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    Hu to Meet With Congressional Leaders, S. Korea Accepts North's Idea for Talks

    Jan 20, 2011 01:32 PM EDT

    ... in Iraq At least 45 people are dead and more than 130 injured after two car bombs targeted pilgrims participating in the Shia festival of Arbaeen. The latest attack comes after several deadly incidents in Iraq in recent days, including an attack on Iraqi police recruits in Tikrit that killed ...

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    Kyrgyzstan President Disputes Interim Government's Claim to Rule

    Apr 08, 2010 04:00 AM EDT

    ... happen in the future. JUDY WOODRUFF: Throngs of people converged on the central square in Bishkek today. They ripped up white material to wear as armbands to show support for the interim government. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was the first foreign leader to recognize that government, but he also ...

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    Yemen Lacks Counterterrorism Resources to Halt Jihadists

    Mar 24, 2010 04:00 AM EDT

    ... political will to fight corruption. MARGARET WARNER: How high up does it go? ABDUL-GHANI AL-IRYANI: The whole system is infected, the entire system. ABUBAKR AL-QIRBI: I'm not denying that there is corruption in Yemen, but there is exaggeration, and there is also an excuse. It's ...

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    Small Businesses Buckling Under Recession's Credit Freeze

    Dec 14, 2009 05:00 AM EDT

    ... that way. A former California fashion designer and independent businesswoman, she moved to Colorado two years ago to do something new: manufacture and sell reflective armbands and dog leashes to help motorists spot pedestrians at night. At first, it went well. The products are popular on Amazon.com and in ...

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    Iraq Suicide Bombing Part of Effort to Stoke Sectarian Violence, Officials Say

    Feb 13, 2009 07:00 PM EDT

    ... It came a day after a bomb killed eight in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, to which hundreds of thousands were headed to observe Arbain, one of the most important Shiite Muslim rites. The ritual marks the end of a mourning period after the anniversary of the death of ...

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    Thousands Protest Emergency Rule in Pakistan

    Nov 05, 2007 11:10 PM EDT

    PROTESTORS: Go, Musharraf, go! Go, Musharraf, go! Go, Musharraf, go! Go, Musharraf, go! LINDSEY HILSUM: It was a similar scene at Karachi high court, where striking and protesting lawyers clashed with police, and several were arrested. The protests were calmer here in Islamabad, the red armbands saying, "No to dictatorship ...

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    Ruling Party Candidate Declared President in Disputed Election

    Apr 23, 2007 03:45 PM EDT

    ... elections," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.However, the United States is not calling for another election, McCormack said.Opposition candidates, including Vice President Atiku Abubakar, have demanded a new election and called the polling a sham.Abubakar was at the center of a dispute between the Nigerian court system ...

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    Nigerian Court Reinstates Key Opposition Candidate as Election Looms

    Apr 16, 2007 08:05 PM EDT

    Abubakar was excluded from a list of approved candidates released in March by the Independent National Electoral Commission, but the court ruled the commission did not have the power to disqualify candidates.The electoral body said it excluded the candidates because of accusations of corruption or fraud. Abubakar was accused ...

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    Doubts Persist over Nigerian Presidential Election Process

    Apr 05, 2007 08:20 PM EDT

    ... fears of delayed polls were exacerbated when the list of approved candidates was released by the INEC on March 15. Nigeria's Vice President Atiku Abubakar was left off the list because of accusations of corruption.A Nigerian court had already cleared Abubakar for the election and ruled INEC has ...

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    Nigerian Senate Blocks Obasanjo from Running for Third Term

    May 16, 2006 07:06 PM EDT

    ... democracy." Obasanjo, who once served as a military ruler in Nigeria, came to power in 1999 following three decades of dictatorship in the country. So far, he has failed to name a successor and has broken with his Vice President Atiku Abubakar, a presidential hopeful who opposed the constitutional change.