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Labor to form government
Sydney Morning Herald
Labor has won the support of the two remaining independent MPs to form a minority government. The independents, Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor, dramatically announced their decisions separately, with Mr Oakeshott being the last to signal his position ...
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Republicans talk about me like a dog: Obama
Times of India
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama has caused quite a flutter by accusing his Republican opponents of talking about him "like a dog" at a rally to launch his embattled Democratic party's election campaign. "Some powerful interests who had been ...
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Abbas says he 'can't allow even one concession'
Jerusalem Post
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH AND HERB KEINON Netanyahu hopes PA president doesn't 'abandon road to peace,' reiterates that agreement is possible in year. Just four days after meeting with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in Washington, Palestinian Authority ...
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IAEA Says Iran Hampering Nuclear Monitoring
Voice of America
Photo: AP The reactor building of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. Iranian and Russian engineers began loading fuel Saturday into Iran's first nuclear power plant, ...
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France: Plan to Raise Retirement Age Sets Off Strikes
New York Times
By REUTERS The country faces serious railroad and air traffic disruption from strikes that began late Monday as a protest by trade unions against government plans to raise the retirement age. The strikes, most scheduled to last 24 hours, were organized ...
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Sharp series of aftershocks strike New Zealand
The Associated Press
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — A sharp series of about 20 aftershocks rattled New Zealand's earthquake-hit city of Christchurch overnight, and earthquake experts warned Tuesday that another powerful temblor might hammer the region in coming days. ...
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Koran burning will endanger US lives: Petraeus
AFP
KABUL — The US commander of the Afghan war has warned that troops' lives will be endangered if a Florida evangelical church goes ahead with a planned burning of the Koran on Saturday's 9/11 anniversary. General David Petraeus said the planned torching ...
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AFP
South Africa schools to reopen
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff Johannesburg, South Africa -- Schools in South Africa will reopen Tuesday after unions representing more than 1.3 million workers in the country suspended a three-week-old strike that has crippled hospital services, closed schools ...
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70cm-tall man dubbed world's shortest
ABC Online
Nino Hernandez, who weighs only 10 kilograms, has not grown since he was two years old. (Reuters: John Vizcaino) Guinness World Records has dubbed a 70-centimetre-tall Colombian as the world's shortest living man. Nino Hernandez, who weighs only 10 ...
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ABC Online
N.Korea asks for rice aid from S.Korea: official
AFP
SEOUL — North Korea asked for rice and cement aid from South Korea before announcing the release of a South Korean boat seized last month for illegal fishing, Seoul said Tuesday. The Unification Ministry said the request for rice, cement and heavy ...
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AFP
Afghan journalist stabbed to death in Kabul-palace
Reuters
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into the brutal killing of a prominent Afghan television journalist, Karzai's office said on Monday. Sayed Hamid Noori, an anchor for state network Radio Television ...
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Iran facing international pressure over stoning threat
BBC News
The international community is calling for Iran to reconsider the stoning to death of a woman for adultery. France's foreign minister has said he is willing to "do anything" to save Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani. In May 2006, a criminal court in East ...
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Strong yuan would hurt China: economists
Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - China must resist external pressure for yuan appreciation because a stronger exchange rate would take a big bite out of economic growth, according to a pair of senior government researchers. Li Jianwei and Yu Bin, economists in a ...
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France travel update: Strike to disrupt trains, planes, subways and buses
Los Angeles Times (blog)
Travelers to France, beware: A widespread labor strike that began Monday is already disrupting train travel in France and is expected to spread Tuesday to airports, subways and buses too, the Associated Press is reporting. Getting around by car may not ...
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Los Angeles Times (blog)
Nawaz ask''s Gilani to stop Zardari from obstructing SC orders
IBNLive.com
PTI | 11:09 PM,Sep 06,2010 M Zulqernain Lahore, Sept 6 (PTI) Former premier and main opposition PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif today asked Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to stop President Asif Ali Zardari from obstructing the implementation of the Supreme ...
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