Petraeus hangs up military uniform
Prepares to take over as CIA chief:
US: America’s most influential officer, General
David Petraeus, bade farewell to the military Wednesday with a
warning against budget cuts that could jeopardize the army’s ability
to fight insurgencies.
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Clooney opens Venice film festival with political thriller
‘I get to hang around with seductive people’:
ITALY: Hollywood star George Clan opened a
star-studded Venice film festival on Wednesday with the world
premiere of his political thriller “The Ides of March” based around
a US presidential campaign.
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Algeria ignores Gaddafi plea for entry
‘He is staying in a Libya-Algeria border town’:
ALGERIA: Fallen Libyan dictator Moamer Gaddafi
has attempted to negotiate with Algerian authorities to enter the
country from a border town he is staying in, the El-Watan daily
reported in its on-line edition Wednesday.
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