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'); document.write(''); document.write('JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel on Wednesday proposed a 10-month halt to new construction in West Bank settlements as a step toward restarting Mideast peace negotiations.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('GENEVA (AP) — Roman Polanski was granted $4.5 million bail Wednesday, clearing the way for the fugitive director to move within days from a Swiss jail to house arrest and electronic monitoring at his Alpine resort chalet.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('VIENNA (AP) — The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency urged Iran on Wednesday to endorse a plan that would strip it of most of its enriched uranium, saying Tehran could not defuse fears about its nuclear program with proposals that included keeping the material.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — When Iran holds state-run ceremonies this week for an important Islamic feast day, there will be one very noticeable change: former President Hashemi Rafsanjani will not be leading the prayers.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan charged seven men in last year\'s Mumbai attacks on Wednesday, its first indictment in a case being monitored by India and the United States to see if Islamabad makes good on promises to bring those responsible to justice.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('NEW DELHI (AP) — When Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met in Washington this week with President Barack Obama, the White House lavished attention on the unassuming, bookish Indian leader. There was a state dinner. There were movie stars. There was a chandelier-filled tent packed with powerful Americans chatting up powerful Indians. There was talk that the two nations had forged \"one of the defining relationships\" of the century.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — One of Africa\'s most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries including in the United States and Europe, a United Nations report said.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The heaviest rain to hit Islam\'s annual hajj pilgrimage in years soaked the faithful and flooded the road to Mecca, snarling traffic as millions of Muslims headed for the holy sites. The downpours add an extra hazard on top of intense concerns about the spread of swine flu.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('KABUL (AP) — The Taliban\'s reclusive leader ruled out talks with President Hamid Karzai and called on Afghans on Wednesday to break off relations with his \"stooge\" administration.
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'); document.write(''); document.write('BEIJING (AP) — It read like a muckraking expose: A magazine revealed a system of secret detention centers in Beijing where Chinese citizens are forcibly held and sometimes beaten to prevent them from lodging formal complaints with the central government.
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