Sep 5, 2010
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- Future hiring will mainly benefit the high-skilled (AP)
- Congo boat catches fire, capsizes; 200 feared dead (AP)
- 9 years gone, everyone's a ground zero stakeholder (AP)
- Guatemala mudslides kill at least 38; 2 buses hit (AP)
- Chile mine disaster exposes old family feuds (AP)
- Want cheapskates to spend? Hawk gizmos that save (AP)
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- BP: Crews lifting device from Gulf face delay (AP)
- Suicide car bomb explodes in Baghdad kills 8 (AP)
- Speaker-in-waiting Boehner balances GOP factions (AP)
- Israel unlikely to extend current settlement curbs (AP)
- Craigslist strikes adult services under pressure (AP)
- Basque separatists ETA announce cease-fire (AP)
ENTERTAINMENT
- Kanye West: 'I bled hard' over Swift debacle (AP)
- Comedian Robert Schimmel dies after car accident (AP)
- Irreverent Cuban movie promises zombie revolution (AP)
- Jessica Simpson: Beau Eric Johnson Is a "Wonderful Man" (omg!)
- Bristol Palin tells Leno 'Dancing' choice was easy (AP)
- Witness recants statements in Anna Nicole case (AP)
Kylie Minogue's bottom is back in action for new music video
Kylie's bum, 42, pokes out under a red silk dressing gown and sits just above a pair of red-leather thigh boots in the vid for single Get Outta My Way.
The derriere from Down Under then slips out of its gown with only a red corset hiding its cute blushing cheeks.
Vanuatu Quake Creates South Pacific Tsunami
A small tsunami measuring about 10 inches in height did wash up on Port Vila, but there were no reports of damage from it.
One police spokesman told reporters that it was the Residents of the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu ran for higher ground as the country’s capital was rocked by a powerful 7.3 magnitude quake.
A small tsunami measuring about 10 inches in height did wash up on Port Vila, but there were no reports of damage from it.
Extinct, King Koopa-Style Giant Turtle Found on Pacific Island | Wired Science
FIFA.com - Twin threat inspires Vanuatu
Erupting Vanuatu volcano lures thrill-seeking tourists
MOUNT YASUR, Vanuatu — As the Mount Yasur volcano cracks like thunder, spewing molten rock and billowing clouds of ash, it sends a warm rush of air to tourists watching from its rim.
Amid the roars from the abyss, the hiss of steam, and the thud of large pieces of magma hitting the ashen dust on the other side of the vent, more visitors arrive to view the eruptions in the pre-dawn dark.
Paul Hogan is free to leave Australia after ATO deal
PAUL HOGAN is free to leave the country after reaching an agreement with the Tax Office.
His lawyer, Andrew Robinson, said yesterday that the actor and the Tax Office had agreed on terms, including Hogan providing security, but he did not specify the amount.
Vanuatu's first HIV patient speaks out
When Irene Malachi became the first person in Vanuatu to be diagnosed with HIV, people spat on her on the street.She was sacked from her job, her husband left, and the doctors did not know how to treat her.But Mrs Malachi did not turn her back on the community which had rejected her.
Robert Agius denies defraud plot
Corriere della Sera News International
“Sakineh was Tortured” Says Son – Appeal to Europe to Keep Up Pressure on Iran
Interview with son of woman sentenced to stoning for adulteryBlack Swan Opens Venice Film Festival
Standing ovation for Italy’s head of stateGovernment Left President in Dark about Gheddafi Visit
No notice to Quirinale from Prime Minister’s Office or Foreign MinistryBerlusconi Says Wound Has Healed – Deniers Belong to Past
Gheddafi replies that Italy has so far had too little respect for Libyans’ suffering and praises “brave” Berlusconi“Islam is Europe’s Religion” Says Gheddafi to Meeting in Rome
Five hundred women recruited through agency for lecture on Koran. Three convertsMuslims Miss Out as Eight Per Thousand Contribution is Extended
Imam calls for co-operation with Islamic moderatesAtalanta Fans at Berghem Fest Attack Interior Minister Maroni with Smoke Flares
Protest against fan ID card. Maroni: “I’m not talking to them. They can forget about going to matches”When Wall Street Eats Italian
Eataly complex opens in New York as analysts and stockbrokers queue for jobsParents Are Taking Over Children’s University Applications
Seven in ten enquiries come from family members. Charges of mollycoddling rejectedBerlusconi Tells Party Activists to Get Ready for Election
Premier says creation of Fini groups in Parliament is a paradox. Majority’s cohesion to be testedBerlusconi Counters with Confidence Vote on Four Key Issues
September clash on justice, taxes, federalism and southern ItalyBerlusconi’s Call to Get Ready for Elections
After abstentions on Caliendo vote, PM says: “A black page for Fini’s supporters. We go to the country at the first incident”Maroni: Situation Out of Hand - Autumn Election if Government Falls
“The Northern League-PDL pact is written in stone. Napolitano could look for an alternative but he wouldn’t find one”.Italy and BP Scare - Moratorium on Drilling in Mediterranean
First wells in Libyan project 600 kilometres off Sicily to be drilled “within weeks”Survivor Imma: “Lying under Rubble, I Thought about Mum and Dad”
Girl, 10, says she is “not happy about how it ended”. Doctors say she could leave hospital soonPravda World News
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Why Does Everyone Talk About the Importance of Education but Few Do Something to Improve It?
