AP - The drawdown of Marines from the former Sunni insurgent stronghold of Anbar will take time because there is still much work to be done, a top U.S. commander said Sunday on the eve of the once violent province’s transfer to Iraqi security control.
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AP - Venezuela on Sunday rejected U.S. requests to resume cooperation in the war on drugs, saying it has made progress despite an alleged fourfold-gain in the amount of Colombian cocaine now passing through its territory.
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AP - Russia’s president said Sunday his country will give military aid to the two separatist regions at the center of the war with Georgia signaling Moscow has no intention of backing down in the face of Western pressure.
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AP - Looking over his field of toppled banana trees, Jean Tilhomme Fontius said he had no choice but to raise prices on a staple fruit in this food-starved country after Hurricane Gustav battered his crop.
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AFP - German insurance giant Allianz said Sunday it would sell the nation’s third-largest private bank, Dresdner Bank, to number two Commerzbank for 9.8 billion euros (14.4 billion dollars).
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AP - European Union leaders seeking to punish Russia for invading Georgia face limited options and are likely to choose diplomatic pressure to isolate Moscow at their summit Monday.
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AP - An Afghan army commander said that U.S. and Afghan troops were fired on first from a village where a government investigative commission says scores of civilians were killed, according to a report released Sunday.
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AFP - Andrew Flintoff starred with bat and ball as England won the fourth one-day international against South Africa by seven wickets at Lord’s on Sunday.
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AP - Facing chaotic street protests demanding his resignation, Thailand’s embattled prime minister turned to lawmakers Sunday to find a way out of the crisis, but ended up having to fend off his critics’ calls to step down or call new elections.
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AP - Stranded by hundreds of miles of floodwaters and trapped on rooftops and trees, desperate villagers stormed rescue boats on Sunday as they tried to escape the flooding that tore through a riverbank and spilled over northern India’s vast plains.
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