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EU to ban Ivory Coast's Gbagbo; West mulls sanctions

Soldiers patrol Ivory Coast's violence-hit Yopougon
The European Union agreed on Monday to ban Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent President, Laurent Gbagbo and his aides, the BBC reported. The Gbagbo regime is likely to be slapped with harsh sanctions from the West. The sanction could also include freezing the personal overseas assets of the president and his men and issuing visa bans.

Israel's policies stifling Palestinians: Report

Israel's policies stifling Palestinians
Israel’s policies in West Bank and other districts are depriving Palestinians of basic necessities while providing lavish amenities to Jewish settlements, Rights group says. Human Rights Watch, in a report released on Sunday slammed the Israeli government for what it called, violations of ‘International laws’ and Palestinian Rights. It also demanded a withdrawal from the settlements.
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U.S. President Barack Obama meets with China's President Hu as part of the G20 Summit in Seoul

The economic advantages of dictatorship

Dictatorships are faster and more efficient than democracies, which can be bogged down by long-drawn out debates among deeply polarized political parties who can't seem to agree on anything.
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh attends the Indian labor conference in New Delhi November 23, 2010

India, EU announce breakthrough in FTA talks

India and the European Union announced a breakthrough in their free trade talks on Friday. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said the free trade agreement (FTA) could be signed in 2011, after a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the 11th EU-India summit in Brussels.
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UK court refuses bail to WikiLeak's Assange

Julian Assange was refused bail by UK's Westminster magistrates court on Tuesday, where the charges were read out to him a short while ago, setting off a judicial process leading to his possible extradition to Sweden.
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Charges read out to Assange in UK court; Prosecution objects to bail

Julian Assange appeared at UK's Westminster magistrates court a short while ago, where the charges were read out to him, setting off a judicial process leading to his possible extradition to Sweden. The Sky News said Assange had sought Australian consular assistance and that staff of the Australian High Commission were with him inside the court.
View of barbed wire fence at the Auschwitz ' former Nazi death camp in Poland, August 1978

U.S. provided a safe haven for Nazi war criminals: Report

The U.S. government had been secretly sheltering Nazi war criminals for several years and has clashed with other nations over their fate, a 600-page report, which the Department of Justice has tried to keep hidden from the public, reveals.
Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs at an event at Apple headquarters in Cupertino

Will Steve Jobs restore 'anti-gay' apps?

A group called “Manhattan Declaration” has written a letter to Steve Jobs to restore the “anti-gay” apps from the Apple store, the Manhattan Declaration blog said.
Shahla Jahed

Iran hangs woman for the murder of lover's wife

Iran on Wednesday, executed a woman convicted of murdering the wife of a former football star. Shahla Jahed who was believed to be the mistress of Naser Mohammadkhani, a football legend, was hanged to death at the Evin prison in North Western Tehran.
A woman walks past the U.S. embassy in Madrid November 29, 2010.

U.S. denies diplomats are spies

A spokesman for the U.S. State Department denied on Monday that his agency's diplomats were spies, after the release of hundreds of thousands of secret and unclassified cables by the Wikileaks organization.
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Wikileaks: China to Germany, US diplomacy smacks of quid-pro-quo dealings

The year 2010 was not good for Google in China and the hacking was, indeed, part of a sabotage attempt carried out with help from the government quarters, reveal the classified U.S. documents released by Wikileaks on Sunday. China to Germany, US diplomacy generally smacks of quid-pro-quo dealings, as ever.
Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (R) shake hands in front of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon after signing accords during the NATO Summit in Lisbon November 20, 2010.

War to shift to Afghan control by 2014

The coalition of nations waging war against al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan declared their intention, dependent on actual conditions on the ground, to hand over full responsibility the nation by 2014.
Aung San Suu Kyi calls for unity among democratic forces

Suu Kyi speaks to supporters, calls for unity among democratic forces

In her first major speech to the supporters, Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi called upon the democratic forces in the country to work together. Thousands of cheering supporters flocked the headquarters of the National Democratic league (NLD) in Yangon on Sunday afternoon to catch a glimpse of their leader.
Australia's Attorney General Robert McClelland (far left) and his U.S. counterpart Eric Holder (c) are seen at a Quintet meeting composed of the Attorneys General from the U.S., Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the U.K. at the U.S. Justice Dept., Wash.

Australia in dilemma over deportation of Honeymoon Killer to the U.S.

Authorities in Australia, which is a staunch opponent of death penalty, are in a dilemma over whether they should deport Honeymoon Killer Gabe Watson, who completed serving his prison term in Australia on Wednesday, to Alabama, U.S., a pro-death penalty state that wants to try him again over his wife's death.
Fraud and low voter turnout cloud Myanmar polls

Fraud and low voter turnout cloud Myanmar polls

Low voter turnout and allegations of fraud marred the polls in Myanmar. Counting is currently under way as polling booths closed in the late hours of Sunday. Though official figures are yet to be released, media reports suggest that not many people were enthusiastic about the elections. This is for the first time in 20 years that the Burmese people have been allowed to vote.
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Google settles Buzz privacy lawsuit

Google Inc has settled a lawsuit accusing it of privacy violations in connection with its Buzz social networking service, according to a court document filed on Friday.
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Germany to keep close eye on Google Street View

The German government said on Wednesday it will scrutinize Google's promise to respect privacy requests by letting people opt out of its Street View mapping system and that it would be ready to intervene if necessary.
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Germany says Apple must improve data transparency

Apple Inc must immediately make clear what data it collects from users of its products and for what purposes, Germany's justice minister was quoted as saying by Der Spiegel magazine on Saturday.

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