BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq plans to support a lawsuit in U.S. courts filed by victims of a 2007 shooting in which guards for private U.S. security firm Blackwater gunned down Iraqi civilians, the government spokesman said on Sunday. “The government will facilitate a lawsuit from Iraqi citizens to sue the guards and the company in a U.S. court,” Ali al-Dabbagh said.

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Shiite rebels battling government forces in north Yemen are ready for talks with Sanaa once the government declares an end to hostilities, a rebel spokesman said on Saturday.

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DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen’s Shi’ite rebels are ready for talks with the government once fighting stops, their leader said on Saturday, responding to a presidential plea as fears grow that al Qaeda could exploit the country’s instability.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. is injecting another $3.8 billion into GMAC Financial Services to help cover mortgage losses, in a bailout that makes the government the majority owner of the auto and home finance company.

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Treasury to dole out $3.8 billion to GMAC, raise stake

Our retailers would have been doing it tough at year-end without the government’s stimulus measures, but there were other events that also shaped the year in retail. 31 Dec 2009 7:24 AM

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New year retail resolutions

It is already clear who the next Australian Prime Minister will be – and no, it’s not Tony Abbott. 31 Dec 2009 6:48 AM

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The rise of the next Prime Minister

First came see-through frogs. Now Japanese researchers have succeeded in producing goldfish whose beating hearts can be seen through translucent scales and skin.

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Japanese researchers develop see-through goldfish

Intense clashes in several Iranian cities that left many protesters dead and scores injured raise stakes for both sides as Government seeks to contain newly revitalised opposition movement.

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Iran battles to quell violent protests

KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan Taliban said on Friday that they had issued a new video tape of a U.S. soldier who was captured this summer, and added that in it he asks his government to take part in a prisoner exchange deal.

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Afghan Taliban say post video of captive U.S. soldier

Israel’s hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked centrist opposition leader and former foreign minister Tzipi Livni to join his government.

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