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Europe Terror Alert Was Sparked By German Jihadis Training In Pakistan
ABC News
By RICHARD ESPOSITO, RHONDA SCHWARTZ, MEGAN CHUCHMACH and NICK SCHIFRIN Pakistani intelligence officials say that a drone strike inside Pakistan has killed eight German nationals in the Waziristan region of Pakistan. US officials could not immediately ...
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US decries West Bank mosque arson (Haaretz)
Ha'aretz
The attack is thought to be the latest in so-called "price tag" operations, intended to pressure the Israel government away from making concessions regarding settlement building in the West Bank. By Natasha Mozgovaya The Anti-Defamation League on ...
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Brazil faces presidential runoff vote
The Hindu
Washington: Brazil, similar to its neighbours Chile and Argentina, may soon make history by electing its first ever woman President, Dilma Rousseff (62). But not yet. After Sunday's vote Ms. Rousseff, the popular Chief of Staff of former President Luiz ...
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US tourists ponder Europe travel alert
CNN
By A. Pawlowski, CNN (CNN) -- Fewer crowds and pleasant weather make autumn a great time to explore Europe, but for many Americans the destination has suddenly become fraught with worry and potential danger. A day after the United States issued a ...
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ASEM summit kicks off in Brussels
Xinhua
BRUSSELS, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Asian and European leaders launched the 8th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) summit in Brussels on Monday, with global financial and economic governance and sustainable development high on the agenda. ...
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Dutch Liberalism and the Freedom Party
Wall Street Journal
Today Dutch lawmakers are expected to approve a coalition that will give Geert Wilders's Freedom Party a share in government for the first time since he founded it in 2005 to push measures such as restricting Muslim immigration and taxing headscarves. ...
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NATO apologises over deaths of Pakistani soldiers
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD/BRUSSELS: NATO's chief expressed regret on Monday for the deaths of Pakistani soldiers last week and said he hoped Pakistan's border would reopen for NATO supplies to Afghanistan as soon as possible. Angered by repeated attacks by NATO ...
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Eiffel Tower on bin Laden hit list
NEWS.com.au
by Staff Writers AIRPORTS, hotels and major tourist attractions across Europe feature on terror leader Osama bin Laden's latest hit list, according to intelligence sources. Al-Qaida extremists are plotting a Mumbai-style massacre at a range of European ...
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An undeclared war in cyberspace
Financial Times
By Gideon Rachman In recent months, senior western officials have become discernibly more relaxed about the Iranian nuclear programme. It is not that they suddenly welcome the prospect of an Iranian bomb. It is just that, as one official put it ...
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Financial Times
Cancún failure would make climate talks 'irrelevant', EU negotiator warns
The Guardian
International climate talks are at risk of becoming irrelevant if countries fail to substantially narrow their differences before the end of this year, a senior European diplomat warned today. The grim prognosis by Artur Runge-Metzger, director of the ...
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Nigerian media mogul arrested after bombings
The Associated Press
LAGOS, Nigeria — Authorities arrested the chairman of a former military dictator's presidential campaign Monday in connection with a set of dual car bombings in Nigeria's capital that killed a dozen people, senior government officials told The ...
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Handling of Senkaku row hits Kan Cabinet
The Daily Yomiuri
The approval rating of Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet has dropped sharply to 53 percent, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey, apparently due to public dissatisfaction with the government's handling of a row with China over the Senkaku Islands. ...
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Iraq climbs world oil rankings
The Australian
IRAQ has overtaken Iran in the rankings for proven oil reserves for the first time. In a move that is set to bolster its negotiating power within the OPEC cartel of oil-exporting countries, Iraq said its 66 known oilfields were now thought to contain ...
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A tale of two Milibands
ABC Online
By Emma Alberici Why did UK Labour chose Ed Miliband as its new leader over his older, more experienced, brother David? (REUTERS : Toby Melville) Ed Miliband has been called a lot of names since he nominated for the Labour leadership five months ago. ...
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ABC Online
Suspicions Arise Over Kim Jong Un Photo
ABC News
Was the fat-cheeked young man shown alongside North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il in an official photo really his son and chosen successor, Kim Jong Un? A German expert on face research claims he is not identical with the pupil shown in a widely ...
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ABC News
Henry sorry: 'Didn't intend to sound racist'
New Zealand Herald
By Audrey Young and NZPA TVNZ host Paul Henry apologised on air to Governor-General Sir Anand Satyanand this morning and said he did not intend to be racist. On TVNZ's Breakfast yesterday Henry suggested Sir Anand's successor should look and sound more ...
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New Zealand Herald
Summary Box: Japan fights China grip on rare earth
BusinessWeek
AP RARE EARTHS DISPUTE: Japan is taking steps to respond to China's near monopoly on the supply of rare earths -- 17 minerals required for everything from hybrid engines to the color red in televisions. CHINA'S DOMINANCE: China produces 97 percent of ...
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US rejects charge of backing Ecuadoran uprising
AFP
WASHINGTON — The United States on Monday rejected as "baseless" Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's charge that Washington was behind last week's failed uprising against his Ecuadoran counterpart, Rafael Correa. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley ...
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AFP
Six killed in Iraq violence
Sydney Morning Herald
Six people were killed in violence in Baghdad and central Iraq on Monday, including a journalist for a US-funded television station, medical and security officials said. Tahrir Kadhim Jawad, a cameraman for the al-Hurra satellite channel, ...
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Mrs Lee was a tower of strength for MM Lee, says SM Jayakumar
Channel News Asia
By S Ramesh | Posted: 05 October 2010 0056 hrs SINGAPORE : Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security, Professor S Jayakumar, has said it is very difficult to add to the many tributes and sentiments that have been pouring in for ...
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Settlement of flood victims top priority: Gilani
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday reiterated that the priority of his government remains to soon settle the 20 million flood victims, including immediate disbursement of assistance to rebuild their houses. ...
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My kids are bilingual. I struggle with French
Globe and Mail
My four-year-old son looked up at me in September last year, his big brown eyes brimming with tears and begging for sleep. I felt panic. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea after all. We had enrolled him in junior kindergarten at a French school. ...
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Globe and Mail
'Netanyahu agrees to extend settlement freeze by 2 months'
Ha'aretz
London-based newspaper quotes Israeli sources as saying that Obama offered incentives in return; Netanyahu: Most reports incorrect, sides working 'discretely' on issue. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to extend Israel's freeze on ...
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Ha'aretz


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