Tuesday, September 14, 2010

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Following talks, Mitchell says negotiations progressing
Jerusalem Post
By HERB KEINON AND AP US envoy to the Middle East holds press conference following meeting between Netanyahu, Clinton and Abbas; says talks are moving in the right direction but gives no specifics on settlement freeze. SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt— President ...
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FOREX-Dollar hits 15-yr low vs yen after Japan vote
Reuters
By Steven C. Johnson NEW YORK, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The dollar slid to a 15-year low against the yen on Tuesday after Japan's prime minister won a ruling party leadership vote, while the euro struggled after an unexpectedly sharp decline in German ...
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EC blasts France's deportation of Roma
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff Roma families arrive at Marseille Provence airport on September 14 before boarding a flight to the Romanian capital Bucharest. (CNN) -- France's deportation of more than 8000 ethnic Roma, commonly referred to as gypsies, ...
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Julia Gillard sworn in as first elected woman PM of Australia
Daily News & Analysis
Place: Melbourne | Agency: PTI Julia Gillard was today sworn in as Australia's first elected woman prime minister, will be at the helm of a fragile coalition government after her ruling Labour lost majority in the knife-edge August 21 polls following ...
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Daily News & Analysis
Taliban said to be eyeing role in the Afghan political system
Washington Post
By Ernesto Londono KABUL - Although Taliban leaders have denounced Afghanistan's parliamentary elections and threatened violence at the polls on Saturday, some are discreetly making overtures to candidates, apparently in hopes of building political ...
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The Cuban Model, Not Working So Much
The Atlantic
Last week, there was a bit of a kerfuffle on the international Interwebs about Fidel Castro's statement to me that the "Cuban model" doesn't even work for Cuba anymore. Fidel himself said, in speech last Friday, that I had misinterpreted his statement, ...
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Iran: UN watchdog in error over nuclear program
The Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's nuclear chief said Tuesday the head of a UN watchdog agency made a dangerous mistake by criticizing Tehran for not fully cooperating. Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said Monday he cannot confirm ...
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Teen banned from US for abusive email to Obama
NDTV.com
PTI, Updated: September 14, 2010 15:48 IST London: A British teenager who had sent an abusive email to US President Barack Obama has been banned for life from visiting America. According to media reports, Luke Angel, 17, had sent an insulting email to ...
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China, Japan fishing boat standoff deepens amid delayed talks
Christian Science Monitor
With no end to the fishing boat dispute in sight, relations between Asia's two biggest economies are in danger of backsliding. A Taiwanese fishing boat, bottom, is followed by Japanese patrol boats as it sails near Senkaku Islands, or Diaoyu in Chinese ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Italy's President Praises Berlusconi Effort to Avoid Early Vote
BusinessWeek
By Lorenzo Totaro Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Italian President Giorgio Napolitano welcomed a commitment by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to regain a parliamentary majority and avoid early elections, saying the move was "desirable and constructive. ...
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10 militants killed in US drone attack in North Waziristan
Oneindia
Peshawar, Sept 14 (ANI): At least ten militants were killed in a US drone attack in the northwestern tribal belt of North Waziristan in Pakistan, near the Afghan border. According to The Dawn, missiles struck the northern part of Shawal village, ...
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Hurricane Julia Forms in the Atlantic Ocean
Wall Street Journal
AP MIAMI—Hurricane Julia formed Tuesday far out over the Atlantic, becoming the fifth hurricane of the season, joining powerful Hurricane Igor and a smaller storm group near the Antilles. Julia had maximum sustained winds near 75 miles an hour with ...
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Inflation eases; rate hike forecast on Thursday
Economic Times
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India's annual headline inflation eased in August but remained well above the central bank's comfort zone, and most economists in a new Reuters poll expect another increase in interest rates on Thursday. Inflation remains stubbornly ...
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Nepal's parties set new deadline for peace process
AFP
KATHMANDU — Nepal's politicians have given themselves four months to finally complete a peace process after a United Nations report criticised their failure to fulfil pledges made at the end of the war. The agreement paves the way for a final extension ...
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AFP
Musharraf to launch party in London on Oct 1
Oneindia
Islamabad, Sep 14: Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf will be launching his new political party, the All Pakistan Muslim League, in London on Oct 1, 2010. The former military ruler's political journey will begin with a press conference in ...
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Oneindia
Top envoys worried over rift in Somali leadership
AFP
NAIROBI — Foreign envoys who narrowly escaped a suicide attack in Somalia say a rift at the top of its Western-backed government is threatening to derail efforts to fend off an Islamic insurgency. "The current divisions between the leadership of ...
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AFP
Mother hid stillborn babies in wardrobe for 25 years
NDTV.com
London: A woman in Britain has admitted that she hid three stillborn babies in her wardrobe for up to 25 years. The babies were wrapped in rags and newspapers and placed in a small bin. Bernadette Quirk, 55, also illegally buried a fourth dead baby in ...
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Burglar texts cops to get his phone back!
Sify
A burglar, who dropped his mobile phone at a house, was easily nabbed by the police after he texted asking them to return his phone. Anthony Gawthorp, 24, left his mobile phone at a house in Cambridge where he stole a laptop, Daily Mail reported ...
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Bill allows release of terminally ill from pre-trial detention - paper
RIA Novosti
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has introduced to the Duma a draft amendment allowing the release of terminally ill suspects from pre-trial detention centers, following a series of highly-publicized pre-trial prison deaths in Moscow, ...
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RIA Novosti


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