By Richard Cowan
 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The incoming Obama administration is nearing agreement with congressional Democrats on a huge emergency spending bill intended to jolt the weak U.S. economy and create 3 million jobs over two years, Vice President-elect Joe Biden said on Tuesday.
Asked whether an agreement on the shape of the stimulus bill would be [...]

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HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s regime has “no intention” of releasing a top rights activist and opposition figures accused of recruiting anti-government plotters, a defence lawyer said Friday.
“Nothing has changed. The police have not moved an inch and our clients are still detained at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison including the two-year-old child,” Alec [...]

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MONTREAL (AFP) - Canada on Wednesday condemned the “attempted coup” in Guinea, where military putschists marched through the capital Conakry and declared they were in charge of the west African country.
“Canada strongly condemns the attempted coup in Guinea and calls on all parties to fully respect the Constitution and the rule of law for the [...]

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BIRMINGHAM, England (AFP) - Zat Knight came up with a stoppage-time equaliser as Arsenal threw away a two-goal lead and missed the chance to return to the top four in a 2-2 draw with Aston Villa here Friday.
The five million pounds signing from Fulham was given a rare starting place by Villa manager Martin O’Neill [...]

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