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Inquiry Finds Guards at US Bases Are Tied to Taliban
New York Times
By JAMES RISEN WASHINGTON — Afghan private security forces with ties to the Taliban, criminal networks and Iranian intelligence have been hired to guard American military bases in Afghanistan, exposing United States soldiers to surprise attack and ...
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New York Times
Hungarian waste pond was on list of risky sites
Toronto Star
Dead fish, victims of the toxic red sludge that spilled Monday from a giant industrial container, in the River Marcal near Boba, Hungary on Oct. 7, 2010. BUDAPEST—The storage pond filled with caustic metal processing waste that burst and inundated ...
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Elements in ISI supporting terrorists: US
The Hindu
PTI AP A Pakistani girl walks past flames after an attack on NATO tankers in Khairabad near Peshawar, on Thursday. The US, while expressing concern over ISI's terror links, has said that the closure of NATO supply line in Pakistan resulted in major ...
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The Hindu
US condemns attack on Sufi shrine in Pakistan
The Hindu
PTI The United States has strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a Sufi shrine in Pakistan, saying such actions have no political justification for killing innocent civilians. "Our thoughts and deep sympathies are with the affected families and ...
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Rebel Urges UN Delegation to Investigate Renewed Attacks on Darfur
Voice of America
Photo: AP US Ambassador to the United Nations, Dr. Susan Rice, center, delivers remarks to a group of southern Sudanese police cadets during a visit to the Rajaf police training academy, 07 Oct. 2010 The spokesman for the Darfur-based Sudan Liberation ...
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Trapped Miners' Ordeal Nears End in Chile as Drill Bores Down
Bloomberg
By Nathan Crooks and Randy Woods - Fri Oct 08 04:00:10 GMT 2010 Chile's government is making final preparations to rescue 33 miners trapped half a mile underground as engineers predicted that drills boring into the earth will reach the men by tomorrow. ...
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Proposed loyalty pledge seen as directed at Israeli Arabs
Jerusalem Post
By DAN IZENBERG Even academics who agree with the constitutional definition of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state have problems with the new pledge of allegiance. Even academics who agree with the constitutional definition of Israel as a Jewish ...
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Concerns over terrorism and the Taliban
The Guardian
There are a number of deeply disturbing issues about the reports that Abdul Jabbar, a British citizen killed in a US drone strike in north Waziristan, was to lead a British terrorist cell (Drone killed British Taliban plotter, reports say, 6 October). ...
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Russian president renews proposal on new European security pact
Xinhua
NICOSIA, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday renewed his country's proposal for a new European Security Pact to replace existing security and problem-solving mechanisms in Europe. He said the proposed new pact could be very ...
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Kickback investigation could implicate Sarkozy
Sify
Paris, Oct 7 (DPA) A French magistrate has decided to open an investigation into possible kickbacks from a sale of submarines to Pakistan that could implicate President Nicolas Sarkozy, LCI television reported Thursday. The investigation grew out of a ...
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Russia tests new inter-continental ballistic missile
Hindustan Times
Russia has successfully tested the new Bulava inter-continental ballistic missile, the defence ministry said. The launch was made on Thursday from the Northern Fleet's heavy strategic cruiser Dmitry Donskoi. The Bulava successfully hit the target in ...
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Hainan Flooding Leaves 1 Died, 3 Missing, China News Reports
BusinessWeek
By Bloomberg News Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Flooding in China's southern province of Hainan left one person dead and three people missing as of noon yesterday, the China News Service reported, citing Yang Yunxian, a provincial disaster control official. ...
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48 dead in Vietnam flood
Sify
Hanoi, Oct 8 (IANS) Floods triggered by torrential rains since Sunday have claimed 48 lives in Vietnam, the government said. The Vietnamese Central Steering Committee for Flood and Storm Prevention and Control said among the deaths, five people were ...
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Pirates seize fishing boat off Mauritius
Sify
Nairobi, Oct 8 (IANS) A fishing boat with 14 crew members onboard has been captured by pirates off the coast of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, an African maritime agency has said. The boat was hijacked 200 nautical miles north of Mauritius, ...
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Pakistan envoy criticises US travel alert
AFP
LONDON — A US travel alert warning Americans travelling in Europe against possible terrorist attacks may have been politically motivated, Pakistan's top diplomat in Britain told a newspaper Friday. High commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan suggested the ...
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AFP
People are with the PPP, says Zardari
Daily Times
KARACHI: President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday said that people were with the Pakistan People's Party and they knew what is good and what is bad. Talking to reporters at the Bilawal House, the president said he would advise the government to extend ...
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Musharraf blames Chaudhry brothers for NRO
Daily Times
LAHORE: Former president Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf has accused the Chaudhry brothers of misleading him as well as advising him to meet former premier Benazir Bhutto, a private TV channel said on Wednesday. He disclosed that he had met Benazir on the ...
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EU lawmakers lift visa rules for Albania, Bosnia
Livemint
Brussels: EU lawmakers approved plans to lift visa requirements for visitors from Bosnia and Albania on Thursday, in a step towards closer integration of the western Balkans with the European Union. Visa liberalisation is part of EU efforts to ...
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