By Paula Wolfson
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is in the United States for his first meeting with President Bush since taking office in late June. They are meeting in seclusion at Camp David - the mountain-top U.S. presidential retreat.
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- Monday, July 30, 2007
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MONTREAL - B'nai Brith Canada has contacted Liberal leader Stéphane Dion to ask that he refuse to let Jocelyn Coulon stand as the Party’s candidate in the Montreal riding of Outremont, in light of the candidate’s well documented anti-Israel bias.
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- Tuesday, July 24, 2007
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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is claiming victory for his Islamist-rooted ruling party in Sunday's parliamentary election.
With nearly all ballots counted, Turkish media say the Justice and Development Party is expected to finish with 47 percent of the vote.
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- Sunday, July 22, 2007
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By Daniel Schearf
A Chinese government official in charge of Tibet has said Tibetans are opposed to further autonomy as sought by the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader. The official says Tibetans have prospered under Chinese rule and are now experiencing their fastest economic growth in history. But, as Daniel Schearf reports from Beijing, the Tibetans still lack basic religious and cultural freedoms.
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- Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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Geneva - Reports say the United Nations' Human Rights Council has agreed that Belarus and Cuba will be taken off a list of countries whose rights records receive special scrutiny.
(Full Story)Source: rferl.org
- Tuesday, June 19, 2007
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By Phil Mercer
The Dalai Lama has just completed a tour of Australia, boosting what is the country's fastest-growing religion. Australia has more Buddhists per capita than anywhere else in the Western world. Buddhism has moved beyond Asian immigrant communities and into the mainstream.
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- Monday, June 18, 2007
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has sworn in a new cabinet, just hours after he overruled constitutional limits on his authority and established an emergency government. The new 13-member cabinet replaces the Hamas-dominated unity government Mr. Abbas dismissed last week.
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- Sunday, June 17, 2007
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By Jim Teeple
Palestinian factional fighting in the Gaza Strip ended on Friday as Hamas Islamic militants completed their takeover of Fatah facilities. About 110 people, mostly militants, were killed in nearly a week of fighting between the two factions. Hamas leaders say they will ignore decrees from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who on Thursday dismissed the Palestinian unity government and established a state-of-emergency.
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- Friday, June 15, 2007
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BRUSSELS - A NATO spokesman says the alliance wants U.S. missile-defense plans to be transparent to Russia. James Appathurai, speaking after the opening of the annual NATO defense ministers' meeting in Brussels on June 14, said all NATO ministers wanted to avoid tensions and do everything possible to allay Russian concerns.
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- Thursday, June 14, 2007
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Sudan's government has accepted a plan for a joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping force in the troubled Darfur region. A joint statement from Sudan, the AU and the U.N. Tuesday said Sudan accepted the proposals on the so-called "hybrid operation," after getting explanations and clarifications from the two international bodies.
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- Tuesday, June 12, 2007
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