Tuesday, September 28, 2010

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Today's World News:
Historic political meeting under way in NKorea
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:36 pm PDT
AP - North Korea said Tuesday its biggest political gathering in 30 years was under way and crucial developments were expected, hours after leader Kim Jong Il appointed his youngest son as a military general in what was seen as part of a succession plan. Full Story
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US envoy to try to salvage Mideast peace talks
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:47 pm PDT
AP - Washington's special Mideast envoy is to pressure Israeli and Palestinian leaders to keep peace talks from collapsing just weeks after they began. Full Story
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Kremlin fires iconic Moscow mayor after 18 years
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:03 pm PDT
AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday fired Yury Luzhkov, ending the 18-year rule of the Moscow mayor who gave the crumbling metropolis a glamorous facelift but was maligned for outdated values and bellicose posturing. Full Story
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Segway owner dies after falling off river cliff
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:17 pm PDT
AP - All police found at the bottom of a cliff was a man's body in a frigid river and a Segway, the two-wheeled electric device that was supposed to revolutionize personal transport. Full Story
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Nigeria: Flood ruins crops as food remains scarce
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:54 pm PDT
AP - After water nearly overtook his village in northern Nigeria, Ali Gudinchin jumped into the rushing flood with a knife, cutting away ears of corn from stalks barely rising above the muddy surface. Full Story
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North Korea Braces for Kim Jong Un's Congress Debut
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:40 pm PDT
Time.com - The extremely rare staging of a ruling-party congress in Pyongyang this week has regime watchers guessing that Kim Jong Il is preparing the path to power of his son, Kim Jong Un Full Story
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Russian president fires defiant Moscow mayor
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:56 pm PDT
Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday sacked a powerful political opponent, veteran Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, who criticized the Kremlin and then defied mounting pressure to resign. Full Story
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Former Gaza settlers moving into desert community
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:20 pm PDT
AP - It took five years, but on Monday, five families who lost their homes when Israel withdrew from the Gaza Strip in 2005 moved into their new houses — not far from their old ones. Full Story
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Chavez says Venezuela studying nuclear energy program
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 08:49 pm PDT
AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Monday that his government is carrying out initial studies into starting a nuclear energy program. Full Story
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Nigerian legislators say ready to postpone elections
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:56 pm PDT
AFP - A key Nigerian lawmaker said Monday parliament was willing to amend the constitution to postpone presidential elections scheduled for January over concerns there was not enough time to prepare. Full Story
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Suicide attack kills Afghan official, 5 others: police
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:33 pm PDT
AFP - A suicide bombing on Tuesday killed a deputy Afghan governor and five other people in a direct attack on his vehicle in the volatile south of the country, police said. Full Story
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Canada vows to protect recovery but end stimulus
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 11:07 am PDT
Reuters - Canada's government said on Monday it would take action as needed to protect the shaky economic recovery, but resisted pressure to prolong stimulus spending as its focus turns to tackling its budget deficit. Full Story
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Australia troops to be charged over Afghan deaths
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:12 am PDT
AFP - Three Australian soldiers will face charges including manslaughter over a raid in Afghanistan that left five children dead, Australia's chief military prosecutor said on Monday. Full Story
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Burma says Aung San Suu Kyi can vote. But will house arrest continue?
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:58 pm PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - Military-ruled Burma (Myanmar) has said the country’s most famous dissident will be allowed to vote in November elections, the first since an annulled 1990 ballot. Full Story
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Russia Calls for Cooperation on Arctic Oil Ownership
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:40 pm PDT
Time.com - After years of saying it was willing to fight for ownership of the Arctic -- and the untapped oil reserves below it -- Russia is now calling for cooperation. But will it keep its word? Full Story
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Attendance of Kim Jong-un at North Korean conference uncertain
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:17 pm PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - Excitement surrounding the first North Korea’s Workers’ Party conference in 44 years is building to what analysts expect will be a climax Tuesday of rhetoric and celebrations in Pyongyang. Full Story
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Colder Weather, Disease Threaten Pakistan's Displaced
Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:57 pm PDT
OneWorld.net - QUETTA, Sep 27 (IRIN) - Inside their tent at a camp on the outskirts of Quetta, capital of the southwestern province of Balochistan, Meraj Sindhu helps his wife wrap their six-month-old son and two-year-old daughter in thin cloths widely used in Sindh Province as head scarves or turbans. Full Story
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