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EU Warns France on Roma Deportations
Voice of America
Photo: AP The European Union is considering disciplinary action against France for the country's ongoing evictions of Roma (Gypsy) migrants. EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding, speaking Tuesday, called the deportations "a disgrace" and said they ...
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Kan's Six-Vote Win Among Lawmakers Risks Eroding Fiscal Pledge
Bloomberg
By Aki Ito - Wed Sep 15 00:54:04 GMT 2010 Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's narrow win in the Democratic Party of Japan leadership race may make it tougher for him to implement the deficit-reduction measures that he promised. ...
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IDF probe: Palestinians killed by IDF shelling were not militants
Ha'aretz
The Palestinians killed, including a 91-year-old man and his grandson, were fired at because they were thought to be aiming rocket launcher at border fence, IDF concludes. By Anshel Pfeffer The three Palestinians killed by IDF tank fire on Sunday were ...
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Freed hiker vows to help friends
BBC News
A US hiker, freed after spending more than a year in jail in Iran, has promised to lobby for the release of the two men she was arrested with. Sarah Shourd, who was flown to Oman, urged Iran to free her fiance Shane Bauer and friend Josh Fattal. ...
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Gillard focused on schools
Sydney Morning Herald
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says sharing federal education responsibilities among three ministers reflects her strong focus on schools. Peter Garrett is in charge of schools and early childhood under the re-elected Labor government and Senator Kim ...
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Cuba to cut public jobs
Hindustan Times
Cuba plans to lay off more than half a million people from public sector in the expectation that they will move into private businesses, Cuba's labour federation said on Monday. Over the past several months, President Raúl Castro has given warnings ...
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US drone strike kills five militants in Pakistan
AFP
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — US drones fired off a volley of missiles targeting Al-Qaeda linked fighters in a tribal area of northwest Pakistan Wednesday, killing at least five militants, security officials said. The pre-dawn attack -- the third in less than ...
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US Debates Karzai's Place in Graft Fight
New York Times
By MARK MAZZETTI and ROD NORDLAND WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is debating whether to make Afghanistan's president, Hamid Karzai, a more central player in efforts to root out corruption in his own government, including giving him more ...
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Venezuela plane crash toll up to 17
Sydney Morning Herald
Two of the 36 people who survived a plane crash in eastern Venezuela have died of their injuries, raising the disaster's death toll to 17, a senior government official says. "We now have a total of 17 dead and 34 injured," Jose Khan, minister of basic ...
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In a political avatar
Indian Express
So what is Pervez Musharraf expected to do by staging a comeback with his all new All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) that is set to launch in Dubai on October 1? That's perhaps why little is being said in the Pakistani media of the former ...
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Senate Republicans unveil a plan to make Bush tax cuts permanent
Washington Post
These leaders have been a driving force behind the nation's economic policies since the financial crisis of 2008. Tax cuts enacted under former president George W. Bush are set to expire at year's end, and lawmakers are battling over whether to extend ...
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Berlusconi sinks to new low with his Hitler joke
Indian Express
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, known for his public blunders, again sparked a controversy by cutting jokes about Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. Addressing a convention of the youth wing of his People of Freedom Party, the billionaire businessman said: ...
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Delaying 9/11 mosque among options: Imam
Times of India
NEW YORK: Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the prime mover behind the proposed Islamic center and mosque near Ground Zero in New York, has said that the project is on the table and he is "exploring all options," including delaying the venture and holding ...
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30 insurgents killed in Afghanistan ahead of vote
The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — Up to 30 insurgents have been killed in fighting in Afghanistan ahead of this week's parliamentary elections, which the Taliban want to undermine, NATO and Afghan officials said. The military alliance said that up to 23 militants ...
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Turkey's thumbs up to radical reforms
Deccan Herald
By Michael Jansen It is ironic that the AKP, rooted in religious politics, has become the engine of transformation. Turkey's adoption of a package of constitutional amendments in last weekend's referendum amounted to a victory for the millions of ...
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Ex-Delhi CJ slams collegium system of appointment of judges
Indian Express
Former Delhi High Court chief justice AP Shah on Tuesday hit out at the Supreme Court collegium system of judicial appointments, saying choosing a judge to the highest constitutional courts in country under unknown circumstances and on opaque criteria ...
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Three Tropical Cyclones Tracked in Atlantic by National Hurricane Center
Bloomberg
By Brian K. Sullivan - Tue Sep 14 21:54:04 GMT 2010 For the third time in less than a month, the National Hurricane Center is tracking three storms in the Atlantic. Hurricanes Igor and Julia are spinning their way through the central Atlantic, ...
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