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Rice seeks closer Maghreb counter-terror links

ALGIERS, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed for closer north African counter-terrorism cooperation on Saturday on a tour of an oil-rich region periodically hit by violence blamed on al Qaeda. ...  > full story

Obama tells elderly he will protect retirement

NEWARK, New Jersey, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama warned the elderly on Saturday that Republican rival John McCain would put their retirement income in danger. ...  > full story

Nuclear nations approve disputed India trade waiver

VIENNA, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Forty-five nations approved a U.S. proposal on Saturday to lift a global ban on nuclear trade with India in a breakthrough towards sealing a controversial U.S.-Indian atomic energy deal. ...  > full story

EU gambles on next U.S. president, result secret

AVIGNON, France, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Europeans do not get to vote in the November U.S. presidential election, but many wish they did, and their foreign ministers decided that they would at least take a gamble behind closed doors. ...  > full story

Nuclear suppliers approve U.S.-India deal

VIENNA, Sep. 6, 2008 (Reuters) — Forty-five nuclear supplier states on Saturday approved a U.S. proposal to drop a ban on trade with India, advancing a U.S.-Indian atomic energy deal, diplomats in the closed meeting told Reuters. ...  > full story

Washington to pull plans for Russian nuclear deal

WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2008 (Reuters) — The Bush administration will withdraw a civilian nuclear pact with Russia soon as a penalty for its invasion of Georgia last month, a State Department official said on Friday. ...  > full story

Obama gets first intelligence briefing

ORLANDO, Florida, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Sen. Barack Obama got his first intelligence briefing as the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate this week and spy agencies are ready to do the same for Republican rival Sen. John McCain, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. ...  > full story

Pakistanis furious over U.S.-led border raid

ISLAMABAD, Sep. 4, 2008 (Reuters) — Pakistan is determined to defend its territorial integrity, the country's foreign minister said on Thursday, as anger mounted over a raid by U.S.-led troops on a remote border village. ...  > full story

U.S. says its arms exports boomed this year

WASHINGTON, Sep. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. government-brokered overseas arms sales are expected to total about $34 billion in the current fiscal year, up more than 45 percent from the year before, the Pentagon agency in charge said on Wednesday. ...  > full story

Rice announces $1 billion in aid for Georgia

WASHINGTON, Sep. 3, 2008 (Reuters) — The United States on Wednesday announced at least $1 billion in aid to help U.S. ally Georgia rebuild after its conflict with Russia over the separatist enclave of South Ossetia last month. ...  > full story
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