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Cardinals prepare to choose new pope
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On Tuesday ,115 Roman Catholic priests known as Cardinal Electors will begin the daunting task of electing the new pope. It is known as a Conclave and takes ...
Calls for Vatican reforms await new Pope
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Starting on Tuesday, 115 cardinals from around the world will gather at the Sistene Chapel for a secret meeting to elect the next Pope. One of the biggest issues the next Pope will face is how to modernise a faith t...
Karzai admitts peace efforts have failed in Afghanistan
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has lashed out publicly at foreign countries for what he calls attempting to undermine the government in Afghanistan. Karzai has also admitted that the US-led campaign to restore peace ...
‘West sanctions on Iran genocidal, kill ordinary people’
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Iran and the UN nuclear watchdog will resume talks on Friday - more than two months after the previous, failed, round. Iran insists it only wants peacful energy, but the West thinks a bomb's in the making. Hopes aren'...
‘Koran burning US worst PR disaster in Afghan stand’
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Seven people have been killed and dozens injured in protests over the burning of the Koran by US troops at an airbase in Afghanistan. An officer has apologized for the inadvertent burning. Yet some are saying apologie...
Dispatch: US-Taliban Negotiations
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Stratfor Director of Military Analysis Nathan Hughes discusses the recent progress in US-Taliban negotiations and its implications for the future of the war in Afghanistan. For more, visit
Inside Story – Is Pakistan backing the Taliban?
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Pakistan has rejected fresh accusations that it is directly supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan, following a leaked secret US report. Does Pakistan prefer a Taliban government in Afghanistan? Guests: Zaid Hamid, Wal...
Interview: NATO spokesman discusses ‘Quran burning’ incident
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Protesters besiege Bagram airbase even as top US commander apologises and orders investigation into reported incident. Carsten Jacobson, a spokesman for the NATO-led coalition in Afghanistan, speaks to Al Jazeera abou...
News Wrap: Obama Apologizes for Quran Burnings on US Base
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In other news Thursday, riots broke out across Afghanistan for a third day over Quran burnings at a US air base, and President Obama offered his "sincere apologies" in a letter to Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Also, ...

‘Successor to follow Chavez footsteps’
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A Tehran-based political commentator tells Press TV that Hugo Chavez's successor is expected to follow his footsteps and will undertake serious efforts in order to uplift the poor people of Venezuela. Venezuela's le...