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Sarkozy sorry Israel did not extend settlement freeze
Jerusalem Post
By JPOST.COM STAFF Speaking at a joint press conference with Palestinian president Abbas, Sarkozy said Netanyahu promised to limit West Bank construction. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he regrets that Israel did not extend the settlement ...
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Search for Scottish aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan
BBC News
The search is continuing for a Scottish aid worker and three local staff who were kidnapped in Afghanistan on Sunday, security officials have said. They were in a two-car convoy in the eastern province of Kunar when the vehicles were stopped by armed ...
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China, Russia agree to strengthen cooperation in global arena
Daily News & Analysis
Place: Beijing | Agency: PTI China and Russia today agreed to enhance strategic cooperation in international and regional affairs, including in blocs like BRIC, while inking a slew of agreements to boost trade, economic and energy ties, ...
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Chavez opposition makes gains in key vote
AFP
CARACAS — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's party won most seats in a critical legislative vote, but strong opposition gains weakened his iron grip on the National Assembly, first results showed Monday. Chavez's party won at least 94 of the 165 seats, ...
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AFP
Number crunching the Labour leadership vote
BBC News
The Labour Party has elected Ed Miliband as its new leader. The BBC's Kayte Rath pulls out some of the detail of the voting: Ed Miliband was clearly ahead among union members' votes. All five candidates - Ed Miliband, David Miliband, Ed Balls, ...
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Mystery of Kim Jong-il's son, who shuns limelight
Sydney Morning Herald
BEIJING: What North Korea's heir apparent, Kim Jong-un, looks like is one of many mysteries. Even by the standards of the aptly named Hermit Kingdom, the youngest Kim is a cipher, a figure so intangible that he sometimes seems a phantom. ...
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Sydney Morning Herald
Jewish aid boat sets sail from Cyprus, points bow to Gaza
Ha'aretz
The aid ship is crewed by Jews from the United States, Britain, Germany and Israel. By Nir Hasson An aid ship to Gaza organized by left-wing Jewish activists from around the world set sail on Sunday from the Cypriot port of Famagusta. ...
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Implications of cyber attack affect all
Globe and Mail
An apparent cyber attack on Iran shows the vulnerability of critical national infrastructure systems to attack through widely used computer programs and imported technology. Iranian officials said on Sunday that the Stuxnet worm had infected staff ...
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Globe and Mail
Analysis: Japan in delicate bind as it confronts rising China
Reuters
By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) - The sudden bitter feud between Tokyo and Beijing will likely push Japan to mend ties with close ally Washington and reach out to other countries in the region that are also wary of an increasingly aggressive Beijing. ...
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Prosecutors investigating Polish bus crash
The Associated Press
BERLIN — Prosecutors on Monday opened an investigation of a German woman whose car hit a Polish tourist bus, triggering a crash that left 13 people dead and another 38 injured. Potsdam prosecutor's spokesman Ralf Roggenbuck told The Associated Press ...
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US drone strike kills four militants in Pakistan
AFP
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan — A US drone strike killed four militants Monday and destroyed a rebel compound in Pakistan's lawless tribal badlands along the Afghan border, local security officials said. Pakistani officials say unmanned US aircraft have ...
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AFP
Hostage crisis: French nuclear boss heads to Niger
AFP
PARIS — The chairwoman of French state-owned nuclear giant Areva is to visit the firm's operation in Niger, the company said Monday, after Al-Qaeda militants kidnapped several of her employees there. "Anne Lauvergeon plans to visit Niger soon," a ...
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AFP
Pak SC puts off directive for reopening Zardari's graft cases
Indian Express
Averting a possible showdown with the ruling PPP, Pakistan's Supreme Court today accepted the government's request to temporarily put off implementation of its order for reopening graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari in Switzerland. ...
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Tehran condemns Moscow over S-300 delivery ban
RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, September 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's ban of S-300 air defense systems to Iran shows it "cannot be trusted," Iran's top military commander said on Monday according to the Fars news agency. On September 22, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ...
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Nepal Maoist chief to visit China again
Sify
Kathmandu, Sep 27 (IANS) Despite a political crisis at home and the allegation of seeking money from Chinese 'friends' to win the prime ministerial election casting a shadow on the party, Nepal's Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda will embark on ...
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The Method Behind Ahmadinejad's U.N. Trash Talk
TIME
By Tony Karon Monday, Sep. 27, 2010 President Barack Obama's experience in playing street basketball will have prepared him for the trash-talking tactics adopted by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York City last week. ...
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Pakistani Minister Resigns After Criticizing Army
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Pakistan's minister for defense production has resigned after airing pointed grievances of the country's military and hinting at its involvement in the assassination of a former prime minister. During a televised press conference on September 25, ...
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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Hamas chief calls on Abbas to quit talks
Sydney Morning Herald
Exiled Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal on Monday called on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to quit peace talks with Israel after construction of Jewish settlements resumed in the occupied West Bank. "I call on my brothers at the Palestinian Authority, ...
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Nuclear-armed Pakistan to chair IAEA board
AFP
VIENNA, Austria — Pakistan, which refuses to sign the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and was home to a notorious nuclear smuggling ring, was named head of the UN nuclear watchdog's governing board here Monday. At a special one-day meeting, ...
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AFP
US probing Karzai brother: report
AFP
NEW YORK — US federal prosecutors have launched a criminal corruption probe into one of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brothers, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Mahmood Karzai, a US citizen subject to US tax law, is at the center of an ...
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AFP
Colombo rebel treatment 'illegal'
BBC News
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) says Sri Lanka has failed to adhere to international law in detaining suspected Tamil Tigers. The watchdog says the detention of nearly 8000 rebel suspects for months without a trial is perhaps "the largest ...
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NRI in Australia says she poured petrol over abusive husband
NDTV.com
Sydney: An Indian-origin woman told a court in Australia on Monday that she set fire to her husband's genitals because she believed he was having an affair. The man later died of burn injuries. Rajini Narayan, 46, told the South Australian Supreme ...
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US doesn't want to arm Pak against India: Obama to Zardari
Hindustan Times
PTI The US does not want to arm Pakistan against India, President Barack Obama had categorically told his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari during a meeting at the Oval Office months after assuming the top American office. ...
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Factbox: Strike action in the last 100 years
Reuters
(Reuters) - Spanish unions have called a general strike this week, the latest in a line of European industrial action that dates back more than a century. But it's unlikely the Spanish strike will be as big as some of those in the past: -- General ...
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Nigeria: Timetable- National Assembly Mulls 30-day Extension
AllAfrica.com
Abuja — Despite the pressure being mounted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and political parties to extend the 2011 general election timetable by two months, the National Assembly may not grant more than one month, ...
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