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China offers India a 'handshake across the Himalayas'

NEW DELHI - India and China will study new ways to ease tensions on their ill-defined border after an army standoff in the Himalayas, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Monday on his first official foreign trip.

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Pakistan's MQM denounces Imran Khan in Karachi protest

ISLAMABAD - Supporters of an influential Pakistani political party took to the streets of Karachi on Monday to protest against cricket-hero-turned-politician Imran Khan, who has accused it of killing one of his senior staff a week after a general election.

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Ugandan police raid newspaper over Museveni succession letter

KAMPALA - Police raided a leading Ugandan newspaper and disabled its printing press and website on Monday after it published a letter about a purported plot to stifle allegations President Yoweri Museveni is grooming his son for power, a senior editor said.

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Israel's Lapid speaks of removing some settlers for peace

JERUSALEM - Finance Minister Yair Lapid, whose new centrist party is the second largest in Israel's government, said on Monday thousands of Jewish settlers would have to be removed from occupied land under any peace deal with the Palestinians.

Israel 9:22am EDT

Egyptian army boosts forces in Sinai after kidnapping

EL-ARISH, Egypt - The Egyptian army sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula on Monday after President Mohamed Mursi said there would be no talks with militant Islamists who abducted seven members of the security forces last week.

Egypt 9:04am EDT

With end of Afghan war in sight, Europe pushes business

HERAT, Afghanistan - The European Union threw its weight behind developing Afghanistan's small but promising private sector this week, in the hope that business can usher in stability and peace once foreign troops leave by the end of next year.

Afghanistan 10:39am EDT