Bush, Blair Discuss Iraq at
White House Meeting comes one day after
bipartisan group of experts said current US Iraq policy is 'not
working' Frustrated Iraqis Indifferent
to US Panel Recommendations Among its recommendations, report
says US should do more to encourage Iraqi people to take over their
own future Somalia's Islamist Leaders
Denounce UN Peace Plan But rival interim government leaders
say regional military support is only way to keep Somalia and region
from descending into war UN Seeks Record $450 Million in
Palestinian Aid United Nations officials say
international sanctions against Hamas-led Palestinian government have
devastated economy in West Bank and Gaza Gunmen Seize Italian Oil
Workers in Nigeria Attack is latest in series, again
exposes vulnerability of Nigerian oil industry
Campaigning Ends in
Indonesia's Aceh Province First-ever direct elections for
governor and other top posts expected to cement peace deal between
government and members of former separatist group, Free Aceh
Movement US Senate Confirms Gates as
Next Defense Secretary Robert Gates expected to be sworn
into office by end of the year Fiji Faces Long Road Back to
Democracy After Army Coup Island nation's new caretaker
prime minister says the military takeover was illegal, but
necessary New Evidence Exonerates Foreign
Medics in Libyan AIDS Trial Biological evidence casts more doubt
on charges against medical workers accused of deliberately infecting
several-hundred Libyan children with AIDS virus
Bird Flu Conference in Mali
Aims to Educate Farmers Experts regard poor countries as
weakest link in the fight against spread of the H5N1 virus
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