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Japanese and Chinese leaders meet
BBC News
The Japanese prime minister, Naoto Kan, and his Chinese counterpart, Wen Jiabao, have met for the first time since a dispute erupted last month. Both sides reiterated their territorial claims in an area where a boat collision sparked the worst row ...
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US, Europe face specter of Mumbai-style attack
AFP
WASHINGTON — A possible terror plot against European cities has confirmed longstanding fears among Western security services that Al-Qaeda and its allies could try to recreate the 2008 onslaught on Mumbai. European and US security officials, ...
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AFP
PA seeks Arab help to end talks unless freeze renewed
Jerusalem Post
By KHALED ABU TOAMEH Poll shows Abbas's popularity versus that of Hamas's Ismail Haniyeh improved since the second quarter of 2010. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Cairo on Monday for talks with President Hosni Mubarak on the ...
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No change in Af-Pak policy: Obama
The Hindu
PTI AP US President Barack Obama. File photo Asserting that the implementation of the current Afghanistan and Pakistan policy is "progressing on track", President Barack Obama has told the United States Congress that there is no need to change the ...
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The Hindu
Climate talks need a new framework
Economic Times
The atmosphere is a strategic resource needed to establish the infrastructure necessary for eradication of poverty and climate change cannot be considered only in terms of environmental damage. Climate change is a difficult subject for multilateral ...
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Backgrounder: ASEM summit in figures
Xinhua
BRUSSELS, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- The eighth Asia-Europe Meeting ( ASEM) summit kicked off here on Monday. The following figures can provide a rough picture of the top-level gathering of Asian and European leaders. The ASEM summit, a key forum for dialogue ...
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Berlin plays down US terror warning
Irish Times
BERLIN HAS played down US warnings that Germany, France and other European countries face an unspecified terrorism threat. Sources quoted by US channel Fox News confirming such a threat were, according to one government source in Berlin, ...
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Satellite image shows activity at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear site
Washington Post
By John Pomfret North Korea continues to keep the experts guessing. Last week, it promoted the third son of its current leader, Kim Jong Il, prompting speculation that he is on track to succeed his father. And now, apparently, it has commissioned ...
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Over 5000 former Nigerian rebels rehabilitated: official
AFP
ABUJA — Nigeria has rehabilitated more than 5000 former militants from the oil-rich Niger Delta who embraced a government amnesty last year, an official said on Monday. The presidential adviser on the restive region, Timi Alaibe, told reporters that ...
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AFP
Iran says 'small leak' delayed nuclear plant launch
AFP
TEHRAN — Iran's atomic chief has said a small leak in a pool beside the Bushehr reactor has delayed the start-up of the nuclear plant, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday. However, Ali Akbar Salehi ruled out any links between the delayed ...
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AFP
Japan to ask China to solve rare earth problems
Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's trade minister said on Tuesday he will ask China to improve its exports of rare earth minerals to Japan after importers reported problems. A ministry survey showed 31 firms had experienced problems in receiving shipments of ...
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Afghan offensive fails to reassure residents
Los Angeles Times
As NATO steps up its operation around Kandahar city, vowing that the Taliban will have nowhere to hide, residents remain fearful, saying militants simply bide their time and return. A US soldier takes a retina scan of a villager during a patrol in ...
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Los Angeles Times
Car bomb explodes outside N. Ireland shopping centre
AFP
BELFAST — A car bomb exploded Tuesday outside a shopping centre in Northern Ireland, causing substantial damage but no injuries amid an upsurge in violence aimed at destabilising the peace process, police said. The blast occurred just after midnight ...
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AFP
'Is he even a New Zealander?': TV star suspended in race row over governor-general
Sydney Morning Herald
A New Zealand television star who sparked a racism row by asking the country's prime minister if the governor general was "even a New Zealander" has been suspended from his spot on a morning talk show. Paul Henry, a presenter on TVNZ's Breakfast show, ...
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Nepal foils Tibetan vote for govt in exile
Indian Express
Nepal acted on information provided by the Chinese embassy and foiled an attempt by Tibetans trying to vote for a government in exile. China has been protesting against activities carried out under the banner of the 'Free Tibet' movement in Nepal. ...
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No plea in ex-PM case
Fiji Times
FORMER Prime Minister and National Farmers Union general secretary Mahendra Chaudhry and five others appeared in the Tavua Magistrates Court yesterday morning charged with one count of unlawful assembly each under the Public Emergency Regulation. ...
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Teenagers shot after refusing to pull up pants in US
Times of India
NEW YORK: A 45-year-old man in New York shot at two teenagers after they refused to pull up their baggy pants when he had asked them to, a media report said. Kenneth Bonds from Memphis area was charged with assault after he fired shots using a ...
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13 killed in Vietnam floods
Straits Times
HANOI - AT LEAST 13 people have been killed and five others were reported missing in flood-hit Vietnam, a government body said on Tuesday. Many of the victims in nine provinces were swept away by the flood waters, said the national flood and storm ...
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Ground Zero mosque developer says life under threat
NDTV.com
PTI, Updated: October 04, 2010 14:40 IST New York: One of the developers of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero, that has evoked extreme reactions from New Yorkers, has said that her life and that of the project's spearhead Imam Rauf is under threat. ...
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NDTV.com
West fears repeat of Rome-Vienna type attacks
Economic Times
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD: Western intelligence agencies have found the Al Qaeda plot to attack different airports in Europe has its origins in Pakistan's Waziristan region — a militant-riddled remote tribal border region often hit by US drones. ...
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