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| Israel has been facing intense international pressure to end its 3-year-old blockade of tiny Gaza, where 1.5 million Palestinians live |  |
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| Car bombs exploded Sunday near the headquarters of the Iraqi Commercial Bank and a government office that issues identity cards |  |
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| U.S. Defense Secretary says war effort is moving more slowly than anticipated, despite progress against Taliban |  |
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| WHO plans to provide health care to some 700,000 people in Kyrgyzstan and to 300,000 potential refugees in Uzbekistan |  |
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| Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke during a funeral for some of Turkish soldiers killed in clashes with PKK militants |  |
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| Officials say Abdolmalek Rigi was hanged early Sunday in Tehran's Evin prison |  |
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| Opinion polls put Poland's acting President, Bronislaw Komorowksi, running for governing center-right Civic Platform party in the lead |  |
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| Former defense minister Juan Manuel Santos competing with former Bogota mayor Antanas Mockus |  |
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| Republicans criticize Mr. Obama administration's response to the crisis, while Democrats charge them supporting corporate interests |  |
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| Oguchi Onyewu, the anchor of the U.S. World Cup soccer team's defense, was born in Washington, DC, to Nigerian parents |  |
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