About 60 percent of the foreign militants fighting in Iraq have come from U.S. allies Saudi Arabia and Libya, unidentified U.S. military officials said in a newspaper report on Thursday.
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November, 2007
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23 November
War-weary aid groups weigh risk against need in Iraq
Some Western aid groups driven from Iraq in recent years are cautiously coming back, weighing the danger to their staff against the lives they may save among increasingly desperate Iraqis.
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23 November
Australian commando killed in Afghanistan
An Australian commando was killed in a clash with Taliban militia in Afghanistan on Friday, a day before Australians go to the polls in national elections in which the war in Iraq and Afghanistan will feature.
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23 November
Al Qaeda kills 10 in Baghdad, mortars hit Green Zone
Al Qaeda fighters killed at least eight police in southern Baghdad on Thursday, raking them with machinegun fire from a stolen Iraqi army vehicle, police said.
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23 November
Lebanon president vote unlikely, mediators downbeat
Lebanon’s parliament is unlikely to elect a new head of state on Friday in the last few hours of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud’s term, because rival leaders have failed to clinch a deal despite French-led mediation.
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23 November
Teaching on the frontline in Gaza and Israel
Working in a classroom on the frontline of the conflict between Israel and Hamas Islamists requires a lot more than good teaching skills.
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23 November
Israel plans to reduce power supply to Gaza
 Israel plans to reduce electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip beginning December 2, according to a document submitted Thursday to the Israeli supreme court, its latest move against the Hamas rulers of Gaza.
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23 November
Iran, EU target November 30 nuclear talks
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana announced Thursday they will meet late next week, shortly before Solana is due to report to the UN Security Council on Tehran’s willingness to freeze uranium enrichment.
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23 November
Iraqi embassy organising free trips home for refugees
With an ebb in the violence in Iraq, the country’s embassy in Damascus is starting to organise free trips for Iraqis who want to return home, an Iraqi diplomat said Wednesday.
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23 November
‘Italy 100 % behind Turkey’s EU membership’
Italy backs Turkish membership of the European Union “100 per cent†but Ankara needs to make progress on key issues such as the Cyprus question, the Italian foreign minister said Thursday.
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