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World leaders to discuss global poverty fight
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- World leaders convene in New York on Monday for a United Nations summit on global goals to fight poverty, hunger and disease. They will discuss the Millennium Development Goals they signed up for a decade ago, ...
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Evacuations as typhoon hits Taiwan
The Press Association
Thousands of residents were evacuated as a powerful typhoon struck Taiwan, flooding the southern part of the island, crippling transport and shutting off power. Typhoon Fanapi was the first major storm to strike the island this year. ...
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Sweden re-elects centre-right alliance
BBC News
Sweden's governing centre-right alliance has been re-elected, but is short of an overall majority. They show PM Fredrik Reinfeldt's four-party coalition won 173 seats out of 349 in parliament. Mr Reinfeldt declared victory and said he would seek ...
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4 dead in Germany fire, shooting
CNN
Berlin, Germany (CNN) -- Authorities in southwest Germany were looking for a motive Monday in an fire at an apartment building and a hospital shooting that, together, killed four people and are believed to be linked. Two bodies -- one of a man and ...
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UN calls for urgent aid to Pakistan
Aljazeera.net
Ban Ki-moon urges global response to Pakistan flood crisis following plea for $2bn, the biggest ever UN disaster appeal. The UN chief has called for an urgent global response to the Pakistan flood crisis, calling it the most complex natural disaster in ...
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Aljazeera.net
Bodies of 3 Afghan election workers found
Washington Post
Election workers stack ballot boxes in Kabul a day after parliamentary voting was marred by violence. (David Guttenfelder) By Ernesto Londono KABUL - Afghan authorities said Sunday that they recovered the bodies of three election workers kidnapped ...
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Washington Post
Future is Iran's, says Ahmadinejad
The Press Association
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that "the future belongs to Iran" as he arrived in the United States to attend the annual General Assembly of the United Nations. He challenged the US to accept that his country has a major role in the world. ...
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BP says oil spill compensation payout rate soars
Reuters
Fire boat response crews battle the blazing remnants of the off shore oil rig Deepwater Horizon, off Louisiana, in this April 21, 2010, handout file photo. With a final shot of cement, BP Plc permanently ''killed'' the runaway Macondo well in the Gulf ...
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Reuters
POPE'S VISIT: If only the Archbishop of Canterbury spoke with his authority
Daily Mail
By Stephen Glover Only a few days ago we were being assured by many voices on the BBC that Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Britain might well turn out to be a damp squib. It was widely predicted that few would turn out to see him. Some even suggested that ...
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Daily Mail
Bombs kill 37, injure more than 100 in Iraq
Washington Post
By Janine Zacharia and Aziz Alwan Six car bombs detonated across Baghdad on Sunday and a suicide bomber blew up a car in nearby Fallujah, killing a total of 37 people and wounding more than 100 in the deadliest day of violence in Iraq since the United ...
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Lieberman: Talks must tackle Israeli Arabs' citizenship
Ha'aretz
By Jack Khoury and Barak Ravid The Palestinians' refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state should be "one of the central topics on the negotiating table," Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said yesterday, causing an uproar among Knesset members ...
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Soldiers die in Tajikistan ambush
Aljazeera.net
Convoy attacked in district near Afghanistan border in latest of a string of attacks blamed on opposition fighters. At least 23 soldiers have been killed in Tajikistan after a convoy was attacked by suspected Muslim fighters, according to a spokesman ...
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5 US Soldiers Accused of Killing Afghan Civilians
New York Times
By WILLIAM YARDLEY and ERIC SCHMITT SEATTLE — The brutal, premeditated killings of three Afghan civilians — allegedly at the hands of American soldiers — are expected to be detailed in military court near here this fall, potentially undermining efforts ...
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New drill joins Chile mine rescue
BBC News
Engineers trying to rescue 33 miners trapped underground in Chile for more than six weeks have begun drilling a third escape tunnel. A huge drill borrowed from an oil company has joined two others digging through the 630m (2060ft) of rock separating ...
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US missile strike kills 5 militants in Pakistan
The Associated Press
MIR ALI, Pakistan — A suspected US drone fired three missiles at a house in northwestern Pakistan, killing five alleged militants in the 14th such attack this month — the most intense barrage since the airstrikes began in 2004. ...
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Teacher helps pupils cheat, but gets answers wrong
Hindustan Times
A teacher in Britain helped her students cheat but got the answers wrong, reveals a probe initiated after 18 out of 19 pupils gave the same incorrect answer in the exam. Investigators found that students had been illegally helped by the teacher during ...
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Kanishka bomber found guilty in perjury trial
Punjab Newsline
VANCOUVER: Inderjit Singh Reyat, the only man convicted in the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing, faces more time in jail after a jury Saturday found him guilty of perjury during the trial of main suspects Ajaib Singh Bagri and Ripudaman Singh Mailk. ...
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