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West African leaders were huddling in Nigeria on Friday over how best to defuse an escalating crisis in Ivory Coast, where President Laurent Gbagbo refuses to concede power. The 15-member Economic Community of West African States has already urged Gbagbo to acknowledge the results of a presidential election and hand over power to his challenger, Alassane Ouattara. But Gbagbo continues to defy

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Bank Indonesia still keeps the benchmark interest rate BI Rate at 6.5 percent. However, should the inflation rate be be above five percent, the central bank weigh a chance to increase the BI Rate. "The current core inflation is at four percent. But it's still okay," said Bank Indonesia Deputy Governor Hartadi A Sarwono in Jakarta, Dec 22. According to him, if the core inflation rate goes higher

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Three men who believed Islam was under threat from Western nations were convicted in an Australian court Thursday of plotting a suicide attack against a Sydney army base. The men - Australian citizens of Somali or Lebanese origin - were convicted in Victoria state Supreme Court of conspiring to plot a terrorist attack, and could face life in prison. Two other men were found not guilty of the

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The National Economic Committee (KEN) releases an outlook on the 2010 Indonesian economy. The Indonesian government is seen as capable of stabilizing the economy despite the flat outcome. The committee stated that Indonesia has been an outstanding spot for investment after the global economic downturn between 2008 and 2009. "The Indonesia Stock Exchange suddenly drew the interest of

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Pakistan (AFP) – Taliban insurgents launched co-ordinated attacks on five paramilitary checkpoints in northwestern Pakistan Friday, leaving at least 11 soldiers and 24 militants dead, officials said. "At least 11 of our men have been martyred and 12 others wounded," Amjad Ali Khan, the administrator of lawless Mohmand tribal district, told reporters at a press conference in the area's main town,

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The Japanese government on Friday approved a record budget draft for the next fiscal year aimed at boosting economic growth and increasing jobs. The 92.4 trillion yen ($1.11 trillion) budget draft is the nation's largest ever. "We managed to provide the budget for necessary projects while walking on the tightrope of balance between economic growth and fiscal discipline," Finance Minister

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Afghanistan is seeing higher levels of violence this year than last year at this time, with 20% more civilians killed and the number of "security incidents" up by 66%, the United Nations says in a new report. The number of civilians killed by the United States and its allies was lower, but insurgent attacks are significantly higher, meaning the overall number of civilian deaths is up. More than

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Malaysian law enforcement officials have detained a man for posting a Facebook page that allegedly included insults against the state monarch there, according to Bernama, Malaysia's official national news agency. The 40-year-old man also allegedly was responsible for Facebook postings deemed insulting to the Sultan of Johor, a ceremonial ruler of one of Malaysia's peninsular states. Authorities

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Police issued an alert Thursday in Mumbai, saying four members of a militant group had entered the Indian city and were suspected of plotting violence on the Christmas and New Year's holidays. Himanshu Roy, Mumbai's joint commissioner of police, said the suspected terrorists belong to Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, the Pakistan-based group that was blamed for a violent siege on Mumbai in November 2008. The

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A restaurant that opened this month in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong uses robots for waiters, boosting efficiency and providing further proof that human beings are superfluous. Machines don't grumble over tips. And they can't spit in your food. The traditional hotpot eatery is staffed by more than a dozen automated servers, the distant and brightly colored relations of Star Wars'

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China has refused repeated U.S. requests to eliminate export restraints on rare earths that have rattled its trading partners, the U.S. Trade Representative's office said on Thursday. "Going forward, the United States will continue to pursue vigorous engagement with China on this issue and will not hesitate to take further action, including WTO dispute settlement, if

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Russia’s president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, on Friday called the New Start treaty “a cornerstone of security for the coming decades,” and spoke warmly of President Obama, saying that “under very difficult circumstances, he managed to make the Senate ratify this document.” Mr. Medvedev said Mr. Obama “is a man who knows how to hear and to listen, a man not trapped by stereotypes, a man who lives up

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West African leaders are holding emergency talks in the Nigerian capital Abuja Friday on how best to address the escalating crisis in the Ivory Coast. Laurent Gbagbo's refusal to step down as president has resulted in deadly violence. The meeting is the second this month by the 15 member Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS) since last month's election. The U.N. General

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Whether last-minute shoppers have been too busy until now to Christmas shop, or their procrastination just provides an adrenaline rush, many stores will be open today to oblige them. Today's Christmas Eve mad dash is expected to be the best holiday season for stores since 2007, and possibly the best ever. With Christmas falling on a Saturday this year, today is a holiday for many U.S. workers.

