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Israel seeks bids for hundreds more Jerusalem settler homes - 12/28/2009

JERUSALEM- Israel has invited tenders for the building of hundreds of more homes in Jewish settlements in annexed Arab east Jerusalem, the independent Channel 10 television said on Sunday. In all,...

Mousavi nephew among five dead in Iran clashes: websites - 12/28/2009

TEHRAN- Iranian reformist websites said security forces killed a nephew of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi on Sunday as police confirmed that five people died during anti-government rallies in...

Asia remembers day ocean unleashed its fury - 12/27/2009

BANDA ACEH, Nurdin Hasan - People across Asia paused Saturday to remember the day five years ago when an undersea earthquake unleashed a devastating wave that killed more than 220,000 people. A...

Desperate Indonesians sell organs online - 12/27/2009

JAKARTA, Arlina Arshad - Cash-strapped Indonesians are cutting out the middleman and selling their organs online, exploiting a loophole in local laws and fueling a dangerous and illegal trade in...

Blast kills at least two in Hezbollah Beirut stronghold - 12/27/2009

BEIRUT, Rouba Kabbara - At least two people were killed late Saturday in a mysterious blast that shook Hezbollah's stronghold in southern Beirut, a security official said, amid reports it could have...

Nigerian charged with trying to blow up US airliner - 12/27/2009

DETROIT, Melissa Preddy - A Nigerian man was charged Saturday with attempting to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner, while unnamed security officials told US media the suspect had confessed that...

Journalist detained in Mauritania after sentence - 12/26/2009

NOUAKCHOTT - Lawyers representing a Mauritanian journalist who has served a six-month prison sentence denounced his "arbitrary detention" Friday and demanded his immediate release. Hanevy Ould...

18 killed in Iraq violence despite tight security - 12/26/2009

BAGHDAD, Salam Faraj - Eighteen people including six Shiite worshippers were killed in a spate of attacks across Iraq on Friday, despite ramped up security for Christmas Day and Shiite Ashura...

No Christmas cheer for Pakistanis forced to sell kidneys - 12/25/2009

YUHANABAD, Abbas Sahi- There is no joy at Christmas for Pakistani Christians like Faqir Masih, forced by poverty to sell a kidney to unscrupulous organ traders who find easy prey among the religious...

Egypt refuses entry to Gaza convoy through Red Sea port - 12/25/2009

CAIRO- A Gaza-bound aid convoy in Jordan led by British MP George Galloway will not be allowed into Egypt through the Red Sea port of Nuweiba -- the most direct route -- Egypt's foreign ministry...
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