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• Cyprus rivals launch new peace push

  - 2008-09-03

  NICOSIA AFP — Rival Cypriot leaders launched intensive talks on Wednesday on reunifying the Mediterranean island which the United Nations described as a "historic" move after three decades of failed diplomacy. President Demetris Christofias, a Greek Cypriot, and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, who are both seen as...

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• Hamas denies exiled leader has moved to Sudan

  - 2008-09-02

  DAMASCUS AFP — The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Tuesday denied that its political supremo Khaled Meshaal had moved from his self-imposed exile in Syria to Sudan. "The movement totally denies media reports saying that Khaled Meshaal has left Syria for Sudan," a Hamas official said in a statement...

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• McCain, a leader for all civilizations, says former rival

  - 2008-09-02

  ST PAUL, Minnesota AFP — Republican John McCain has the kind of character that civilizations throughout history have "sought in their leaders," former presidential hopeful and actor Fred Thompson said Tuesday. As the Republican party convention finally got underway for real, Thompson outlined to delegates why he believed McCain,...

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• Bush looks forward to working with next Japan leader

  - 2008-09-01

  AUSTIN, Texas AFP — US President George W. Bush praised the work of Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda shortly after the Japanese leader announced his sudden resignation on Monday. Spokeswoman Dana Perino said the White House was informed "immediately after Prime Minister Fukuda had made his decision to resign" and...

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• Yemen arrests wanted Jihad leader

  - 2008-08-30

  SANAA AFP — Yemeni authorities have arrested a leader of the Islamist Jihad movement in the south of the country after a five-year search, a security official said on Saturday. The arrest came after an exchange of fire between police and supporters of Khaled Abdel Nabi, who had taken...

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• Stoner storms to San Marino GP pole

  - 2008-08-30

  MISANO, Italy AFP — Australian world champion Casey Stoner took pole position under searing heat at the San Marino Grand Prix here on Saturday. Ducati rider Stoner secured his seventh pole in a row ahead of world championship leader Valentino Rossi and Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo in third. Stoner...

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• Loeb, Hirvonen cede Rally New Zealand lead in tactical battle

  - 2008-08-30

  HAMILTON, New Zealand AFP — World Rally Championship leader Sebastien Loeb of France and Finn Mikko Hirvonen fought a tactical battle in Rally New Zealand Saturday to avoid being first out of the blocks on the final day. Instead Hirvonen's Ford teammate and fellow Finn Jari-Matti Latvala became the...

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• Protest leaders to meet president after mass Mexican marches

  - 2008-08-30

  MEXICO CITY AFP — The organizers of mass marches in which white-clad protesters lit up the streets of Mexico to protest escalating violence were Sunday to hand in their demands to the president. Towns and cities across the country's 32 states took part in Saturday's "Iluminemos Mexico" or "Let's...

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• Indy-car points leader Dixon claims Detroit pole

  - 2008-08-30

  DETROIT, Michigan AFP — New Zealand's Scott Dixon, trying to secure the Indy-car season points crown, captured pole position for Sunday's Detroit Indy-car Grand Prix in Saturday time trials. Dixon, who finished a disappointing 12th last week at Sonoma, leads Brazil's Helio Castroneves by 43 points with two races...

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• Dalai Lama is 'stable', no cause for concern: hospital

  - 2008-08-29

  MUMBAI AFP — Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is in a stable condition and there is no cause for concern over his health, the private Indian hospital to which he was admitted said Friday. The 73-year-old spiritual leader was taken to hospital in India's financial hub on...

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