Pakistan urges India to accept help offer:
Pakistan's parliament called on India to respond positively to Pakistani offers of cooperation in investigating the Mumbai attacks and condemned "war hype" between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
http://tinyurl.com/98uug3
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Six "Taliban" militants killed near Afghan capital:
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Torture, Slaughter and Lies :
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Occupation Force Soldier Killed In Afghanistan:
The ISOF said in a statement that the soldier was killed on Wednesday, but it did not specify victim's nationality or the circumstances leading to his death.
http://tinyurl.com/8tvc2e
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Afghanistan's President Karzai laments coalition use of 'thugs':
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Civilians deaths angering Afghans: report:
Hundreds of Afghans have been killed in U.S. air strikes this year, undermining public support for the continued presence of NATO-led and U.S. coalition troops in Afghanistan and leading to a rift between President Hamid Karzai and his Western backers.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1108205
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Iraq bomb kills woman and three children:
A woman and three children were killed on Wednesday when a bomb exploded near the city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, the US military and a medical official said.
http://tinyurl.com/7hdmpc
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No evidence to convict 10,000 detainees- U.S. commander:
U.S. forces in Iraq have detained 10,000 prisoners without evidence of their wrongdoing, a U.S. detention centers in Iraq commander said on Monday.
http://en.aswataliraq.info/?p=105044
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Shoe-thrower is brave: Iraqi ex-speaker:
The newly resigned Iraqi parliament speaker has praised the journalist who threw shoes at US President George W Bush and says the legislature should have supported him.
http://tinyurl.com/8mebjm
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Iraq story buried by US networks:
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US Says Iraq Won't Force Rebel Group Back to Iran:
The State Department said Wednesday that Iraq has assured the United States it will not forcibly repatriate members of an Iranian rebel group that has been based in Iraq since the Saddam Hussein era.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1049394.html
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Iran Leader's Christmas Message Decries Bullies:
Iran's president is offering season's greetings to Christians in a British TV address and suggests that if Jesus were alive, he would oppose "bullying, ill-tempered and expansionist powers" - an apparent reference to the U.S. and its allies.
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6522978
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Gaza Militant Killed In Israeli Attack:
Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas, had said earlier on Wednesday that the latest rocket barrage was in retaliation to the killing of three Palestinian militants by the Israeli army on Tuesday.
http://tinyurl.com/a4n9qo
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UN chief calls on Hamas to immediately end rocket attacks on Israel:
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Rattling the Cage: Accept Hamas's offer:
Hamas is offering Israel a cease-fire if Israel lifts the siege on Gaza - and Israel should take it.
http://tinyurl.com/7vpbj3
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Netanyahu pledges to topple Hamas if elected prime minister:
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MK Pines: Netanyahu struck nasty deal with Eitam, sold Likud out for cash:
"Netanyahu was feeling stressed out again over the Likud's financial troubles, and the solution he found was to sell the Likud to the far-Right in exchange for cash," Pines said in a press release.
http://tinyurl.com/9kmkcd
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