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China suspends contacts with Japan Aljazeera.net Contacts suspended over continued arrest of Chinese captain for allegedly ramming his boat against Japanese vessels. China has suspended high-level contacts with Japan in response to the arrest of a Chinese captain for allegedly ramming his boat ... See all stories on this topic »

Two Car Bombs Kill Dozens in Baghdad New York Times A wounded survivor of a suicide car bomb at the scene of the attack that targeted in Baghdad on Sunday. By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS and YASIR GHAZI BAGHDAD – At least 29 people were killed and more than 100 others injured when a pair of bombs exploded almost ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

Light Turnout in Afghan Parliamentary Election as Violence Deters Voters New York Times Hossein Fatemi/AP By ELISABETH BUMILLER and ROD NORDLAND MARJA, Afghanistan — The first voter here was Muhammad Akbar, 22, who dipped his finger in the indelible purple ink, collected his ballot and had just stepped into the cardboard box that served ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

China upgrades warning level for strong Typhoon Fanapi Xinhua BEIJING, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's meteorological authority raised the level of alert for Typhoon Fanapi to the second highest on Sunday as it nears the country's south coast. Fanapi, the 11th typhoon to hit China this year, will move westward at a ... See all stories on this topic »

Communities helping Nepal meet millennium goals AFP KATHMANDU — Despite years of civil war and political instability, Nepal is on track to meet several of its Millennium Development Goals, with major strides forward on maternal and child mortality. Landlocked Nepal remains one of the world's poorest ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Red-shirts return to Bangkok streets Financial Times By Tim Johnston in Bangkok Thousands of red-shirted opponents of the Thai government staged a big protest in central Bangkok on Sunday. They drove home the message that, despite the relative calm of the last four months, the political rifts dividing ... See all stories on this topic »

Swedes to vote for new parliament BBC News Swedes are voting in parliamentary polls, with the centre-right coalition expected to win re-election. The government is riding high in opinion polls against the Social Democrats and their allies, following tax cuts and a strong recovery. ... See all stories on this topic »

'Iran seizes US troops' report denied AFP TEHRAN — Officials in Iran, the United States and Islamabad on Sunday all denied reports that Iranian security forces had seized seven American troops near the Islamic republic's border with Pakistan. The denials came after hardline news website ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Iran leader shrugs off effect of Western sanctions AFP WASHINGTON — Iran's economy is feeling no ill effects from the toughest Western sanctions yet and is in fact benefiting from them, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told American television on Sunday. "These sanctions will definitively mark a new ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Police release plot suspects Sydney Morning Herald LONDON: The six men questioned by counter-terrorism police amid claims of a plot to kill the Pope have all been released without charge, Scotland Yard has confirmed. The men, all reported to have been of North African origin, were arrested in the early ... See all stories on this topic »

Kanishka bombmaker Reyat found guilty of perjury IBNLive.com PTI | 03:09 PM,Sep 19,2010 Bal Krishna Toronto, Sep 19 (PTI) Inderjit Singh Reyat, the sole person convicted in the 1985 bombing of Air India's Kanishka flight that killed 329 people, has been found guilty of perjury by a Canadian court for lying under ... See all stories on this topic »

'did you not understand what i just told you what people did in my platoon' Washington Post Five members of a rogue platoon from the 5th Stryker Combat Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division have been charged in three murders. Staff Sergeant Calvin R. Gibbs and Corporal Jeremy N. Morlock allegedly took part in all three killings; who has been charged ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Post

Blast kills at least six children in North Afghanistan Reuters KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - At least six children were killed when a rocket exploded in a village on Sunday in northern Kunduz province, a provincial official and the Afghan interior ministry said. The incident happened in Ali Abad district of ... See all stories on this topic »

Sri Lankan police station blast was accidental, says investigators Oneindia Colombo, Sept 19 (ANI): Investigators have ruled out that Friday's blast, which destroyed a police station at Karadiyanaru in east Sri Lanka, is not an outcome of a terrorist activity. According to Xinhua, officials from the police spokesman's office ... See all stories on this topic »

Ahmadinejad says Bruni insult a 'crime' Sydney Morning Herald Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has condemned as a "crime" attacks against France's first lady Carla Bruni by a leading hardline newspaper which called her a "prostitute". In an interview published on Sunday in the government newspaper Iran, ... See all stories on this topic »

Amputee in Channel swim attempt BBC News A Frenchman whose arms and legs had to be amputated following an electrical accident has successfully completed his attempt to swim the English Channel. Philippe Croizon had set off from Folkestone in Kent at 0645 BST. The 42-year-old, who swims using ... See all stories on this topic »

Basque separatists want peace talks with Spain The Associated Press MADRID — The armed Basque separatist group ETA said Sunday that it is willing to accept international mediation to help solve its long-running conflict with Spain's government. Two weeks after it announced a cease-fire, the group said in a statement ... See all stories on this topic »

Water conflict in Pakistan's tribal region leaves dozens dead CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A water dispute in Pakistan's tribal region has led to over two weeks of fighting and dozens of deaths, government officials said Sunday. The conflict is centered in Kurram Agency, one of the seven ... See all stories on this topic »

S.African maize may feed Chinese chickens AFP JOHANNESBURG — South Africa produces too much maize. Its neighbours not enough. But rather than feeding its neighbours, South Africa's surplus maize may feed Chinese chickens, due to regional worries about genetically modified crops. ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

German opposition 'strong' to Google Street View Sydney Morning Herald Google is facing even more opposition in Germany than it expected to its Street View navigation service, with hundreds of thousands opting out, Der Spiegel news weekly reports in its Monday issue. Ahead of an October 15 deadline, "several hundred ... See all stories on this topic »

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