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Police: Terrorists fired phosphorus shells into Israel
Jerusalem Post
By YAAKOV KATZ , YAAKOV LAPPIN At least 2 of the 9 mortar shells fired during the day contained phosphorus, police confirm; regional council head intends to inform UN of Geneva Convention violation. Two phosphorous mortars were fired at southern Israel ...
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France on warpath after EU Nazi jibe
Hindustan Times
France was embroiled in an extraordinary war of words with the European Union on Wednesday after an EU commissioner launched an unprecedented attack on President Nicolas Sarkozy's policy of expelling Roma minorities, likening it to Nazi-era practices. ...
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Church 'not alone' in abuse cases
BBC News
The Archbishop of Liverpool has attempted to deflect attention away from the Catholic Church's role in child abuse ahead of the Pope's visit. Archbishop Patrick Kelly told the BBC that the work of other organisations dealing with children should be ...
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32 militants killed in 4 US drone attacks
Daily News & Analysis
Place: Peshawar | Agency: PTI US drones killed five militants in a strike in the volatile North Waziristan tribal region of northwest Pakistan today, taking the taking the number of rebels killed in four consecutive attacks since yesterday to 32. ...
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Nigeria's Prez declares intention to contest polls on Facebook
Zee News
Abuja: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan today announced on his Facebook page that he will run in the oil-rich African country's presidential polls scheduled for January, ending months of speculation over his plans. "I Goodluck Ebele Jonathan by the ...
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Zee News
Taiwan envoy to make first China visit since trade pact
AFP
TAIPEI — Taiwan's top China negotiator is to meet with his Chinese counterpart this week on his first trip to the mainland since a historic Taipei-Beijing trade pact came into effect. Chiang Pin-kung, the chairman of the island's quasi-official Straits ...
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AFP
Pakistan Offers to Improve Intelligence With Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal
By ZAHID HUSSAIN ISLAMABAD—Pakistan's president offered Wednesday to enhance intelligence sharing with Afghanistan to help fight Taliban insurgents. President Asif Ali Zardari said Pakistan and Afghanistan need to work closer to fight the militants who ...
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Pervez Musharraf plots return to power in Pakistan
The Guardian
Pervez Musharraf, the former military ruler of Pakistan, said today he would launch a new party next month, two years after he stepped down as president after nationwide protests and left the country. Speaking in Hong Kong, Musharraf was confident he ...
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The Guardian
Over 100 billion dollars needed for millennium goals: Ban
AFP
UNITED NATIONS — More than 100 billion dollars will be needed over the next five years to hope to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on cutting poverty and boosting health, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Monday. ...
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AFP
Tropical storm Karl hits Mexico's Yucatan
Philippine Star
CANCUN (AP) – A strong Tropical Storm Karl made landfall on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on yesterday, hitting a sparsely populated stretch of Caribbean coast, while two Category 4 hurricanes roared further out in the Atlantic. Karl made landfall about ...
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Obama turns children's book author
Zee News
Washington: US President Barack Obama has penned a book to educate children on 13 "groundbreaking Americans" and the ideals that have shaped the country. "President Obama sees the traits of these heroes within his children, and within all of America's ...
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Zee News
Hayward admits 'lack of rigour' in Gulf spill
Financial Times
By David Blair in London Tony Hayward, BP's outgoing chief executive, admitted a "lack of rigour" in overseeing contractors on the Deepwater Horizon rig during a contrite performance before a UK parliamentary committee. ...
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UN orders end to Nepal peace mission in January
AFP
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations on Wednesday gave Nepal's rival factions four months to settle their differences and negotiate a government settlement, with the UN Security Council ordering its peace mission there to end in January. ...
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AFP
Iran's nuclear power plant launch stirring unease
Los Angeles Times
By Borzou Daragahi, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Beirut-- The upcoming launch of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant has sparked fresh worries in the Persian Gulf about a possible atomic accident, but also will usher in an era of business ...
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Pope aide pulls out of trip after 'Third World' jibe
BBC News
A senior Papal adviser has pulled out of the Pope's UK visit after saying arriving at Heathrow airport was like landing in a "Third World" country. Cardinal Walter Kasper reportedly told a German magazine the UK was marked by "a new and aggressive ...
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Italy backs EU trade deal with S.Korea- EU sources
Reuters
BRUSSELS, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Italy has given its backing to a European Union-South Korea free trade deal after intense lobbying from other EU member states and the deal is now set to go ahead from July next year, EU diplomats said on Wednesday. ...
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English woman develops French-sounding accent
The Associated Press
LONDON — A woman from a village in southwestern England says that a severe migraine attack left her speaking with what sounds like a French accent — a striking example of a rare syndrome that neuroscientists say can leave lifelong locals sounding like ...
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'Serial love cheat' conman jailed
BBC News
A ruthless conman who tricked women out of tens of thousands of pounds has been jailed for six years and 10 months. David Checkley, 52, of Fernside Avenue in Mill Hill, north London, pleaded guilty to 13 charges of fraud at an earlier hearing at ...
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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and Michelle Obama at odds, book claims
Telegraph.co.uk
Rivalry between Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and Michelle Obama has led to strained relations between the US and French presidential couples, a new biography of the French first lady has claimed. The allegation is made in Carla: A Secret Life an unauthorised ...
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