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UN fears for children as Pakistan floods threaten towns
Reuters
By Faisal Aziz KARACHI, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Flood waters threatened to engulf two towns in southern Pakistan on Saturday, a month after the disaster began, as the United Nations warned that tens of thousands of children risked death from malnutrition. ...
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Reuters
North Korea's leader Kim and son confirmed in China
Reuters
BEIJING Aug 28 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and his son are in China to visit the school of senior Kim's father, Kim Il-sung, a source with knowledge of the secretive trip told Reuters on Saturday. "Trust me, it's 100 percent both are ...
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Report: Erekat rejects Netanyahu proposal for bi-weekly meetings with Abbas
Ha'aretz
Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat tells BBC in Arabic that it is too early to determine details of meetings between Israeli, Palestinian leaders, Israel Radio reports. Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat rejected Prime Minister Benjamin ...
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Ha'aretz
Militants Take Hostages in Pakistani Army Building
Voice of America
Photo: AP Pakistani officials say detained Islamist militants have seized weapons from their guards and taken them hostage in a major northwestern city. Officials say the militants overpowered the two guards early Saturday in a military intelligence ...
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Canada terror plot: Parliament was target
Hindustan Times
The Canadian Parliament was reportedly on the hit-list of the Al-Qaeda-linked terror plot unearthed in the capital Ottawa on Wednesday with the arrest of two suspects. Another suspect was held Thursday and one more Friday, taking the number of arrests ...
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Iraq on highest alert for terror attacks
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD — Iraq's prime minister put his nation on its highest level of alert for terror attacks, warning of plots to sow fear and chaos as the US combat mission in the country formally ends on Tuesday. The Iraqi security forces who will be left in ...
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No final decision taken on woman's stoning: Iran
AFP
TEHRAN — Iran said on Saturday that it has yet to take a final decision on the stoning of a woman convicted of adultery and complicity in her husband's murder in a case that has sparked an international outcry. As human rights groups prepared to ...
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AFP
China's Henan tells crash airline not to use its name
Reuters
BEIJING Aug 28 (Reuters) - A poor central Chinese province has revoked the right of an airline which suffered a fatal crash earlier this week to use its name, saying the incident had tarnished its reputation. The Henan Airlines plane crashed just short ...
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Mother's touch brings 'dead' baby back to life
IBNLive.com
Sydney: An Australian woman has left doctors baffled the world over after she revealed how she cuddled her "still born" premature baby back to life. Delivered at just 27 weeks' gestation at a local hospital in Sydney, baby Jamie Ogg showed no signs of ...
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Pakistan security forces end hostage drama
The Associated Press
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Security forces stormed an army intelligence office in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday and freed two people who had been taken hostage by escaped militant prisoners, officials said. There were no fatalities in the operation and ...
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China Angry At Hostage-Taker's Funeral
Sky News
China has expressed anger that a Philippines flag covered the coffin of the hostage taker in Manila responsible for the deaths of eight tourists from Hong Kong. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. ...
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Sky News
Afghan president condemns CIA payment reports
The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan's presidential office on Saturday condemned US media reports that Afghan government officials have received payments from the CIA in return for information. A statement from the spokesman's office called the reports ...
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Maoists trying to reinstate monarchy, says Nepal PM
Indian Express
Maoist leader Prachanda (L) and caretaker Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal exit parliament in Kathmandu. The Maoists, who led the decade-long armed struggle to bring down the 240-year-old monarchy in Nepal, are trying to reinstate the royalty, ...
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Indian Express
Sri Lanka holds withdrawal of on-arrival visa
AFP
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka on Saturday suspended plans to scrap on-arrival visas for most nationals, including visitors from the US, Europe, Australia and Japan. The government had announced it was withdrawing the landing endorsements from September 30 in a ...
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AFP


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