MOSCOW (Reuters) – Dmitry Medvedev, named by President Vladimir Putin as his preferred successor, said on Tuesday that he would propose that Putin becomes prime minister in a future government.
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11 December
Israeli ground troops kill three in Gaza Strip raid
GAZA (Reuters) – About 30 Israeli tanks and armored vehicles pushed as far as 2.5 miles into the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Tuesday, sparking clashes with Palestinians that killed at least three militants, medics and militants said.
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11 December
Pakistan test-fires cruise missile
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan successfully tested a cruise missile with a range of 700 km (435 miles) on Tuesday, the military said.
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11 December
Iraq rejects permanent U.S. bases: adviser
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq will never allow the United States to have permanent military bases on its soil, the government’s national security adviser said, calling the issue a “red line” that cannot be crossed.
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11 December
Israeli air strike kills Gaza militant
GAZA (Reuters) – An Israeli air strike killed a militant who was trying to launch rockets from the northern Gaza Strip and another died in an explosion in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, militant sources, medics and the army said.
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11 December
Car bomb near Iraq parliamentarian’s home kills 2
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide car bomber exploded near the home of the leader of a small Iraqi Sunni Arab parliamentary party on Tuesday, killing two people and wounding four, police said.
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11 December
Gunmen kill head of Baghdad mental hospital-police
Gunmen killed the head of a Baghdad psychiatric hospital, police said on Tuesday, the latest in a series of assassinations that has caused many of Iraq’s top medical practitioners to flee the country.
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11 December
President Ahmadinejad: Resuming Iran-US Interaction Requires One More Step by Washington
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday hailed the latest US intelligence report on the Iranian nuclear program as a positive step and called for more such moves from Washington.
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11 December
Commander: All Moves in Region Monitored by Iranian Army Closely
TEHRAN (Fars New Agency)- Commander of the Iranian army’s ground force General Dadras said that the country’s military forces monitor every single move in the region very closely.
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11 December
General Pour-Dastan Appointed as Ground Force Deputy Commander
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pour-Dastan here Tuesday was assigned as the lieutenant commander of the Iranian army’s ground force.
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