Deadline for Thai Parliament dissolution passes (AP)

AP - Thailand’s prime minister, backed by a formidable military force, rejected an ultimatum to dissolve Parliament on Monday as tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters vowed to continue their push to oust the government.

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Rival to Iraq PM in slim lead in disputed province (AP)

AP - A secular challenger to Iraq’s prime minister is leading by a slim margin ahead of a Kurdish alliance in partial election results from a northern, oil-rich province that is home to the disputed city of Kirkuk.

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Pakistani jets pound Taliban hide-outs; 17 killed (AP)

AP - Pakistani fighter jets pounded Taliban hide-outs near the Afghan border Sunday, killing 17 insurgents, local officials said.

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Afghan leader to allow foreign election monitors (AP)

AP - Afghanistan’s president has agreed to reverse an earlier decision and allow two foreigners on a commission that will monitor upcoming parliamentary elections, his spokesman said Saturday.

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Iraqi PM starts laying groundwork for new govt (AP)

AP - The Iraqi prime minister’s bloc said Friday it has started laying the groundwork to form a coalition government, signaling growing confidence after preliminary election results showed it winning in at least three provinces in the southern Shiite heartland.

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Early Iraq results: PM battling secular challenger (AP)

AP - Partial vote results in Iraq’s historic election released Thursday showed a tight contest between the nation’s prime minister, who had the lead in two provinces in the mainly Shiite south, and a secular challenger who appeared to be drawing on Sunni support north of Baghdad.

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US-Israel row highlights quandary over settlements (AP)

AP - An open diplomatic row during the visit of Vice President Joe Biden has shined a spotlight on the U.S. failure to rein in Israeli settlement ambitions and deepened Palestinian suspicions that the United States is too weak to broker a deal

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Clinton: Iran is becoming a military dictatorship (AP)

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that Iran is becoming a military dictatorship, a new U.S. accusation in the midst of rising tensions with Iran over its nuclear ambitions and crack down on anti-government protesters

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US seeks to shore up support for tough Iran stance (AP)

AP - U.S. officials sought to shore up support Sunday for a tougher stand against Iran’s nuclear program by saying Tehran had left the world little choice and expressing renewed confidence that holdout China would come around to harsher U.N

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Report: Grand jury apparently probes gate-crashers (AP)

AP - A federal grand jury has convened to investigate whether fraudulent statements were made to government officials, apparently in the probe of how a Virginia couple got into a White House state dinner without an invitation.

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