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AP - President Bush and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf recommitted
 their nations Saturday to the difficult task of hunting down terrorists
 still hiding here and across the globe.

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AP - President Jalal Talabani on Saturday underscored the need for a
 unity government in Iraq after a spasm of sectarian killing and said he
 had been assured U.S. forces would remain in the country as long as
 needed -- "no matter what the period."

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AP - Offering a glimpse into the top-secret world of Guantanamo Bay, the
 Pentagon has released the names and home countries of many detainees
 who have been held at the isolated military prison for up to four
 years.

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AP - The U.N. food agency will soon run out of food necessary to feed
 some 3.5 million Kenyans facing shortages caused by prolonged drought
 because it has received just over a tenth of required funding, a
 spokesman said Saturday.

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AP - A Roman Catholic bishop on Saturday called for better protection of
 Christian sites after an Israeli couple set off a series of explosions
 in a church in Nazareth.

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Reuters - Islamist militant Hamas, which is forming a Palestinian
 government, will not recognize Israel despite pressure from Russia to
 do so during talks in Moscow, a senior leader of the group said on
 Saturday.

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AP - Iran and the European Union inched toward a possible compromise
 Friday that diplomats said would allow Tehran to run a scaled-down
 uranium enrichment program despite its potential for misuse in building
 atomic weapons.

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AP - Passion comes in many forms. For hundreds of visitors to Cuba this
 month, it's brown, rolled and good with brandy. Havana's annual cigar
 festival draws connoisseurs from around the world who come to
 experience the supreme stogie at its source. They say the smokes bring
 them pleasure, peace and, often, big bucks.

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AFP - Egypt has arrested a leader and seven members of Egypt's main
 opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, the outlawed but tolerated
 Islamist group's number two told AFP.

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AFP - US President George W. Bush, on the final leg of a first South
 Asian tour, praised Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf for his
 commitment to the war on terror but said more work was needed to defeat
 Al-Qaeda.

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Canadian Press - CHARLOTTETOWN (CP) - Some supporters of Canada's annual
 harp seal hunt grudgingly acknowledge that Paul McCartney's global
 reach as a megastar could spell trouble for the hunt's future.

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AFP - Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced that he will visit
 India from March 5 to 8 to build trade ties and deepen the "strategic
 relationship" between the two countries.

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