U.S. says not considering NATO Afghan troop request
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States does not plan to contribute to a NATO request for 2,000 troops for the Afghan war, the Pentagon said on Tuesday, even as the head of the alliance held out the possibility of U.S. participation.
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Car bomb kills 20 in Pakistan after Taliban threat
KOHAT, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed his car into a police residential complex in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 20 people, officials said, in another blow for a country grappling with devastating floods.
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Half a year on, little progress in Iraq government talks
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Six months after Iraq held an election many hoped would usher in greater stability and peace, voters like Naseer Challoub are running out of patience with politicians, and also out of faith in democracy.
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U.S. team to discuss N.Korea in Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government team will travel to Seoul, Tokyo and Beijing next week to discuss North Korea but has no plans to visit the poor, isolated state or meet its officials, the State Department said Tuesday.
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Iran says it is self-sufficient in gasoline: state TV
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has raised its gasoline output to attain self-sufficiency in the strategic product and foil sanctions targeting its energy needs, the state television's website reported its oil minister as saying.
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Spain's PM says ETA must lay down arms
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Tuesday ETA had to lay down its arms forever, after the Basque separatist group declared a ceasefire.
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French unions test Sarkozy in pensions strike
PARIS (Reuters) - French trade unions said 2.5 million people took to the streets Tuesday to protest over pension reforms that President Nicolas Sarkozy says he is determined to implement on the way to elections in 2012.
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Blast rips through Mexico oil refinery, kills one
CADEREYTA, Mexico (Reuters) - An explosion ripped through a major Mexican refinery on Tuesday, killing one worker and pushing gasoline and diesel prices higher on worries state oil monopoly Pemex will have to import more fuel.
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Death toll at Darfur camp rises to nine, U.N. says
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The death toll from weekend clashes at a refugee camp in Sudan's violence-torn Darfur region has risen to nine, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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Two U.S. soldiers killed, nine wounded in Iraq
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and nine wounded on Tuesday when a gunman in Iraqi army uniform attacked them at an Iraqi base, U.S. officials said a week after Washington declared a formal end to U.S. combat operations.
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