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Geert Wilders trial suspended after he attacks judge
Telegraph.co.uk
Geert Wilders, the anti-Islam politician, told a Dutch court that he stood by his opinions that the Koran is a "fascist book" and Islam is as dangerous as Nazism, as he went on trial for inciting racial hatred. By Bruno Waterfield Wilders, 47, ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
3 killed in fiery attack on NATO supply trucks in Pakistan
Los Angeles Times
Six are injured as militants once again fire on tanker trucks taking supplies to forces in Afghanistan. Four of the vehicles are destroyed and 13 damaged. Pakistani truck drivers speak with the media as they survey the burned out trucks from a convoy ...
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Los Angeles Times
Rousseff would have majority in Brazil's Congress
Reuters
By Raymond Colitt BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's ruling coalition won a large majority of seats in Congress, near-final results showed on Monday, which would boost front-running candidate Dilma Rousseff if she wins a runoff for president later this ...
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Arsonists Strike Palestinian Mosque
New York Times
By ETHAN BRONNER JERUSALEM – Arsonists, suspected to be radical Israeli settlers, damaged a Palestinian mosque in a village near the West Bank city of Hebron early Monday, torching rugs and copies of the Koran and scrawling the word "revenge" in Hebrew ...
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US, Japan Caution Travelers; Britain Hikes Terror Alert
Voice of America
Photo: AP Japan is warning its citizens of a possible terrorist attack in Europe, joining Britain and the United States in alerting travelers to the threat of an impending attack. Japan's Foreign Ministry said Monday that travelers should be cautious ...
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China calls for more Asian clout in global economy
The Associated Press
BRUSSELS — The surging economies of the East should be granted more power in the traditionally Western-dominated global financial institutions, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday at the opening of the Euro-Asian summit. ...
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Muslims should conform to German values: Merkel
Hindustan Times
German Chancellor Angela Merkel demanded on Monday that Muslims living in Germany conform to "fundamental German values", saying there was no leeway on the issue. She spoke a day after Germany's largely ceremonial president, Christian Wulff, ...
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UN climate chief urges Chinese flexibility
AFP
TIANJIN, China — China should show more flexibility in global negotiations on curbing greenhouse gas emissions, the UN climate chief said on Monday, although she praised the Asian nation for helping lead the talks. "It is absolutely indispensable that ...
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AFP
IVF innovator Robert G. Edwards wins Nobel
Los Angeles Times
The biologist, with Dr. Patrick Steptoe, developed techniques for in-vitro fertilization. 'Test tube baby' Louise Brown was the first of millions of children born through IVF. Professor Robert Edwards, the British pioneer of IVF treatment, ...
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Los Angeles Times
Foreign presidents should not interfere with Russia's internal affairs
RIA Novosti
GELENDZHIK, October 4, (RIA Novosti) - Foreign presidents should not interfere with Russia's internal affairs, the president's press secretary Natalya Timakova said on Monday. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev criticized Lukashenko in his video blog on ...
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Census estimates more than 1 million marine species
The Hindu
Unusual crab discovered and designated as Kiwidae after Kiwa, the Polynesian Goddess of shellfish. Photo: Ifremer, A. Fifis. The decade long Census of Marine Life (2000-2010), the largest global research programme on marine biodiversity, ...
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The Hindu
Iraq revises oil reserves up 24%
BBC News
Iraq has raised the level of the oil reserves it claims to own by 24% in its first revision since Saddam Hussein fell from power. The republic has 143.1bn barrels of known and extractible oil, up from the 115bn barrels previously estimated. ...
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McDowell Lifts Europe to Ryder Cup Victory
New York Times
The European player Lee Westwood, center right, and the captain Colin Montgomerie, center left, celebrated after Europe beat the US in the Ryder Cup on Monday. By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY and LARRY DORMAN NEWPORT, Wales — Already forced to finish on Monday ...
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New York Times
Ex-Fiji PM Mahendra Chaudhry facing court again
The Australian
FORMER Fiji prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry will appear in court tomorrow for the second time in recent weeks. He is accused of infringing the military government's public emergency regulations, which ban meetings without official permission. ...
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Henry apology rejected
New Zealand Herald
By Audrey Young TV presenter Paul Henry was under increasing pressure last night over comments he made about Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand, with a dozen complaints and the Race Relations Commissioner saying an apology from him did not go far ...
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Earthquake strikes off southern Japan
Sydney Morning Herald
A strong earthquake measuring 6.3 struck south of Japan's Okinawa island on Monday, US scientists said. The epicentre of the tremor was 36 kilometres under the Pacific seabed, 115km from Ishigaki-jima in the Ryukyu islands far to the southwest of ...
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Religious discourse by Dalai Lama begins at Dharamsala
MSN India
Dharamsala (HP), Oct 4 (PTI) Hundreds of Taiwanese gathered here to listen to a religious discourse by Tibetan spiritual and temporal head Dalai Lama as the four-day session started at Mcleod Ganj, seat of government-in-exile, near here today. ...
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President Nathan, SM Goh pay last respects to Madam Kwa Geok Choo
Channel News Asia
By Joanne Chan/Evelyn Choo | Posted: 04 October 2010 2357 hrs SINGAPORE: President SR Nathan and Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong turned up at Sri Temasek, the official residence of the Prime Minister and located within the Istana grounds, ...
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Chile miners' rescue is imminent, say experts
The Guardian
The 33 Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed mine for the past two months could be out within 10 days. In a dramatic acceleration of the rescue plans, a massive drill is now within 48 hours of reaching their refuge nearly 700 metres underground. ...
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The Guardian
US tourists defy terror threat in Europe
AFP
PARIS — US tourists at the Eiffel Tower and other crowded attractions across Europe were alert but defiant on Monday after their government warned of possible terror attacks at major sites. The US State Department's travel advisory warning of "possible ...
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AFP
Vatican slams Berlusconi over anti-Semitic, sexist jokes
CNN
Rome, Italy (CNN) -- The Vatican's official newspaper has strongly criticized Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, calling it "deplorable" that he tells blasphemous, anti-Semitic and sexist jokes. Sunday's editorial came a day after the Italian ...
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Family of imam championing 9/11 mosque got terror threats
Oneindia
New York, Oct. 4 (ANI): Daisy Khan, the wife of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who plans to build the Ground Zero mosque, says her family had sought help from New York police after receiving terrorizing telephone calls. Speaking on Christiane Amanpour's "This ...
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Mattress dominoes world record set in Newcastle - video
Mirror.co.uk
Organisers were caught napping by a low turn out. But Andrew Waters, of Newcastle firm Palatine Beds, said: "We had to improvise. The first two rows had to pick their mattresses up and run around and join the end." Guinness World Records has yet to ...
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