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Pastor shrugs off pleas to stop Quran burning
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:17:30 GMT |
Pastor Terry Jones plans to burn the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. |
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China calls in Japan envoy over boat collision
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:49:37 GMT |
Diplomatic tensions between China and Japan escalated Wednesday when Beijing called in Japan's ambassador after a Chinese fishing boat collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near a chain of disputed islands and Tokyo arrested the boat's captain. |
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Lawyer says Iranian woman could be stoned soon
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:20:05 GMT |
The lawyer for an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned on an adultery conviction said Monday that he and her children are worried the delayed execution could be carried out soon with the end of a moratorium on death sentences for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. |
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Rwanda 'happy' at Ban visit but 'outraged' by report
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:09:54 GMT |
Rwanda was "very happy" that UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon decided to visit the country but still "outraged" by the UN draft report he came to discuss, the foreign affairs minister said on Wednesday. |
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Iraqi soldier kills 2 US troops
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:31:27 GMT |
An Iraqi soldier opened fire on American troops and killed two on Tuesday, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. |
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Gunmen burst into factory in Honduras, kill 15
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:22:34 GMT |
Men armed with assault rifles burst into a shoe factory and opened fire Tuesday, killing at least 15 workers and wounding eight, Honduran authorities said. |
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'City won't pay for bush broadband'
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:42:50 GMT |
THE Gillard government insists the city won't be slugged to fund affordable broadband in the bush. |
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West Bank settlements loom as Mideast peace talks head for Jerusalem
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:00:58 GMT |
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will shift renewed Mideast peace talks back to the region next week when the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority meet in Egypt as announced at last week's re-launch of direct negotiations.But in a symbolic move aimed at demonstrating the seriousness of the renewed peace process, the three key ... |
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Police arrest separatist leader in Indian Kashmir
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:45:14 GMT |
Police arrested a top separatist leader Wednesday for rallying massive anti-India protests that have rocked the Indian portion of Kashmir for months, and supporters reacted by staging fresh demonstrations and hurling stones at troops. |
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Sri Lanka debates ending term limits for president
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:12:34 GMT |
Sri Lanka's Parliament began debating a constitutional amendment on Wednesday that would allow the president to stay in office for an unlimited number of terms, a move critics say could lead to dictatorship. |
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