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The fallout from IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s bust on sex assault charges hit France like a bomb Sunday, threatening to deep six his political future.

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AP – With Egypt’s military leading a hoped-for drive to democracy, President Barack Obama’s senior military adviser was heading to the Mideast on Saturday to reassure two key allies — Jordan, facing its own rumblings of civil unrest, and Israel, which sees its security at stake in a wider transformation of the Arab world.

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AP – The U.S. and Chinese defense chiefs took a step Monday toward mending frayed relations between their powerful militaries, though China warned ties could be cut again if Washington does not heed Beijing’s wishes.

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AP – Global finance mandarins get another chance this week to defuse international currency tensions as a festering dispute over exchange rates overshadows debate about reforming the world economy.

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AP – Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday removed two of the country’s top security officials — each with longtime ties to American forces — over last week’s attack on a national conference to explore peace with the Taliban.

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AP – Finance ministers and central bankers from the world’s leading economies agreed Saturday on the need to cooperate in fending off financial market turmoil and keeping the world economic recovery on track.

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AP – Three top Obama administration officials are returning to the Gulf Coast to monitor the massive oil spill that seems to have no end in sight — the devastation underscored by oil-stained pelicans and their eggs on an island where hundreds of the birds nest.

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