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Romney to formally announce presidential run

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney will officially launch his campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination next week in New Hampshire, a Romney aide said Thursday.

Ratko Mladic's Capture Suggests Parallel Between Libya and Bosnia

While there are clear differences between the two - then-Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic's ethnic cleansing campaign was racially motivated, whereas Col. Muammar el Qaddafi is trying to protect his rule from an insurrection - there are parallels as well.
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Canada takes pro-Israeli stand at G8 summit

G8 Summit gives in to Canada's stand against mentioning a specific stand of the 1967 borders at which called for re-commencement of Israel-Palestinian peace talks on Friday.

G8 Summit Day 1: Russia raises Libyan bombing issue, offers to mediate

On the first day of the G8 Summit, the presidents of the European Commission and council and the leaders of the Group of Eight countries seemed primary to be focusing on the political situation in Middle East and North Africa, the debt crisis within EU and Japan's post-quake reconstruction, reported news.xinhuanet.com on Friday.

Yemen faces threat of civil war

More than 40 Yemenis were killed as violence erupted in Sana’a peaceful pro-democracy protests. Yemen was on the verge of a civil war as there was overnight combat between the government forces and tribal militia.

24 killed, 45 injured as suicide bomb explodes in Pakistan

A suicide bomber killed 24 people in Pakistan on Thursday in the latest militant attack since the death of Osama bin Laden which has angered Pakistan and led to a call for the United States to withdraw some of its military trainers, a Reuters report said.

Tripoli hit again by fresh NATO airstrikes

Tripoli was rocked once again by fresh NATO airstrikes late on Thursday night, leaving smoke rising from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah base, Reuters reported.

Obama vows post quake support to Japan

The United States will help Japan as it copes with the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis, and tries to rebuild its state, President Barack Obama said on Thursday, soothing a rift between the two allies over the atomic disaster.

Controversial Patriot Act renewed

Two Democratic senators won the promise Thursday of a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing into what they say is a secret and expansive Justice Department interpretation of the information collection the Patriot Act allows.

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