Obama doubtful on Middle East peace |
Barack Obama, the US president, has admitted that Washington's power to influence stalled negotations between Israel and the Palestinians in limited.
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World vow to safeguard nuclear materials |
The US president has won pledges from world leaders to work together to prevent groups such as al-Qaeda from getting their hands on nuclear weapons, steps Barack Obama said would make the world safer.
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Barack Obama to attend Polish president’s funeral |
US President Barack Obama will attend the funeral of his Polish counterpart Lech Kaczynski, killed in an air crash in western Russia on Saturday. The leaders of Russia, France and Germany are also due to attend the burial in the city of Krakow on Sunday.
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Radovan Karadzic faces first trial witness |
F ormer Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, has cross-examined the first prosecution witness at the resumption of his war crimes trial at The Hague. Ahmet Zulic, a Bosnian Muslim, told the judges his elderly father-in-law had been burned alive by Serb forces.
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Hundreds dead in China quake |
At least 400 people have been killed after a strong earthquake struck China’s western province of Qinghai, officials and state media said. Another 8,000 people were believed to have been injured as homes collapsed leaving residents of the remote mountainous area trapped under the rubble.
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Israeli ‘settlers’ desecrate W Bank mosque |
Palestinian security officials have said that Israeli settlers desecrated a mosque in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli army confirmed that “anonymous suspects” scrawled graffiti, including a Jewish star of David alongside the name of the Prophet Mohammed written in Hebrew.
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Thai protesters move to “final battleground” |
Thailand’s “red shirt” protesters congregated in their thousands at an upmarket Bangkok shopping district yesterday, preparing a “final battleground” in their campaign to oust army-backed Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
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Cuba loosens controls on barbers |
Cuba is turning over hundreds of state-run barber shops and beauty salons to employees in what appears to be the start of an overhaul of state retail services by Raul Castro, the Cuban president.
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Lech Kaczynski to be buried alongside Polish kings and saints |
Lech Kaczynski, the late Polish President, is to be buried in the Wawel cathedral of Krakow, the coronation site of the country’s kings and queens and the last resting place of saints, revolutionaries and poets, his family has decided.
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