Thursday, September 2, 2010

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Netanyahu and Abbas agree to biweekly meetings (Reuters)
Ha'aretz
US envoy to Mideast says next round of talks scheduled for Sept. 14-15, likely to be hosted by Egypt. Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed Thursday to produce a framework for a permanent peace deal and to hold a second round of direct talks this ...
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Ha'aretz
Crude Oil Increases After Explosion on Gulf of Mexico Production Platform
Bloomberg
By Mark Shenk - Thu Sep 02 18:01:16 GMT 2010 Crude oil rose after a platform owned by Mariner Energy Inc. in the Gulf of Mexico was struck by an explosion, bolstering concern that regulations will reduce output in the region. Oil rebounded after the US ...
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Hurricane Earl downgraded to Category 3 as winds decrease to 125 mph
Washington Post
As Hurricane Earl steamed toward the east coast, vacationers along North Carolina's Outer Banks began packing their cars and moving inland, cutting short their summer just before Labor Day weekend. By Rob Stein and Michael Savage Hurricane Earl ...
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Washington Post
Pak Taliban on American terror list
Hindustan Times
The US on Wednesday named Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), responsible for a 2009 attack on its military base in Afghanistan, a Foreign Terrorist Organisation and posted cash rewards for the arrest of its top two leaders. "These actions will help stem ...
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Manila to probe Hong Kong hostage coffin 'mix-up'
BBC News
The Philippines says it will investigate claims that coffins of three of Hong Kong's eight victims of a bus hijacking were wrongly labelled. The pledge comes after Hong Kong's officials said the mix-up was discovered at a morgue after the coffins had ...
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Pakistan match-fixing claims: three players to be questioned under caution
Telegraph.co.uk
The three Pakistani cricketers at the centre of spot-fixing allegations will be questioned by police on Friday after their withdrawal from the squad to face England ensured that the Twenty20 and one-day series will begin as scheduled on Sunday. ...
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A welcome homecoming
Hindustan Times
President Barack Obama's end to the United States' fighting war in Iraq will understandably be met with scepticism. Some 50000 American troops remain in the country to provide a military keel to a fragile Iraqi civilian regime. ...
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Children of the flood
Reuters
Amira, 2, a flood victim suffering from skin and stomach problems, cries at a hospital in Sukkur, in Pakistan's Sindh province September 1, 2010. Victims of Pakistan's floods queued at hospitals where scant resources were available to treat a rising ...
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Iran's Ahmadinejad dismisses Mideast peace talks
AFP
TEHRAN — Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed on Wednesday the holding of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, saying the negotiations will fail to resolve conflict in the Middle East. "Tens of negotiations have ...
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AFP
More than 10000 vehicles stuck in new China jam
BBC News
More than 10000 vehicles are stuck in a 120km (75-mile) traffic jam on China's Beijing to Tibet motorway. A state television reporter said the gridlocked section of the road, in the north-eastern region of Inner Mongolia, resembled a "big car park". ...
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Japan Minister Warns China on Business Rules
Wall Street Journal
By YUKA HAYASHI And REBECCA BLUMENSTEIN TOKYO—Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada warned Thursday China risks losing foreign investments unless it introduces more transparency and consistency into its business rules, including its legal framework ...
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Chilean Miners 'could be free by November'
BBC News
A rescue worker at the San Jose mine has told the BBC's James Reynolds that he believes the miners trapped 700m (2300ft) below the surface will be freed by November. Estimates made by the Chilean Mining Minister, who suggested it could take up to four ...
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New book to lift the lid on Carla's love life
NDTV.com
A controversial new book due this month is set to lift the lid on French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's "secret life and lovers". The lawyers of Bruni-Sarkozy are bracing themselves for the release of the book, written by Besma Lahouri. ...
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NDTV.com
Pakistan military taken off Washington airport plane
BBC News
Pakistan's military has said it cancelled talks with American defence chiefs after a delegation sent to the US met "unwarranted" airport checks. The VIP visitors were removed from a domestic flight at Washington's Dulles International Airport on Monday ...
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UN concerned at slowing of funds for Pakistani flood victims
The Hindu
Pakistani families return to their homes after floodwaters begin to recede in Karampur area, southern Pakistan, on Thursday. Photo: AP. The United Nations said on Thursday that international funding for Pakistan's flood victims was ebbing, ...
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The Hindu
Why Americans think Obama is a Muslim
Sify
In a first-of-its kind study, a psychologist has explained why Americans believe President Barack Obama is a Muslim. The research by Spee Kosloff and colleagues suggests people are most likely to accept such falsehoods, both consciously and ...
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Top UN Official Dismisses Talk of Somali Government Collapse
Voice of America
Photo: AP United Nations Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs B. Lynn Pascoe speaks to the media (File Photo) The UN Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs, Lynn Pascoe, says despite on-going security challenges in Somalia, the country's ...
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Four killed in Iraq attacks
Sify
Four people were killed and one injured in Iraq Thursday by unknown gunmen and a roadside bomb, while an army base came under rocket attack overnight. A local official in Fallujah, some 60 km west of the capital Baghdad, survived an assassination ...
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