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Reuters - Foreign donors have held up preparations for a referendum on south Sudan’s independence by not transferring money to the organizers and wasting money on pointless grants, the head…

Reuters - Yemen needs more help from its allies to combat al Qaeda, its foreign minister said on Monday, just two days after the militant group said it had been…

AFP - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle embarked on a two-day trip to Israel and the Gaza Strip Sunday aimed at promoting a new start to peace talks and monitoring…

AP - Iran’s foreign minister said Wednesday that no final decision has been made about a woman who could be stoned to death for adultery, amid reports that her execution…

AP - Foreign journalists will not be allowed into Myanmar to cover the military-ruled country’s first election in 20 years, election officials said Monday, issuing the latest restriction for an…

Time.com - Heavily indebted, Greece looks to China and the Mideast to boost long-term growth

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AP - Prime Minister Naoto Kan named a new foreign minister as part of his Cabinet reshuffle Friday, putting a new stamp on the administration after surviving a party leadership…

AP - Seiji Maehara, a security expert and former transport minister, has been named Japan’s new foreign minister.

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AP - Japan’s foreign minister apologized for the suffering of a group of former World War II prisoners of war visiting from the United States and said they were treated…

AP - Roadside bombs killed two members of the international security force in Afghanistan on Monday, including one American, NATO reported.

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