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Iran to fire up first nuclear plant after decades of delay
Times of India
BUSHEHR (Iran): Iran on Saturday begins transferring fuel into its Russian-built first nuclear plant, as it remains defiant about sanctions imposed by world powers over its controversial atomic programme. After decades of delay, engineers will finally ...
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Pakistan accepts Indian flood aid
BBC News
Pakistan has accepted $5m (£3.2m) in aid from its rival and neighbour India, as donors pledged more money for the flood-hit country. Abdullah Haroon, Pakistan's UN Ambassador, welcomed the offer saying the disaster transcended any differences the two ...
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Soldiers' deaths cast pall over election day
Sydney Morning Herald
The Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have sent their condolences to the families of two soldiers killed yesterday in Afghanistan. Private Grant Kirby, a 35-year-old father of two and 21-year-old Private Thomas Dale from ...
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Poverty forces Roma to leave Bulgaria and Romania
AFP
BUCHAREST — Europe's Roma communities, at the centre of an immigration row in France, are often driven out by poverty from their homes in Romania and Bulgaria, the European Union's two most impoverished members. "Here we are like vagabonds. ...
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AFP
Factbox: Haitian hip-hop star tripped up in presidential bid
Reuters
(Reuters) - Haiti's provisional electoral council ruled on Friday that hip-hop star Wyclef Jean was not eligible to run as a presidential candidate in the November 28 election. The council ruled Jean did not satisfy all the legal requirements to ...
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US appreciates Thai extradition order for Russian arms dealer
Zee News
Washington: The US has "appreciated" Thailand's extradition order for Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout - often termed as "Merchant of Death" - and said it is looking forward to his expeditious return here. "We appreciate very much that decision. ...
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Zee News
Iraqis watch pullout with fear
Sydney Morning Herald
On their own ... Iraqi soldiers man a checkpoint in Baghdad after the last US combat brigade pulled out of the country. Photo: AFP BAGHDAD: Iraqis danced in the streets when US troops withdrew from their cities a little more than a year ago. ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Taliban Attack Afghan Guards in Deadly Raid
New York Times
By ALISSA J. RUBIN and SHARIFULLAH SAHAK KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban fighters in a rural area near the Helmand River staged an audacious nighttime raid early Thursday, swooping down on several hundred sleeping Afghan private security guards who were ...
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'Megrahi should serve remainder sentence in Scottish prison'
Zee News
Washington: The US has said the decision by the Scottish authorities a year ago to release the Lockerbie bomber was wrong and inappropriate, and said he should serve the rest of his sentence in a Scottish prison. Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi was ...
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Zee News
'Obama is a Christian'
Hindustan Times
A day after a poll found that one in five Americans think US President Barack Obama is a Muslim, the White House has asserted he is a Christian, who prays every day. "President Obama is a committed Christian, and his faith is an important part of his ...
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CM visits relief camp at Razzakabad
Daily Times
KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah visited a flood relief camp at Razzakabad on Friday after the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) decided to make the party active in ongoing relief activities in Sindh. Shah, who is also provincial ...
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Fresh violence in Karachi; toll goes up to 15
Daily News & Analysis
Place: Karachi | Agency: PTI At least 15 people have been killed and dozens injured in Karachi as violence spread to new areas today in the Pakistan's commercial capital, following the targeted killing of a leader of the Awami National Party. ...
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15 troops, three Al Qaeda militants die in Yemen
Hindustan Times
Fifteen soldiers and three Al Qaeda militants were killed in clashes in southern Yemen on Friday, Xinhua reported. The fighting began after militants seized the Lodar city of Abyan province. Eight soldiers were killed when militants fired a ...
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Top Berlusconi lawmaker warns against rush to polls
AFP
ROME — A leading member of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right party on Friday warned against a rush to early elections advocated by the head of their Northern League coalition partner. "The confrontation has begun: for the time ...
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AFP
It's tragic that terrorism is main threat to Pak: Clinton
Hindustan Times
PTI US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that it's tragic that terrorism is the main threat to Pakistan but applauded the country's military "what it was doing". "I think that the Pakistani military is doing what it must do. ...
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Second Iowa farm recalls eggs in salmonella sweep
Reuters
Some of the thousands of eggs produced each day by caged hens are seen stacked up at an egg farm in California, in this file picture taken July 29, 2008. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A second Iowa egg farm is recalling eggs as part of an investigation into a ...
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Reuters
Floods expose civilian-military divide in Pakistan
The Associated Press
ISLAMABAD — Massive flooding in Pakistan has added to criticism of the already-weak civilian government while boosting the image of the military, a potential blow to US and domestic hopes of fostering a strong Pakistani democracy after years of army ...
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The world's best countries to live in: India at 78!
Rediff
Would you live in a happy, healthy, prosperous and educated country? Which countries do you think are the best to live in? Well, Finland is the best nation in the world to live in, says a survey by Newsweek magazine. Among the 100 countries surveyed, ...
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Rediff
Protestors attack Kyrgyz minister
AFP
OSH, Kyrgyzstan — Around three thousand anti-government protestors rallied in the southern Kyrgyzstan city of Osh on Friday, attacking a government minister and demanding the resignation of the country's president. An AFP correspondent saw protestors, ...
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