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Pak cricketers fixed first Test against England too: report
Hindustan Times
PTI Pushed to the wall by allegations of 'spot-fixing' in the Lord's Test, the Pakistan cricket team could find itself in more trouble as reports in London claim that the side's players also rigged the opening Test against England, which the hosts won ...
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PM: I never promised a continued West Bank construction freeze
Ha'aretz
Netanyahu tells Likud ministers that future of settlements will be discussed as a final-status issue in peace talks with the Palestinians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Likud ministers on Sunday that he had not made any promises to US ...
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Ha'aretz
Indonesian volcano erupts again
BBC News
By Karishma Vaswani BBC News, Jakarta Mount Sinabung volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra has erupted again, sending ash and smoke several kilometres into the atmosphere. Thousands of people living near the mountain evacuated their homes to stay ...
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Putin drives Lada along new Siberian highway
NDTV.com
AP, Updated: August 30, 2010 09:43 IST Moscow: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin embarked on a journey on Saturday along a new highway in Russia's Far East. Accompanied by television cameras, Putin set out on a 2-thousand kilometre (1242 mile) ...
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DOJ chief issues gag order on hostage probe
Philippine Star
By Dennis Carcamo (philstar.com) Updated August 30, 2010 01:31 PM Comments (0) MANILA, Philippines – Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has issued a gag order to the Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigation regarding giving out ...
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New Orleans remembers Katrina
Sydney Morning Herald
New Orleans residents have marked five years since Hurricane Katrina with a memorial service in the Lower Ninth Ward, where the storm hit hardest. "We lost 1800 people in the worst manmade disaster ever to hit this country," said New Orleans Mayor, ...
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N.Korea leader's train 'may be headed home'
AFP
SEOUL — A train believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il left the northeast Chinese city of Harbin Monday amid speculation he is headed home after a surprise trip to China, a report said. The secrecy-shrouded visit which began Thursday ...
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French 'Spiderman' arrested after scaling Sydney skyscraper
Times of India
SYDNEY: A French climber known as "Spiderman" was arrested on the roof of a 57-storey Sydney skyscraper on Monday after scaling the building without ropes or a harness to raise awareness of climate change. Alain Robert climbed the 150-metre (492-foot), ...
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Australia's first Aboriginal MP shrugs off racist taunts
Times of India
SYDNEY: The first Aborigine to be elected to Australia's Parliament on Monday said he was unworried by racist taunts that have followed his win, saying they were outweighed by messages of support. Ken Wyatt won the seat of Hasluck in Western Australia ...
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Chile miners speak to loved ones
BBC News
Miners who have been trapped underground in Chile for more than three weeks have had their first telephone contact with loved ones. Families queued to use a special telephone cabin and were given one minute each to talk to the trapped men. ...
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Does the French Government Really Believe its own Economic Forecasts?
Wall Street Journal
By IRWIN STELZER With the summer vacation period coming to an end, and a new policy-making season beginning, this is a good time for a reality check on the French government's economic forecasts. Finance Minister Christine Lagarde predicts the French ...
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Beck challenges Obama's religious beliefs after rally in DC
Washington Post
By Felicia Sonmez Conservative commentator Glenn Beck voiced sharper criticism of President Obama's religious beliefs on Sunday than he and other speakers offered from the podium of the rally Beck organized at the Lincoln Memorial a day earlier. ...
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Nine dead in Russian retirement home blaze
AFP
MOSCOW — Nine elderly people died and one was injured Monday when flames swept through a retirement home in the Tver region northwest of Moscow, a local official of the emergencies ministry said, quoted by Russian news agencies. ...
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China to stage 4-day naval drill in September
RIA Novosti
Chinese Naval Fleet will hold live-ammunition naval exercise in the Yellow Sea in the beginning of September, the Chinese Defense Ministry announced on Sunday in a statement. The drill will be staged this week from September 1 to September 4 in the sea ...
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RIA Novosti
Why China seized India maps at Shanghai Expo
Times of India
BEIJING: The Chinese government came under terrible pressure from its experts on Indian affairs as well as a postings in Internet blogs and discussion forums (like club.china.com) complaining about copies of Indian map being distributed at the India ...
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I can't have birth certificate plastered on my forehead: Obama
Hindustan Times
US President Barack Obama says he's not concerned about rumours about his birthplace or faith blaming an online campaign of misinformation by his conservative enemies for perpetuating the myth that he's a Muslim. There's "a network of misinformation ...
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Pakistan telethon takes its final shot at target
National
ABU DHABI // Organisers of a six-day national telethon to raise money for Pakistani flood victims hope to raise a further Dh23m in tonight's finale. The nationwide campaign, which started last Wednesday, raised Dh5m last night, taking the total donated ...
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