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Below is what they agreed on labor market policy, according to a coalition agreement seen by Reuters.

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The parties reject the idea of a blanket national minimum w ...[more]

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he raised the issue with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during an Asian leaders summit in Thailand, expressing concern over the continued detention of St ...[more]

SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN - Two U.S. service members working for the NATO-led force were killed in a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, the alliance said in a statement.

Kotkai town in South Waziristan has changed hands three times since the army launched a major offensive on Taliban strongholds a week ago, highlighting the difficulty of seizing territorial a ...[more]

An agreement would ease growing tension with the United States over the reorganization, an issue which could fray ties with Washington.

The Sankei newspaper reported on Friday Japan w ...[more]

"A judge was killed and five other people were also killed during the incident in northern Tehran," state radio said on Saturday. "The judiciary confirmed the report," it said.

The se ...[more]

Indonesia, which has suffered the most confirmed deaths from the H5N1 bird flu virus, has been holding out for guarantees from richer nations and drugmakers that poor countries get access to ...[more]

Mugabe and his former opposition foe, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, formed a power-sharing government in February to end a political stalemate that followed last year's elections.

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Facing charges of dithering, Obama is said to be some weeks away from a final decision on whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.

He and fellow Democrats may believe it is wi ...[more]

Here's where some of the key players stand:

GENERAL STANLEY MCCHRYSTAL, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, has recommended an increase of 40,000 troops as the minimum nec ...[more]

"The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan once again urges their respected countrymen not to participate," the Taliban said in a statement, emailed to Reuters, saying the election process was being ...[more]