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Passengers jump out of plane in India after bad landing

AFP — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:44:00 PDT

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (AFP) - (AFP) - Terrified passengers jumped out of a plane in India on Monday after it skidded to halt on landing, trying to escape before emergency ladders were put in...

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Qaeda chief tells Saudi prince to expel non-Muslims

AFP — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:41:25 PDT

DUBAI (AFP) - (AFP) - A senior Saudi member of Al-Qaeda warned the interior minister that he should expel non-Muslims from the kingdom, among other demands to stop considering him a target, in an...

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Iran releases jailed HIV doctor: family source

AFP — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:38:48 PDT

WASHINGTON (AFP) - (AFP) - Iranian HIV doctor Arash Alaei has been released from jail in Tehran after spending more than three years behind bars for allegedly conspiring against the regime, his...

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Seven hurt in taxi attack outside Tel Aviv nightclub

AFP — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:36:47 PDT

JERUSALEM (AFP) - (AFP) - Seven people were wounded early Monday when a Palestinian crashed a stolen taxi into a group of border guards outside a Tel Aviv nightclub, then attacked them with a knife,...

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Saudi says Eid al-Fitr begins Tuesday

AFP — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:34:42 PDT

DUBAI (AFP) - (AFP) - Saudi Arabia announced Monday that the Eid al-Fitr feast marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan will be on Tuesday, in a statement aired on state television...

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Scotland won’t seek Lockerbie bomber extradition: leader

AFP — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:49:22 PDT

LONDON (AFP) - (AFP) - Scotland will not seek the extradition of the Lockerbie bomber from Libya's new government, First Minister Alex Salmond said Monday, adding many felt he should be left to die...

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Turkish military renews raids on PKK bases in Iraq: army

AFP — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:37:19 PDT

ANKARA (AFP) - (AFP) - Turkish jets bombed bases in northern Iraq used by the separatist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in a fresh campaign last week that killed as many as 160 rebels, the military...

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Iran atomic chief says fuel swap talks over: IRNA

AFP — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:32:17 PDT

TEHRAN (AFP) - (AFP) - Iran will no longer negotiate a nuclear fuel swap with some of the world powers, its atomic chief said on Monday, adding however that it is ready for closer cooperation with...

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Syrian forces kill six as Russian envoy visits

AFP — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:29:29 PDT

DAMASCUS (AFP) - (AFP) - Syrian security forces killed six people on Monday, activists said as a Russian envoy visited Damascus and the EU moved to ban oil imports from the country over its brutal...

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Victims of Baghdad mosque attack buried

AFP — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:24:41 PDT

BAGHDAD (AFP) - (AFP) - Dozens gathered at Baghdad's biggest Sunni mosque on Monday for the funeral of one of at least 28 people, including a lawmaker, killed in a suicide blast that has been blamed...

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