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• Paulson urges China to keep currency reforms
In the leadup to the talks, which will include secretaries of Cabinet agencies from Agriculture to Labor, there was little expectation for breakthroughs in such key areas as currency rates or U.S. efforts to get the Chinese to allow more American ...
• Zimbabwe faces water and cholera crisis
Zimbabwe's government, normally hostile to international aid agencies, is welcoming an initiative by several — including the U.N. Children's Fund, WHO and Doctors Without Borders — to provide emergency care as well as try to ensure safe water ...
• U.N. worries about treatment of Iraqi detainees
To assist the government, the U.N. and other international agencies have implemented training projects in human rights and the administration of detention facilities. "But we aren't going to see the effects immediately," acknowledged Jose Maria Aranaz ...
• U.S. official: Indian attack has Pakistani ties
These warnings are usually issued after threat information is received, but are less specific than what intelligence agencies would pass on to their counterparts. They highlighted the holiday season in India and the potential for large crowds in ...
• Mumbai attack puts focus on Pakistan
But a senior Pakistani government official acknowledged individuals among the lower-ranks of the intelligence agencies may sympathize with groups like Lashkar, which has been linked to al-Qaida and whose members are believed to be involved in attacks ...