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document.write('- Taliban Vows to Disrupt Afghan Elections');
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The Taliban on Sunday announced plans to disrupt Afghanistan\'s parliamentary elections, scheduled for September 18.A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, told reporters that the balloting is just for the benefit of the foreigners who he says are occupying the country. And he urged the Afghan peopl...(More)');
document.write(' - Spain\'s Basque Separatists Declare Cease-Fire');
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The Basque separatist group ETA has issued a video declaring a cease-fire. The video, posted Sunday on the website of the Basque newspaper Gara, shows three masked militants making a statement in the Basque language saying they were ending armed operations. One of the rebels, reading from a text, sa...(More)');
document.write(' - US East Coast Cleans Up From Weakened Hurricane Earl');
document.write(' by Victoria Cavaliere');
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The remnants of hurricane Earl, which was downgraded to a tropical storm,took aim at Nova Scotia in Canada Saturday after lashing New York\'s Long Island and coastal communities in Massachusetts. The storm was far less severe, but officials are still assessing how much damage was caused. The storm ...(More)');
document.write(' - Crisis Group Says Sudan Border Dispute Complicating Peace Agreement');
document.write(' by Michael Onyiego');
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According to a recent report by the Brussels-based International Crisis Group, stalled negotiations to define Sudan\'s north-south border are fueling mistrust and tension just five months before a referendum which could split the country in two.On January 9th of next year, citizens of southern Sudan ...(More)');
document.write(' - US Expects Turkey to Be Used in US Troop Withdrawal');
document.write(' by Dorian Jones');
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The chairman of US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, is visiting NATO member Turkey. Relations between the two allies have been strained following Ankara\'s vote against new U.N. Iranian sanctions and rising tensions between Turkey and Israel, two other key allies of Washington. Admiral ...(More)');
document.write(' - Flood Emergency in Pakistan Not Over');
document.write(' by Lisa Schlein');
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is urging the international community not to turn its attention away from the crisis in flood-stricken Pakistan. The UNHCR says the emergency is far from over and the survivors of these catastrophic floods will be in need of aid for a long time.The ...(More)');
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