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Chavez says Colombia rebels unwelcome in Venezuela

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President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that his government will not tolerate incursions by Colombian rebels into Venezuelan territory.

NKorea intensifies probe of detained SKorean

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North Korea said Friday it is intensifying its investigation into a South Korean worker detained on suspicion of denouncing the communist nation's government, indicating it had no intention of releasing him any time soon.

US panel: Religious freedoms ebbing in Russia

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A congressionally backed panel said Friday that religious freedoms were deteriorating in Russia, Turkey and four other nations that were added to a watch list of countries where people's rights to worship as they please or not to worship at all are at risk.

Officials cite progress drafting Afghan benchmarks

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Under pressure from Congress to develop ways to measure progress in Afghanistan, two top aides to President Barack Obama said the administration was readying benchmarks to gauge security, governance and economic development there.

U.S. says terrorist violence soared in Pakistan

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Drawings of 9/11 attacks taken off kids’ Web site

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An online coloring book from 2003 that showed planes crashing into the World Trade Center has been removed from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Web site.

Veneuzla asks Interpol to go after 2nd Chavez foe

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Venezuela has sought Interpol's help in seeking the arrest of Alfredo Pena, a political opponent of President Hugo Chavez who is facing corruption allegations, the Attorney General's Office said Thursday.

UN extends peackeepers’ mandate in southern Sudan

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U.S. lawyer hopeful on Sudan Gitmo detainees

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Italy frees hijacker of Achille Lauro ship

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One of the Palestinians who hijacked the Achille Lauro cruise ship and killed an American passenger in 1985 has been released after more than 23 years in jail, officials said Thursday.