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Thai protesters hurl blood at PM’s home

Bangkok—Red-shirted protesters emptied bottles of their blood outside the home of Thailand’s prime minister on Wednesday in a symbolic sacrifice after the government rejected calls for elections. Despite the fourth day of street rallies in Bangkok, Thai stocks hit a 19-month high and the baht currency raced to its strongest level in 22 months.

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Netanyahu moves to ease diplomatic ire with US

Jerusalem—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised President Barack Obama on Wednesday and spoke by telephone with his vice president as a vocal feud over Jewish settlements took on softer tones. But Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cast more doubts on prospects for getting indirect peace talks with Israel under way soon, reaffirming a demand it first halt all settlement construction.

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Cyclone devastates Fijian islands

Suva—About half the homes and buildings in Fiji’s eastern Lau group of island are believed to have been destroyed or badly damaged by this week’s destructive cyclone, a disaster official said Wednesday. “We have received preliminary unconfirmed reports of extensive damage in the Lau group,” Fiji’s National Disaster Management Office operations officer Anthony Blake told AFP.

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Rebels free captive govt soldiers

Sanaa—Yemeni Shi’ite rebels freed at least 170 government soldiers and tribal fighters on Wednesday after Sanaa accused them of dragging their feet on implementing a truce deal to end a northern war, both sides said.

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Politicizing IAEA against Iran

Comment

Muhammad Sahimi

ON February 18, 2010 the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issued its latest report on Iran’s nuclear program. The tone of the latest report, as well as its speculations and unfounded allegations, are in sharp contrast with those in the past issued under the former IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei.

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