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• Rice makes historic visit to Libya
  5 Sep 2008 at 4:13pm
  U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that her historic visit to former pariah state Libya proves that the U.S. ...
  
  
• Official: Baghdad blast kills 2
  5 Sep 2008 at 4:24pm
  An Iraqi police official says a car bomb apparently targeting the convoy of former Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi has exploded ...
  
  
• Iraq govt reacts sharply to U.S. spying allegations
  5 Sep 2008 at 3:00pm
  The Iraqi government reacted sharply Friday to published allegations that the U.S. spied on Iraq's prime minister, warning that ...
  
  
• Lingering tensions slow Iraqi withdrawal plans
  5 Sep 2008 at 2:43pm
  Concern over upcoming elections and widening tensions among Iraq's religious and ethnic groups appear behind the U.S. military's ...
  
  
• First aid ship arrives in flooded Haitian city
  5 Sep 2008 at 2:39pm
  A ship carrying 33 tons of U.N. relief supplies docked in Gonaives on Friday, the first significant aid delivery to tens of thousands ...
  
  
• Nicaragua recognizes S. Ossetia, Abkhazia
  5 Sep 2008 at 2:07pm
  Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is formally recognizing the independence of two breakaway Georgian provinces.
  
  
• 6 ex-Soviet neighbors back Russia over Georgia
  5 Sep 2008 at 1:41pm
  Russia scored an important diplomatic victory Friday when it secured support from six other former Soviet nations for its war ...
  
  
• U.S. suspends sanctions against Belarus
  5 Sep 2008 at 1:10pm
  The U.S. administration has suspended some economic sanctions against this former Soviet nation, the U.S. Embassy said Friday.
  
  
• U.S. offers aid to hurricane-blasted Cuba
  5 Sep 2008 at 12:32pm
  The United States has offered Cuba $100,000 in emergency aid for the victims of Hurricane Gustav and is willing to send far more ...
  
  
• Iran sentences 4 women activists to prison
  5 Sep 2008 at 12:18pm
  Iran has reportedly sentenced four female activists to six months in prison for writings demanding equality for women, a move ...
  
  
• U.S. nuclear envoy arrives to discuss N.Korea impasse
  5 Sep 2008 at 11:54am
  The top U.S. nuclear envoy said Friday there was still support for talks with North Korea to break a deadlock over verification ...
  
  
• Afghan al-Qaeda commander warns of attacks on West
  5 Sep 2008 at 11:14am
  al-Qaeda's top commander in Afghanistan warned of more attacks against the West in a video posted on the Web that paid tribute ...
  
  
• Sri Lankan military says 35 killed in fighting
  5 Sep 2008 at 9:58am
  Sri Lankan forces attacked rebel boats and bunkers with artillery and ground assaults and Tamil separatists fought back with ...
  
  
• 6 militants, 2 civilians killed in Afghan raid
  5 Sep 2008 at 9:39am
  An overnight raid early Friday killed six militants and two civilians in western Afghanistan, the U.S. coalition said.
  
  
• Cheney: U.S. supports Ukraine's security, freedom
  5 Sep 2008 at 9:20am
  The United States is committed to Ukraine's security and freedom, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney pledged Friday, suggesting ...