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Sangin: five summers, 106 lives
BBC News
By Ian Pannell BBC News, Helmand "There've been really bad days, especially when one of our lads got killed. That was hard to carry on." Those were the words of Marine James "Ned" Kelly, as he and his comrades prepared for one of their final patrols in ...
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BBC News
Swedish Krona Seen Steady Amid Post-Election Nerves
Wall Street Journal
LONDON (Dow Jones)--Sweden's krona looks set to withstand a sharp burst of political uncertainty, as traders rely on the country's sound public finances and robust parliamentary procedures as key supports. After Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt kept ...
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World leaders seek new ways on Millennium goals
AFP
UNITED NATIONS — World leaders kick off a summit on Monday to hammer out new ways to meet ambitious targets set a decade ago to cut poverty, millions of avoidable deaths and improve equality by 2015. US President Barack Obama, President Nicolas Sarkozy ...
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Typhoon Fanapi hits China
Hindustan Times
Typhoon Fanapi hit China's Fujian province on Monday, uprooting trees, ripping off branches and knocking down billboards, but there has been no casualties, officials said. Officials of the Fujian provincial flood control headquarters said Fanapi hit ...
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Boat collision sparks anger, breakdown in China-Japan talks
Washington Post
By William Wan BEIJING - The Chinese government suspended high-level exchanges with Japan on Sunday after weeks of heated arguments between the two countries, triggered when a Chinese fishing boat collided with Japanese Coast Guard ships in disputed ...
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Woman kills four in hospital in south-west Germany
Mirror.co.uk
By Alan Hall 20/09/2010 A woman shot dead at least four people and wounded several others last night before she was killed by armed police. Emergency services were alerted by a "loud explosion" at around 6pm in a building opposite St Elisabeth Hospital ...
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World Bank links Pak flood aid to responsible and transparent end use
Sify
The World Bank and the United States have urged Pakistan to take steps to reassure donor countries that it is capable of using their flood aid responsibly and transparently. The call comes after the United Nations asked member states for two billion ...
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Founder of Thai red-shirt fraction not to hold rally again
Xinhua
BANGKOK, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Sombat Boonngamanong, founder of the Red Sunday, another branch of red-shirt movement, said on Monday that he will not hold political activities or rally again for fearing the situation will be out of control. ...
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Xinhua
Too early to judge Afghan election - Karzai spokesman
Reuters
KABUL, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's spokesman on Monday said it was too early to pass judgement on the quality of the country's weekend parliamentary election, beset by Taliban attacks and widespread reports of irreularities. ...
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Iranian president ready to discuss issues with US "under fair conditions"
Xinhua
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- Iran has always been ready to discuss issues as long as they are within the legal framework and based on "principles of justice and respect," Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an interview with ABC ...
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Papal visit 2010: key quotes from religious and political figures
Telegraph.co.uk
Despite the predicted protests, the Pope's visit to Britain brought a uniformly positive response from politicians, other faith leaders and the thousands of Catholics who turned out to see him. Below is a selection of their reactions: By Laura Roberts ...
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'Islamist militants' kill 25 Tajik soldiers
AFP
DUSHANBE — Tajikistan is on high alert on Monday after the government blamed Islamist militants for the deaths of at least 25 soldiers in the latest in a string of attacks to hit the volatile Central Asian state. The deadliest attack this year occurred ...
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AFP
Commods lead FTSE rebound as BP rises on well kill
Reuters
By David Brett LONDON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Britain's top shares extended gains by midday on Monday, led by energy shares after BP permanently killed its deep-sea well in the Gulf of Mexico. By 1039 GMT, the FTSE 100 .FTSE was up 63.51 points, ...
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5 militants killed in US drone strike in Pakistan
Daily News & Analysis
Place: Peshawar | Agency: PTI US spy planes targeted a vehicle near the Afghan border in Pakistan's troubled tribal region, killing five suspected militants and injuring three others, officials said today. The drones fired three missiles at a vehicle ...
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Musharraf wants political solution of Kashmir issue
Indian Express
Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf has asked all stakeholders in the Kashmir issue to find a political solution to the decades-old problem that has bedevilled Indo-Pak relations. Musharraf said all political forces of Pakistan should ...
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Australia's Gillard Steps Up Foreign Travel
Wall Street Journal
By RACHEL PANNETT CANBERRA—In a sign that she is eager to carve out a role on the international stage, soon after narrowly securing a second term for her center-left Labor government, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Monday said she will ...
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Koran burning Pastor to be hit with 100000 pounds bill for security
Sify
Florida church Pastor Terry Jones, who sparked controversy over his plans to burn the Koran on the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, has been hit with a 100000 pounds bill to cover the cost of police security for the stunt. ...
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Manmohan Singh backs new Oxford school
NDTV.com
PTI, Updated: September 20, 2010 15:31 IST London: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is an alumnus of the University of Oxford, has extended his support to the University's new Blavatnik School of Government, which will train graduates in the skills ...
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