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- Typhoon changes course, to only clip Philippines
- Brown falls out with media (AFP)
- Bangladesh police say border guards 'murdered' (AFP)
- Tsunami-hit Samoa plans mass burial
- Gaza report vote delay angers Hamas
- Singapore watch heist thief jailed nine years (AFP)
- Last leader of Warsaw Jewish Ghetto Uprising dies at 87
- Vanishing Arctic ice shows no sign of returning
- Will Obama return to Copenhagen for climate talks?
- France Acts as Diplomatic Hawk
- Germany Pressured Over Iran Trade
- Obama meets with Afghanistan commander in Denmark (AP)
- Argentina prosecutor requests Menem arrest
- In Anbar, U.S.-Allied Tribal Chiefs Feel Deep Sense of Abandonment
- Consternation in India Over $23,000 Commemorative Gandhi Pen
- Corruption, Shortage of Mentors Hinder Afghan Forces, U.S. Says
- For Obama, No Payoff From Gamble of a Personal Pitch
- Pakistan Plans Key Offensive
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- Indonesia quake levels villages, eight trapped in hotel
| Typhoon changes course, to only clip Philippines Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:44 PM PDT MANILA (Reuters) - A powerful typhoon bearing down on the Philippines may not be as destructive as feared since it has changed course and should only clip the far north of the archipelago later on Saturday, officials said.
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| Brown falls out with media (AFP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:09 PM PDT
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| Bangladesh police say border guards 'murdered' (AFP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:55 PM PDT
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| Tsunami-hit Samoa plans mass burial Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:44 PM PDT Survivors live in fear of outbreak of diseases as death toll nears 200.
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| Gaza report vote delay angers Hamas Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:41 PM PDT Palestinian Authority accused of "betrayal" for backing delay in voting on report.
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| Singapore watch heist thief jailed nine years (AFP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:38 PM PDT
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| Last leader of Warsaw Jewish Ghetto Uprising dies at 87 Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:40 PM PDT WARSAW (Reuters) - The last leader of the wartime Jewish uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland, Marek Edelman, died in Warsaw on Friday at the age of 87, friends said.
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| Vanishing Arctic ice shows no sign of returning Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:40 PM PDT ON BOARD COAST GUARD FLIGHT ABOVE BEAUFORT SEA (Reuters) - Out in the Arctic Ocean, about 200 miles (322 km ) north of the nearest human settlement, the future of the world's climate is written in the patterns of ice patches on the water's surface.
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| Will Obama return to Copenhagen for climate talks? Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:40 PM PDT COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama came to Denmark to promote Chicago's Olympic bid, but will he come back to push for a treaty to save the world from climate change?
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| France Acts as Diplomatic Hawk Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:26 PM PDT France is trying its hand at pit-bull diplomacy with Iran, saying Tehran must prove by December that it isn't building a nuclear weapon or face sanctions.
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| Germany Pressured Over Iran Trade Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:36 PM PDT German companies are coming under growing pressure to cut or reduce ties with Iran, long a key trading partner that relies heavily on German engineering and equipment.
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| Obama meets with Afghanistan commander in Denmark (AP) Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:45 PM PDT
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| Argentina prosecutor requests Menem arrest Posted: 02 Oct 2009 05:26 PM PDT BUENOS AIRES An Argentine prosecutor asked an appeals court to detain former president Carlos Menem over allegations he helped obstruct an investigation into a deadly 1994 attack on a building housing Jewish charities.
As a sitting senator, Memen, 79, has judicial
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| In Anbar, U.S.-Allied Tribal Chiefs Feel Deep Sense of Abandonment Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT RAMADI, Iraq -- There was once a swagger to the scotch-swilling, insurgent-fighting Raed Sabah. He was known as Sheik Raed to his sycophants. Tribesmen who relied on his largess called him the same. So did his fighters, who joined the Americans and helped crush the insurgency in Anbar province. 
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| Consternation in India Over $23,000 Commemorative Gandhi Pen Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT NEW DELHI, Oct. 2 -- Images of Mohandas K. Gandhi, the father of modern India and an icon of asceticism and nonviolence, have ended up in some unlikely places before, including in ads for Apple computers and on counterculture T-shirts.
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| Corruption, Shortage of Mentors Hinder Afghan Forces, U.S. Says Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT As the White House weighs a request from the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan for additional troops for combat and training there, a new report from the Defense Department's inspector general attributes shortcomings in the Afghan army and police force to a shortage of U.S. mentors and trainers,...
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| For Obama, No Payoff From Gamble of a Personal Pitch Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT From the beginning, it was a gamble. When President Obama decided to lend the prestige of his office and his charisma to Chicago's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, the hope was that a personal appeal from the leader of the United States would guarantee success for his adopted home town.
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| Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT Pakistan's military is preparing for what may be one of its most significant offensives in years against a major Taliban stronghold near Afghanistan, according to Pakistani and U.S. officials and local residents.
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| Indonesia quake levels villages, eight trapped in hotel Posted: 02 Oct 2009 09:48 PM PDT PADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Eight people were believed to be still alive in the ruins of a hotel on Saturday, nearly three days after a strong quake hit Indonesia's port city of Padang.
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