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• Somali kidnappers release 2 foreign journalists
British reporter Colin Freeman of The Sunday Telegraph, right, and Spanish freelance photographer Jose Cendon, sit Sunday in their hotel room in the semiautonomous region of Puntland in northern Somalia. MOGADISHU, Somalia - Two foreign journalists ...
• Clinton confirmation hearing set for Tuesday
Jim DeMint, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "She expresses herself well, and I don't think she'll make any rookie mistakes." The timetable for Clinton's confirmation has been closely watched because her departure from the ...
• Israel lets 300 with foreign passports exit Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel bombed a mosque it claimed was used to store weapons and destroyed homes of more than a dozen Hamas operatives Friday, but under international pressure, the government allowed some 300 Palestinians with foreign ...
• China, U.S. praise 'pingpong diplomacy'
Negroponte, flanked by his Chinese counterpart Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya and U.S. Ambassador to China Clark T. Randt, watched Chinese and U.S. players play several matches. At the end of the games, Negroponte was given a small gift ...
• Reporters locked out of Gaza war zone
EREZ CROSSING, Israel - Israel scrapped arrangements Monday to allow the first foreign reporters into the Gaza Strip since the military launched its offensive against Palestinian militants, adding to mounting media frustration at being locked out of ...