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Qantas will remain Aussie, despite BA merger talks (AFP)
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AFP - Qantas will remain a majority-owned Australian airline even if it merges with British Airways to create a global carrier to better cope with challenging market conditions, the Australian government said Wednesday.
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US military chief in Pakistan amid tension with India (AFP)
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AFP - The chief of the United States military arrived here for talks to address simmering tensions between Pakistan and India over the Mumbai terror attacks, a diplomat said on Wednesday.
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Thai airports reopen after PM ousted by court (AP)
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AP - The first commercial flight in a week arrived in Bangkok on Wednesday as anti-government protesters ended their siege of the country's two main airports, declaring victory after Thailand's prime minister was ousted by a court ruling.
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Somali pirates free Yemeni ship without ransom (AP)
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AP - A Somali minister in the semiautonomous northern region of Puntland says pirates have freed a Yemeni cargo ship and its eight crew members without receiving any ransom.
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Rice arrives in India in wake of Mumbai attacks (AP)
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AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday, having urged Pakistan to cooperate in the investigation into a three-day terrorist siege of India's financial capital that left 171 people dead.
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Bomb strikes minibus in Baghdad, killing 1 (AP)
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AP - Iraqi police say at least one civilian has been killed and five others wounded when a bomb attached to a minibus exploded in eastern Baghdad.
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Mexican suspected in police killings beheaded (AP)
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AP - A man suspected of shooting his mother and killing three police officers called to the scene was found beheaded in southern Mexico on Tuesday, authorities said.
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Hague court delays hearing for ex-Congo leader (AP)
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AP - The International Criminal Court postponed a pretrial war crimes hearing for former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba because one of the judges cannot take part.
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Iraq's president steps up row over PM's councils (AP)
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AP - Iraq's president is going to the country's federal court to try to stop Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki from establishing tribal councils a move that major political parties fear is aimed at bolstering the Shiite leader's stature ahe...
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Pirates fire on US cruise ship in hijack attempt (AP)
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AP - The luxury American cruise ship teeming with hundreds of tourists just might have been too much for the Somali pirates to resist.
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Dozens hurt as Hebron settlers, Palestinians clash (AP)
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AP - Israeli settlers and Palestinians hurled stones at each other Tuesday near a disputed home in this West Bank city, injuring two dozen people, including a Jewish teenager with a serious head wound, medics and Israeli officials said.
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Zimbabwe faces water cuts amid cholera crisis (AP)
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AP - As children played near cesspools, their parents shook their heads at a public service announcement drifting over the radio Tuesday: It urged people to boil water before drinking it.
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Medvedev calls for transparency in Russian courts (AP)
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AP - Russia must rid its justice system of serious flaws that have driven thousands of its citizens abroad in search of justice, the president said Tuesday.
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US cruise line confirms pirate attack off Somalia (AFP)
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AFP - Miami-based Oceania Cruises confirmed a failed pirate attack on its ocean liner Nautica in the Gulf of Aden over the weekend, saying the ship was fired upon but managed to outrun its assailants.
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Russian warships hold exercises with Chavez's navy (AP)
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AP - Russian warships have ended training exercises with Venezuela's navy in Moscow's first such Caribbean deployment since the Cold War.
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