PAKISTAN - Musharraf to end emergency rule
ISLAMABAD (Reuters):Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said yesterday he would end a state of emergency next month, bowing to domestic and international pressure to restore normal government ahead of the general election in January....
Putin promotes his party
MOSCOW (Reuters): President Vladimir Putin, ignoring criticism he is using his post for campaign purposes, told Russians yesterday to vote for his United Russia party in Sunday's parliamentary election.
Botched coup ends with no casualties
MANILA (Reuters): Elite military and police units stormed the Manila Peninsula Hotel yesterday, ending a short-lived coup attempt by a small group of soldiers and others who had called on the army to mutiny....
Teacher jailed over 'Mohammad' teddy
KHARTOUM (Reuters):A British teacher who was accused of insulting Muslims after her class called a teddy bear Mohammad has been sentenced to spend 15 days in jail. She has also been ordered deported. The British Foreign Office expressed "regrets" at the verdict.
Olmert endorses two-state solution
JERUSALEM (Reuters): Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in a newspaper interview published yesterday that failure to negotiate a two-state solution with the Palestinians could threaten Israel's long-term survival...
Middle class courted,but sceptical in campaign
CINCINNATI (Reuters): Every politician in the United States presidential race claimed to be fighting for the middle class, and it seemed a sound strategy -until the Democratic frontrunners tried to define who, exactly, was middle class....
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