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Court ruling brings down Thai government
(AP)
AP - A court dissolved Thailand's top three ruling parties for electoral fraud Tuesday and temporarily banned the prime minister from politics, bringing down a government that has faced months of strident protests seeking its ouster.
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India demands Pakistan hand over terror suspects
(AP)
AP - India picked up intelligence in recent months that terrorists were plotting attacks against Mumbai targets, an official said Tuesday, as the government demanded that Islamabad hand over suspected terrorists believed living in Pakistan.
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'Chemical Ali' sentenced to death in Iraq
(AP)
AP - A special Iraqi court sentenced Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin, "Chemical Ali" Hassan al-Majid, to death Tuesday after convicting him of crimes against humanity for his part in crushing the 1991 Shiite uprising in southern Iraq.
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Israel buries victims of India attack
(AP)
AP - Israelis on Tuesday began burying the six Jews killed in the 60-hour terror rampage in the Indian city of Mumbai, the grimness of the occasion deepened by the conviction that the victims were targeted because of their religion.
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Settlers clash with Israeli troops, Palestinians
(AP)
AP - Dozens of Jewish settlers rioted Tuesday in the West Bank town of Hebron, clashing with the Israeli troops who guard them but who may also soon evict them from a disputed building they've occupied.
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Europe to Cap Prices for Roaming Text Messages and Data
(PC World)
PC World - European telecommunications ministers gave their backing on Thursday to a plan to cap retail prices for sending SMS (Short Message Service) text messages and browsing the Internet using mobile phones while abroad.
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UN concerned over treatment of Iraqi detainees
(AP)
AP - The United Nations says it's concerned about overcrowded prisons and the treatment of detainees in Iraq.
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Tijuana police chief fired after weekend violence
(AP)
AP - Tijuana's anti-corruption police chief was fired and replaced with an army officer Monday, following three days of violence that left 37 people dead in this border city plagued by warring drug gangs.
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Somali pirates fail to hijack US cruise liner
(AP)
AP - Pirates near Somalia chased and shot at a U.S. cruise liner with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel, a maritime official said Tuesday.
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China warns Sarkozy of fallout from Dalai Lama meeting
(Reuters)
Reuters - China warned French President Nicolas Sarkozy to call off a planned meeting with the Dalai Lama, saying on Tuesday that it was up to Sarkozy to create the right conditions for putting China-EU relations back on track.
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US cruise line confirms pirate attack off Somalia
(AFP)
AFP - Miami-based Oceania Cruises confirmed a failed pirate attack on its ocean liner Nautica in the Gulf of Aden over the weekend, saying the ship was fired upon but managed to outrun its assailants.
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