Iran Said to Defuse Homemade Bomb on Domestic Flight (International Herald Tribune) TEHRAN (Reuters) – Security personnel defused a homemade bomb found on an aircraft during a domestic flight in Iran late Saturday, Iranian media said, two days after a mosque bombing killed 25 people in the country’s southeast. Iran defuses bomb on board domestic…
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Iran News – Iran Said to Defuse Homemade Bomb on Domestic Flight (International Herald Tribune)
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Somalia – Somalia: Nation ‘Taken Hostage’ By Continuing Fighting, Says UN Envoy (AllAfrica.com)
Somalia: Nation ‘Taken Hostage’ By Continuing Fighting, Says UN Envoy (AllAfrica.com) New York Somalia has been “taken hostage” by fighting, the top United Nations envoy to the Horn of Africa nation, whose capital has been the scene of clashes between Government forces and opposition militias, said today. Somalia: Islamic Courts Condemns the Killing of Insurgent…
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Eastern Europe – Slovenian Cup final result (Yahoo! Canada Sports)
Slovenian Cup final result (Yahoo! Canada Sports) Slovenian Cup final result on Saturday. Koper 1 Interblock Ljubljana 2 Greek ex king has heart surgery in London (AFP via Yahoo! News) The former king Constantine of Greece has had heart surgery in a London hospital, his doctor said Saturday. Greek Festival brings sights and sounds of…
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Turkey – Interfaith group plants a garden – New Haven Register
Interfaith group plants a garden – New Haven RegisterWEST HAVEN The sun shone down Saturday afternoon on neatly planted rows of flowers and vegetables, each section labeled in Turkish and English, as an interfaith group gathered to sing, pray and celebrate what they had accomplished by working Two More Influenza A/h1n1 Cases Confirmed In Turkey…
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Iraq – Saudis rebuff Iraq over insurgency (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Saudis rebuff Iraq over insurgency (AFP via Yahoo! News) Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz has rejected charges by the Iraqi government that Riyadh was allowing Saudis to join Iraq’s Sunni insurgency, a newspaper reported on Saturday. Iraq arrests top ex-official in crackdown on corruption (Arizona Daily Star) BAGHDAD Iraq’s former trade minister was…
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Southeast Asia – US defense chief in Manila on Sunday (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
US defense chief in Manila on Sunday (Philippine Daily Inquirer) United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to arrive in Manila at 6 p.m. on Sunday, according to an advisory issued by the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). Philippines, Korea to sign 10 trade, labour deals (Asia News Network) During the visit of President…
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Southeast Asia – Vietnam, Cambodia: two border gates to be upgraded (Vietnam Net)
Vietnam, Cambodia: two border gates to be upgraded (Vietnam Net) Two border gates in the southern province of Kien Giang in Vietnam and Kampot province in Cambodia will be upgraded to become national border gates. They are Giang Thanh border gate of Kien Giang and Ton Hon border gate of Kampot. Thai boats, crew held…
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Middle East News – Israel defies US demand on settlements
Israel defies US demand on settlementsThe disagreement between the allies deepened when Barack Obama stressed the American call for a freeze on all settlements in occupied territory, as the Jewish state brushed away such demands Oil market cautious before Opec meetingSaudi oil minister Ali Naimi says Opec will “probably stay the course”, suggesting that the…
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South Africa Politics and News Monitor – Whales Killed At Kommitjie In South Africa (VIDEO) (The Huffington Post)
Whales Killed At Kommitjie In South Africa (VIDEO) (The Huffington Post) CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Authorities shot dozens of exhausted whales that beached on a shore near South Africa’s storm-lashed southern tip Saturday amid scenes of grief and despair from volunteers who had tried to save them. Hockeyroos clean-up South Africa (The West…
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Asia Pacific News – Japan’s wartime sentiment toward China (The Japan Times)
Japan’s wartime sentiment toward China (The Japan Times) NEW YORK — What were the Japanese saying when their country plunged into a war in 1937 that would last eight years and end in utter defeat? The question came to mind when I stumbled on “Showa 12 Nen no ‘Shukan Bunshun’ ” (Bungei Shunju, 2007), an…
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