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Iranian threat may be boon for Mideast peace talks
Washington Post
The Obama administration is trying to kick-start long stalled Mideast peace talks in Washington this week. By Scott Wilson As President Obama convenes the first direct Middle East peace talks in 20 months, the question many observers here and in the ...
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Washington Post
US Formally Begins a New Era in Iraq
New York Times
By MICHAEL R. GORDON and ELISABETH BUMILLER BAGHDAD — The United States began a fragile new era in its turbulent history with Iraq on Wednesday as American political and military leaders marked the official end of combat operations but acknowledged ...
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New York Times
20 killed, 170 injured in Lahore suicide blasts
Times of India
ISLAMABAD: In the latest wave of terrorist attacks, at least 20 people were killed and 170 injured when three suicide bombs ripped through a Shia procession in Pakistan's cultural city of Lahore. The explosions took place at three separate sites amid a ...
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Evacuations Ordered as Hurricane Earl Nears
New York Times
By LIZ ROBBINS and ANAHAD O'CONNOR Tourists and residents of Ocracoke Island, one of the barrier islands of the Outer Banks in North Carolina, were piling onto ferries and boarding up their properties on Wednesday morning, as officials ordered the ...
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Emergency Aid Shifts to Pakistan's Flooded South
Voice of America
Pakistani men wade through floodwaters in Sujawal in southern Sindh province, Pakistan, 30 Aug 2010. Floodwaters have begun to recede in the northwest and central parts of Pakistan. There is an urgent need to accelerate efforts to help thousands of ...
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Staying sane when trapped by disaster
Hindustan Times
The lessons that could help keep 33 trapped Chilean miners safe and sane during their months underground were learned at desperate times in isolated places: ice-bound sailing ships, prisoner-of-war camps, malfunctioning capsules whizzing through space. ...
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California doctor dies in ex-boyfriend's chimney
Sify
A California doctor has been found dead in a chimney where she apparently got stuck while trying to enter the house of her ex-boyfriend, according to media reports Wednesday. The decomposing corpse of Jacquelyn Kotarac, 49, was found Saturday night in ...
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Reports: Gunman at Discovery Channel
CNN
A police emergency response team was responding to reports of a man with a gun and possible explosives at the headquarters of the Discovery Channel in Silver Spring, Maryland, a police spokeswoman said. Montgomery County police received the call at ...
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Pakistani officers protest over treatment at US airport
AFP
WASHINGTON — A delegation of Pakistani officers refused to attend a defense conference in the United States this week in protest over their treatment at a Washington airport, officials said Wednesday. The nine Pakistanis were about to fly to Tampa, ...
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AFP
PM's high-risk Greens embrace
The Australian
JULIA Gillard has agreed to a historic pact with the Australian Greens in a bid to end the nation's parliamentary deadlock, promising action on climate change in return for guaranteed support to govern. The deal includes the establishment of a climate ...
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Wikileaks rape complaint revived
Telegraph.co.uk
Swedish officials revived a rape complaint against Julian Assange, the founder of the Wikileaks whistle-blower website, after the chief prosecutor claimed that new evidence had emerged. By Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent Two women have ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Netherlands frees Yemeni suspects
BBC News
Two Yemenis arrested in Amsterdam on suspicion of planning a terror attack have been released, prosecutors in the Netherlands have said. An investigation failed to find any evidence against the two men, the Dutch national prosecutor's office said. ...
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EU keen to strike deal with Muammar Gaddafi on immigration
The Guardian
The European Union is keen to strike a pact with Muammar Gaddafi to stem the flow of immigrants across the Mediterranean, officials said today, after the Libyan leader put a price tag of €5bn (£4.1bn) a year on the deal. ...
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The Guardian
Castro admits to marginalising gays
Sydney Morning Herald
Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has acknowledged discrimination against homosexuals during his rule in the 1960s and 70s, decrying the "great injustice" suffered by gays in the country. "If there is someone responsible, it is me... but for sure ...
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President turns to West Asia
Hindustan Times
President Obama is attempting a triple play this week that eluded his predecessors over the past two decades: simultaneous progress on the most vexing and violent problems in the Middle East — Israeli-Palestinian peace, Iraq and Iran. ...
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Russian foreign minister calls for clarity in Iranian nuclear issues
RIA Novosti
Clarity is needed in all Iranian nuclear program issues, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. "Clarity in all remaining issues of the Iranian nuclear program is not only necessary, but would also primarily serve the interests of ...
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RIA Novosti
World goods trade up sharply: WTO
AFP
GENEVA — The value of world merchandise trade rose by just over 25 percent in the second quarter, maintaining the momentum from the first three months of the year, World Trade Organization data showed Wednesday. Exports were up 26 percent compared to ...
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AFP
Zimbabwe to become biggest supplier of diamonds to Surat
Times of India
SURAT: Zimbabwe is likely to become the biggest supplier of rough diamonds to the world's biggest diamond cutting and polishing centres in Surat. The diamond output from its Marange fields is expected to reach 40 million carats per annum in the next ...
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Russian nickel, copper export duty formula almost ready
RIA Novosti
The Russian Finance Ministry is close to completing a revision of nickel and copper export duties tying them to market prices, Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told metals giant Norilsk Nickel ...
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RIA Novosti
Palocci, Meirelles to Be Part of Brazil Government Under Rousseff, IG Says
Bloomberg
By Andre Soliani - Wed Sep 01 18:20:21 GMT 2010 Antonio Palocci, Brazil's former finance minister, may be appointed as Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff should she win the October presidential election, said Guilherme Barros, a columnist at the IG news ...
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Dalai Lama speaks out against caging egg-laying hens
Hindustan Times
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Wednesday expressed distress over the confinement of egg-laying hens in tiny battery cages and urged for an end to the fowl-abuse. In a statement, the Nobel laureate decried the cruel treatment meted out to ...
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Three charged in terror case held in custody
Toronto Star
Hiva Mohammad Alizadeh, 30, Misbahuddin Admed, 26, and Dr. Khurram Syed Sher, 28 all appeared in court Wednesday by video conference. The three men were arrested last week by the RCMP in connection with an alleged Ottawa-based terrorist cell. ...
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