New Zealand awaits challenge of Rugby World CupThe weather forecast for the seven-week Rugby World Cup is “unsettled.” A week from the opening match, the outlook for the tournament itself is murky, too. Brash slates National, says NZ under threatDon Brash wants the Bill of Rights changed to give home owners greater rights to do…
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Asia Pacific News – New Zealand awaits challenge of Rugby World Cup
Sep
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Lebanon Crisis Monitor – Syrian refugees seek shelter in Lebanon
Syrian refugees seek shelter in LebanonThousands of people have crossed the border into the impoverished region of Wadi Khaled, fleeing violence at home. Some are opposed to national defense strategy: BerriThere are elements in Lebanon who do not want to build a solid national defense strategy that would enable Lebanon to protect its maritime resources,…
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Sep
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North Africa – Libya: Head of Government to Attend ‘Friends of Libya’ Conference in Paris
Libya: Head of Government to Attend ‘Friends of Libya’ Conference in Paris Head of the Government, Abbas El Fassi, arrived Thursday in Paris accompanied by Foreign Minister Taib Fassi Fihri to represent Morocco at the Friends of Libya conference. Nigeria: Libya After Gaddafi Inspired by the successes recorded in Tunisia and Egypt in what is…
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Koreas – UN: Evidence Iran working on nuclear weapons
UN: Evidence Iran working on nuclear weaponsA report from the U.N. nuclear agency strengthens suspicions that like Iran North Korea turned to black market suppliers to set up its uranium enrichment plant. U.N. atom agency seeks rare Mideast nuclear talksVIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. nuclear agency has invited all its members, including Israel, Arab states…
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Sep
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Terrorism and Insurgency – Troops gun down guerrilla in Kashmir forest
Troops gun down guerrilla in Kashmir forestSrinagar, Sep 2 (IANS) A separatist guerrilla was killed Friday as government forces took on militants in a forest in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, an army spokesperson said. Insurgency in Iraq takes tollAt least 2,600 Iraqi civilians, police and soldiers and 35 US military personnel have been killed…
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Sep
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World News – General – Halliburton sues BP over disaster
Halliburton sues BP over disaster US oil services giant Halliburton sues BP for defamation over the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion. Libyans flock to see Gaddafi s homes People curious to see how Gaddafi regime lived are in numbers visiting the network of secret bunkers and homes that housed the regime Brazilian minister…
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Sep
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Iraq – Iraq to reopen probe of deadly U.S. raid
Iraq to reopen probe of deadly U.S. raidBAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq’s government will reopen an investigation into a 2006 raid in which U.S. forces killed at least 11 Iraqi civilians, including women and children, a spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Friday. FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, September 3Sept 3 (Reuters) – Following are…
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Somalia – UMNO s Somalia medical mission: genuine or publicity stunt?
UMNO s Somalia medical mission: genuine or publicity stunt?By BLACKHAWK By the time this article is published, the body of 39-year-old Noramfaizul Mohd Nor, Bernama s late cameraman, who had apparently followed UMNO Putra club s humanitarian mission to Somalia would have arrived in Malaysia. It is tragic, that apart from the hundreds of lives…
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Sep
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Pakistan – Pakistani man held in US for supporting LeT
Pakistani man held in US for supporting LeTWashington, Sep 3 (IANS) A Pakistan-born man living on the outskirts of Washington has been charged with providing material support to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the Pakistan based terrorist group behind the November 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Benefit offers relief for PakistanThe plea for help arrived in mid-August. Surendar Valasai…
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Sep
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China – Pre-Ice Age Giants: Wooly Rhino Fossil Found in Tibet – FOX News
Pre-Ice Age Giants: Wooly Rhino Fossil Found in Tibet – FOX NewsHigh on the Tibetan Plateau, paleontologists have uncovered the skull of a previously unknown species of ancient rhino, a woolly furred animal that came equipped with a built-in snow shovel on its face. This curiosity, a flat, paddle-like horn Tibet s new Chinese overlord:…
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