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Pakistan arrests halt UN contacts with Taliban (AP)

A Pakistani man reads a newspaper reporting the capture of top Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar at a news stand in Karachi on February 16. The arrest of key Taliban leaders in Pakistan stopped a secret channel of communications with the United Nations, the former UN special representative to Afghanistan said Friday in a BBC interview.(AFP/File/Rizwan Tabassum)AP - Pakistan's recent arrests of top Taliban leaders have halted the United Nation's secret talks with the insurgency, the U.N.'s former envoy to Afghanistan said.


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Japanese fish dealers welcome tuna ban rejection (AP)

A fish dealer walks among tuna at his stall inside Tsukiji Wholesale Market in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, March 19, 2010. Japanese fish dealers welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP - Japanese fish dealers on Friday welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna — a prized ingredient of sushi — while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing.


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US, Russia clash over startup of Iran nuke plant (AP)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov smile as they leave a news conference after the talks in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 18, 2010. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control and other security issues, and separately with top international diplomats on the outlook for bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to peace talks. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and her Russian counterpart clashed openly Thursday over the planned launch this summer of Iran's first, Russian-built nuclear power plant, highlighting a split in views over how to steer Iran away from nuclear weapons.


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Venezuela asks for details of charges in ETA case (AP)

A Spanish citizen is escorted by Spanish police officers as she is deported at the Maiquetia airport in Caracas, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Venezuelan authorities repatriated 18 Spanish inmates, serving time on drug-trafficking charges, to complete the remainder of their sentences in Spain, Venezuela's government said. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)AP - Venezuela has asked authorities in Spain to detail their accusations against an alleged ETA operative accused of helping the Basque separatist group arrange explosives training with Colombian rebels in Venezuela.


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Netanyahu calls Clinton to defuse tensions (AP)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles before her talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, unseen, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Clinton on Thursday opened two days of talks with Russian leaders on nuclear arms control and other security issues, and separately with top international diplomats on the outlook for bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to peace talks. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - Hoping to defuse a fight between friends, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton agreed Thursday to meet next week in Washington to confront an embarrassing dispute over Israeli land claims.


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Why Are Parent-Child Suicides Rising in Hong Kong? (Time.com)
Time.com - Filicide-suicides are not a new phenomenon in East Asia, but HongKong's relatively high number -- there have been at least 15 since thestart of 2008 -- has raised alarmMORE
Kauto Star, Denman square up for Gold Cup decider (AFP)

Ruby Walsh riding Kauto Star celebrates as he rides toward the finish line to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup in March 2009. Kauto Star became the first horse to regain the prize after winning 2009 edition of one of British racing's most prestigious races. 2010 Cheltenham Festival reaches its climax on Friday when Kauto Star and Denman will trade punches again.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - The Cheltenham Festival reaches its climax on Friday when Paul Nicholls' duo Kauto Star and Denman - jump racing's two prize fighters - trade punches again in the Gold Cup.


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Gaza rocket kills Thai farm worker in Israel (AP)

An Israeli police officer is seen at the site where a rocket, fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, hit the southern Israeli agricultural community of Netiv Haasara, near the border with Gaza, Thursday, March 18, 2010. Palestinian militants fired a rocket at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing a Thai farm worker, Israeli medics said, in the first death from a rocket attack since Israel's Gaza offensive last year. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)AP - A rocket fired by Gaza militants smashed into a greenhouse in an Israeli border village Thursday, killing a Thai worker in the first such death since Israel's massive offensive against Hamas-ruled Gaza more than a year ago.


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Anger over freeing man convicted in bishop murder (AP)
AP - Guatemalan human rights groups expressed outrage Thursday over a judge's decision to release a former army colonel convicted of killing a prominent Roman Catholic bishop more than a decade ago.MORE
Nigeria recalls envoy after Kadhafi 'partition' comment (AFP)

Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi delivers a speech in the coastal city of Benghazi in February 2010. Nigeria on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Tripoli after Kadhafi's AFP - Nigeria on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Tripoli after Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's "irresponsible" suggestion that the country be partitioned between Muslims and Christians.


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Japan celebrates defeat of bluefin tuna trade ban (AFP)

A Japanese customer is pictured eating bluefin tuna sushi at a restaurant in Yokohama city, suburban Tokyo. The government, sushi lovers and seafood traders at Tokyo's massive Tsukiji fish market on Friday cheered the defeat of a proposed cross-border ban on trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - The Japanese government, sushi lovers and seafood traders at Tokyo's massive Tsukiji fish market on Friday cheered the defeat of a proposed ban on trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna.


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Canada's Conservatives see larger lead: poll (Reuters)
Reuters - Canada's Conservative government holds a clear lead in public support, but it appears to be due largely to weakness of the second-place Liberals, according to a poll released on Thursday.MORE
Rio Tinto signs huge China deal as staff await trial (AFP)

AFP - Mining giant Rio Tinto announced a huge iron ore deal with China's state-run Chinalco Friday, days before four if its staff go on trial in a case that has threatened diplomatic and trade ties.


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Pakistan seeks civilian nuclear aid, but U.S. unlikely to deliver (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan will seek U.S. aid for its civilian nuclear power program next week when its top military and senior civilian leaders visit Washington to re-start a "strategic dialogue" between the two countries.MORE
Afghanistan war: lessons from the Soviet war (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - It was early summer, 1982. The Soviet war in Afghanistan was gathering momentum against the mujahideen, the country's disparate but increasingly widespread resistance movement. I'd just trekked for 10 days across rugged mountains from neighboring Pakistan to the beleaguered Panjshir Valley, an assertive thorn against the Red Army's might barely 40 miles north of Kabul.MORE
Guatemala Ex-President Portillo to Face Charges in U.S. (Time.com)
Time.com - A panel of judges has approved Alfonso Portillo's extradition to the U.S. on charges that he laundered tens of millions of dollars that he had embezzled while he was President of GuatemalaMORE
Why One Undocumented Student Is Walking the Trail of Dreams (OneWorld.net)
OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 17 (New America Media) - Four students who were brought to the United States by their families when they were young and are still undocumented are walking 1,500 miles from their homes in Miami, Fla. to Washington, D.C., to ask for immigration reform.MORE
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