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Turkey referendum: Your comments
BBC News
With nearly all votes in the referendum counted, about 58% had voted "Yes" to amending the constitution. Voters in Turkey have been emailing the BBC with their reaction to the result. Here is a selection of their comments: As expected, the vote results ...
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Iran Willing to Release American Hiker on Bail
New York Times
By ROBERT F. WORTH BEIRUT, Lebanon — An Iranian prosecutor said on Sunday that an American woman held with two friends on espionage charges for more than a year would be freed on $500000 bail, and that she would be allowed to leave the country, ...
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Israeli PM hints at "midway options" on construction freeze dispute
Xinhua
JERUSALEM, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday hinted that he may be willing to adopt "midway options" to solve the Jewish settlement construction dispute after the government's building moratorium expires later in ...
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Koran burning: Two Afghan protesters killed
Indian Express
Afghans protested violently for the third straight day on Sunday despite a US pastor giving up plans to burn copies of the Koran. Two protesters were shot and killed in eastern Logar province, a district official said. The furore over pastor Terry ...
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Gillard lashes out at media coverage
Sydney Morning Herald
JULIA Gillard has lambasted the media for not exposing the up to $10.6 billion black hole that Treasury found in Tony Abbott's election costings. She has also taken an oblique swipe at some of News Ltd's coverage. The Prime Minister said the campaign ...
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China Steps Up Protest Over Detention
Wall Street Journal
By JASON DEAN BEIJING—China's government stepped up its complaints against Tokyo for Japan's detention of a Chinese fishing-boat captain in contested waters, escalating a feud that highlights growing regional tension over China's territorial claims. ...
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Residents allowed home after US blast
Sydney Morning Herald
Hundreds of people evacuated after a gas explosion in California were allowed to return home on Sunday, amid confusion over the number of people killed in the blast. Three days after the accident that devastated an entire neighbourhood in San ...
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Two militants, local official killed in southern Russia firefight
RIA Novosti
Two militants and the head of the local administration were killed on Sunday during a special operation carried out by Russian security forces in the southern republic of Dagestan, local police said. "During a raid in the village of Komsomolskoye two ...
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RIA Novosti
UNMIN's future uncertain
The Hindu
The Nepal government and Maoists are engaged in discussions to narrow differences on the future of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), whose mandate ends on September 15. The government had sent a letter to the UN Security Council on September ...
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Term unlimited
Deccan Herald
Sri Lanka's once vibrant democracy has been dealt a stunning blow with a constitutional amendment that removes the two-term restrictions on the Presidency. This means that president Mahinda Rajapaksa, the first beneficiary of the 18th amendment, ...
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Muslims throng mosques to celebrate end of Ramadan
The Associated Press
CAIRO — Far from the din and controversy roiling interfaith relations in the West, Muslims worldwide thronged mosques, cafes and parks in a solemn and joyful end to the fasting month of Ramadan. Authorities increased security in some countries due to ...
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Carla's other side revealed in tell-all book
Sydney Morning Herald
Unflattering ... the book, to be published today, describes France's first lady as ''attractive and impetuous, free and calculating''. Photo: Abacapress PARIS: An unauthorised biography of the French first lady, Carla Bruni, paints an unflattering ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Mukesh Ambani to be richest man in world in 2014: Forbes
Economic Times
BOSTON: With a net worth of USD 62 billion, Indian business tycoon Mukesh Ambani would be he richest man on earth in 2014, according to a forecast issued by the prestigious Forbes magazine. "One of the predictions is that Reliance Industries' chief ...
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NC to hold key convention to elect GP Koirala''s successor
MSN India
Kathmandu, Sep 12 (PTI) Nepali Congress, the second largest party in the country, will hold a five-day convention from September 17 to elect a successor to late party president GP Koirala, who dominated the country''s politics and the party for the ...
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UK army plans rescue mission amid Pak coup fears
Hindustan Times
PTI Amid fears of a military coup in Pakistan, Britain has put its elite Special Air Service (SAS) on a stand-by mode for an emergency evacuation of Britons from the country, a media report said on Sunday. As the country struggles with the twin ...
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Exiled Tibetans debate with PM aspirants in Dharamsala
Oneindia
Dharamsala (Himachal Pradesh), Sept.12 (ANI): The National Democratic Party of Tibet (NDPT) organized a debate here on Saturday as a part of a campaign to decide who will be the next Prime Minister-in-exile. The aspirants to the post of 'Kalon Tripa', ...
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