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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says that he has made repeated efforts to engage Saudi Arabia in Taleban peace talks.

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At least 168 people were crushed to death Tuesday after thousands of pilgrims stampeded at a temple in India, police said.

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Rival Somali pirates shot at each other on board a hijacked Ukrainian ship loaded with 33 tanks, a maritime group says.

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Dexia becomes the latest European bank to get government support with a 6.4bn euros bail-out to keep it afloat.

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St. John’s actor Mary Walsh revived a formerly retired character on a damp, foggy beach Monday night, to make a fiery political point about Stephen Harper.

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So much for the theory of “decoupling,” the hopeful notion held just a few weeks ago that the rest of the world was robust enough to ride out a U.S. domestic crisis.

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My family doesn’t use credit much. We pay off our charge cards every month. We drive used cars. We paid off our house mortgage early and have not refinanced. We carefully live well within our means. In fact, until very recently, my “apartment” in Washington has been my office.

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The Lebanese parliament has approved a new election law as part of a reconciliation process begun in May.

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The military in Pakistan appoints a new head of its powerful ISI spy agency amid US pressure to do more to combat militants.

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