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Workers in Europe Protest Austerity Measures
New York Times
By RAPHAEL MINDER and ALAN COWELL MADRID — Spain struggled to cope on Wednesday with its first general strike in eight years as a day of labor unrest began across Europe, reflecting fears of unfamiliar austerity in lands once seen as among the world's ...
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New York Times
Top US Diplomat Heads to Asia as N. Korea Addresses Leadership
Voice of America
A senior Obama Administration diplomat says he is returning to Asia next week to hear what South Korean and Japanese officials have to say about North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's youngest son. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific ...
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Mumbai-style terror attack on European cities foiled
Economic Times
LONDON: A terror plot by Pakistan-based militants to launch Mumbai-style attacks in Britain and other European countries has been foiled by intelligence agencies, a media report said. Intelligence sources revealed that militants based in Pakistan, ...
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Mexico mudslide toll scaled back
BBC News
Mexican officials have dramatically scaled back the number of people believed buried by a landslide in a remote southern town. After rescuers reached Santa Maria Tlahuitoltepec in Oaxaca, officials said 11 people were missing. ...
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3 top al-Qaida commanders killed in US drone attacks
Times of India
PESHAWAR: Al-Qaida suffered severe reverses losing three key commanders in Afghanistan and tribal havens in northwestern Pakistan as US and NATO forces carried out a record number of air strikes and drone attacks. Those felled by missile strikes ...
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Corruption probes not related to mayor's dismissal - investigators
RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, September 29 (RIA Novosti) - Corruption probes against several officials in the Moscow city government are not related to the dismissal of Yury Luzhkov as mayor, a spokesman for investigators said on Wednesday. Russian media earlier reported ...
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Spanish workers protest labour reforms; auto industry hit
The Hindu
AP Police remove a metal worker from the road in Barcelona, Spain, as workers blocked the main entrance of several newspapers to prevent them being distributed hours before the start of the general strike. The general strike is the first faced by ...
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The Hindu
Labour views: Ed Miliband's speech
BBC News
By Brian Wheeler Political reporter, BBC News, in Manchester How did new Labour leader Ed Miliband's first big conference speech go down with the party faithful? It was certainly what we wanted to hear. He came out as what we all asked him to be - the ...
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French budget aims to cut deficit
BBC News
The French government plans to cut civil service staff levels and do away with some tax breaks to try to close its budget deficit. But its latest Budget also relies on economic growth of 2% for 2011, above the 1.3% consensus forecast, to close the gap. ...
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Nigerian kidnap town shuts down
BBC News
Schools, banks and markets are refusing to open in Nigeria's south-eastern town of Aba where 15 children were kidnapped on their way to school on Monday. Residents told the BBC they feared further attacks by gang leaders notorious for demanding large ...
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Berlusconi warns of risk of instability
Financial Times
By Guy Dinmore in Rome Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's prime minister, who is battling to hold his centre-right coalition together, appeared on course to win a vote of confidence in his government later on Wednesday after delivering a conciliatory speech to ...
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Israeli principal summoned over history textbook that adds Palestinian view
Christian Science Monitor
Israel's Education Ministry has called in the principal of Shaar Hanegev high school, which is using a banned textbook that explains both narratives of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israeli Education Minister Gideon Saar, shown here in 2009, ...
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Christian Science Monitor
US envoy sees Netanyahu in bid to save talks
Reuters
By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is "more determined than ever" to achieve Middle East peace, his envoy to the region was quoted as saying on Wednesday during talks in Israel aimed at salvaging negotiations with the ...
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Koreas to hold military talks this week
AFP
SEOUL — South and North Korea will this week hold their first military talks for two years aimed at easing cross-border tensions, the defence ministry said Wednesday. The meeting involving three officers from each side will take place on Thursday at ...
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AFP
Mineral Shipments From China to Japan Mostly on Hold
New York Times
By HIROKO TABUCHI TOKYO — China's customs agency has made minor procedural changes in its processing of applications for exports of rare earths to Japan, but still has not allowed regular shipments to resume, three rare-earth industry officials said ...
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An emotional Karzai calls for peace after attack kills official
Washington Post
Afghan President Hamid Karzai asked the Taliban to refrain from "destroying your own homeland for the benefit of others." (Musadeq Sadeq) By Ernesto Londono KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday lamented the slaying of a provincial official and ...
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Washington Post
Turkey: Firms Free to Trade With Iran
Wall Street Journal
By JOE PARKINSON ISTANBUL—Turkish banks and businesses are free to trade with Iranian firms, Turkey's deputy prime minister said Wednesday, in comments likely to add to concern in Washington over Ankara's continued trade with Tehran despite the US-led ...
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India recovering well; quota in IMF board to go up: IMF Chief
Economic Times
WASHINGTON: The head Dominique Strauss-Kahn has said the Indian economy is recovering well and New Delhi would get higher quota in the IMF board, review of which is currently underway, reflecting its enhanced economic standing. ...
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China's high-speed train sets new speed record
Xinhua
BEIJING, Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- A high-speed train in eastern China set a new speed record during its trial service Tuesday, highlighting China's leading position in the fast-train industry. The China-made CRH380A train hit a maximum speed of 416.6 ...
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Xinhua
Arafat urged attacks when talks faltered: Hamas
AFP
GAZA CITY — The late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat urged Hamas to carry out attacks inside Israel when he felt peace talks had failed, a senior Hamas leader said in remarks published on Wednesday. "Arafat signalled to the Hamas movement to carry out ...
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AFP
Zardari bares soul on political intrigue, international conspiracies and ...
Sify
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari, in a surprising burst of candour, bared his soul to PPP parliamentarians on issues as diverse as international conspiracies, devious politics, the agony of his incarceration, and surprisingly, his reaction to ...
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'We need to make clear . . . the cancer is in Pakistan'
Washington Post
By Bob Woodward President Obama dispatched his national security adviser, retired Marine Gen. James L. Jones, and CIA Director Leon Panetta to Pakistan for a series of urgent, secret meetings on May 19, 2010. Less than three weeks earlier, ...
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