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Turkey to take "resolute stance" against Syria Rising Middle East power Turkey said on Monday it would galvanize a global campaign to halt Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's repression of his people, adding that Damascus could no longer be trusted after attacks on diplomatic missions in Syria.
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Merkel decries 'doner murders' The cold-blooded murders of nine immigrant shopkeepers by neo-Nazis is an "inconceivable" crime for Germany and a national disgrace, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday.
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New Italian, Greek governments race to limit... Technocrat leaders in Italy and Greece were rushing to form governments as they sought to limit the damage from the euro zone debt crisis on Monday, with stocks and the euro rising when markets opened in Asia.
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Showman Berlusconi makes ignominious exit Silvio Berlusconi dominated Italy for 17 years with a unique mix of political talent and brazen behavior but in the end the born showman was humiliatingly jeered from office, brought down by pressure from abroad.
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Italy's Berlusconi to resign Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is set to resign on Saturday after a new budget law is approved in parliament, making way for an emergency government and ending one of the most scandal-plagued eras in Italy's post-war history.
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Quiet academic Papademos to take helm of chaotic... There is an irony in Lucas Papademos taking over as Greek prime minister to help his country survive in the euro zone: He was one of those who eased Greece into the single currency in the first place.
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Iran worked on nuclear bomb design Iran appears to have worked on designing an atomic bomb and may still be conducting secret research, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in a report likely to raise tensions in the Middle East.
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Sarkozy tells Obama Netanyahu is a "liar" French President Nicolas Sarkozy branded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "a liar" in a private conversation with U.S. President Barack Obama that was accidentally broadcast to journalists during last week's G20 summit in Cannes.
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Carlos the Jackal, caged but combative, on trial Urban guerrilla 'Carlos the Jackal' smiled and flashed a clenched fist salute on Monday when he went on trial for deadly Paris bomb attacks he is accused of mounting at the height of his "anti-imperialist campaign" in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Berlusconi faces crunch vote, pressure to quit Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, under massive pressure to resign, faces a crucial vote on public finances in parliament on Tuesday which could sink his government if enough party rebels desert him.
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IAEA to say Iran nearing nuclear capability Intelligence provided to the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency shows that Iran has mastered the critical steps needed to build a nuclear weapon, The Washington Post reported on Sunday.
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Nicaragua's Ortega wins landslide re-election Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, a socialist former guerrilla leader, cruised to a landslide re-election victory after drawing broad support for his anti-poverty programs.
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Mecca sees floods of followers Currently hosting approximately four million pious Muslims performing the Hadj pilgrimage, the Mecca is flooded with people all over the city.
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US interests sometimes clash with Mideast reform U.S. interests sometimes clash with its support for democracy in the Middle East, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton acknowledged on Monday, but she said democratic freedoms were the best guarantee of stability in the long run.
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