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February 7, 2010

Iraq panel reinstates election ban amid Shi'ite ire

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi appeals panel that angered Shi'ite leaders by suspending a ban on candidates accused of links to Saddam Hussein's Baath party until after an election reversed its decision on Sunday, politicians said.

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Emotional Campbell defends Blair

(UK) Alastair Campbell denies Tony Blair misled Parliament over the intelligence in the run-up to the 2003 Iraq war....

Iraq panel reinstates election ban amid Shi'ite ire

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi appeals panel that angered Shi'ite leaders by suspending a ban on candidates accused of links to Saddam Hussein's Baath party...

Ukraine votes with tension high in tight election

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainians voted on Sunday for a new president in a run-off between Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition leader Viktor Yanukovich which...

Karzai demands halt to Afghan civilian casualties

MUNICH (Reuters) - President Hamid Karzai called on Sunday for a halt to military raids on Afghan villages by the international coalition forces and a...

Israeli forces arrest two foreigners in West Bank

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli security forces made an incursion into a Palestinian city Sunday to arrest two foreign women belonging to an organization...

Iran says arrests people hired by CIA

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it had arrested seven people accused of stoking unrest after last year's disputed election, including some who it...

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