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49 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing
Times of India
ISLAMABAD: In yet another sectarian assault, a suicide bomber targeted a rally of Shia Muslim minority in Pakistan's volatile south-western city of Quetta, killing 49 people and injured dozens of others. The blast took place at about 3:00 pm when an ...
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Palestinian Militants Protest Peace Talks
Voice of America
Photo: AP Israeli and Palestinian leaders have wrapped up the first round of their newly relaunched direct peace talks and may now have to confront opposition from the region. Palestinian militants rejected the talks and vowed to continue to attack ...
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Iran could strike Israeli nuclear site if attacked
The Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's military chief of staff says Tehran could strike Israel's nuclear facility if the Jewish state were to attack Iran's nuclear sites. The semiofficial Mehr news agency quoted Gen. Hasan Firouzabadi as saying Iran hopes there won't ...
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Mariner Gulf Fire Sparks Calls to Keep Drilling Ban
Bloomberg
By Jim Efstathiou Jr. - Fri Sep 03 13:38:42 GMT 2010 Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Carl Larry, president of Oil Outlooks and Opinions LLC, talks with Bloomberg's Melissa Long about an explosion on a Mariner Energy Inc. platform in the Gulf of Mexico, ...
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Putin allocates $33 million to Volgograd, Saratov regions hit by wildfires
RIA Novosti
MOSCOW, September 3 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin allocated on Friday 1 billion rubles ($33 million) to the wildfire-stricken Volgograd and Saratov regions, a cabinet statement said. The Volgograd Region will receive a total of ...
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Aquino Takes Responsibility for Manila Bus Siege That Killed 8 Tourists
Bloomberg
By Joel Guinto and Cecilia Yap - Fri Sep 03 07:01:48 GMT 2010 Philippine President Benigno Aquino said today he takes full responsibility for the outcome of the bus siege that killed eight members of a Hong Kong tour group. "At the end of the day, ...
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Hurricane Earl Swings Up East Coast
Wall Street Journal
By VALERIE BAUERLEIN And JENNIFER LEVITZ AP A television news reporter struggles in the surf as Hurricane Earl brings wind and rain in Nags Head, NC, on Sept. 3. NAGS HEAD, NC— North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue said there were no reports of injuries as ...
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Azerbaijan, Russia seal major gas deal, more to come
AFP
BAKU — Azerbaijan will double gas exports to Russia in 2011 and increase them further from 2012, the countries said on Friday in a move that could undercut Europe's drive to secure Central Asian supplies. The agreement between Azerbaijan state energy ...
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Autobiographies of the rich and famous
BBC News
By Elena Egawhary BBC News Tony Blair's memoirs has become the fastest selling autobiography in Britain. But what titles does the former prime minister have to beat if he is to become a bestseller? Two days after its release Tony Blair's book, ...
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Indonesia's North Sumatra volcano continues to erupt
Xinhua
JAKARTA, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- A minor eruption burst again in Indonesia's volcano of Sinabung in North Sumatra province at 5:59 pm (10:59 GMT) on Friday afternoon, the second in the same day after the one erupted earlier in the morning, ...
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Japan Ozawa:investment could help control yen rise
Reuters
TOKYO, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Japanese ruling party powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa, challenging Prime Minister Naoto Kan in a party leadership vote, said on Friday that investing in foreign resources could help curb a rapid rise in the yen. ...
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Another Lengthy Gridlock in China
New York Times
By MICHAEL WINES Yet another gargantuan traffic jam has gripped the freeway that links Inner Mongolia's coal fields to metropolitan Beijing, possibly exceeding a blockage on the same road that drew global attention last month, Chinese news sources ...
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US Defense Secretary Visits Afghan Taliban Birthplace
Voice of America
Photo: AP US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, is greeted by top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus, left, as he arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan, 02 Sep 2010 US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday visited US troops in the southern Afghan ...
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Fidel Castro leads first mass rally in four years
AFP
HAVANA — Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Friday led his first mass rally since an illness forced him from the presidency four years ago. Castro, 84, wearing his trademark olive green uniform -- but without any military insignias -- addressed ...
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Greens to rush same-sex bill
The Australian
THE Greens will use their alliance with Labor to prosecute their push for same-sex marriage and liberalising the treatment of refugees by bringing forward their legislation and demanding it be debated, possibly with conscience votes, ...
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Trapped Chilean miners' wives, mistresses in tug of war over compensation
Oneindia
London, Sep 3 (ANI): Wives and mistresses of the 33 Chilean miners trapped in the San Jose mine are reportedly engaged in a tug of war over compensation announced by the government. According to The Telegraph, at least five wives came face to face with ...
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US apologises over 'mistreatment' of Pakistani military delegation
Oneindia
Islamabad, Sept 3 097(ANI): The Pakistan defence ministry has said that the United States has apologised for the misbehaviour of Dulles Airport officials with the Pakistani military delegation and has assured of taking necessary measures to avoid such ...
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7 in 10 New Yorkers want proposed mosque away from Ground Zero: Poll
Daily News & Analysis
Seven out of ten New Yorkers participating in a New York poll, want the proposed Muslim community centre and mosque to be relocated away from Ground Zero in Lower Manhattan. Over 50% of those surveyed have opposed building of the project two blocks ...
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Archbishop's aide calls Britain a 'hedonistic wasteland'
The Guardian
The Roman Catholic archbishop of Westminster has distanced himself from an aide who said gay rights and the commercialisation of sex had turned Britain into a "selfish, hedonistic wasteland" and "the geopolitical epicentre of the culture of death". ...
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Great white Shrek
Mirror.co.uk
By Mike Swain 3/09/2010 This weird and wonderful Asian sheepshead wrasse has a big bulbous bonce, making him a double for animated ogre Shrek. This 30-year-old male was filmed searching for shellfish and crustaceans on the seabed off the coast of Japan ...
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