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Netanyahu urges top ministers to extend settlement freeze
Ha'aretz
PM to convene inner cabinet on Tuesday for vote on a 60-day moratorium in exchange for US guarantees. By Natasha Mozgovaya, Barak Ravid and Haaretz Service Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will convene his forum of top ministers on Tuesday afternoon ...
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Ha'aretz
Japan, China Meeting Happened "Naturally" - Japan Source
Wall Street Journal
By Natasha Brereton BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--A meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao happened "suddenly" and "naturally," a Japanese government source said Tuesday. The source said that, according to Kan, ...
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Dutch 'hate speech' case to resume
Aljazeera.net
Court orders the trial of right-wing MP Geert Wilders to go ahead after he complained the judges were biased. An Amsterdam court has ordered the trial of Geert Wilders, a right-wing politician accused of inciting racial hatred, to resume after the MP ...
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Aljazeera.net
Experts present proposals to boost Asia-Europe cooperation
Xinhua
BRUSSELS, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Participants in a sideline of the eighth Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) on Tuesday presented proposals to boost Asia-Europe ties, ranging from regional integration to higher education. The key points included that Asia and ...
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North Korean dictator's Kim Jong Il's son may have had plastic surgery
National Post
Kim Jong-un (front row, centre), youngest son of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il, attends a meeting of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang Sept. 28, 2010, in this video released on September 30, 2010. North Korea's ruling Workers' Party on Tuesday ...
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Two Win Nobel for Work on Ultra-Thin Material
New York Times
By DENNIS OVERBYE A pair of Russian-born physicists working at the University of Manchester in England have won the Nobel prize in physics for investigating the properties of ultra-thin carbon flakes known as graphene, the Royal Swedish Academy of ...
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Factbox: Kerviel joins rogue traders gallery
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Former Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel was sentenced to 3 years in prison by a Paris court on Tuesday for his role in a trading scandal and ordered to reimburse the French bank 4.9 billion euros. The 33-year-old was found ...
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Germany sees no new terrorism threat after US drones kill militants Pakistan
Ha'aretz
By DPA The German Interior Ministry said on Tuesday that there was no new risk of terrorist attacks, a day after reports that an unmanned US drone killed up to eight German nationals in Pakistan, thought to be Islamist militants. ...
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Ha'aretz
Ex-Mend leader implicates Nigeria
Aljazeera.net
Henry Okah tells Al Jazeera presidential aide wanted him to tell armed group to withdraw claim for Abuja deadly blasts. The former leader of Nigeria's armed group has said he was arrested because he refused to tell the group to retract a statement ...
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Aljazeera.net
Indonesia flash floods kill 56
Times of India
JAKARTA: At least 56 people were killed and 24 remain missing after flash floods in a remote region of Indonesia's West Papua province, a disaster management official said on Tuesday. "We just received information from local officials there that 56 ...
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NZ broadcaster suspended over racial remarks against Satyanand
IBNLive.com
PTI | 05:10 PM,Oct 05,2010 Melbourne, Oct 5 (PTI) Prominent New Zealand broadcaster Paul Henry was today suspended by TVNZ until October 18, a day after he triggered a race row involving the country''s Indian-origin Governor General Sir Anand Satyanand ...
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Fifth NATO tanker attacked in six days since Pakistan sealed border post
Christian Science Monitor
Nobody has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's bomb attack on a NATO tanker waiting at the Torkham border post, which Pakistan sealed six days ago. Afghanistan-bound NATO containers are parked at Pakistan's closed Torkham border crossing on Tuesday, ...
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Christian Science Monitor
China calls on rich nations to improve emission targets
The Guardian
China today called on wealthy nations to dramatically increase the rate at which they plan to cut their carbon emissions at international climate negotiations in Tianjin. The more forthright rhetoric from the hosts broaches a crucial topic that has ...
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Musharraf admits Kashmir militants trained in Pakistan
BBC News
Former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf has told a magazine that his forces trained militant groups to fight in Indian-administered Kashmir. He told the German magazine, Der Spiegel, that the government turned a blind eye because it wanted to ...
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Iran backs negotiations recognizing its nuclear rights with West: spokesman
Xinhua
TEHRAN, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday that Iran will support talks with the West which leads to the recognition of its nuclear rights. Iran has reiterated that it will only endorse the talks with ...
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Ahmadinejad tells West to put more pressure on Iran
AFP
TEHRAN — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad challenged the West on Tuesday to put more pressure on Iran, which he said would fail to make any impact on the Islamic republic or its atomic programme. Ahmadinejad, in an address to the people of the ...
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AFP
Terror threat doesn't faze tourists in Europe
Vancouver Sun
By Peter O'Neil, Postmedia News October 4, 2010 There were no signs of nervousness among tourists lining up under the Eiffel Tower Monday despite the latest in a series of reports suggesting that terrorists are targeting high-profile European landmarks ...
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20 Years After Fall of Wall, Women of Former East Germany Thrive
New York Times
By KATRIN BENNHOLD BERLIN — When the Berlin Wall collapsed and Germany became one again, women in the former Communist East seemed to be the big losers. They lost their jobs and their maternity and child-care benefits. ...
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Aide to Nigerian ex-military ruler released
Reuters Africa
By Camillus Eboh ABUJA, Oct 5 (Reuters) - An aide to Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's main election rival has been released without charge but could be recalled for more questioning over bomb attacks in the capital Abuja, officials said on ...
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More pay respects to Mrs Lee Kuan Yew
Channel News Asia
By Hoe Yeen Nie | Posted: 05 October 2010 2044 hrs SINGAPORE: More mourners paid their last respects to Mrs Lee Kuan Yew on Tuesday at her wake at Sri Temasek, the official residence of the Prime Minister and located within the Istana grounds. ...
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Suu Kyi sues Myanmar junta over party dissolution
AFP
YANGON — Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi filed a lawsuit against Myanmar's junta at the Supreme Court Tuesday for dissolving her party ahead of widely criticised elections, her lawyer said. Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) has ...
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AFP
Syria says only Turkey can act as mediator with Israel
AFP
DAMASCUS — Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Sunday that only Turkey can act as an intermediary in any indirect peace negotiations between Syria and Israel. "Turkey has shown itself to be an honest intermediary. Indirect talks must therefore be ...
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