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Odinga returns to the stronghold of Kisumu for the first time since the disputed election, while the government condemns his party's boycott plans. Full story
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Meeting Iraq’s foreign insurgents
Cache of 606 individual insurgent records leads U.S. military to reassess assumptions about al-Qaida in Iraq. Full story
Israel agrees to ease Gaza blockade
Diesel fuel, medicine will be allowed in on a one-time basis, officials say. Full story
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Kenya's government turns on critics
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki’s government went on the offensive against critics on Monday, condemning opposition economic boycott plans as “sabotage” and summoning the British ambassador for a ticking off.
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Cubans ratify new slate of candidates
Cubans ratified a slate of parliamentary candidates on Sunday including Fidel Castro, the ailing 81-year-old leader who has not been seen in public for nearly 18 months.
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World markets sink amid pessimism over U.S.
Stocks fell sharply worldwide Monday following declines on Wall Street last week amid investor pessimism over the U.S. government’s stimulus plan to prevent a recession.
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Nationalist leads Serbia vote
An ally of late autocrat Slobodan Milosevic edged ahead of the pro-Western incumbent in Serbia's presidential election Sunday, but appears to have failed to win an outright majority.
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Meeting Iraq’s foreign insurgents
The U.S. military has discovered a cache of 606 individual insurgent records, leading to a reassessment of assumptions about al-Qaida in Iraq.
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Israel agrees to ease Gaza blockade
Israel agreed Monday to diesel fuel and medicine into Gaza on a one-time basis, easing the blockade imposed because of a surge in Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel. The shift came after the Israeli prime minister said Gaza's residents can "walk, without gas for their cars."
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Afghan mine blast kills U.K. soldier
An explosion struck a NATO patrol vehicle outside a former Taliban town in southern Afghanistan, killing one British soldier and wounding five others, officials said Monday.
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Bomber kills 18 in northern Iraq
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a funeral tent Monday in a predominantly Sunni village north of Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding 17.
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