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Families want Blair answers as Iraq war probe begins
LONDON - The first full-scale inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war opened Tuesday with families of soldiers killed in combat desperate to hear Tony Blair justify the decision to join the US-led invasion.
Agence France-Presse 11/25/2009 1:07 AM
Obama rolls red carpet for 'indispensable' India
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama on Monday rolled out the first red-carpet welcome of his presidency for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, hailing the world's largest democracy as "indispensable" in the 21st century.
Agence France-Presse 11/25/2009 12:55 AM
Former Thai PM sacked over cooking shows dies at 74
BANGKOK - Former Thai prime minister Samak Sundaravej, who was forced from office in 2008 for starring in television cooking shows, died of liver cancer Tuesday at the age of 74, associates said.
Agence France-Presse 11/25/2009 12:43 AM
Iraq national vote unlikely in January: official
BAGHDAD - Iraq will be unable to hold a national election in January as planned, a poll official said on Tuesday, heaping more uncertainty on a vote meant to cement democracy and pave the way for a partial U.S. troop withdrawal.
Reuters 11/25/2009 12:40 AM
Iran says needs guarantees to ship nuclear fuel
TEHRAN - Iran could consider sending its low-enriched uranium abroad, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, signaling a possible softening of its opposition to a plan aimed at easing Western concern over its nuclear ambitions.
Reuters 11/25/2009 12:31 AM
Obama on cusp of Afghanistan troop decision
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has huddled with his war cabinet for what officials said could be the final time before he decides whether to dispatch tens of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan.
Agence France-Presse 11/24/2009 6:33 PM
Pakistan parliament mulls reforms in insurgency-hit province
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's government is set Tuesday to introduce a package of reforms in parliament in a bid to ease a separatist insurgency in Baluchistan on the Afghan and Iranian borders, a spokesman said.
Agence France-Presse 11/24/2009 6:20 PM
HIV claims 25 million lives, infects 60 million: UNAIDS
GENEVA - Almost 60 million people have been infected by HIV and 25 million people killed by causes related to the virus since the epidemic started, according to new data published by UNAIDS on Tuesday.
Agence France-Presse 11/24/2009 6:13 PM