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Eta 'declares ceasefire': Spaniards react
BBC News
Basque separatist group Eta says it it will no longer "carry out armed actions" in its campaign for independence, in a video obtained exclusively by the BBC. Here people across Spain share their views on Eta's statement. News began to filter through on ...
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Quake day three: Live updates
TVNZ
Few reports of damage from stormy weather as quake-damaged Canterbury heads into the working week. Tvnz.co.nz continues its live updates. 3.45am: The working week will be severely disrupted for Canterbury residents as workplaces and schools grapple ...
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Palestinian and Israeli Leaders Are Hopeful After New Talks
New York Times
By ETHAN BRONNER JERUSALEM — Palestinian and Israeli leaders expressed satisfaction and hope on Sunday in their first public utterances following the opening round of Middle East peace talks in Washington last week. "The structure that has been agreed ...
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Bomb Kills Five Soldiers in Russia's Caucasus
Wall Street Journal
By RICHARD BOUDREAUX MOSCOW—A suicide bomber crashed a car packed with explosives on a military base in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan early Sunday, killing five soldiers and wounding 36 others in an attack blamed on the region's Islamic ...
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Guatemala mudslides kill 28 people
The Guardian
Torrential rains caused mudslides killing at least 28 people in Guatemala – most of them in separate incidents along the same highway. The first mudslide yesterday partially buried a bus under mud on the main road heading northwest of the capital, ...
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The Guardian
Manila begins hostage crisis probe
Aljazeera.net
Three-day investigation into deaths of eight Hong Kong tourists on a bus begins in Philippines. Authorities in the Philippines have begun a three-day inquiry into a botched hostage rescue operation in which eight Hong Kong tourists were killed in the ...
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Aljazeera.net
Iraq suicide car bomb kills twelve
The Press Association
Suicide bombers have targeted a Baghdad military headquarters killing 12 people. The blast came two weeks after an attack on the same site pointed to the failure of Iraqi forces to plug even the most obvious holes in their security. ...
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Glacier crash victim 'had the world at his feet'
Sydney Morning Herald
The young man from Victoria had taken a gap year to save for a five-week holiday to New Zealand and was packing in as much as he could before returning to train as a paramedic. He had gone whitewater rafting, bungee jumping and swum with killer whales ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Government approves Galant appointment
Ynetnews
The government on Sunday approved Major-General Yoav Galant's appointment as the Israel Defense Forces' 20th chief of staff. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during the cabinet meeting that "Galant has proved himself throughout 32 years of ...
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India should keep close watch: BJP on Nepal wiretap
Daily News & Analysis
Place: New Delhi | Agency: PTI Taking a serious note of reports about Nepal's Maoist leaders seeking money from China, the BJP today said that the government should keep a "close vigil" of the situation as such "interference" into the internal affairs ...
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Taliban threaten to attack Afghan polling stations
The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban vowed Sunday to attack polling places in Sept. 18 parliamentary elections, warning Afghans not to participate in what it called a sham vote. Meanwhile, two coalition soldiers — at least one of them British — were killed ...
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US drone strike kills 8 militants in North Waziristan
Daily News & Analysis
Place: Peshawar | Agency: PTI Eight militants, including three foreign fighters, were killed and 12 more injured when a US drone targeted their compound in the volatile North Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan. The drone fired two missiles at a ...
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Tamil migrants make risky deals to flee Sri Lanka
CTV.ca
The MV Sun Sea is escorted past Fisgard Lighthouse and into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, BC,Friday, Aug. 13, 2010. (Jonathan Hayward / THE CANADIAN PRESS) Migrants are escorted from the MV Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt in Colwood, ...
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Japan's Kan Takes On Rival in Debates
Wall Street Journal
By JURO OSAWA TOKYO—As Japan's ruling party prepares to vote on a new leader, its two candidates—Prime Minister Naoto Kan and opponent Ichiro Ozawa—went head to head in televised debates, exchanging different views on how to pay for planned policies ...
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Blair defends Iraq decision
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff Tony Blair told ABC that at first he failed to grasp the reach of fundamentalist Islam. (CNN) -- As the United States ended its combat mission in Iraq, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, America's biggest ally at the outset ...
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Suspected Qaeda chieftain among nine arrested in Yemen
AFP
ADEN — Yemeni authorities have arrested nine people, including a suspected local Al-Qaeda leader implicated in armed attacks in the south of the country, the defence ministry news website said on Friday. Salah Ali Abdullah al-Damani, ...
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AFP
Debris cleared from blast temple
BBC News
Work is continuing to clear debris from a Hare Krishna temple in Leicester after a gas explosion. About 30 people evacuated the temple in Thoresby Street just before the blast at 1430 BST on Friday. Windows were blown out and doors inside damaged. ...
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Get ready for break-up of Belgium: top minister
AFP
BRUSSELS — A top Belgian politician warned the country's citizens on Sunday to "get ready for the break-up of Belgium," as King Albert II seeks to relaunch knife-edge coalition talks. Leading francophone Socialist Laurette Onkelinx, considered a ...
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AFP
Queen to "snub" Blair over memoirs
The Hindu
AP Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen is reportedly displeased by Blair's refernces to the Royal Family in his memoirs. File photo The Queen was on Sunday reported to be "so annoyed" over unflattering references to the royal family in former Prime ...
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The Hindu


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