Photostream : Women’s rights activists receive Peace Prize

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As U.S. leaves, Iraqi forces still under construction

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Nearly nine years after the United States threw out Saddam Hussein and dissolved his feared security machine, Iraq’s rebuilt military is a long way from matching up with regional powers like Saudi Arabia, Iran and Israel. With little air defense, marginal control of its borders and a tenuous grip on Sunni insurgents and Shi’ite militias, Iraq may depend […]

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Pope: Christmas will be tough this year

  ROME (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI says he knows Christmas this year will be difficult, in an acknowledgement of the economic crisisgripping much of the West. But he is urging the faithful to remember there’s more to the holiday than gift-buying. Benedict spoke Sunday while visiting a parish in a working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of Rome. Italians are […]

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