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Abbas to discuss Israel-Palestinian peace with Bushmore similar news »
TUNIS (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday he would consult President George W. Bush this week on ways to advance peace talks so that a deal with Israel can be reached by the end of the year.
More than 80 die in Mogadishu fighting: rights groupmore similar news »
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali Islamist insurgents and government troops exchanged mortar fire on Sunday and a prominent human rights group said 81 people had been killed in the past 24 hours in some of the heaviest clashes in months.
McCain vows war on wasteful spendingmore similar news »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Sunday touted his plans to slash unneeded spending to balance the federal budget and dismissed Democratic rivals as "out of touch" on the economy.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice backed Iraq's crackdown on militias in a visit on Sunday to Baghdad, where the worst fighting in weeks killed 23 after Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threatened all-out war.
Young Pennsylvania voters drawn to Obamamore similar news »
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Farm aid and fair trade key to food crisis: U.N.more similar news »
ACCRA (Reuters) - Increased aid for agriculture and the abolition of rich-nation subsidies are key to finding a long-term solution to rising world food prices, the head of the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development said on Saturday.
U.S. commanders urge wider Pakistan attacks: reportmore similar news »
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. commanders in Afghanistan have recently urged expanding the war effort, possibly including U.S. attacks on indigenous Pakistani militants inside Pakistan's tribal areas, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions.
