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Settlements' Deadline Clouds Future of Israeli-Palestinian Peace Efforts
Voice of America
Photo: AP Construction of a new housing development continues in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beitar Illit, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Israeli and Palestinian leaders are "getting down to business" on the major issues dividing them in peace talks ...
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Labour's nerves at new leader Ed Miliband
BBC News
By Iain Watson Political correspondent, BBC News He is younger than both the prime minister and the deputy PM and believes he can leave the baggage of the Blair/brown era behind. And Labour is now neck-and-neck in the polls with the Conservatives. ...
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Japanese Premier Rejects China's Demand for Apology
New York Times
By KEITH BRADSHER and MARTIN FACKLER HONG KONG — Tensions between China and Japan over the arrest of a Chinese trawler captain took another turn for the worse Sunday as Prime Minister Naoto Kan of Japan rejected China's repeated demand that Tokyo ...
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It's Time for a Political War on Pyongyang
Wall Street Journal
Instead of looking forward to more talks with a new leader, why not try to topple a weak regime? By CHRISTIAN WHITON North Korea's leaders tomorrow will hold a rare gathering of the ruling Korean Workers' Party. Analysts believe they will name the ...
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Operation in Taliban birthplace goes on, enters important phase: NATO
Xinhua
KABUL, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The spokesman for NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Brigadier-General Josef Blotz on Sunday said that joint Afghan and ISAF operation in Taliban birthplace Kandahar province has entered an important ...
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Suspected US missile attacks kill 7 in NW Pakistan
The Associated Press
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Suspected US drone aircraft carried out two missile strikes against a house and a vehicle near the Afghan border in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing seven alleged militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said. ...
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Worm affects Iran nuclear plant
BBC News
A complex computer worm has infected the personal computers of staff at Iran's first nuclear power station, the official IRNA news agency reported. However, the operating system at the Bushehr plant - due to go online in a few weeks - has not been ...
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Medvedev to discuss RIC, BRIC cooperation with China
Indian Express
President Dmitry Medvedev (C) meets with Chinese World War II veterans in the area of Lushun. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who is set to meet his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on Monday, is expected to emphasise on the cooperation between the two ...
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China offers hope of easing one-child policy
National Post
China marks the 30th anniversary on September 25 of its infamous one-child policy when the Communist Party published an open letter explaining the law, aimed at slowing down population growth in a bid to improve people's lives. ...
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Pakistani minister axed for criticizing military, Supreme Court
Times of India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's minister for defence production Abdul Qayyum Jatoi was shown the door on Sunday following his outburst against the armed forces and the Supreme Court chief justice a day earlier. "We keep the army to fight at the borders and not ...
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Pakistan never responded to US efforts for Aafia's repatriation: Diplomatic ...
Oneindia
Islamabad, Sep 26 (ANI): The US had contacted Pakistan a number of times for repatriation of Dr Aafia Siddiqui to her home country, but received no response from the Pakistan Government, American diplomatic sources have disclosed. ...
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Climate protestors stall Australia's largest coal terminal
The Hindu
Bloomberg File photo of coal stockpiled for export at the Newcastle Coal Terminal north of Sydney, Australia. Protesters occupied the port calling for an immediate moratorium on expansion of Australia's coal industry. Dozens of Australian climate ...
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The Hindu
Nepal PM poll remains deadlocked
Hindustan Times
Despite having only one candidate in fray, Nepali lawmakers failed to elect a new prime minister for the eighth time on Sunday due to abstention of 410 of the 599 members of parliament. Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel, the lone candidate, ...
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New bomb raises security concerns in Thai capital
The Associated Press
BANGKOK — Security was tightened further in Thailand's capital Sunday after a bomb attack, the latest in a series believed linked to the country's fractious politics, hit a target closely associated with the ruling class. No one was hurt and there was ...
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Thousands stranded after tech glitches delay flights in Oz
Hindustan Times
PTI glitches hit the computer systems of two major airlines, shutting down their check-in systems. Virgin Blue, the country's second largest airline, was the worst affected, with about 20 per cent of its a problem that hit the airline's terminal ...
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Asia looks to nuclear
Sydney Morning Herald
IN MANY parts of the world's energy industry there is enthusiastic reference to a global nuclear renaissance - an atomic bridge between the old world of dirty fossil fuels and the new world of inexhaustible clean energy. But this revival of interest in ...
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Eta ceasefire offer 'not enough'
BBC News
The Spanish government has reportedly rejected the latest statement by the Basque separatist group Eta that it is ready for a permanent ceasefire. Officials told Spanish media that the government was still waiting for the outlawed group to renounce all ...
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Philippines readies to mark first anniversary of deadly
IBNLive.com
PTI | 04:09 PM,Sep 26,2010 typhoon Manila, Sept 26 (Kyodo) Filipinos mark Sunday as the first anniversary of Typhoon Ketsana whose record-breaking rainfall submerged many parts of the northern Philippine island Luzon, including the capital Manila, ...
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Pension plans threaten to make Sarkozy a one-term president
Sydney Morning Herald
It was the second national strike in France in a fortnight, closing schools, grounding planes, shutting railways and even stopping the presses of Le Monde. The unions said 3 million workers turned out in protest last Thursday, while the government ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Palestinian rivals close to reconciliation deal
Sydney Morning Herald
JERUSALEM: Hopes were raised yesterday that the rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas were close to signing a deal that would resolve their bitter divisions. Fatah, the secular Palestinian resistance movement of the President, Mahmoud Abbas, ...
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