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 Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics
| By Willy Lam | China's ongoing tussles with the United States over issues including Taiwan, Tibet and trade are in a sense nothing new. For more than two decades, Sino-US relations have periodically... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Asia Times
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 Marjah fears return of warlords
| By Mohammad Elyas Daee and Abubakar Siddique | MARJAH - Azizullah Khan might be this town's best example of civic-mindedness. He is a middle-aged farmer in this area, at the center of a recent large... (photo: AP / Dusan Vranic, Pool) Asia Times
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 Palestinians complain to Biden
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinians told U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday that Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers challenged Washington's... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak, File) Khaleej Times
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 Ahmadinejad criticises NATO troops, mocks Gates
KABUL - Iran's outspoken president on Wednesday criticised Western troops as an obstacle to peace in Afghanistan and mocked the US defence secretary during their overlapp... (photo: AP / Seth Wenig) Khaleej Times
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 Erdogan gets Saudi nod as Mideast force
RIYADH - Turkey's role as a key player in Middle East and Arab affairs was set in cement when the Saudis honoured Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a prestigious p... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici) Khaleej Times
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 Formula One statistics for Bahrain Grand Prix
March 10 (Reuters) - Formula One statistics for Sunday's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix: CHAMPIONS There will be four world champions (Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, ... (photo: Creative Commons / slitz) The Guardian
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 Bahrain's lower chamber seeks complete ban on alcohol
| Manama: Bahrain could become a dry country if a Bill backed by the parliament’s lower chamber to ban the import and sale of alcohol goes through the upper chamber... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Gulf News
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 Gates keeps up pressure on Iran with Gulf visit
| RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was keeping up the pressure on Iran on Wednesday, consulting with the United States' closest and most inf... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq) Denver Post
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 Israel apologizes for embarrassing Biden
Ramallah (West Bank): Israel apologized Wednesday for disrupting the visit of Vice President Joe Biden with its announcement of 1,600 new homes in disputed east Jerusalem... (photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill) Zeenews
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 First Iraq vote results expected by Thursday - U.N.
| BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Preliminary results of Iraq's parliamentary election, a vote seen as a litmus test of its young democracy, are likely to be released by Thursday, a ... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny) The Star
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