AP – An Islamic charity accused of terror links by the United States pledged Friday to build 1,000 temporary homes for survivors of the Pakistan earthquake, a move likely to expand the group’s influence in the impoverished region.
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AP – Brazil’s state-run oil company signed an agreement Friday to explore for oil in deep Caribbean waters north of Cuba that officials in Havana say could contain 20 billion barrels of crude.
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Reuters – The foreign ministers of France and Britain flew into Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday on an EU mission to try to secure peace in the east and help tens of thousands of civilians fleeing conflict.
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AP – Serbia’s Foreign Ministry says the government has expelled Malaysia’s ambassador after his country recognized the independence of Kosovo.
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Reuters – France and Britain launched an EU mission to secure peace in eastern Congo on Friday and the United Nations said African Union leaders had suggested calling a regional summit.
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AP – A jury of U.S. military officers at Guantanamo’s second war-crimes trial reached a verdict Friday that could put Osama bin Laden’s alleged “media secretary” and videomaker in prison for life.
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AFP – Virgin Atlantic said Friday it has sacked 13 of its cabin staff after they criticised the airline and some of its passengers on social networking website Facebook.
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AP – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging the factions fighting in eastern Congo to meet at a neutral site and begin talks on restoring peace to the conflict-wracked region, a senior U.N. official said Friday.
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Reuters – Senior U.S. and North Korean diplomats will meet in New York next week, the State Department said on Friday, as the Bush administration seeks to advance an arms-for-disarmament deal with the poor, isolated state.
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AP – Four Mexican military officers and one soldier are under investigation for alleged links to one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels, Mexico’s Defense Department said Friday.
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