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Footage of Nato supply lorries ablaze
BBC News
Gunmen in Pakistan have torched at least 10 oil tankers carrying fuel for Nato vehicles in Afghanistan in the latest such attack in recent days. A driver died in the ambush near the south-western city of Quetta. The number of attacks on tankers has ...
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American, 2 Japanese Win Nobel Chemistry Prize
Voice of America
Photo: AP An American and two Japanese scientists have won the 2010 Nobel Prize in chemistry for developing "one of the most sophisticated" tools used in organic chemistry. Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki of Japan, and American Richard Heck developed ...
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Britain's deputy ambassador to Yemen survives mortar attack
Telegraph.co.uk
Britain's deputy ambassador to Yemen has survived a rocket attack in the capital Sana'a, local security officials say. By Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent It was the second major assassination attempt on a British diplomatic target in the ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
US: Pak born Shahzad sentenced life imprisonment
Oneindia
New York, Oct 6: Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistan born US citizen, who was found guilty in bomb blast attempt in New York's busy Times Square case, received lifetime imprisonment on Oct 5. Shahzad was sentenced in Manhattan federal court of US to life with ...
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Oneindia
Thais Suspect Red Shirts In Deadly Explosion
Wall Street Journal
By JAMES HOOKWAY BANGKOK—Thai investigators Wednesday said they found suspected bomb-making materials at the site of a blast that killed four people at a suburban Bangkok apartment building a day earlier, heightening fears that opposition "Red Shirt" ...
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Gay Saudi Prince killed man servant in sexual fury
Mirror.co.uk
By Tom Pettifor 6/10/2010 A Saudi prince beat his servant to death in a London hotel after weeks of physical and sexual abuse, a court heard yesterday. Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud, 34, killed Bandar Abdulaziz in a murder of "ferocity" which had a ...
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Mirror.co.uk
US diplomat: US-Japan pact vital in changing Asia
The Associated Press
TOKYO — The top US diplomat for East Asia said Wednesday that Washington and Tokyo need to make sure their security alliance is in good working order to cope with rapid changes in Asia. US Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell also praised Prime ...
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Pak not doing enough to eliminate terrorists: US
Indian Express
Pakistan is not doing enough to combat terrorists and extremists in its restive tribal belt where some of the most wanted insurgents are hiding, says a new White House report, which also censured President Asif Ali Zardari's leadership. ...
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EU, South Korea sign major free trade deal
AFP
BRUSSELS — The European Union and South Korea sealed a vast free trade agreement on Wednesday, the first in a series of bilateral pacts which Europe hopes to strike with Asian nations. The deal was signed at a ceremony in Brussels by South Korean and ...
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AFP
Kiwi TV host now shown ridiculing Sheila Dikshit
Indian Express
Paul Henry, a prominent New Zealand TV host, already under suspension over a race row involving the Indian-origin Governor General, has courted controversy again by deliberately mispronouncing Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's name in a video clip. ...
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ASEM summit consolidates "common ground" on key issues
Xinhua
BRUSSELS, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) leaders expressed on Tuesday their willingness to work together to strengthen cooperation between the two regions. Leaders from 46 Asian and European countries gathered in Brussels on October 4 ...
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Climate talks struggle as China and US face off
Reuters
Cooling towers at a thermal power plant are pictured near Pingguoyuan in Beijing City, October 5, 2010. By Chris Buckley TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday that UN climate talks were making less progress than hoped because ...
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Reuters
Citing India and China, Obama condemns plan to cut education aid
The Hindu
PTI AP US President Barack Obama speaks during the White House Summit on Community Colleges in Washington on Tuesday. Weeks ahead of his trip to India, US President Barack Obama has said America is in fight for future with countries like India and ...
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The Hindu
UN: At Least 400 Children Have Died From Lead Poisoning In Nigeria
RTT News
(RTTNews) - The United Nations on Wednesday confirmed an earlier report by humanitarian agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) that at least 400 children have died from lead poisoning-related diseases in northern Nigeria this year, and added that it has ...
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Total, Fos-Lavera CGT Unions To Meet On Possible Joint Action
Wall Street Journal
By Angeline Benoit Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES PARIS (Dow Jones)--French oil major Total SA's (TOT) CGT union Wednesday said it will meet the French port Fos-Lavera CGT union at 1200 GMT to discuss possible common protest action, as strike action blocking ...
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Gates to meet Chinese counterpart in Hanoi
Washington Post
By Craig Whitlock The Pentagon, signaling a thaw in its frozen relationship with the Chinese military, announced Tuesday that Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates will meet with a Chinese counterpart next week in Vietnam and then will probably visit ...
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5 Afghan children among 9 dead in Kandahar blasts
The Associated Press
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai condemned the "enemies of Afghanistan" on Wednesday after roadside bombs killed nine people, including five children, as insurgents fight intensified NATO-led operations in the south. ...
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