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Australia's hung Parliament explained
ABC Online
As Australia stares down the barrel of a hung Parliament, here's a look at what it all means. A hung Parliament results when no party has more than half the MPs in the House of Representatives, which means no party can pass laws without gaining support ...
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ABC Online
Iran's President Unveils New Long-Range Drone Aircraft
New York Times
By WILLIAM YONG and ROBERT F. WORTH TEHRAN — Iran unveiled a long-range unmanned bomber on Sunday, the latest in a series of announcements about new Iranian military advances as tensions rise over Tehran's nuclear program. ...
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Mass Evacuations From Floods Along China-North Korea Border
Voice of America
Photo: AP More than 127000 people have been evacuated in northeastern China following severe flooding that has already claimed at least 1400 lives this month. China's official Xinhua news agency reported Sunday that in Dandong city alone, ...
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Can Pakistan's government stay afloat?
Globe and Mail
Villagers, displaced by floods, lead their livestock through flood waters on August 22, 2010 in the village of Baseera near Muzaffargarh in Punjab, Pakistan. The country's agricultural heartland has been devastated, with rice, corn and wheat crops ...
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Globe and Mail
Israel names new army chief
Hindustan Times
Major General Yoav Galant was named Sunday as Israel's next army chief of staff, Xinhua reported. Current Army Chief Of Staff Lt. General Gabi Ashkenazi will step down in February next year. Galant is presently the southern command chief of the Israeli ...
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Senior UN official attacks response to Pakistan floods
BBC News
A senior United Nations official has called on the global community to urgently step up its response to the floods that have struck Pakistan. Louis-George Arsenault, director of emergency operations for the Unicef in New York, described the lack of ...
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4 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan; Karzai discusses security with Amanpour
Los Angeles Times
The Afghan president also condemns the stoning deaths of a young couple last week. The US troops were killed in three incidents in the east and south. By Don Lee and Laura King, Los Angeles Times Violence continued to flare in Afghanistan on Sunday, ...
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Seven al-Qaida men killed in Yemen
Times of India
SANA'A: Yemeni security forces killed seven al-Qaida militants Sunday in a fresh clash in the country's southern province of Abyan, authorities said. Yemeni defence ministry said seven al-Qaida men were killed Sunday in a raid carried out in the ...
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Pope urges French to welcome all nationalities
AFP
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday asked French pilgrims to welcome people of all origins, just days after France repatriated more than 200 Roma and Gypsies in a controversial crackdown. The pope said Sunday's scriptures were "an ...
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AFP
Clinton Invokes Climate Change Debate to Explain Pakistan Floods
FOXNews
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gestures while speaking about the global health initiative Aug. 16 in Washington. (AP Photo) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other officials are pointing to the devastating floods in Pakistan and other extreme ...
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FOXNews
Suspected mastermind of Moscow subway attacks killed
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A leader of an Islamist terror network, who was suspected of masterminding the March subway attacks in Moscow, was killed over the weekend, state-owned media said. Magomedali Vagabov was killed Saturday, along with four ...
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Israeli army's female recruits denounce treatment of Palestinians
The Guardian
It was a single word scrawled on a wall at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem that unlocked something deep inside Inbar Michelzon, two years after she had completed compulsory military service in the Israeli Defence Force. The word was "occupation". ...
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The Guardian


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