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Workers look for forensic evidence outside Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008.

Strange storm brews in South Asia

Asia Times

By M K Bhadrakumar No sooner had the guns fallen silent and the terrorist carnage ended in Mumbai than a keen three-way diplomatic tussle began involving India, Pakistan and the United States. The two South Asian nuclear powers are locked in race to get the US on their respective side. For the US, though, it is no longer a matter of acting as a...

photo: AP / Altaf Qadri

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Lebanese deficit falls despite drain at power company

Daily Star Lebanon

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Qassem urges 'calm' talk over 'stark differences'

Daily Star Lebanon

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Sleiman chastises critics of Saudi role in Lebanon

Daily Star Lebanon

Aoun defends decision to visit Damascus Tuesday, December 02, 2008...

Palin Campaigns for Chambliss in Georgia Senate Runoff

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, speaks to supporters during a rally in Scranton, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008.

Wall Street Journal

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin implored Georgia Republicans to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in his hotly contested Senate runoff, telling a cheering crowd Monday that the first step in rebuilding the GOP begins with the Southern state. The...

photo: AP / Rich Schultz

Qaeda's Zawahri hails executed Bali bombers - websites

Ayman al-Zawahri said in the hour-long tape released to jihadist Web sites that the U.S. war on terror is now a "historic tangle." He sneered at U.S. forces turning over southern Afghanistan WN/Bero Amer

The Star

DUBAI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's second-in-command, in an Internet message, praised as "steadfast heroes" three militants executed for the 2002 Bali bombings, vowing that the executions would prompt Islamists to step up their anti-Western fight. "These...

photo: WN/Bero Amer

U.S.' Hill to meet N.Koreans in Singapore this week

U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill answers reporters' question after meeting with his South Korean counterpart Kim Sook before he leaves for North Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008. Hill embarked on a mission Tuesday to rescue an unraveling disarmament deal with North Korea as he arrived in Seoul in preparation for a rare trip to the communist nat

The Star

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Chris Hill will meet North Korean officials in Singapore ahead of Dec. 8 multilateral talks in Beijing on persuading North Korea to abandon its nuclear programs, a U.S. official said on Monday....

photo: AP / Lee Jin-man

Pakistan Tries To Avoid New Battlefront

Indian policeman stands guard during tight security on the eve of Third phase state elections in Srinagar November30, 2008. indian administrated kashmir.

CBS News

Leaders Try To Craft Response To Mumbai Attack, Diffuse Tension On Border With India ISLAMABAD, Dec. 1, 2008 E-Mail Story Print Story Sphere Share Text Size: A A A Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, is seen in a June 27, 2008 file photo in Ankara,...

photo: WN / Imran Nissar

First Special International Tibet Support Groups General Meeting Begins

Tibetan girls gathering for national anthem at special general meeting in Dharamshala

WorldNews.com

Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala: 1 December 2008 A three-day 'Special International Tibet Support Groups Meeting' has been convened in the Indian capital Delhi by the Indian Core Group for the Tibetan cause in view of the...

photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang

NATO bid by Ukraine and Georgia to placate Moscow

A Romanian soldier peers from behind a NATO flag during the ceremony to mark the accession of Romania into NATO in Bucharest, Friday April 2, 2004. Romania has a total of 700 troops in Iraq and has contributed more than 1,000 peacekeepers to operations in Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan

The Australian

BRUSSELS: NATO foreign ministers will attempt to avoid a diplomatic row with Moscow tomorrow when they deny Georgia and Ukraine the opportunity to take the first step towards guaranteed membership of the alliance. The two former...

photo: AP / Vadim Ghirda