US envoy meets Abbas
Amid pessimism over Mideast peace:
US envoy George Mitchell met Palestinian
President Mahmud Abbas on Friday to push Middle East peace efforts
despite President Barack Obama’s admission that his drive for a deal
may have been overambitious.
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India scrambles security for Republic Day
New Delhi faces a virtual security lockdown for
a grand annual parade on Tuesday as India celebrates Republic Day
amid warnings that Islamic militants could be plotting an attack.
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Caucasus extremists ‘vanquished’ - Putin
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said
Saturday that extremists in the restive North Caucasus region had
been “vanquished” and the fight now was against corruption and
poverty.
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