Tuesday, September 21, 2010

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Are Afghanistan elections hurting democracy?
Christian Science Monitor
US officials are calling the Afghanistan election for parliament a success, even as fraud allegations mount. An Afghan election worker marks a ballot box at the warehouse of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday ...
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Christian Science Monitor
MDG results have been sacrificed on the altar of inclusiveness
The Guardian
The millennium development goals were launched 10 years ago as a bold attempt to adopt a directed and targeted approach to development. A decade and many reports, declarations and summits later, the MDGs have ballooned into an all-encompassing skirt ...
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The Guardian
Palestinian report: PA, Israel officials hold unannounced West Bank meeting
Ha'aretz
Ma'an news agency reports at least one Palestinian minister attends Nablus meeting, as both sides brace for the upcoming expiration of a 10-month settlement freeze. Officials from the Palestinian Authority, Israel as well as US representatives held an ...
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Ha'aretz
Kim Jong Un: North Korea's Leader-in-Waiting
Voice of America
Photo: AP In this 22 June 2009 file photo, a South Korean activist tears a portrait of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, left, and what protesters say is a portrait of his youngest son Kim Jong Un during a rally denouncing North Korea's nuclear program. ...
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UN faults Israeli, Hamas probes into Gaza conflict
BBC News
A UN panel has criticised Israel and Hamas for failing to conduct credible and adequate probes into alleged war crimes during the 2008-2009 Gaza war. Israel only investigated low-ranking officials, the three-member panel said. And a Hamas inquiry "made ...
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China rejects fence-mending meeting with Japan
AFP
BEIJING — China on Tuesday ruled out prospects for fence-mending talks between its premier and Japan's leader this week in New York as the worst diplomatic crisis in years between the Asian powers deepened. Japan urged all players in the dispute ...
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AFP
Ahmadinejad says in UN address that capitalism is dying
Reuters
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during the Millennium Development Goals Summit at the UN headquarters in New York, September 21, 2010. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday told a UN General Assembly ...
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Reuters
15 school kids die in Pakistan accident
Sify
Islamabad, Sep 21 (IANS) At least 15 children died and several were reported missing when a school van plunged into the Jhelum river in Garhi Dupatta near Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. District administration officials said ...
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Afghan voting fraud 'inevitable'
The Australian
From: AP AFGHAN authorities have hit back at observers' reports of widespread fraud in parliamentary elections, saying it was too early to criticise the ballot. The debate intensified yesterday as Britain's military handed the US responsibility for a ...
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Somali premier resigns amid spat with president
Sify
Mogadishu, Sep 21 (DPA) Somalia's Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke resigned Tuesday over tensions with the conflict-hit country's president. 'After political crises in the government and after I have seen that insecurity in Somalia has ...
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Israel rejects offer to join UN atomic agency
AFP
VIENNA — It is against Israel's interests to join a global anti-nuclear arms treaty and the UN atomic watchdog is overstepping its mandate in demanding it to do so, its nuclear chief said on Tuesday. Arab states have tabled a resolution at the ...
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Recession is officially over, but anxiety lingers
Washington Post
By Neil Irwin and Nia-Malika Henderson On the day that the Great Recession was officially declared to be part of history, President Obama confronted deepening angst from business leaders and ordinary Americans who have little faith that the recovery is ...
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Inventor creates 'submarine' to block typhoons
Telegraph.co.uk
As residents of Taiwan and central China clear up after the devastation of Typhoon Fanapi, a Japanese company may have come up with a way of taking the sting out future Pacific storms. By Julian Ryall in Tokyo Many areas of North Korea have been struck ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Birdie stowaway rescued from cruise ship golf course
BBC News
A rare burrowing owl has been rescued from the world's largest cruise ship, where it had apparently tried to set up home on a miniature golf course. The "birdie" was spotted on board the Oasis of the Seas just hours before it set sail for the Caribbean ...
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'Google and peers must self-regulate geo-data services'
The Hindu
Google and other companies providing geo-data services like Street View must come up with their own rules to protect citizens' private spheres, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Monday. The German public has raised strong objections ...
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Nepal bars former king from public functions
The Hindu
Nepal on Tuesday barred its former king from participating in religious, cultural and public functions. Troops deployed at the residence of former king Gyanendra Shah, refused to allow him to attend a religious function in the capital. ...
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The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue intl. forum opens in Moscow on Wednesday
RIA Novosti
The Arctic: Territory of Dialogue international forum will be held in Moscow on September 22-23. A live broadcast of the forum's plenary session will be shown on RIAN.RU on September 22 at 10 am Moscow time (06.00 GMT). The main purpose of the forum is ...
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RIA Novosti
Obama to meet Colombian leader at UN: Santos
AFP
BOGOTA — Colombia President Juan Manuel Santos will Friday meet US leader Barack Obama on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, his office said. "We will use this meeting to strengthen the alliance between our two countries in addressing issues of ...
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AFP
Many killed in Pakistan violence
BBC News
At least 14 people have been killed in two days of violence in the Pakistani city of Karachi, officials say. The unrest is thought to be linked to the recent murder in London of Imran Farooq, a founding member of the MQM party whose power base is in ...
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US drone strike kills seven in Pak
Hindustan Times
At least seven alleged militants were killed on Tuesday by a missile launched from a suspected unmanned US aircraft in Pakistan's northwestern tribal area, security officials said. The airstrike targeted a house that Islamic militants were allegedly ...
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Bruni denies Michelle Obama likened White House life to 'hell'
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff New York (CNN) -- France's first lady Carla Bruni denied Monday that her US counterpart ever told her that life in the White House was "hell." "Of course Michelle Obama never said such a thing," the former model told CNN at the ...
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