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Netanyahu: I came to Washington to reach historic compromise
Ha'aretz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks ahead of a working dinner with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Jordanian King Abdullah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US President Barack Obama. By Barak Ravid and Natasha Mozgovaya In a speech ...
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Ha'aretz
Tony Blair wasn't Labour's messiah
The Guardian
As a Labour party member since before Tony Blair was born, and whose father joined the ILP as a teenager in the 1890s, and who therefore was a founder member of the party, I believe I am qualified to comment on many of Blair's statements (I knew Brown ...
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Karl Rove: Obama's 'Come Home American' Speech
Wall Street Journal
By KARL ROVE At times Tuesday night, it sounded as if President Barack Obama didn't know what kind of speech he wanted to give. Was it a foreign policy address aimed at assuring a world-wide audience of America's resolve in the war against militant ...
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Sunni bombers blamed for deadly attack on Shiite procession in Lahore
Toronto Star
A survivor mourns following explosions during a Shiite Muslim procession on Sept, 1, 2010, in Lahore, Pakistan. Babar Dogar, Associated Press LAHORE, PAKISTAN—Three bombs ripped through a Shiite Muslim religious procession in this eastern Pakistani ...
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Hurricane Earl: hurricane-force gusts likely on Long Island Friday
Christian Science Monitor
Hurricane Earl forecasts still have the storm brushing the East Coast from Cape Hatteras to Cape Cod. Some Long Island residents say they don't know what they should be doing to prepare. Jay Farley, top, installs covers to a homeowner's oceanfront ...
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Christian Science Monitor
Police Kill Gunman, Ending Hostage Situation
New York Times
By LIZ ROBBINS and BRIAN STELTER Police officers shot and killed a gunman with a history of protesting against the Discovery Channel, ending a nearly four-hour ordeal on Wednesday at the company's headquarters in Silver Spring, Md. The gunman, ...
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Chile miners given first hot meal
BBC News
Chilean miners trapped underground after a rock collapse have received their first hot meal in 26 days. Meatballs, chicken and rice were piped through a tube to the 33 miners, who are stuck 700m (2300ft) below the surface. Previously the miners have ...
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Pitching in
BBC News
By Syed Shoaib Hasan BBC News, Karachi The gravity of the situation in Pakistan's worst floods took a while to register, both at home and abroad. Part of that may have been due to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when things generally slow down. ...
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Trouble again for WikiLeaks founder as Sweden reopens rape investigation
Indian Express
A senior Swedish prosecutor reopened a rape probe against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange Wednesday, the latest twist in a case in which prosecutors of different ranks have overruled each other. Assange has denied the allegations and suggested they ...
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US Pressures Pakistani Taliban
New York Times
By CHARLIE SAVAGE WASHINGTON – The United States government on Wednesday ratcheted up legal pressures against the Pakistani Taliban, the Al Qaeda-linked group accused of a role in the failed Times Square bombing in May and in the suicide-bombing at a ...
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Why Sarkozy went to war on the Roma
Independent
By John Lichfield The scene is a piece of wasteland on the edge of Saint Etienne in central France. A scrap of land, wedged between a cemetery and a rubbish dump, is home to 100 people, 40 of them children. A band of Roma, immigrants of ambiguous ...
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Dutch Free Two Men Held in Terror Scare
Voice of America
Photo: AP Dutch prosecuting authorities have freed two Yemeni men arrested in Amsterdam on suspicion of terrorism. The men were taken into custody when they arrived Monday in Amsterdam on a United Airlines flight from Chicago. ...
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Dalai Lama vows to fight for Tibetan cause till the end
Sify
Dharamshala: Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has said he would continue to fight for the Tibetan cause till the end but in a different capacity. "I am 76 now. The responsibility should be taken over in a spirit as if I am no longer present. ...
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Iran welcomes US pullout, urges punishment for Iraq invaders
Times of India
TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad welcomed the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq but called for punishment of the invaders, state television's Arabic-language Al-Alam channel said on Wednesday. Ahmadinejad "welcomed the pullout of US forces ...
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Sadikshya Shrestha crowned Miss Nepal 2010
Sify
A supremely confident Sadikshya Shrestha, who would like to see world-class scientists emerge from Nepal, beat 17 other finalists to become Dabur Special-Hidden Treasure Miss Nepal 2010 at a scaled-down pageant here Wednesday, marked by opposition by ...
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3 Pujari men held with stolen idol
Times of India
MUMBAI: The police arrested three members of the Ravi Pujari gang who had stolen a `panchdhatu' idol from a Jain temple at Mira Road last year. Those arrested are a part of the same group which had committed a series of firing offences in the western ...
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Fake grenade spurs security scare at IGIA
Hindustan Times
A dummy grenade shell found on Tuesday night during luggage screening at the cargo terminal triggered a security scare at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. The dummy grenade was found in a postal bag around 8 pm on Tuesday during a routine X-ray ...
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US non-committal on resuming NKorea nuclear talks
AFP
WASHINGTON — The United States said Wednesday it planned more consultations with its partners after hearing China's perspective on reviving stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea. The non-committal notes from Washington came as a ...
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