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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to President Obama
By: KARL RITTER and MATT MOORE
OSLO – President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his...Police: Suicide bomber strikes market in northwest Pakistan, killing 12 people
By: RIAZ KHAN
A suicide bomber apparently targeting an anti-Taliban mayor struck a crowded market Sunday in northwestern Pakistan, killing the mayor and 11 other people and wounding dozens, police said.
Chinese premier pledged $10 billion in loans, debt forgiveness to African nations
By: TAREK EL-TABLAWY
Fuel convoy supplying NATO forces hit in eastern Afghanistan; 2 tankers set ablaze
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Homeland chief: Fort Hood shootings no cause for anti-Muslim backlash
U.S. Homeland Security officials are working with groups around United States to head off any possible anti-Muslim backlash following the shootings at Fort Hood in Texas, the agency's chief said Sunday.
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At memorial for Yitzhak Rabin, Peres calls on Palestinian leader not to quit
Israel's president on Saturday called on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to rescind his decision to stand down, invoking the memory of Yitzhak Rabin at a public commemoration for the assassinated Israeli premier.
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In Pakistan's decrepit school system, some advocate private option to shut out the Taliban
The schoolhouse is so tiny that dozens of pupils have to sit outdoors. They're lucky if their teachers have more than a basic education. And the chanting of math equations and Quranic verses gets so loud that the children have a hard time hearing themselves.
Japanese foreign minister says expect no US military base deal during Obama visit
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