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Earl expected to cause 'destructive waves' near U.S.-Canada border - CNN
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Earl expected to cause 'destructive waves' near U.S.-Canada border
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By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Tropical Storm Earl is leaving its final marks on the US East Coast as it continues barreling up the Atlantic Ocean toward Canada. One official in Massachusetts said authorities are "fairly confident we'll be getting ...
With Eye Offshore, Storm DiminishesNew York Times
Earl brings heavy rain, no damaging winds to MaineBangor Daily News
Beaches fill up after EarlCharlotte Observer
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General Strike after Attack on Pakistani Shi'ites - Voice of America
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General Strike after Attack on Pakistani Shi'ites
Voice of America
Photo: AP A general strike is in effect in Pakistan's southwestern city of Quetta, following Friday's suicide bombing that targeted minority Shi'ites and killed at least 57 people. More than 160 others were wounded by the explosion at a Shi'ite rally ...
Pakistan on high alert after blastAljazeera.net
Death toll from Pakistan suicide bombing rises to 73CNN
Death toll rises to 65 in attack on PakistanisThe Associated Press
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Tony Blair pelted with eggs and shoes at book signing - The Guardian
The Guardian
Tony Blair pelted with eggs and shoes at book signing
The Guardian
Violence has broken out at the first public signing for Tony Blair's memoirs, with anti-war protesters hurling shoes and eggs at the former prime minister. The projectiles did not hit Blair as he arrived at a bookshop in Dublin, Ireland, to be greeted ...
Shoes, eggs hurled at Blair in DublinThe Hindu
Dublin protestors throw objects at BlairAFP
Shoe, eggs hurled at ex-Brit PM Blair in DublinThe Associated Press
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UPS Cargo Plane Crashes Near Dubai - Wall Street Journal
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UPS Cargo Plane Crashes Near Dubai
Wall Street Journal
DUBAI—A United Parcel Service Inc. cargo plane crashed Friday evening after takeoff near Dubai, killing two pilots in the package delivery giant's first fatal aircraft accident. Associated Press Smoke rose from the site ...
Plane crashes near Dubai airportNew Zealand Herald
Factbox: Details of cargo plane which crashed in DubaiReuters
UPS cargo plane crashes in Dubai, killing twoTelegraph.co.uk
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Officials left as Philippine hijack hit critical stage - AFP
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Officials left as Philippine hijack hit critical stage
AFP
MANILA — Philippine officials managing a hostage crisis left their posts to fill up on coffee and food as a gunman who had seized a busload of Hong Kong tourists began shooting, an inquiry heard Saturday. Manila deputy mayor Isko Moreno told a public ...
Manila to probe Hong Kong hostage coffin 'mix-up'BBC News
Manila begins hostage crisis probeAljazeera.net
11 days later, Aquino takes responsibility for fiascoManila Standard Today
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'180 degree' shift in PA attitude following talks launch - Jerusalem Post
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'180 degree' shift in PA attitude following talks launch
Jerusalem Post
By JPOST.COM STAFF Palestinian delegation "more positive" after meetings in Washington, says report; Erekat denies report that negotiating teams scheduled to meet in West Bank beginning of next week. Palestinian members of the peace talks delegation ...
Israel: Now, More than Ever, Fascinated By NetanyahuTIME
Rocket fired from Gaza hits IsraelAljazeera.net
Rocket fired from Gaza hits Israel, no casualtiesReuters
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Chile miners advised to exercise - BBC News
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Chile miners advised to exercise
BBC News
Scientists from the US space agency Nasa have advised the trapped Chilean miners to regulate their day and night sleep patterns. A team of four visiting experts said the men should boost their Vitamin D intake and phase in an exercise program as their ...
Chile mine rescue effort bolsteredAljazeera.net
Chile to Dig Tunnels for Trapped MinersWall Street Journal
NASA advises Chile on trapped, isolated minersThe Associated Press
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Nine injured in wildfires in Russia's Volgograd region still in hospital - RIA Novosti
RIA Novosti
Nine injured in wildfires in Russia's Volgograd region still in hospital
RIA Novosti
A total of nine people injured in wildfires in Russia's Volgograd Region remain hospitalized, with another 19 receiving ambulatory treatment, a local emergency ministry department said in a statement on Saturday. Wildfires raging in Russia's Volgograd ...
Eight die as wildfires consume Russian villagesReuters
Russia suffers new forest fire outbreakBBC News
Eight dead as fires flare up again in southern RussiaAFP
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Volcano erupts again in Indonesia - Aljazeera.net
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Volcano erupts again in Indonesia
Aljazeera.net
Mount Sinabung blast heard eight kilometres away as thousands of residents forced to flee for the second time in a week. A volcano on Indonesia's western-most island of Sumatra has unleashed its most violent eruption so far after laying dormant for 400 ...
Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ashThe Associated Press
Indonesia's North Sumatra volcano continues to eruptXinhua
Indonesian volcano erupts againThe Press Association
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US may drastically boost funding to aid Mexico's war on drug gangs - Los Angeles Times
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US may drastically boost funding to aid Mexico's war on drug gangs
Los Angeles Times
Obama administration officials say they continue to examine their approach toward an issue they consider to be a top priority. By Paul Richter, Los Angeles Times The Obama administration is considering a substantial spending increase on the Mexican ...
