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 AP - Pro-government crowds swarmed outside the battered home of a key Iranian opposition leader Friday after militiamen attacked with firebombs and beat a bodyguard unconscious in a brazen message of intimidation and pinpoint pressure on dissent. |
| Mobs attack home of Iranian opposition leader
(AP)
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 AP - A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand's South Island early Saturday and caused widespread damage, but there were just two reports of serious injuries. Looters broke into some damaged shops in Christchurch, police said. |
| Powerful 7.1 quake hits New Zealand's South Island
(AP)
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 AP - A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officials said. |
| UPS cargo plane crashes near Dubai airport
(AP)
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![A visitor points with am umbrella at a poster of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, painted by North Korean defector Sun Moo, at the Korea War Museum in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. The Obama administration expanded sanctions against North Korea on Monday by freezing assets of individuals, companies and organizations allegedly linked to support for Pyongyang's nuclear program.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)]() AP - North Korea is preparing its largest political meeting in 30 years, and leader Kim Jong Il is expected to appoint a son to a key Workers Party position in what would be the strongest sign yet of a succession movement in the secretive communist country. |
| Will heir be unveiled at North Korean convention?
(AP)
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 AP - 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. |
| Government: Mozambique lost $3M because of riots
(AP)
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| Time.com - After a notable absence, the Secretary of State has been a very visible presence at the current negotiations. Will it pay off? |
| Hillary Clinton's Role in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks
(Time.com)
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 AFP - Former ministers called Friday for new inquiries into phone-hacking by a Rupert Murdoch-owned newspaper amid fresh criticism of the tabloid's ex-editor, who is now a top government advisor. |
| Fresh probe urged into phone-hacking row
(AFP)
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 AP - Posters supporting Egypt's intelligence chief as a candidate in next year's presidential election were removed from Cairo's streets hours after they appeared, while an independent newspaper was ordered to pull reports of the campaign from its pages, officials said Friday. |
| Posters for Egypt's spy chief as president removed
(AP)
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 AP - A Honduran who survived the massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico helped untie the only other survivor — a wounded Ecuadorean — and the two fled together, an official said Friday. |
| Official: Honduran helped massacre survivor flee
(AP)
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 AFP - China beat South Africa 4-1 to get off the mark at the third attempt, England drew with South Korea, and Argentina dished out a 4-0 rout to Spain at the women's field hockey World Cup on Friday. |
| China register field hockey win, Argentina rout Spain
(AFP)
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 AFP - A state of emergency was declared in New Zealand's second largest city Christchurch after a powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck before dawn on Saturday, causing widespread damage. |
| State of emergency follows 7.0 quake in New Zealand
(AFP)
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| Reuters - Chinese officials have ordered state companies to meet investment bankers to explore ways to block BHP Billiton's $39 billion bid for Potash Corp, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said. |
| China tells state firms to explore Potash bid: source
(Reuters)
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 AP - Whether or not she emerges as winner following recent elections, Australia's first woman prime minister will have led the nation's oldest political party to one of the lowest points in its 119-year history. |
| 1st Australian female PM leads party to low point
(AP)
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| McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — Jewish settlers across the West Bank have vowed to begin construction in more than 60 locations, posing a direct challenge to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he returned home from Thursday's first round of direct peace talks in Washington. |
| Settlers defy Netanyahu with vow to begin construction
(McClatchy Newspapers)
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| The Christian Science Monitor - When Israeli-Palestinian peace talks move beyond today's summit in Washington, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will face a tough balancing act as even his allies at home push back against US and Israeli pressures. |
| Abbas agrees to fresh Israeli-Palestinian talks in Egypt, but has little support at home
(The Christian Science Monitor)
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