Hypothetically, imagine the situation in Brazil after receiving two atomic bombs in any war. Imagine further, that all the pride of the country has been devastated, like its infrastructure and economic and social development. Compounding this scenario of pure imagination, imagine that Brazil has no wealth of natural resources (anything from the...
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Will Armenia and Turkey Shake Hands Ever?
It seems that it would be possible, without abandoning their positions, to establish diplomatic relations, open borders, and address other specific issues. But the mutual distrust in both countries is a serious constraint in the normalization of relations. In Armenia, there is a concern that the settlement of relations with Turkey could lead to...
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Arctic: Canada's Sabre-Rattling and Russia’s Strategic Interests
The recently completed Operation Nanook (August 6 to 26), an operation which Canada began after Russia made claims to Arctic territories in 2007, involved an unprecedented degree of collaboration among military forces from Canada, the USA and Denmark: NATO member states. Yet is there not a commercial interest behind the sabre-rattling?
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Doomsday Scenario: Food Prices to Shoot Through the Roof
The worst weather on record coupled with the practice of speculation in the commodities markets are set to send food prices skyrocketing, bringing misery and starvation to large swathes of the world’s population. Are we set to see food riots this winter?
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The European Justice: Blame Only The Serbs
Deportation of Veselin Vlahovic, who is accused of war crimes in former Yugoslavia, from Spain to Bosnia, became one of the main news of the last week. A native of Montenegro, Veselin Vlahovic is accused of murdering over a hundred people, as well as rape and torture. In addition to war crimes he was involved in robberies and burglaries in Spain...
Now, a 'crystal ball' to predict climate change effects
Soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle near US-Mexico border
A shootout between soldiers and purported drug cartel gunmen killed 25 suspects in northern Tamaulipas state, near Mexico's border with Texas, the military said.
Mexico plane crash kills 6, including 2 lawmakers, mayor
Indian woman burns herself to death over failed marriage
A young Indian woman in the UK burned herself to death to escape the shame of her failing marriage in Leicester, a judicial inquiry was told.
24-year-old Harsimrat Kaur Bains moved from India to marry Dalvinder Bains, 30, in 2007 but soon began complaining of domestic abuse.
One killed, three injured in Israeli air strikes
5 killed, 39 injured in suicide attack in Russia
Nepal fails to elect PM in 6th run-off poll
Nine killed in New Zealand's worst plane crash
20 killed in Guatemala floods, President Alvaro Colom declares emergency
'Iran orders 99 lashes for woman facing execution'
Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, has also been sentenced to 99 lashes for a photo published of her without a headscarf, according to her son.
In an interview published on the website of the French magazine La Regle du Jeu and the blog Dentelles et Tchador, Mohammadi-Ashtiani's son Sajjad said they learned of the new punishment from released inmates.
LE FIGARO International News in French, Sep 05, 2010
Proche-Orient : les nouvelles règles du jeu des négociations
Les Américains interviennent pour la première fois dès le début dans les tractations entre Israéliens et Palestiniens.
