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Ben Affleck visits refugee camps in eastern Congo, says conflict not 'hopeless'
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November 20, 2008 - 8:08 AM EST
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Ben Affleck is trying to draw more attention to the conflict in eastern Congo, where some 250,000 people have been displaced by violence.The actor visited the Central African country this week to tour refugee camps and meet with aid officials and experts.It is his fourth visit since 2007. In May he filmed a documentary on eastern Congo's difficulties for the news show "Nightline."Affleck said he first became interested in...
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US ambassador summoned in Pakistan amid anger over missile strike
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November 20, 2008 - 7:34 AM EST
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Pakistan summoned the U.S. ambassador Thursday to protest a suspected American missile strike deep inside its territory as militants threatened revenge attacks unless the cross-border raids stop.The anger came even as NATO forces in Afghanistan said Pakistan's military had responded to a request to attack insurgents on its side of the border, the latest example of what the alliance says is growing cooperation along the frontier.The...
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In second stormy day in parliament, Iraqi lawmakers go through Iraqi-US security pact
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November 20, 2008 - 7:34 AM EST
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As opposition lawmakers shouted and pounded their desks in protest, Iraq's parliament on Thursday resumed deliberating a proposed security agreement with the United States that would allow American forces to stay there three more years.The parliament completed a second reading of the proposal, the last step prior to the opening of debate on the security pact ahead of the Nov. 24 vote.Lawmakers loyal to Shiite leader Muqtada...
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Tarawa, one of World War II's most brutal battles, remembered on its 65th anniversary
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November 20, 2008 - 7:18 AM EST
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Master Sgt. James M. Fawcett got on his knees and gently mixed his father's ashes with sand on the same Pacific beach where the elder Fawcett fought his way ashore 65 years ago.Maj. James L. Fawcett died in September at the age of 89. He wanted his ashes taken to the spot where half of his 50-man platoon were killed during the first two hours of the Battle of Tarawa, one of World War II's most brutal battles."What a great...
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Rebels say no clashes in eastern Congo; UN urges quick opening of aid corridors for refugees
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November 20, 2008 - 7:14 AM EST
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Hundreds of rebel forces have pulled back from three front lines in eastern Congo, the U.N. confirmed, as aid workers scrambled to reach more of the 300,000 hungry, exhausted refugees displaced by the fighting.Rebel spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa said there were no reports of fighting in eastern Congo on Thursday but his forces were "monitoring the situation."U.N. peacekeeping spokesman Col. Jean-Paul Dietrich, calling the move...
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France's Beaujolais Nouveau hits bars, wine shelves after smallest crop in 3 decades
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November 20, 2008 - 7:10 AM EST
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The 2008 edition of Beaujolais Nouveau wine is here, and vintners hope it will lift spirits despite the financial crisis and a dismal crop.The annual arrival of the young, fruity and heavily marketed wine is generally a cause for parties from Beijing to Las Vegas.Vintners hope the festive atmosphere surrounding Beaujolais Nouveau's release will bring some joy after a soggy summer in which some lost their entire harvests. It...
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Anti-piracy watchdog says more tough actions needed after Indian naval attack on pirates
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November 20, 2008 - 6:48 AM EST
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An anti-piracy watchdog group on Thursday welcomed an Indian warship's destruction of a suspected pirate vessel in waters off Somalia, where hijackings have become increasingly violent and the hijackers increasingly bold.In a rare victory in the sea war against the Somali pirates, the Indian navy's INS Tabar sank a suspected pirate "mother ship" in the Gulf of Aden and chased two attack boats on Tuesday.Noel Choong, who heads...
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Sri Lankan military says it has broken through key rebel defense line south of Jaffna
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November 20, 2008 - 6:19 AM EST
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Sri Lankan troops broke through a strategic front in the country's civil war on Thursday, overrunning an important rebel defense line north of the Tamil Tiger's de facto state, the military said.While government forces have pushed deep into rebel-held territory from the south in recent months, the rebels have managed to counter repeated strikes launched by the military from the northern Jaffna peninsula.But on Thursday, after...
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Australian police say they won't extend restrictions on ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee
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November 20, 2008 - 6:11 AM EST
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Australian police said Thursday they will stop restricting the movements and communications of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee after he broke his long media silence to ask them to let him "get on with" his life.If the restrictions are lifted, David Hicks will be a completely free man for the first time since he was captured by the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan in late 2001 and handed to U.S. troops invading to unseat the...
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