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Nobel euphoria fails to mask tough reality in China
Reuters
A policeman gestures to reporters at the entrance of a residential compound where Liu Xia lives in Beijing October 8, 2010. By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - The euphoria overseas and in some domestic circles at dissident Liu Xiaobo's winning of the ...
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NATO tankers torched in new Pakistan attack
AFP
QUETTA, Pakistan — Gunmen Saturday torched at least 29 oil tankers in southwest Pakistan, the sixth attack in just over a week as Islamist militants continue to target a NATO supply route into Afghanistan. Two police officers were wounded in the attack ...
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AFP
Hungary evacuates town near toxic sludge reservoir
BBC News
The Hungarian town of Kolontar is being evacuated after new damage was discovered at a burst reservoir that spilled toxic sludge on Monday. Kolontar is one of the towns most affected by the spill from the reservoir of an alumina plant in Ajka. ...
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Arab League backs halt to peace talks
Washington Post
By Joel Greenber g JERUSALEM - Arab League foreign ministers on Friday backed the Palestinians' refusal to resume peace talks with Israel unless it halts new building in settlements. But they delayed for a month any further action, allowing time for ...
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NATO: 4 Taliban Killed in Gunbattle in the East
ABC News
AP By ROBERT KENNEDY AP Writer NATO and Afghan forces killed two senior Taliban leaders and two other fighters after raiding a compound in eastern Afghanistan, the military alliance said Saturday. An Air Force pararescueman and gunner from the 46th and ...
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ABC News
Kim Jong Eun, perfect for a prime time role
Washington Post
We have a pitch for a show you should animate. It's like "24" meets "Who's the Boss?," featuring the heir apparent to North Korea. Since you've spent 15 long years in the snows of "South Park," how about a new comedy based on the exploits of Kim Jong ...
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Karachi shrine bomber from Waziristan: Malik
The Hindu
PTI AP Pakistani officials and troops at the Sufi shrine of Abdullah Shah Ghazi in Karachi after two suicide bombers killed 10 and wounded several on Thursday. evening. One of the two Taliban suicide bombers, who struck the shrine of Sufi saint ...
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The Hindu
Bangladesh storms make nearly half million homeless
Reuters Canada
DHAKA (Reuters) - Nearly half a million Bangladeshis were homeless on Saturday after three days of storms which killed at least 15 people and left 50 missing, officials and local media said on Saturday. Two hundred fishermen were originally reported ...
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India should reject superpowerdom?
Financial Express
: Will this be India's decade? The country's business and political elite certainly seem to think so. Hardly a day goes by without a government official or pundit proclaiming India's readiness to take its place among the world's leading economic and ...
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Address me by my name, says former Nepal king
NDTV.com
PTI, Updated: October 09, 2010 12:11 IST Kathmandu: Nepal's last monarch Gyanendra Shah has asked people to address him by his name, saying that he is very much a "commoner" like them. "Call me Gyanendra Shah. It makes me happy that way as I am already ...
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Canada hunts 'third Tamil vessel'
BBC News
Canadian officials are investigating whether a another ship is attempting to ferry Tamil migrants from Sri Lanka to Canada. Authorities are using satellites to determine the location of the ship, the Toronto Sun newspaper reported. ...
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Israel US sign 36 2 75 billion F-35 fighter deal
Moneycontrol.com
Israel signed a USD 2.75 billion deal on Thursday with the United States to buy about 20 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets, the first buyer outside the aircraft's nine-nation co-development group. Israel is to receive the jets from 2015 through ...
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Munda expands Cabinet, leaves many unhappy
Indian Express
For more than three weeks after taking oath he kept nine vacancies in the state cabinet on hold. By filling them up on Friday, Jharkhand Chief Minister Arjun Munda has left some powerful sections within the BJP and its coalition partners angry. ...
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