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People make their way through a flooded street in Verapaz, some 125 km east from San Salvador, Sunday,Nov. 8, 2009.

photo: AP / Edgar Romero

Hurricane Ida threatens oilfields
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Hurricane Ida is heading towards the oilfield rich Gulf of Mexico after unleashing three days of torrential rain in El Salvador that triggered floods and mudslides, leaving at least 91 people dead. Ida swept past the Mexican resort of Cancun on Sunday and the US National Hurricane Centre said it was heading for the Gulf of Mexico. It strengthened...

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gestures during a news conference with foreign media members at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Monday, Nov. 24, 2008. Chavez's allies won a majority in Venezuela's Sunday local elections, but the opposition made important gains, capturing the Caracas mayor's office and two of the most populous state

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Chavez urges preparation for war
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has urged his armed forces to be prepared for possible war...

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, second left, arrives at the Tawang monastery in Tawang, in the northeastern Arunachal Pradesh state, India, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.

photo: AP / Manish Swarup

Dalai Lama angers China with visit to disputed area
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Thousands of Buddhist monks in maroon robes joined secular supporters of the Dalai Lama yesterday to welcome the Tibetan spiritual leader as he arrived in the Himalayas for a four-day visit that is testing already strained relations between India and China. Arriving by helicopter, the religious leader touched...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, center, receives a cluster of grapes from supporters during a Fatah gathering in the West Bank village of Halhul, near Hebron, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.

photo: AP / Ammar Awad, Pool

Abbas supporters in West Bank urge him to stay on
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Monday, November 09, 2009 - Powered by Mustafa Abu Ganeyeh Reuters BETHLEHEM, West Bank: Supporters of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas turned out in the West Bank on Sunday to urge him to run again for the presidency following his announcement that he did not want a second term in the job. Waving flags, they greeted the president as he...

The Taj Mahal hotel burns after gun battles between Indian troops and militants in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2008. Indian commandos killed the last remaining gunmen holed up at the luxury Mumbai hotel Saturday, ending a 60-hour rampage through India's financial capital by suspected Islamic militants that rocked the nat

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US LeT terrorist visited India
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US LeT terrorist visited India New Delhi / Mumbai, Nov. 8: David Coleman Headley, who was hired by the Pakistan-based militant outfit, Lashkar-e-Tayyaba to carry out attacks in India, was arrested by the US-based Federal Bureau of Investigation for conspiring to carry out terror attacks....

Iraqi Shiite Turkmen lawmaker Abbas Hasan al-Bayati , left, speaks as Iraqi Shiite Turkmen lawmaker Fawzi Akram looks on during a press conference after an Iraqi Parliament session about election law on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.

photo: AP / Hadi Mizban

Iraq approves 2010 election law: parliament
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BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraqi MPs on Sunday approved a law to govern the country's general election due in early 2010, paving the way to agree a date for the vote, said the parliament's vice president. Khaled al-Attiya said on state television 141 of the 195 members present voted for the document. The election is viewed as crucial to...

Zimbabwean opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai addresses Zimbabwean exiles at a rally in Luton, England, Saturday, June 23, 2007. Tsvangirai, President of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is in the United Kingdom as part of a delegation from the Save Zimbabwe Campaign

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Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai vows to stay in government
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CHITUNGWIZA, Zimbabwe (Reuters) - Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said on Sunday he would stay in the government and challenge President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF to implement last year's political deal in full. Zimbabwe's Prime Minister and Main opposition Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai addresses party...

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Germany celebrates memory of Berlin Wall falling
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BERLIN - Twenty years ago Monday, they danced atop the Berlin Wall, feet thudding on the cold concrete, arms raised in victory, hands clasped in friendship and giddy hope. On that cold night, years of separation and anxiety melted into the unbelievable reality of freedom and a future without border guards, secret police, informers and rigid...

People walk in a street damaged by heavy rains in San Salvador, Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009.

photo: AP / Luis Romero

40 die in El Salvador flooding
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Forty people in El Salvador have died after three days of rain caused by Hurricane Ida, the country's interior minister said Sunday. Humberto Centeno said the deaths, from flooding and landslides, were reported in at least five of the 14 provinces of the mountainous Central American country. Ida made landfall Thursday over...

A detainee is escorted to interrogation by U.S. military guards at Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, in this March 1, 2002 file photo

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US attorney general says trial reviews under way for Guantanamo detainees
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DOHA, Qatar - U.S. officials are reviewing which Guantanamo Bay detainees could face trial in American courts and the first indications could come next week, the U.S. attorney general said Sunday. Eric Holder told reporters that some decisions could be announced as early as Nov. 16, but he declined to give details or say whether it could include...