York.

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Obama ally concedes senate race

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 06:50 PM PST

The candidate from Barack Obama's Democratic party has conceded the US senate election in Massachusetts to her Republican rival, dealing a blow to the US president's healthcare reforms plan.

Martha Coakley conceded defeat to Scott Brown on Tuesday, removing the Democrats' "supermajority" of 60 senate seats needed to overcome procedural hurdles that the opposition Republicans could use to scupper any bill.

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Israel jails Palestinian peace activists

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:36 PM PST

Mel FrykbergRAMALLAH, occupied West Bank - Israel has long argued that Palestinians should pursue their political objectives in a nonviolent way. However, several prominent Palestinian peace activists have recently been arrested and jailed for doing just that.

Abdallah Abu Rahmah, 39, the coordinator of the Bilin Popular Committee, which has challenged Israel's illegal expropriation of Palestinian land both in an Israeli court and a Canadian one, has been charged with "illegal arms possession, stone throwing and incitement."

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Malaysia says US travel alert 'misleading'

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:24 PM PST

Malaysia's government has described as 'misleading' a US travel advisory which has referred to Malaysia's Borneo tourist resorts as imminent terrorist targets.

The Malaysian government has also summoned the US envoy in Kuala Lumpur, James Keith, to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry over the US travel alert.

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Two more US soldiers perish in Afghanistan

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:19 PM PST

Two American soldiers have reportedly died in southern Afghanistan in an alleged roadside blast, say the US-led coalition forces.

Reporting on the Tuesday incident, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said, "Two ISAF service members from the United States died of their wounds after an improvised explosive device strike in southern Afghanistan today," the AFP reported.

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Iran detains four in Khoy terror case

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 04:12 PM PST

Iran has arrested four suspects in connection with the assassination of a local prosecutor in the country's northwestern city of Khoy.

Announcing the arrests, Governor Ebrahim Mohammadlu on Tuesday said a security committee has been tasked with investigating the fatal shooting of Vali Haji Gholizadeh late Monday.

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US missiles mow down six in Pakistan

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 03:58 PM PST

Missiles fired by a US-operated surveillance aircraft have reportedly killed six people in Pakistan's strife-torn northwest.

The Tuesday attack targeted a compound and a vehicle in Datta Khel area, 35 kilometers west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, the German Press Agency DPA reported.

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Cadbury accepts Kraft's $21.8 bn takeover bid

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 03:47 PM PST

The British chocolate maker Cadbury's board has accepted a buyout offer by the American food giant Kraft, valued at $21.8 billion.

The board has agreed to recommend the offer to Cadbury shareholders, who have until February 2 to decide on the deal and expected to approve it.

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Ahmadinejad blames US for global air pollution

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 03:41 PM PST

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday blamed the capitalist systems and US policies as the main causes of air pollution in the world.

Speaking at a seminar marking the Clean Air Day in Tehran, President Ahmadinejad said the US causes one-fourth of the world's industrial emissions and must revise its policies to protect the environment.

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UK sent troops to ensure 'post-war Iraq role'

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 03:35 PM PST

A former defense minister has told Britain's Iraq Inquiry that the country had always preferred diplomacy to military action in the years building up to the 2003 invasion.

Geoff Hoon gave his testimony on Tuesday as the first former cabinet minister to appear before the Downing Street-appointed committee.

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Early spoon-feeding ups obesity risk

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 03:06 PM PST

Delaying the use of solid and complimentary foods during infancy can protect the newborn against obesity later on in life, a new study finds.

Breastfeeding had long been considered as a weapon against obesity. The new study, however, claims that starting spoon-feeding later in infancy lowers the obesity rate.

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Russia unfreezes ties with Ukraine

Posted: 19 Jan 2010 12:16 PM PST

Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, has said he will send an ambassador to Ukraine, following the electoral defeat of Ukraine's pro-Western president

Viktor Yushchenko's re-election bid failed miserably on Sunday as voters gave him a humiliating fifth-place finish, leaving two pro-Russian candidates to compete in a February 7 run-off.

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