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Palestinians Struggle To Build In West Bank

In the occupied West Bank, a bedouin community whose school is made out of car tires and mud faces the same problem as a developer planning a whole new Palestinian town: building controls imposed by Israel. As Israel enforces a partial, temporary freeze on building in its West Bank settlements, Palestinians (more)

Afghan Police Find Bodies At Plane Crash Site

Afghan authorities have recovered several bodies from the wreckage of a passenger plane that crashed earlier this week with 48 people aboard, including six foreigners, the interior ministry said on Friday. The wreckage of the Afghan Pamir Airways plane was found in the Ghorband mountains in Parwan province, (more)

Suicide Bombers Kills Scores At Pakistan Mosque

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a mosque and two other militants fired on worshipers near Pakistan's military headquarters after Friday prayers, killing at least 40 people, including army officials. The mosque is frequented by military officials in the town of Rawalpindi, home to Pakistan's (more)

Increased Security During Pope Visit To Rome Soup Kitchen

Pope Benedict shared a meal with the homeless, poor and elderly on Sunday during a visit to a soup kitchen marked by increased security following the incident in which a woman knocked him down during Christmas Eve Mass. The pope spent several hours at the soup kitchen run by the Sant' Egidio Community, (more)

Tens Of Thousands Feared Dead In Haiti Quake

Tens of thousands of people were feared dead on Wednesday in Haiti's catastrophic earthquake, buried beneath demolished schools, hospitals and homes, and traumatized citizens milled in streets strewn with rubble and scattered bodies. As aftershocks continued to shake the devastated capital Port-au-Prince, (more)

Iran Renews Execution Threat Against Protesters

Iran's interior minister warned opposition activists on Tuesday they risk execution as enemies of God if they continue anti-government demonstrations, and the foreign ministry said arrested foreigners face punishment. Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar made the latest threat after the Intelligence (more)

Pope Falls Down But Unharmed In Incident At Mass

A woman jumped over a barricade in St Peter's Basilica at the start of Pope Benedict's Christmas Eve mass on Thursday and the pope slipped and fell, but got up and then began the service, a Vatican spokesman said. Father Federico Lombardi said the woman appeared to be "unstable." She was taken away (more)

Cia Probes Afghan Base Security After Bomber Kills 7

The CIA vowed on Thursday to avenge the deaths of seven officers in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan and to investigate security breaches that allowed the second deadliest attack in agency history. The Taliban claimed the attacker was a sympathizer from the Afghan army who detonated a vest of explosives (more)

Ratings Of Japan Pm, Ruling Party Fall On Scandal

Voter support for Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his party has fallen due to a funding scandal linked to his powerful No. 2 party executive, three media surveys showed on Monday, raising the risk of a policy stalemate. Opposition parties have threatened to boycott parliamentary debate on (more)

Pakistan Taliban Says Carried Out Karachi Bombing

Pakistan's Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed 43 people in the commercial capital Karachi, and threatened more attacks on the U.S. ally. "My group claims responsibility for the Karachi attack and we will carry out more such attacks, within 10 days," said Asmatullah (more)

Romanian Election Close As Rivals Claim Victory

The result of Romania's presidential election was on a knife-edge on Monday with both candidates claiming victory. The first official results were due at 0600 GMT on Monday and analysts said a drawn-out dispute could hit markets already shaken by political and economic crises in the European Union newcomer. Most exit polls showed leftist challenger Mircea Geoana ahead by a slim margin, but a center-right party allied to President Traian Basescu said an unofficial parallel count by its volunteers showed he would win by a whisker.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5B500720091207

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