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...July 29, Miliband tackled his biggest fixture yet, joining Prime Minister Brown on a visit to America amid much speculation that U.K.-U.S. relations were set to cool. That night, Miliband's dinner with his opposite number, Condoleezza Rice, included heavy fare such as Iran (Britain favors a twin-track approach of incentives and sanctions), Kosovo, Russia, and his own detailed exposition of what he'd learned in Afghanistan and Pakistan (he sees the stability of both as vital to the fight against terror). Officials describe the meeting as "full and frank," which usually means that portions of the conversation...
...millions of Iraqis, meanwhile, emergency aid cannot come soon enough. Khateeb says she gets a steady stream of phone calls from Iraqis seeking help of one kind or another as their lives slide into desperation amid Iraq's persisting violence and increasing fragmentation. "People are calling us every hour, every minute," Khateeb says. "They want to survive...
...restaurant behind the mosque just as police had finally taken control of the riot. The explosion killed at least 13 people, including eight policemen who had gathered as part of the security detail around the mosque. Witnesses say parts of shredded police uniforms scattered the street amid pools of blood and body parts...
...celebration may have been, the danger remains that they're less akin to Ivory Coast's example of rapprochement than they are to the legendary Christmas 1914 soccer match on World War I's Western Front. That game, played between German and British soldiers in no man's land amid a remarkable unofficial yuletide truce, expressed the shared humanity among the combatants of both sides. And then they went back to slaughtering each other for another four years...
...average 7% over the past five years, low inflation and a stable currency. His campaign promised more economic, social and political reforms to bring Turkey in line with European Union standards, even though the country's bid for membership in the E.U. has lost much of its momentum amid European opposition...