Dozens killed in Mexico violenceAljazeera.net
US helping Mexico prosecute top drug lordAFP
Drugs and violence: Mexico's addictionBBC News
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Polls show support for Labor minority government - ABC Online
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Polls show support for Labor minority government
ABC Online
Both polls favor Labor's Julia Gillard to form a minority government over the Coalition's Tony Abbott. (Reuters) Two new opinion polls show the majority of voters want three key independent MPs to back Labor to form a minority government. ...
Oz voters want three key Independents to support Labor to form minority ...Oneindia
Greens to rush same-sex billThe Australian
Coalition offers MP pokie dealThe Australian
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Suicide Bomber Kills 53 at Shiite Protest - New York Times
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Suicide Bomber Kills 53 at Shiite Protest
New York Times
Arshad Butt/AP By SALMAN MASOOD ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A blast detonated by a suicide bomber ripped through a Shiite protest, the second such attack in three days, in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 53 people, ...
US condemns 'reprehensible' Pakistan bombingsAFP
Shia march bombed again, 60 deadIndian Express
Pakistan suicide bomber kills 43 in Shia parade backing PalestiniansThe Guardian
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Coast Guard: Sheen not likely from active oil leak - BusinessWeek
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Coast Guard: Sheen not likely from active oil leak
BusinessWeek
A day after a fire on an offshore oil platform off the central Louisiana coast, federal investigators have gone aboard to make sure no oil is leaking from the site. The Coast Guard said Friday that no oil is believed to ...
Gulf platform 'not leaking oil'BBC News
What now for Gulf? Fire complicates drill debateThe Associated Press
BP removes failed blowout preventerCNN
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North Korea's Kim Jong-il may go public with dynastic rule - Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor
North Korea's Kim Jong-il may go public with dynastic rule
Christian Science Monitor
Speculation is rampant that North Korea's Kim Jong-il will go public with plans to name his son his heir at a rare political conference. In this image made Aug. 30 from China Central Television footage, North Korea's Kim Jong-il, attends a meeting with ...
China calls for compromise on NKorea talksThe Associated Press
North Korean Congress May Discuss Kim's SuccessorBloomberg
UN Lays Plans to Spend $290M on Aid to North KoreaFOXNews
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German Government, States Must Play Role in Sarrazin Dismissal, ARD Says - Bloomberg
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German Government, States Must Play Role in Sarrazin Dismissal, ARD Says
Bloomberg
Chancellor Angela Merkel's government and the Bundesrat, parliament's upper chamber that represents Germany's 16 states, must get involved in any decision on the Bundesbank's request to dismiss its board ...
Trichet 'Appalled' by Sarrazin as Bundesbank Discusses FutureBusinessWeek
Government Asked to Confer on SarrazinWall Street Journal
Top German Banker's Attack on Immigrants Causes a StirTIME
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Government: Mozambique lost $3M because of riots - The Associated Press
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Government: Mozambique lost $3M because of riots
The Associated Press
MAPUTO, Mozambique — Mozambique's economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media reported new protests in two other towns. ...
Police patrol after Maputo riotsBBC News
Mozambique's Maputo Calm, Transport Back After Food-, Fuel-Price ProtestsBloomberg
Calm returns to Mozambican capital after deadly riotXinhua
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Iran Blasts Israeli-Palestinian Talks - Voice of America
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Iran Blasts Israeli-Palestinian Talks
Voice of America
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has criticized the relaunched direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, saying the talks are doomed to fail. Mr. Ahmadinejad said Friday that only Palestinians can decide their fate - not Western ...
Middle East peace talks are 'doomed to fail', says AhamdinejadThe Guardian
Iran says Mideast peace talks doomed to failXinhua
Ahmadinejad says Mideast peace talks 'doomed'AFP
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Suicide Bombing at Pakistan Shi'ite Rally Kills 43 - Voice of America
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Suicide Bombing at Pakistan Shi'ite Rally Kills 43
Voice of America
Pakistani officials say a suicide bombing killed at least 43 people Friday in the second attack on the country's Shi'ite minority this week. The blast wounded more than 80 others in the southwestern city of Quetta. The suicide bomber detonated his ...
49 killed in Pakistan suicide bombingTimes of India
Pakistan bomb attack leaves at least 42 deadTelegraph.co.uk
Suicide bomb blast kills 42 in PakistanLos Angeles Times
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Romania prepares for crime wave with exodus - The Australian
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Romania prepares for crime wave with exodus
The Australian
MORE than 8000 Roma have been sent back to Romania and Bulgaria from France under President Nicolas Sarkozy's crackdown - but many plan to return to the West to escape unemployment and a life without even the most basic amenities. ...
In France, an Evangelical Gypsy group shakes up the immigration debateChristian Science Monitor
Grandfather at the centre of Roma debate dividing FranceTelegraph.co.uk
France defends Roma expulsionsThe Guardian
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Middle East peace talks are 'doomed to fail', says Ahamdinejad - The Guardian
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Middle East peace talks are 'doomed to fail', says Ahamdinejad
The Guardian
Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, today launched an angry attack on "doomed" US-brokered Middle East peace talks and urged the Palestinians to continue armed resistance to Israel. Ahmadinejad used the annual al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day rally in Tehran ...
Ahmadinejad says Mideast peace talks 'doomed'AFP
Washington talks polarising West AsiaThe Hindu
Iran Blasts Israeli-Palestinian TalksVoice of America
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