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'Isaf operations are not impeded'
BBC News
Nato insists its war effort in Afghanistan has not been impeded by a row with Pakistan that has left its supply routes vulnerable. Attacks on convoys have soared since Pakistan shut a key border-crossing because of a Nato air-strike which killed at ...
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Three Indian women figure in Forbes' powerful women list
Business Standard
PTI / Boston October 07, 2010, 17:14 IST Three Indian women, including Pepsi Co's head Indra Nooyi, figure in the Forbes' 100 most powerful women in the world topped by US First Lady Michelle Obama. Nooyi, the Chennai-born CEO of Pepsi Co, ...
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US `Supportive' of Peace Talks as Afghans Meet Former Taliban in Kabul
Bloomberg
By Roger Runningen and Eltaf Najafizada - Thu Oct 07 10:39:46 GMT 2010 The White House repeated US support for Afghan peace talks with the Taliban as an aide to President Hamid Karzai met former leaders of the guerrilla movement. ...
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Al Qaeda only one of Yemen's myriad woes
Reuters India
A policeman gestures at the scene of a rocket attack that targeted a vehicle carrying the deputy chief of the British mission in Sanaa October 6, 2010. By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent BEIRUT (Reuters) - Yemen's colossal economic problems still ...
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Loyalty oath proves Israel is racist, say Israeli Arab leaders
Ha'aretz
Higher Arab Monitoring Committee sending letter to all parties involved in peacemaking to ensure that controversial amendment not fall between the cracks. By Jack Khoury The Israeli Arab sector responded furiously Wednesday when it learned that Prime ...
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Ha'aretz
EU says to keep pressing China over yuan
Reuters
BRUSSELS Oct 7 (Reuters) - The European Union will keep pressing China to revalue the yuan even though Beijing may not respond to foreign pressure, European Commission officials said on Thursday. "They are undervalued ... that is true," European Trade ...
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Tourists warned that terror raids on UK are 'highly likely'
Mirror.co.uk
By Rebecca Evans 7/10/2010 Britain is at "very high" risk of being hit by terror attacks, the French government dramatically warned yesterday. It said visitors should be "extremely vigilant", especially on the London Tube or at tourist hotspots such as ...
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Four wounded in Israeli raids on Gaza: Hamas
AFP
GAZA CITY — Israeli warplanes carried out three raids on the Gaza Strip overnight wounding four Palestinians, Hamas security officials and witnesses said on Thursday. Two people were wounded in air strikes in Gaza City while two more were wounded in a ...
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AFP
China will "try to block" Nobel prize for dissident
Reuters
Policemen stand near a portrait of one of China's best known dissidents Liu Xiaobo during a protest urging for his release at the China liaison office in Hong Kong in this December 25, 2009 file photo. By Lucy Hornby and Benjamin Kang Lim BEIJING ...
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Reuters
Massive flood in China, 1.30 lakh people evacuated
Oneindia
Beijing, Oct 7: Massive flood hit the Southern China badly and 130000 villagers were evacuated from their places and still 6000 people were stranded the worst flood-hit places. According some report, the total death toll in Asia due to the massive ...
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Oneindia
Hillary Clinton 'tuned' for 2016 Presidency?
Sify
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton may not want to replace Vice President Joe Biden, but she may still want to succeed President Barack Obama, her old advisers have said. "Stay tuned for 2016," The Politico quoted one of her 2008 campaign's topmost ...
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Marseille Oil Port Strike Strands Vessels, Hobbles Refineries
Bloomberg
By Tara Patel - Thu Oct 07 10:28:15 GMT 2010 An 11-day-old strike at the French port of Marseille's oil terminals has stranded 51 vessels and threatened refinery operations with being shut down. The industrial action will last "at least" until tomorrow ...
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Poudel fails to get elected as Nepal PM for the 11th time
Hindustan Times
Political instability should be a good breeding ground for cartoons. But after 11 failed attempts at electing a new prime minister even cartoonists in Nepal are getting bored. "I have done three cartoons on the issue, the last one was two weeks ago. ...
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Mario Vargas Llosa wins Nobel literature prize
Hindustan Times
AP Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most acclaimed writers in the Spanish-speaking world, won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday. Vargas Llosa has written more than 30 novels, plays and essays, including Conversation in the Cathedral ...
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Hindustan Times
Test launch of Russia's Bulava missile successful
Xinhua
MOSCOW, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- The 13th test launch of Russia's Bulava inter-continental ballistic missile has been successful, RIA Novosti news agency reported on Thursday. The launch was made from the Northern Fleet's heavy strategic cruiser Dmitry ...
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Brazilian student expelled for mini dress wins £15k in court case
Sify
A student who was expelled from her university for wearing a mini dress has won 15000-pounds payout from her university. Geisy Arruda was thrown out of Bandeirante University in Sao Paulo for sporting the red outfit in class, leading to a massive ...
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Undercover in a 'land shrouded in mystery'
BBC News
In one month Burma will hold its first elections in 20 years but western governments including Britain say they will not be free or fair. The country's military rulers have banned opposition leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi from running and her party is ...
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Over 1.30 lakh people evacuated in China after floods
Indian Express
A farmer walks amid a flooded paddy field on the outskirts of Wenchang, Hainan province. Over 1.30 lakh people have been evacuated after heavy floods submerged 550 villages in southern Chinese island province of Hainan, even as efforts were on to ...
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Nisar asks government to bring Musharraf through Interpol
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Wednesday described former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf as a "characterless man" and asked the government to approach Interpol to bring him back to the country and register a case against ...
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