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• Foreign missionaries defy ban during Olympics
BEIJING - Christian groups who flouted a Chinese ban on foreign missionaries are calling their underground evangelizing during the Olympic Games a success. Drawn to a nation of 1.3 billion people under atheist rule, the groups prepared for years for ...
• Russia halts military cooperation with NATO
In a move that angered Russia, NATO foreign ministers on Tuesday said they would make further ties with Russia dependent on Moscow making good on a pledge to pull its troops back to pre-conflict positions in Georgia.
• Gary Glitter finally headed for London
BANGKOK, Thailand - Disgraced glam rocker Gary Glitter has left Bangkok for London, Britain’s foreign ministry said on Thursday, after Thailand and Hong Kong barred his entry following his release from a Vietnam prison for child sex abuse. “He is ...
• U.S. warns Russia to leave Georgia 'now'
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Kremlin planned to keep 500 troops in a buffer zone, or "zone of responsibility" which includes territory outside South Ossetia.
• U.S., Iraq reach deal to pull out troops by June
BAGHDAD - Iraq and the U.S. have reached preliminary agreement to withdraw American forces from Iraqi cities by next June, six years into the increasingly unpopular war, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday after meeting with Secretary ...