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MUMBAI, India (AP) — Police searched India's financial capital on Friday for four men who authorities believe entered Mumbai to carry out a terrorist attack, a top police official said. Authorities issued a terror alert for the city, where a three-day terrorist seige in 2008 killed 166 people. Since then, police tend to take even minor threats seriously and have periodically raised the alarm,

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South Korea has said it will hold new large-scale military drills involving ground and air live fire on Thursday. Artillery, jets and about 800 soldiers will take part, the government said, alongside separate naval exercises that began on Wednesday. Tension has been high since North Korea shelled the South's Yeonpyeong island last month, killing four South Koreans. Drills by the South on

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LOS ANGELES -- Many Californians who endured flooding, mud slides and evacuations during a weeklong onslaught of rain now must clean up or even rebuild -- and some may not be able to spend Christmas at home. The storm's push across the West left a muddy mess Thursday across southern California and the threat of avalanches in Nevada, where Clark County officials urged residents of Mt. Charleston,

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An obscure Treasury Department office has granted licenses to major U.S. companies to do business with companies in Iran and other nations deemed state sponsors of terrorism, under a federal law that allows certain products to be exported to those countries, Treasury officials said Thursday. The officials' remarks came after the New York Times Web site reported that the Treasury's Office of

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President Obama has arrived in Hawaii for a 10-day vacation, once again staying at a private rental home in Kailua, a residential community on the Windward Coast of Oahu, about a half hour's drive from his childhood home in Honolulu. The five-bedroom house is available here on the homeaway.com site for $3,500 a night. Read more about the Obama vacation in USA TODAY's The Oval blog. That's rich

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The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday diplomat Richard Holbrooke was a "giant of American politics and diplomacy" but had been weakened by the challenge of trying to end a war that has dragged on for nearly a decade. Taliban Spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi said the Soviet Union's occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s caused the death of their leaders, although he did not cite medical evidence, and

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The United States said Tuesday that North Korea has "at least one other" uranium enrichment site than that disclosed to US experts last month, saying the issue raised concerns. The remarks from State Department spokesman Philip Crowley reinforced those made earlier by South Korea's foreign minister Kim Sung-Hwan who voiced suspicion that Pyangyong may harbor secret uranium enrichment facilities.

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Most of people know about the cyberwar between Pakistan And India. No need to explain how much both sides suffered. After some long conversation we decided now to make a thread to finalise a peace deal.From Pakistan Side PCA,Pakcobra's,UrduHack Team,Itqalam and CyberHax0rs have already agreed to this peace deal. Also ICA and indishell did the same from Indian side. Here r a few rules which i

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Police arrested Nepal's former crown prince Paras Shah on Tuesday for firing his gun during a drunken late-night argument at an upmarket resort. Shah, who as crown prince was notorious and unpopular for his playboy lifestyle, fired into the air on Saturday evening after an altercation with two male guests at the resort. Witnesses said he had been drinking heavily. The 38-year-old has admitted

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Dell will likely spend $250 billion in China on procurement and other investments over the next 10 years as it expands in the world's No. 2 PC market, the head of its China operations said on Tuesday. The forecast is more than double the $100 billion over 10 years given last month by another executive at the world's No. 3 PC brand, and comes as Dell spends to boost sales to large corporations

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Officials say a Japanese-operated chemical tanker has been strafed by gunfire from an unidentified vessel off the Somali coast slightly wounding two crew members. Transport ministry officials said Tuesday they are investigating whether pirates were involved in the attack on the Oriental Rose vessel on Monday in the Gulf of Aden. The 8,259-ton ship was carrying 21 crew members including 19

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