» Proche-Orient : accord pour des négociations régulières
International Events, Der Spiegel
An Unsettled Issue
Israeli Settlement Construction Booms Despite Ban
In Washington, the Israelis and Palestinians are discussing peace, but in the Jewish settlements in the West Bank, construction is proceeding at full speed. A legal ban is being ignored and the government is looking away. The thousands of new homes could hinder reconciliation. By Juliane von Mittelstaedt in Jerusalem more...Readers Respond to Criticism of Obama
'Remaking the US into Europe Would Be a Disaster'
Has US policy become too European in its approach to fighting the crisis? A German economist's criticism of President Obama's European-style stimulus package has prompted a flood of letters from SPIEGEL ONLINE readers. Here's a selection of the best comments. more...The Czar's Lost Gold
Russian Submarine Hunts Clues to Century-Old Mystery
Legend has it that almost a century ago a series of railway wagons stuffed with gold sank into the depths of a lake in Siberia. This week, researchers, exploring the depths by submarine, may have found the Russian royals' lost gold. By Benjamin Bidder in Moscow more...World News, Washington Times
Featured Articles
NATO deputy rues early optimism on Marjah
By Kimberly Dozier - Associated PressNATO commanders were overly optimistic when they predicted quick success taking the key Taliban-held town of Marjah last winter, the outgoing deputy commander said. Published 12:00 a.m. September 5, 2010 - 0 Comments
Shoes, eggs hurled at Tony Blair in Dublin
By John Heaney - Associated PressProtesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday at Tony Blair who held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in Ireland's capital. Hundreds more people lined up to have their books autographed — evidence that the divisions left by Blair's decade as British leader have yet to heal. Published 2:07 p.m. September 4, 2010 - 2 Comments
U.N. report on Congo genocide strengthened
By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington TimesA draft U.N. report accusing the Rwandan army of massacring Hutus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the 1990s is corroborated by findings of an international human rights group. Published 2:55 p.m. September 3, 2010 - 5 Comments
- New Zealand hit by 7.1 quake; 2 injured
By Robert Griffith - Associated Pressupdated 19 hours, 56 minutes agoChimneys and walls crumbled to the ground, roads cracked in half and residents were knocked off their feet as a powerful magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked New Zealand's South Island early Saturday. The prime minister said it was a miracle no one was killed. Published 2:12 p.m. September 3, 2010 - 2 Comments
- Death toll rises to 65 in attack on Pakistanis
By Abdul Sattar - Associated Pressupdated 19 hours, 30 minutes agoThe death toll from a Pakistani Taliban suicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession rose from 43 to 65 overnight as critically wounded people died in hospitals, police said Saturday. Published 9:27 a.m. September 3, 2010 - 4 Comments
- Judge orders alleged kingpin 'La Barbie' held
By Associated PressA judge has ordered a U.S.-born suspected drug lord known as "La Barbie" held for 40 days pending an investigation into organized crime and other possible charges, authorities announced Saturday. Published 11:16 a.m. September 4, 2010 - 1 Comments
- U.N. nuclear chief asks Israel to join treaty
By Veronika Oleksyn - Associated PressThe head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has asked Israel to consider signing up to the nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, according to a report made public Friday, in a boost to Arab-led pressure on the Jewish state to join the pact. Published 1:50 p.m. September 3, 2010 - 5 Comments
Sep 4, 2010
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In Middle East Peace Talks, Clinton Faces a Crucial Test
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Syria’s Solidarity With Islamists Ends at Home
By KAREEM FAHIM
2 Bombings Kill 10 People in Afghanistan
By ADAM B. ELLICK 14 minutes ago
U.N. Raises Concerns as Global Food Prices Jump
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR
30 False Fronts Won Contracts for Blackwater
By JAMES RISEN and MARK MAZZETTI
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South Korea’s Foreign Minister Offers Resignation
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Italian Cities Plan to Shut Roma Camps
By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO
7.1 Earthquake Hits New Zealand
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Military Memo
Defense Secretary Offers Cautious Views on Wars
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
H.I.V. Prevention Gel Hits Snag: Money
By CELIA W. DUGGER
Pessimism Permeates Mideast Media on Talks
By ETHAN BRONNER
Suicide Bomber Kills 53 at Shiite Protest
By SALMAN MASOOD
U.S. Withholds Millions in Mexico Antidrug Aid
By ELISABETH MALKIN and RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
Turkey May Let U.S. Equipment Pass
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Six Convicted of Sexual Crimes at Portuguese Children’s Home
By RAPHAEL MINDER
Attack in Tajikistan Highlights Fears of Militancy
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Lindsay Lohan said mother and child “didn’t move out of the way”
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“Lethal Weapon” series coming to Blu-ray with bonus material
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“Never Let Me Go” splits Telluride critics
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Jerry O’Connell glad to split duties with Jim Belushi on “The Defenders”
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Lindsay Lohan said mother and child “didn’t move out of the way”
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Pixar offers fans a look at “Newt” … which no longer is in development at the studio
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“Lethal Weapon” series coming to Blu-ray with bonus material
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“Never Let Me Go” splits Telluride critics
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Jerry O’Connell glad to split duties with Jim Belushi on “The Defenders”
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