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Trucks With Fuel for War Set Ablaze in Pakistan Again
New York Times
Firefighters tried to extinguish burning NATO supplies oil tankers after an attack outside Islamabad on Monday. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Armed militants attacked and set fire to at least 20 parked tanker trucks carrying fuel ...
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New York Times
Brazil vote sets up presidential runoff
Sydney Morning Herald
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's chosen candidate to succeed him next year came out on top in elections, but she fell unexpectedly short of an outright win needed to avoid a runoff. The official complete tally showed Dilma Rousseff, ...
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Vagueness of Alert Leaves Travelers Frustrated
New York Times
By SCOTT SHANE The State Department travel alert issued on Sunday in response to reports of a threat by Al Qaeda was anything but precise. Where is the threat? Europe. What is the target? Subways, railways, aircraft, ships or any "tourist ...
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China-Japan row clouds Europe, Asia leaders' event
AFP
BRUSSELS — European and Asian leaders begin three days of talks Monday centred on trade, IMF reform and climate change but under the cloud of a territorial spat between Japan and China. Leaders will meet at the royal palace in Brussels for the ...
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AFP
Lieberman 'key' to cabinet vote on settlement freeze
Ha'aretz
Netanyahu must win backing from skeptical foreign minister to push through decision to prolong West bank building ban, top officials say. By Jonathan Lis A cabinet decision to extend the moratorium on settlement construction, which expired late last ...
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Ha'aretz
Bosnia votes brings uncertainty
BBC News
Partial election results indicate that Bosnia's tripartite presidency could remain divided over the country's future. With half of the votes counted, the Croat and Muslim seats of the presidency look to go to supporters of a unified Bosnia, ...
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Nigeria Will Not Kowtow to 'Terrorists', Says Official
Voice of America
Nigeria's foreign minister said his government is working closely with the South African government as the leader of a militant group suspected of carrying out last week's twin car bombings is scheduled to appear before a south African court Monday. ...
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Fiji opposition head freed, vows to fight charges
AFP
SUVA — Fiji opposition leader Mahendra Chaudhry vowed to fight charges brought by the Pacific nation's military regime Monday after being released on bail following more than three days in custody. Chaudhry and five other men were arrested on Friday ...
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AFP
N.Korea's Jong-Un was in China with father: report
AFP
SEOUL — North Korea's young heir apparent accompanied his father Kim Jong-Il on two visits to China this year in preparation for an eventual power transfer, a report said Monday. The leader's youngest son behaved like a bodyguard to his ailing father ...
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AFP
Japan government support slides on handling of China row
Reuters
By Yoko Nishikawa TOKYO (Reuters) - Support for Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's government has slid to around 50 percent due to voter dissatisfaction with Tokyo's handling of a bitter territorial feud with Beijing, newspaper polls showed on Monday. ...
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Key UN climate talks set to open
BBC News
Delegates are gathering in China for the final round of UN climate talks before this year's summit in Mexico, which begins at the end of November. The meeting is expected to produce a draft negotiating text that nations will debate at the Cancun summit ...
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Egypt, Iran agree to resume direct flights
AFP
CAIRO — Egypt and Iran agreed on Sunday to resume direct flights between their capitals, three decades after the two nations severed diplomatic relations, an AFP correspondent said. Egypt's minister of civil aviation Ahmed Shafiq and Iranian vice ...
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AFP
Iranian lawmakers condemn fresh US sanctions
Xinhua
TEHRAN, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Iranian lawmakers strongly condemned the fresh US sanctions on eight senior Iranian officials and vowed to retaliate, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Sunday. The US's move to put sanctions on Iranian officials is ...
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More attacks by Paris on Brussels feared
Financial Times
By Ben Hall in Paris President Nicolas Sarkozy's bust-up with the European Commission over French treatment of Roma migrants has raised concerns among diplomats that France is set to become a more difficult EU partner. In front of fellow EU leaders in ...
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Police arrest engineer in Indonesian train crash
The Associated Press
PETARUKAN, Indonesia — Police arrested the engineer of a train that plowed into another at a station, killing 36 people — the latest in a string of accidents in Indonesia blamed on aging infrastructure and poor safety standards. ...
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Mullen expresses confidence in US-Pak relations
Daily Times
WASHINGTON: Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Sunday said the US and Pakistan could resolve the issues that led to the closure of a major supply route for US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, and he has not yet seen ...
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Venezuela's Chavez to visit China, Russia, Belarus, Iran
Channel News Asia
CARACAS: President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he will travel soon to Russia, Belarus, China and Iran; four countries with which Venezuela has sought close political and economic ties in recent years. "In a few days, I will be travelling to Russia. ...
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