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Philippine Officials Admit Failure in Hostage Shootout
Voice of America
Photo: AP Flags flew at half staff in Hong Kong Tuesday. One of the newspapers there displayed a headline that read "Philippino Police Incompetent" and protestors gathered to demonstrate outside of the Philippines consulate. In Manila, Alberto Lim, ...
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China plane crashes after overshooting runway
Reuters
Rescuers check the wreckage of a crashed passenger plane in Yichun, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province early August 25, 2010. By Chris Buckley and David Stanway BEIJING (Reuters) - A passenger plane overshot a runway on landing at a new airport ...
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At Least 30 Killed in Somalia Hotel Attack
New York Times
The body of a Somali lawmaker was removed form a hotel in Mogadishu on Tuesday after an attack by insurgents. Six lawmakers were among the dead. By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali insurgents disguised in government military uniforms stormed a ...
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New York Times
The Two Plaintiffs at Center of the Ban on Stem Cell Use
New York Times
By GARDINER HARRIS The two researchers whose claims of injury led to a judge's decision Monday banning all research using human embryonic stem cells have a history of disputes with colleagues as well as ethical objections to embryonic stem cell ...
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France: Rights Group Faults Roma Policy
New York Times
By STEVEN ERLANGER The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance on Tuesday joined critics of France's efforts to deport Roma who overstay their visas and to demolish illegal Roma camps. The commission accused the French government of ...
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Bumper to bumper, all the way to Beijing
Globe and Mail
A cleaner picks up waste on the roadside of a jammed section of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou highway in Huailai, in north China's Hebei province, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. The massive 10-day-long traffic jam stretches for dozens of miles. ...
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Globe and Mail
Bandt to Abbott: I will back Labor
Sydney Morning Herald
With three seats still in doubt nationally, all eyes are on Hasluck for a result that may decide which party can form government. NEWLY elected Greens MP Adam Bandt has told Opposition Leader Tony Abbott directly that his preference is to help Labor ...
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Relieved Chile Braces for Arduous Mine Rescue
New York Times
Roberto Candia/AP Relatives of 33 trapped miners have set up a site for tributes and messages of support near the collapsed San José mine in Chile. By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO SAN JOSÉ MINE, Chile — Through a skinny borehole from the surface, the 33 miners ...
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New York Times
Baby joy for UK PM
Sydney Morning Herald
Eighteen months after burying his six-year-old son Ivan, beaming British Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed the early arrival of his "unbelievably beautiful" baby daughter. Mr Cameron's wife Samantha gave birth to the couple's fourth child on ...
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Blair: Delegitimization of Israel is affront to humanity
Jerusalem Post
By HERB KEINON Quartet envoy says relaunch of direct talks shows the world Netanyahu is 'advocate of peace.' To delegitimize Israel is an affront not only to Israelis, but to those "everywhere, in every part of humanity, who share the values of a free ...
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Mosque Project Near NYC's Ground Zero Tests U.S. Freedoms, Bloomberg Says
Bloomberg
By Henry Goldman - Wed Aug 25 00:01:00 GMT 2010 New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said that to deny Muslims the right to build a mosque near the World Trade Center site would undermine America's values and damage its image. ...
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Iran says US, Israeli attack "unlikely"
Xinhua
TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- A senior military adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Tuesday that the United States and Israel are unlikely to launch an attack against Iran, local satellite Press TV reported. ...
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Carter flies out on North Korean rescue mission
Independent
By Rupert Cornwell in Washington AFP/GETTY IMAGES; AP The former US president, Jimmy Carter, is said to be on his way to North Korea to secure the release of an American teacher who is serving eight years of hard labour. ...
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White House hails Iraq withdrawal process
Xinhua
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- The White House on Tuesday hailed the announcement of the military that its troops have dropped to below 50000 in Iraq, announcing President Barack Obama will make a speech next week to mark the change of mission in Iraq ...
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WikiLeaks says it will release CIA paper
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- WikiLeaks, a whistle-blower website, posted on the group's Twitter page on Tuesday: "WikiLeaks to release CIA paper tomorrow." The website set off a firestorm of controversy recently when it posted some 76000 US documents ...
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CNN
Imams comment on Islam taken out of context: US
MSN India
Washington, Aug 25 (PTI) The controversial remarks made by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf in 2005, has been taken out of context, a US official has said. During a 2005 conference in Australia''s Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, Rauf had said, ...
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Quake hits Pakistan
Sify
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of flood-hit Pakistan Tuesday afternoon, meteorology office said. The tremors of the quake having epicentre near Afghanistan-Tajikistan border were felt in ...
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