Saudi Arabia said it "deplored" Tehran's charge that an Iranian nuclear scientist was kidnapped on a pilgrimage to Mecca and hauled off to the United States, a Saudi newspaper reported Wednesday.
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The mayor of Kabul, sentenced to four years in prison in a landmark corruption case, has gone back to work and said Wednesday he was innocent, branding his conviction a conspiracy.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai made it clear on Tuesday that his country's security forces will need 15 to 20 years of financial and training assistance.
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Iraq has finally set a date for elections -- seen as a critical step towards the withdrawal of US troops -- the head of the country's Independent High Electoral Commission said Tuesday.
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A series of coordinated attacks struck Baghdad Tuesday, including two suicide car bombers and another vehicle that blew up near government sites.
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In a last-minute compromise reached under heavy US pressure, Iraqi lawmakers on Sunday approved a law on seat distribution for the upcoming parliamentary election.
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Iranian police fired tear gas and live bullets as they fought back thousands of unarmed protesters on the streets of Tehran on Monday.
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nato's top official said that at least 25 countries will send a total of about 7000 additional forces to Afghanistan next year and there are "more to come. "
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President Barack Obama's planned troop build-up in Afghanistan came in for more scepticism on Capital Hill on Thursday with lawmakers zeroing in on how the US would deal with extremist havens in neighboring Pakistan.
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The state-run Syrian Arab News Agency is reporting that an explosion that killed three people including a bus driver and two mechanics occurred when the bus' tire burst, releasing a "strong wave of pressure"... and was an accident.
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