Germany extends Afghan mission Germany's lower house of parliament on Friday overwhelmingly approved extending the deployment of 3,000 troops and six reconnaissance jets in Afghanistan for another year.
Turkey is ready for Iraq assault "If such an option is chosen, whatever its price, it will be paid," Erdogan told reporters in response to a question about the international repercussions if it decides to stage a cross-border offensive into Iraq against Kurdish rebels.
Olmert, Abbas narrow land gap The gap is narrowing between Israeli and Palestinian leaders over the amount of territory Israel would hand over to a Palestinian state.
Nature won with Gore Gore's controversial loss to Bush gained him a spot as darling among the political left who felt the election had been stolen from him after a series of recounts of ballots in the battleground state of Florida that eventually handed the win to Bush.
US, Russia missile defence talks fail After a series of tense meetings that began with a blunt rebuff from Russian President Vladimir Putin, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Defense Secretary Robert Gates appeared to have been unable to turn around Moscow's opposition to missile defense.
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