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President-elect Barack Obama and his new national security team will quickly inherit a delicate diplomatic challenge to ease tensions between two U.S. allies who don't trust each other. Already fingers in India are being pointed at Pakistan for the multipronged terrorist attack in Mumbai.
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Anti-government protesters still control two Bangkok airports Monday.
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Rice said earlier Monday that the United States expects full cooperation from Pakistan with the investigations into the Mumbai attacks.
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President Bush said Monday that his presidential initiative on AIDS has met its goal of treating 2 million people in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Lance Armstrong will ride in the 2009 Tour de France, the first time he will compete in that race and the Giro d'Italia in the same year.
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Stephon Marbury's future with the team was "not resolved" Monday during a meeting with team president Donnie Walsh, attorney says.
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The New England Patriots will play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next season at Wembley Stadium.
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The president discusses his readiness to command the military and regrets about pre-war intelligence.
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