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NATO tankers attacked again in Pak; one killed The Hindu PTI AP Local residents gather next to burning oil tankers after militants attacked a terminal in Quetta, Pakistan, on Wednesday. Suspected Taliban militants on Wednesday attacked and set afire 20 oil tankers carrying supplies for NATO forces in ... See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

Life term for failed Times Square bomber Washington Post By Jerry Markon The man who tried to bomb Times Square in May was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday, bringing a quiet end to a case that dramatized what authorities say is a growing threat from domestic and global terrorists. ... See all stories on this topic »

Principal asked to explain Palestinian teachings ABC Online By Middle East correspondent Anne Barker An Israeli school is in trouble with education authorities for daring to teach its students both the Israeli and the Palestinian views of the conflict between them. Israeli textbooks routinely omit the ... See all stories on this topic »

12 terror suspects arrested in France Oneindia Paris, Oct 6: Following the alert on terror attack in Europe, French police on Tuesday, Oct 2 arrested 12 people in sweeps against suspected Islamic militants across southern France. Sources said police detained nine of them with guns and ammunition ... See all stories on this topic » Oneindia

floods, landslide in Indonesia kill 75 Oneindia Indonesia, Oct 6: Atleast 75 people were killed and thousands were left homeless on Wednesday, Oct 6 after flash floods and mudslides tore through mountainside villages in Indonesia. Sources said the worst hit was at Wasior, where a river swept away ... See all stories on this topic » Oneindia

US says climate talks failing to make headway Reuters TIANJIN, China (Reuters) - The United States said on Wednesday UN climate talks were making less progress than hoped, with a rift over poorer nations' emission goals, and that other avenues might be needed to tackle climate change. ... See all stories on this topic »

China is ripping US: Donald Trump Indian Express Billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump is considering the possibility of making a US Presidential run in 2012. Billionaire American real estate mogul Donald Trump, who is "seriously considering" about the possibility of making a Presidential run in ... See all stories on this topic »

N.Zealand TV presenter in new race row AFP WELLINGTON — A New Zealand television host suspended over allegations of racism faced fresh controversy Wednesday for ridiculing the name of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. State-owned broadcaster TVNZ suspended breakfast host Paul Henry on ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Lead poisoning kills 400 children in Nigeria: MSF AFP KANO, Nigeria — Lead poisoning has killed more than 400 children under the age of five as a result of contamination from illegal gold extraction in northern Nigeria, an international aid agency said on Tuesday. The children died over the last six ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Fiji opposition leader denies holding illegal meeting AFP SUVA — Fiji opposition leader Mahendra Chaudhry pleaded not guilty Wednesday to holding an illegal meeting in defiance of emergency laws imposed by the military regime, local reporters told AFP. Chaudhry, a former prime minister, and five other men ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

Taliban in talks with Karzai government Washington Post By Karen DeYoung, Peter Finn and Craig Whitlock Taliban representatives and the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai have begun secret, high-level talks over a negotiated end to the war, according to Afghan and Arab sources. ... See all stories on this topic »

S.Korea and EU to sign free-trade pact CNN By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- South Korea and the European Union will sign a new free trade agreement Wednesday, eliminating or cutting tariffs on nearly all goods within the next several years. The pact between South Korea and the 27-member economic ... See all stories on this topic »

Australian lesbian couple in rare quintuplets case AFP SYDNEY — An Australian woman has conceived quintuplets without using fertility treatment -- something believed to occur only once in every 60 million pregnancies, a report said. Melissa Keevers, 27, was inseminated with the sperm of a donor from the ... See all stories on this topic » AFP

=French Fos-Lavera Port Strike To Continue Wednesday-CGT Union Wall Street Journal By Angeline Benoit Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES PARIS (Dow Jones)--The rolling strike at the French oil terminal of Fos-Lavera will continue Wednesday, entering its tenth day, said the port's CGT union Tuesday, despite the government expressing concern about ... See all stories on this topic »

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