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REFILE-Turkish shares hit all-time high after reforms pass
Reuters
ISTANBUL, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Turkish shares .XU100 hit a fresh all-time high on Monday, rising 2.14 percent to 61905 points after Turkey gave its support to government-backed reforms in a referendum, in a boost for the ruling AK Party. ...
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New settler homes approved by Israel: watchdog
AFP
JERUSALEM — The construction of more than 13000 new homes for Israeli settlers in the West Bank has been approved and will proceed when a partial moratorium expires this month, a watchdog group said on Monday. The statement came after reports that ...
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Israel troops 'kill three Palestinians' after rocket fire
AFP
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Israeli tank fire killed three Palestinians on Sunday at the flashpoint border with Gaza, medics said, following a rocket attack claimed by militants. The Israeli shelling killed 91-year-old security guard Ibrahim ...
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Japan PM and rival in party leadership showdown
AFP
TOKYO — Japan's premier and a powerbroker who is looking to oust him scrambled for last-minute support Monday, the eve of a tight party leadership battle that could deliver the country its third premier in a year. In a race seen as too close to call, ...
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Militants killed in Dagestan clash
RIA Novosti
Police officers discovered on Monday the bodies of three militants in a house in Dagestan's Kizilyurt district, police said. The militants were killed during a clash in the village of Komsomolskoye late on Sunday. Officers decided to wait until sunset ...
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RIA Novosti
No bonfire, but stray incidents of Quran abuse
Times of India
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: The ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in the United States on Saturday saw at least four incidents of abuse of the Quran, triggered by a now-withdrawn threat by a Florida pastor to torch the Muslim holy book. ...
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Detained US hiker could be freed as early as Monday
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers detained in Iran for more than a year, could be released as early as Monday once $500000 is submitted to the Iranian judiciary. "Everything is in place for the ...
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Osama bin Laden's 'grandchildren' dead
Economic Times
LONDON: A surrogate mother carrying two grandchildren of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has lost the twins, after she was attacked on her way home from a cafe in Syria, a media report said. According to 'The Sun', bin Laden's 29-year-old son Omar ...
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Malaysian tycoon's killer also killed Indian, suspect cops
Sify
Police in Malaysia are investigating whether two brothers suspected to be behind the murders of a woman tycoon and three others had earlier killed an Indian national. Police did not identify the Indian national but said he had been 'missing' and that ...
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S.Korea to give N.Korea flood aid as tensions ease
AFP
SEOUL — South Korea Monday announced aid to flood-stricken North Korea and a US envoy discussed the possible resumption of nuclear disarmament talks, amid signs of a thaw in cross-border relations. But Seoul reiterated that Pyongyang was responsible ...
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Quran burning would have "strengthened radicals": Ground Zero mosque imam
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Feisal Abdul Rauf, the imam behind the proposed mosque near Ground Zero in New York, has said that Florida Pastor Terry Jones' plans to burn copies of the Quran would have sparked "a disaster". Rauf said that the event, which was called off, ...
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Danish police investigating whether suspect targeted newspaper
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A man arrested and charged with weapons violations after a small explosion at a Danish hotel was carrying identity papers from three central European countries, police said Sunday. Authorities have not identified the man, ...
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Most-Wanted Mexico Drugs Suspect Cornered
Sky News
A raid involving 30 soldiers, five armoured vehicles and a helicopter has led to the capture of a suspected member of a drugs cartel in Mexico. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the ...
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Australian lawyer smokes pages of Bible and Koran, asking 'Which is best?'
Telegraph.co.uk
An Australian lawyer, Alex Stewart, has smoked pages torn from the Koran and the Bible, posting the video on YouTube just days after an American Pastor's threat to burn the Muslim holy book caused worldwide outrage. In a 12-minute clip entitled "Bible ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Inside Iraq's torture dungeons
Aljazeera.net
British national Ramze Shihab Ahmed went to Iraq to help his jailed son, but was arrested and tortured himself. On a dull December day in 2009, Rabiha al Qassab, a 63-year-old Iraqi refugee living in a quiet residential area of north London, ...
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Rudd opposed to East Timor centre: oppn
Sydney Morning Herald
Incoming foreign minister Kevin Rudd may clash with Prime Minister Julia Gillard over her plan to build an offshore refugee processing centre in East Timor, the opposition says. In his final speech as prime minister in June, Mr Rudd hoped Labor ...
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High-level Chinese delegation in politically deadlocked Nepal
Tibetan Review
(TibetanReview.net, Sep13, 2010) Amid allegations that it had sought to bribe MPs in Nepal to enable the installation of a Moist-led government there, China has dispatched a 21-member high-level delegation to talk with the country's political leaders ...
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Gilani urges international community for more help for Pak flood victims
Sify
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has reiterated his appeal for more help from the international community to carry out relief and rehabilitation efforts in the flood affected country. Gilani was addressing the media after visiting flood-hit ...
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A subtler tack to fight Afghan corruption?
Washington Post
By Rajiv Chandrasekaran Senior Obama administration officials have concluded they need to step back from promoting American-style law enforcement as the main means of fighting corruption in Afghanistan because of the rift it has caused with President ...
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Carla invites ex-lovers on couple's trip
Oneindia
London, Sep 13: A book has claimed that France's first lady Carla Bruni has led down her husband President Nicolas Sarkozy by inviting her ex-lovers on couple's first holiday. The book title 'Carla, A secret Life' was written by a journalist Besma ...
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British, Canadian troops may have smuggled Afghan heroin, reports say
Globe and Mail
From Monday's Globe and Mail Published on Sunday, Sep. 12, 2010 10:46PM EDT Last updated on Sunday, Sep. 12, 2010 10:47PM EDT Military police in Britain are investigating reports that British and Canadian troops smuggled heroin out of Afghanistan, ...
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Is River Indus changing its course after Pak floods?
Daily News & Analysis
By Paras K Jha | Place: Ahmedabad | Agency: DNA If we believe the third eye in the sky, the American satellites - Terra and Aqua's -recent data, history is repeating itself in the form of river Indus which is once again changing its course and is ...
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Senior British army officer will tweet from Afghanistan
NDTV.com
London: A senior British Army officer will start using the online social networking site Twitter from next month to inform the world about the frontline in war-ravaged Afghanistan. Daily Telegraph Monday reported that Lieutenant Colonel Dougie Graham, ...
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To get rich is glorious
Sify
Cuba: Fidel Castro's admission that the Cuban economic model "doesn't work" is refreshing. However, his brother President Raul Castro's current slight opening of the market to foreigners will do little to help Cubans. On the other hand, ...
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