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Obama welcomes Iran's release of U.S. hiker
Reuters
WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (Reuters) - US President Barack Obama on Tuesday welcomed Iran's release of American hiker Sarah Shourd and said he remained hopeful that Tehran would demonstrate "renewed compassion" by freeing two other Americans. ...
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Brussels condemns France over Roma
Financial Times
The European Union has condemned the French government over its treatment of Roma migrants, likening the episode to atrocities committed during the second world war. In unusually strong criticism of an EU government, European Commission vice-president ...
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Yen Intervention Odds Double After Kan's Election Victory, JPMorgan Says
Bloomberg
By Toru Fujioka - Tue Sep 14 15:01:00 GMT 2010 The odds that Japan will intervene in the currency market have doubled even after the election loss of a prime minister candidate calling for such action to weaken the yen, JPMorgan Chase & Co. says. ...
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$60b deal steps up arms race in Gulf
Sydney Morning Herald
WASHINGTON: The US Congress is poised to give its approval to the biggest arms deal in American history, an estimated $US60 billion ($64 billion) of weapon sales to Saudi Arabia. The deal comes amid growing concerns of an arms race between Saudi Arabia ...
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Row sees China cancel Japan visit
BBC News
China has postponed a senior official's visit to Japan amid a diplomatic row over the arrest of a Chinese skipper after a collision in disputed waters. The trawler captain has been held since his ship hit two Japanese patrol boats a week ago near ...
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Cuba hopes mass layoffs will kick-start private sector
The Age
Manuel Cardenas repairs shoes in La Habanera state-run workshop in Havana, Cuba. Photo: AP IN PERHAPS the clearest sign yet that economic change is gathering pace in Cuba, the government plans to lay off more than half a million people from the public ...
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The Age
China reaffirms commitments to nuclear security at IAEA meeting
Xinhua
VIENNA, Sept.14 (Xinhua) -- China remains committed to strengthening international cooperation against nuclear terrorism and promoting nuclear safety, a Chinese diplomat told the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) directors meeting here Tuesday. ...
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30 insurgents killed in Afghanistan ahead of vote
The Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — NATO and Afghan officials say up to 30 insurgents have been killed in fighting ahead of this week's parliamentary elections in Afghanistan. The military alliance said Tuesday that up to 23 militants were killed in action in ...
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Pakistan Missile Strikes Kill 14
Voice of America
Pakistani intelligence officials say two US missile strikes have killed at least 14 militants in the country's northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border. In the first attack Tuesday, officials say at least 10 militants were killed when a series ...
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Boy gets US ban for Obama e-mail
BBC News
A teenager from Bedfordshire has been banned from entering the United States for life for sending a "threatening" e-mail to the White House. Luke Angel, 17, of Silsoe, was investigated after he expressed his dislike of President Barack Obama and the US ...
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Women should use bodies to get ahead in politics, says Berlusconi ally
Telegraph.co.uk
A close ally of Silvio Berlusconi has provoked a furious debate on sexism in politics after saying that women wanting to be elected to parliament should use their bodies to kick-start their careers. Giorgio Stracquadanio, an Italian government MP, ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Nepal PM to probe 'bribery scam' tape
Zee News
Kathmandu: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on Tuesday underlined his determination to probe the "bribery scandal" linking a top Maoist leader in a bid to get to the bottom of the horse trading controversy, saying it was an attempt "to defame the ...
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Zee News
Third Iranian diplomat defects
Aljazeera.net
Farzad Farhangian becomes third diplomat this year to apply for asylum in Europe in protest over disputed 2009 election. Farzad Farhangian has become the third Iranian diplomat this year to apply for asylum in Europe after resigning from his post in ...
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Aljazeera.net
Gang tried to sell girls' virginity to wealthy Arabs for £150000
Daily Mail
By Charlotte Gill and David Wilkes A sex trafficking gang offered to sell the virginity of underage girls to wealthy businessmen for up to £150000 each. The three women and a man were offering girls as young as 13 but were arrested in an undercover ...
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Daily Mail
Hurricanes Igor, Julia spin in Atlantic
Reuters
MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Julia grew in the far eastern Atlantic into the fifth hurricane of the storm season, while Hurricane Igor weakened slightly but remained a dangerous Category 4 storm, forecasters said on Tuesday. ...
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Myanmar election body confirms end of Suu Kyi party: Media
Times of India
YANGON: Myanmar's election body has confirmed the abolition of detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party along with nine others ahead of November elections, state media reported Tuesday. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy is one of five ...
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Colombian hit men blamed for 200 murders arrested in Spain
Telegraph.co.uk
Two Colombian hit men alleged to have kidnapped, tortured and killed more than 200 people on the orders of drug cartel bosses have been arrested in Spain. The men had been hiding out in the Valencia region in eastern Spain using fake identities. ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Islamic NGO Urges Pope to Denounce Desecration of Holy Quran
Fars News Agency
"It is necessary that you, as the leader of the world's Catholic church, show serious reactions to such measures and explicitly declare that true Christianity denounces and is clean of Zionist streams," the NGO named 'The International Union of the ...
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