 | Peres calls on Palestinian leader not to quit
Israel's president has called on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to rescind his decision to stand down, invoking the memory of Yitzhak Rabin at a commemoration for the assassinated Israeli premier.
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 | Air France crash memorial in Rio amid criticism
Scores of relatives of the 228 people killed in the June 1 Air France jet crash dedicated a memorial in an upscale beach neighborhood Saturday amid strong criticism that the airline has failed to provide them with the answers or compensation they were promised.
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 | Guyana: US 'mastermind' behind arson attacks
Recent arson attacks and shootings in this violence-wracked South American nation are the work of a mastermind living in the United States, Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo alleged.
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 | Britain urges steps to insure financial system
Britain called for consideration of a global tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis, and urged world finance officials meeting Saturday in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change.
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 | Iran: 109 detained at opposition rally
Iranian police have detained 109 people for "disturbing public order" during an opposition rally this week, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday.
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 | Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line
Pushing back against international criticism, Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry said Saturday that the top U.N. official in the country overstepped his authority by giving instructions on how to rid the government of corruption and warlords.
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 | Medvedev: Arms control deal with US can be reached
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says that Moscow and Washington can sign a new nuclear arms control deal before year's end.
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 | Tens of thousands of homes flooded in Mexico
Officials say a week of torrential rain has flooded the homes of more than 200,000 people along Mexico's Gulf coast.
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| Abbas' move reflects deep Palestinian despair
By saying he wants to step down as president, Mahmoud Abbas has highlighted a deep Palestinian despair rooted in decades of failed peace initiatives and fruitless violence.
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 | Nominee for Haitian PM clears first hurdle
Haitian senators have taken a key first step toward replacing the prime minister they ousted a week ago.
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