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Thai gov’t rejects talks, defends deadly crackdown (AP)

May 16th, 2010

An anti-government protester sets a tire on fire on Sunday May 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. The country will impose a curfew Sunday and send Red Cross workers to evacuate women and children from Bangkok's deadly protest zone where 25 people have been killed in four days of street battles between anti-government demonstrators and troops.(AP photo/Wason Wanichakoen)AP - Anti-government unrest boiling over in downtown Bangkok spread to other areas of the capital and Thailand Sunday as the military defended its use of force in a crackdown…

Thai govt rejects plea for talks, pushes crackdown (AP)

May 16th, 2010

An anti-government protester sets a tire on fire on Sunday May 16, 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand. The country will impose a curfew Sunday and send Red Cross workers to evacuate women and children from Bangkok's deadly protest zone where 25 people have been killed in four days of street battles between anti-government demonstrators and troops.(AP photo/Wason Wanichakoen)AP - Thailand’s government insisted Sunday a crackdown on Red Shirt protesters will continue despite their plea for U.N-mediated talks to end four days of street clashes with troops that…

On UN stage, Iran leader rejects nuclear charges (AP)

May 3rd, 2010

Demonstrator Sadra Shahab, of the Brooklyn borough of New York, holds a flag during a rally against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza outside United Nations Headquarters, Monday, May 3, 2010, in New York.  Ahmadinejad addressed a U.N. treaty conference reviewing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty during a visit to New York Monday. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday rejected allegations his country is developing nuclear weapons, saying Washington has offered not “a single credible proof.”


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Egypt rejects claims that it gassed Gaza tunnels (AP)

April 29th, 2010

Palestinian mourners gather around the body of smuggling-tunnel worker Osama Ali Abu Jamous, 20, during his funeral at a mosque in Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 29, 2010. Palestinian officials in Gaza said four Palestinians were killed Wednesday when Egyptian forces pumped gas into a cross-border smuggling tunnel, a claim that was denied by Egyptian security officials. (AP Photo/Ashraf Amra)AP - An Egyptian intelligence official on Thursday denied allegations leveled by Hamas that Egypt pumped gas into a cross-border tunnel used to smuggle goods into the Gaza Strip, killing…

Israel rejects US calls for east Jerusalem freeze (AP)

April 22nd, 2010

A cloud casts a shadow on the Jewish neighborhood of Har Homa in east Jerusalem, Thursday, April 22, 2010. Aides to Israel's prime minister said Thursday that he has officially rejected President Barack Obama's demand to suspend all construction in contested east Jerusalem, a move that threatens to entrench a year-old deadlock in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - Israel’s prime minister on Thursday rejected U.S. calls to halt construction in disputed east Jerusalem, clouding a new peace mission by Washington’s Mideast envoy.


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Mexico rejects church criticism of sex education (AP)

April 16th, 2010

AP - Mexican educators and officials defended the country’s public school sex education Friday from criticism by a Roman Catholic bishop who said such teachings make celibacy vows more difficult…

UN rejects export ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna (AP)

March 18th, 2010

File - In this Dec. 8, 2009 file photo, a polar bear is pictured under water at the zoo in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. A U.S. backed proposal to ban the binternational/b trade of polar bear skins, teeth and claws was defeated Thursday at a U.N. wildlife meeting over concerns it would hurt indigenous economies and arguments the practice didn't pose a significant threat to the animals. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)AP - A proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna prized in sushi has been rejected by a U.N. wildlife meeting.


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Thai PM rejects protesters’ call for new elections (AP)

March 15th, 2010

Anti-goverment protestors shout slogans as they ride motorcycles to the main gates of the 11th Infantry Regiment headquarters Monday, March 15, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand.  The 'Red Shirts' are asking for the dissolution of Parliament before noon in exchange for a halt to demonstrations.  Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, the key target of the massive demonstration, said he could not give in to the protesters' ultimatum but left room for compromise.  (AP Photo/David Longstreath)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 splatter the…

Kosovo PM rejects talks on status (AFP)

March 6th, 2010

Kosovo will join the European Union and NATO as a whole, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, pictured in 2009, said, brushing off any new talks over its status, disputed by Serbia, Beta news agency reported on Saturday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - Kosovo will join the European Union and NATO as a whole, Prime Minister Hashim Thaci said, brushing off any new talks over its status, disputed by Serbia, Beta…