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- Mafia boss found on chicken farm
- Abdullah announcement awaited as Afghan elders meet
- Senior Iran reformer freed on bail - report
- Russians protest for human rights
- Japan foreign min to meet Clinton over U.S. bases - Kyodo
- Mubarak avoids talk of succession
- Russian police detain 50 at human rights protest
- S. Sudan president makes first call for independence
- Canadian police arrest two men sought by FBI
- Afghan vote in the balance, Abdullah may not run
- Clinton urges Abbas to talk without settlement halt
- U.S. sends China Uighurs from Guantanamo to Taiwan ally
- Obama's Afghan decision not likely before Nov. 11
- Guyana police accused of burning boy's genitals
- Halloween's rising global profile
- Clinton urges new Mid-East talks
- Six bodies at US rapist's house
- Serbian anti-drugs police arrest 500
- Ransom demanded for yacht couple
- Camorra boss seized in farm raid
| Mafia boss found on chicken farm Posted: 01 Nov 2009 12:00 AM PDT Italian police have captured one of the country's most wanted mafia fugitives during a raid on a farm near Naples.
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| Abdullah announcement awaited as Afghan elders meet Posted: 31 Oct 2009 11:48 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Pressure grew on Afghan President Hamid Karzai's rival Abdullah Abdullah on Sunday to pull out of an election run-off as his supporters gathered to chart their next step in a protracted and complicated campaign.
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| Senior Iran reformer freed on bail - report Posted: 31 Oct 2009 11:48 PM PDT TEHRAN (Reuters) - An adviser to pro-reform Iranian cleric Mehdi Karoubi has been freed on bail, media reported on Sunday, almost eight weeks after he was detained.
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| Russians protest for human rights Posted: 31 Oct 2009 10:37 PM PDT Russian police say they've arrested 50 people who took part in an illegal human rights protest in Moscow.
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| Japan foreign min to meet Clinton over U.S. bases - Kyodo Posted: 31 Oct 2009 10:15 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's foreign minister will meet his U.S. counterpart on Friday for talks expected to focus on a row over the reorganisation of U.S. military bases in Japan, the Kyodo news agency reported on Sunday.
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| Mubarak avoids talk of succession Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:15 PM PDT The Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, has promised further domestic reforms at the annual conference of his ruling National Democratic Party in Cairo.
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| Russian police detain 50 at human rights protest Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:15 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police said they detained at least 50 people on Saturday at an unsanctioned human rights protest in central Moscow, but protesters put the number higher.
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| S. Sudan president makes first call for independence Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:15 PM PDT JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - South Sudan's president on Saturday urged southerners to vote for independence in a referendum if they wanted to be free, the closest he has come to calling publicly for the separation of the oil-producing region.
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| Canadian police arrest two men sought by FBI Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:15 PM PDT TORONTO (Reuters) - Two men sought by the FBI and linked to a Detroit Muslim leader killed by U.S. authorities were arrested in Windsor, Ontario on Saturday, Canadian police said.
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| Afghan vote in the balance, Abdullah may not run Posted: 31 Oct 2009 08:45 PM PDT KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's election rival, Abdullah Abdullah, will announce on Sunday whether he will take part in next week's run-off vote, as Western diplomats said he was leaning toward pulling out.
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| Clinton urges Abbas to talk without settlement halt Posted: 31 Oct 2009 08:45 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton turned U.S. pressure on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday when she endorsed Israel's view that its expansion of settlements on occupied land should not be a bar to resuming peace talks.
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| U.S. sends China Uighurs from Guantanamo to Taiwan ally Posted: 31 Oct 2009 08:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has sent six Uighur Chinese detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay to the Pacific island nation of Palau, the U.S. Justice Department said on Saturday.
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| Obama's Afghan decision not likely before Nov. 11 Posted: 31 Oct 2009 08:14 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama is unlikely to make a decision on his Afghanistan strategy and sending thousands more troops there before he embarks on his trip to Asia on Nov. 11, a senior administration official said on Saturday.
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| Guyana police accused of burning boy's genitals Posted: 31 Oct 2009 08:14 PM PDT GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Reuters) - Police in Guyana said on Saturday two officers had been arrested over accusations of setting fire to a 14-year-old boy's genitals in a case creating an uproar in the South American nation.
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| Halloween's rising global profile Posted: 31 Oct 2009 06:50 PM PDT The BBC's Ben Tornquist investigates the growing global profile of Halloween celebrations, and the commercialisation of the phenomenon.
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| Clinton urges new Mid-East talks Posted: 31 Oct 2009 06:26 PM PDT US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged the Israelis and Palestinians to restart talks "as soon as possible".
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| Six bodies at US rapist's house Posted: 31 Oct 2009 06:27 PM PDT Six bodies have been found at the home of a convicted rapist in the US city of Cleveland, Ohio, authorities say.
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| Serbian anti-drugs police arrest 500 Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:25 PM PDT Police in Serbia say they have arrested more than 500 people in what they say is the country's biggest ever anti-drugs operation.
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| Ransom demanded for yacht couple Posted: 31 Oct 2009 09:47 AM PDT Somali pirates who have kidnapped a couple from Kent have issued a ransom demand of $7m (£4.3m) in a call to the BBC.
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| Camorra boss seized in farm raid Posted: 31 Oct 2009 12:05 PM PDT Italian police have captured one of the country's most wanted mafia fugitives during a raid on a chicken farm near the southern city of Naples.
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