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Rockets and attacks strike as Afghan poll opens Reuters A burqa-clad Afghan woman shows her face to an election commission employee before casting her ballot at a polling station in Herat, western Afghanistan September 18, 2010. By Tim Gaynor and Hamid Shalizi KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's parliamentary ... See all stories on this topic »

Highlights of Pope's London trip BBC News The Pope has led an assembly of children in west London on day two of his four-day state visit to the UK. After a prayer service with around 300 guests, Benedict XVI travelled in his Popemobile through the grounds of St Mary's University College in ... See all stories on this topic »

Over 100 protest at Japanese embassy in Beijing AFP BEIJING — More than 100 protesters rallied Saturday near Tokyo's embassy in Beijing, furious over Japan's arrest of a Chinese fishing boat captain, a move that has sparked a major diplomatic row. The demonstration began just metres (yards) from the ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Big step completed in Chile miners' escape route The Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile — Drilling equipment pounded its way into one of the caverns where 33 miners have been trapped for a month and a half, completing a bore hole ahead of schedule Friday and raising hopes that the men can be pulled out earlier than ... See all stories on this topic »

UN Seeks Record $2 Billion For Pakistan Flood Aid RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty The Pakistani flood disaster has exposed more than 20 million people to homelessness, malnutrition, loss of livelihood and potential epidemics. The United Nations is asking the world's governments and humanitarian groups to donate $2 billion to help ... See all stories on this topic » RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Hurricane Karl roars towards Mexico Sydney Morning Herald Hurricane Karl is roaring towards Mexico's gulf coast, forcing the evacuation of oil rigs and the shutdown of a nuclear plant, while another giant storm, Igor, targeted Bermuda. "Major Hurricane Karl expected to make landfall along the Gulf coast of ... See all stories on this topic »

Earthquake jolts north India, Kabul, no casualty Oneindia New Delhi, Sep 18: An earthquake hit Afghanistan, Pakistan and north India around midnight on Friday, Sep 17, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualty. The moderate-intensity quake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale hit the Hindu Kush ... See all stories on this topic » Oneindia

Child mortality rate Drops: UNICEF The Hindu PTI AP A Pakistani child who survives flood, looks out from his tent in Thatta, Pakistan. File photo The number of children dying under the age of five has fallen by one third over the past two decades, the UNICEF has said. Between 1990 and 2009, ... See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

MI5 chief warns of terror threat from Britons trained in Somalia The Guardian The head of MI5 has warned that Britain faces a growing threat of terrorist attacks from UK residents trained in Somalia and from dissident Irish republicans. Jonathan Evans has also made plain that in the Security Service's view the government must ... See all stories on this topic »

Karzai wants India to talk to Pakistan Daily Times By Iftikhar Gilani NEW DELHI: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has asked Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to sit down "individually" or "collectively" with the Pakistani leadership and have a "heart-to-heart chat" to settle issues for the sake of ... See all stories on this topic »

Christine O'Donnell fights back at Values Voter Summit Washington Post The tea party's latest darling, Delaware GOP Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell, aligned herself squarely with the Republican Party's social conservative base Friday in her first national appearance since her upset primary victory. (Sept. ... See all stories on this topic » Washington Post

AIR TO THE THRONE Mirror.co.uk By Stephen White 18/09/2010 The moment Prince William has dreamed of arrived yesterday after he qualified as a search and rescue helicopter pilot. The 28-year-old was handed his certificate and badge in a low-key ceremony at RAF Valley in Anglesey ... See all stories on this topic »

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