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US pastor defiant as Clinton slams Koran-burning (AFP)

yogesh — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:33:00 +0000

AFP – An evangelical pastor insisted his plans for a mass torching of the Koran would go ahead after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the “disgraceful” burning ceremony in Florida.

Philippine massacre ‘carefully planned’: witness (AFP)

vish0382 — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:32:59 +0000

AFP – A powerful Muslim clan carefully planned and carried out the killings of 57 people — including 30 journalists — in the Philippines’ worst massacre, a witness said Wednesday as the landmark trial began.

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Philippine massacre ‘carefully planned’: witness
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Thai plane searched in L.A. after bomb threat (Reuters)

kalpesh8188 — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:32:57 +0000

Reuters – Investigators found no evidence of a bomb aboard a Thai Airways flight on Tuesday after a written threat was discovered in a lavatory shortly before its arrival in Los Angeles, officials said.

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BP says Transocean missed danger signs on rig (Reuters)

vish0382 — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:32:56 +0000

Reuters – BP deflected much of the blame for a rig blast that led to the United States’ worst-ever oil spill, releasing an internal report on Wednesday which said that drilling contractor Transocean had missed danger signs.

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BP says Transocean missed danger signs on rig
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Clijsters, Venus win to set up marquee semifinal (AP)

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:32:55 +0000

AP – Nobody can say Kim Clijsters took an easy path to her U.S. Open title last year.

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Clijsters, Venus win to set up marquee semifinal
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China’s Hu calls for stable ties with US (AP)

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:32:54 +0000

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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China’s Hu calls for stable ties with US
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Chicago mayor race wide open as Daley steps aside (AP)

vish0382 — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:32:52 +0000

AP – Suddenly, the race for Chicago mayor is on. Mayor Richard M. Daley has thrown the competition for the city’s top job wide open by announcing he won’t run for a seventh term, ending 21 years of token opposition and prompting speculation about who’s next in line to lead the nation’s third largest city

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Chicago mayor race wide open as Daley steps aside
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BP: Multiple companies, teams contributed to spill (AP)

admin — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:32:51 +0000

AP – Oil giant BP PLC says in an internal report that multiple companies and work teams contributed to the massive Gulf of Mexico spill that fouled waters and shorelines for months.

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BP: Multiple companies, teams contributed to spill
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US terror training in Yemen reflects wider program (AP)

kalpesh8188 — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:32:49 +0000

AP – U.S. special operations forces are expanding their training of the Yemeni military as the Obama administration broadens its program to counter terrorism in countries reluctant to harbor a visible American military presence

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US terror training in Yemen reflects wider program
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Suspected US missile attacks rock NW Pakistan (AP)

vish0382 — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:32:48 +0000

AP – Two suspected U.S. missile strikes hit militant targets in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, bringing to six the number of such attacks in the region in less than a week.

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Suspected US missile attacks rock NW Pakistan
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