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10 Killed in NW Pakistan

Posted September 1st, 2011 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
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Pakistani authorities say 10 people were killed Thursday in two separate attacks in the country’s volatile northwest. Local police said that in the first attack in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, a suicide car bomber blew himself up as he approached a police station. The blast killed the bomber and two civilians and […]

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Rubens Stolen in Belgium, Found in Greece

Posted September 1st, 2011 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
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Greek officials say police have recovered a valuable 17th century painting by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens, which was stolen a decade ago in Belgium. Two Greeks have been arrested in the operation when they allegedly tried to sell the work to undercover police agents. A culture ministry statement says the artwork was stolen in […]

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Oil Price Edges Up

Posted September 1st, 2011 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
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Here are the prices of some key commodities traded in New York on Thursday: Crude oil edged up 12 cents to close at $88.93 a barrel. Coffee increased more than a penny to end at $2.91 per pound. Copper fell more than 4 cents to finish at $4.14 a pound. Cocoa futures dropped $38 to […]

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Leaked UN Report Finds Israel’s Gaza Blockade ‘Legal,’ But Faults Marmara Raid

Posted September 1st, 2011 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
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The New York Times has published what is says is a leaked copy of a U.N. panel’s report which found that a deadly Israeli raid on a Turkish vessel attempting to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza last year to be “legal,” but also “excessive and unreasonable.” In the report, , the world body criticizes […]

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Bulgaria: Belarus Promises to Free All Political Prisoners

Posted September 1st, 2011 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Bulgaria’s foreign ministry says Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has promised to release all political prisoners within a month and a half. The ministry made the announcement Thursday, saying Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov met with Mr. Lukashenko in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, last week. There was no immediate comment from Belarus’ government. But in a […]

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Obama to Participate in UN General Assembly Later This Month

Posted September 1st, 2011 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
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U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to New York city on September 19 to attend the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. The White House says while in New York, Mr. Obama will also attend bilateral and multilateral meetings on the sidelines of the annual event. President Obama is to also speak at […]

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Oil Companies Evacuate Gulf Workers Under Storm Threat

Posted September 1st, 2011 at 3:26 pm (UTC-5)
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Oil companies began evacuating workers in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of what U.S. forecasters say could become a powerful storm. The National Hurricane Center says a low pressure system over the Gulf could develop into a tropical cyclone in the next two days. The potential threat to oil and gas platforms off the southern […]

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Suicide Bomber Kills 2 in Northwest Pakistan

Posted September 1st, 2011 at 3:00 pm (UTC-5)
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Authorities in Pakistan say a suicide bomber has killed two people in Pakistan’s northwest. Police said they fired at the bomber’s vehicle as it approached a police station in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday. Despite taking fire, the driver detonated his explosives, killing himself and the two others. Several policemen were […]

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Paris Conference Charts Support for Post-Gadhafi Libya

Posted September 1st, 2011 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
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World powers attending a Paris conference are planning a course of action for Libya’s future that includes pledges to free up billions of dollars in frozen assets to help the country’s provisional authority. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon told the gathering that Libya’s public services are under severe strain, while sporadic fighting continues in some parts […]

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Vandals Deface Jewish Memorial in Poland

Posted September 1st, 2011 at 2:40 pm (UTC-5)
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Vandals in Poland have defaced a monument marking the mass murder of hundreds of Jews during World War Two. Police Thursday said the vandals used green paint to draw swastikas and write racist inscriptions on the walls of the monument, located in the town of Jedwabne . The monument honors the victims of the 1941 […]

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