Nigeria: 800 inmates escape during prison attack
(AP)
08.09.2010 11:24 1 views 0 comments
AP - A police commissioner says about 800 inmates escaped a prison holding Muslim extremists in northern Nigeria during an assault by gunmen.
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Sarkozy says to stick to pension age rise plan
(Reuters)
08.09.2010 11:22 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - French President Nicolas Sarkozy, speaking a day after nationwide protests over pension reforms, said he would not back down on plans to raise the retirement age. Read more »
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New Zealand extends emergency following aftershock
(AFP)
08.09.2010 11:21 1 views 0 comments
AFP - New Zealand authorities extended a state of emergency in Christchurch Wednesday after a powerful aftershock and doubled previous estimates of the damage bill from the disaster.
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Sex, violence, Islam: Syrian TV soap raises drama
(AP)
08.09.2010 11:20 1 views 0 comments
AP - In a new Syrian soap opera, a beautiful green-eyed young woman named Layla is torn over whether to take off the niqab, the billowing black Islamic garb that hides every part of her except her eyes.
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China's Hu calls for stable ties with US
(AP)
08.09.2010 10:58 1 views 0 comments
AP - Trying to smooth over recently rocky relations before a visit to Washington, Chinese President Hu Jintao told American officials on Wednesday that he wants to see healthy and stable ties between the two countries.
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Demjanjuk health issues taking over trial
(AP)
08.09.2010 10:54 1 views 0 comments
AP - John Demjanjuk attends most sessions of his trial in a hospital bed set up in the courtroom, wearing dark sunglasses and a hat pulled down over his face.
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Sinochem approaches Temasek on Potash bid
(Reuters)
08.09.2010 10:41 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - China's state-owned Sinochem Corp has invited Temasek, the Singapore sovereign wealth fund, to join a consortium that may bid for Canada's Potash Corp, the world's largest fertilizer supplier, sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. Read more »
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Australian government prepared to adjust mining tax
(Reuters)
08.09.2010 10:39 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - Australia's fragile Labor government suggested on Wednesday it could adjust a planned profits-based tax on mining companies to bend to demands of the independent MPs giving it a slender grip on power.
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Afghanistan: More voting stations to remain closed
(AP)
08.09.2010 10:38 1 views 0 comments
AP - Afghan election officials said Wednesday that scores of additional polling stations will have to remain closed during the Sept. 18 parliamentary vote because of the deteriorating security situation in the country.
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Financial Sheriffs to Monitor Banks, Markets in European Union
(Time.com)
08.09.2010 10:20 1 views 0 comments
Time.com - A trio of financial sheriffs will oversee finance in the entire European market Read more »
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China: Journalist Attacks Hurt Investigative Reporting
(Time.com)
08.09.2010 10:20 1 views 0 comments
Time.com - China has long been an unfriendly place for journalists, but two attacks on journalists in Beijing this summer serve as a reminder that the threats to the press can extend beyond censorship to outright violence Read more »
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Servant testifies Filipino warlord ordered killing
(AP)
08.09.2010 9:43 1 views 0 comments
AP - A house servant of the politically powerful clan accused in last year's massacre of 57 people told a Philippine court Wednesday that the family members plotted the killings of rivals and journalists over dinner six days before the ambush.
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Weeks of rains leave thousands homeless in Mexico
(AP)
08.09.2010 9:24 1 views 0 comments
AP - Tens of thousands of people have abandoned their homes across southern Mexico to escape flooding from weeks of torrential rains, and forecasts are predicting even more rainfall.
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Suspected US missile strike kills 6 in Pakistan
(AP)
08.09.2010 9:08 1 views 0 comments
AP - A suspected U.S. drone killed at least six militants in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday when it fired a missile at a house linked to a group that often carries out attacks on NATO troops in neighboring Afghanistan, intelligence officials said.
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Banging a Drum for the MDG Summit
(OneWorld.net)
08.09.2010 0:56 0 views 0 comments
OneWorld.net - NEW
YORK, Sep 7 (IRIN) - Activists are pulling out all the stops
ahead of a development summit at UN headquarters on 20-22 September.
Pro-aid and anti-poverty lobbyists are trying everything from giant
letters to banging pans to raise awareness of the high-level event. Read more »
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U.S. offensive expected in home district of Afghan Taliban leader
(McClatchy Newspapers)
07.09.2010 23:46 1 views 0 comments
McClatchy Newspapers - ASHEQUE, Afghanistan — Zhari, the birthplace of the Taliban movement and once again a major stronghold of the Taliban insurgency, looks set to become a battle zone where some 2,400 U.S. troops will lead an attempt to reclaim the region for the Afghan government. Read more »
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IAEA report: What's driving Iran's latest bout of nuclear obstinacy
(The Christian Science Monitor)
07.09.2010 23:37 1 views 0 comments
The Christian Science Monitor - Iran reacted angrily Tuesday to charges from the United Nations nuclear watchdog that it was hindering an investigation of its nuclear programs by blocking experienced inspectors, and limiting access and design information. Read more »
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Koran burning will endanger US lives: Petraeus
(AFP)
07.09.2010 11:13 1 views 0 comments
AFP - The US commander of the Afghan war has warned that his troops' lives will be endangered if a Florida evangelical church goes ahead with a planned burning of the Koran on Saturday's 9/11 anniversary.
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London gridlock as transport strike brings chaos
(Reuters)
07.09.2010 11:07 1 views 0 comments
Reuters - Millions of commuters across the British capital struggled to get to work on Tuesday as a 24-hour strike by workers on London's underground rail system crippled much of the network, hurting the city's convalescent economy. Passengers took to bikes, buses, walked, or made use of extra boat services on the River Thames that runs through the city in a bid to beat the stoppage, called in protest at 800 job cuts driven by austerity measures. Read more »
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NKorea asks South for flood aid despite tension
(AP)
07.09.2010 11:03 1 views 0 comments
AP - North Korea requested a shipment of rice, cement and heavy equipment days after rival South Korea offered relief aid to its communist neighbor to help it recover from recent flooding, Seoul's Unification Ministry said Tuesday.
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