| At least 21 killed in Iran suicide attacks Posted: 16 Jul 2010 12:29 AM PDT TEHRAN (Reuters) - At least 21 people, including elite Revolutionary Guards, were killed and 100 wounded in two suicide bomb attacks at a prominent Shi'ite Muslim mosque in the southeast Iranian city of Zahedan Thursday, Iranian media reported. 
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| Blast in Pakistan’s Khyber region kills 6 Posted: 16 Jul 2010 12:08 AM PDT ISLAMABAD, July 16 — A bomb blast in a weekly bazaar killed six people in Pakistan's tribal region of Khyber on the Afghan border today, a senior government official said. "It's a remote area and what we got is it was bomb blast in which six people have been killed," Tariq Hayat Khan, security chief of tribal regions, told Reuters. — Reuters ... 
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| 27 killed in Iran twin suicide mosque bombings Posted: 16 Jul 2010 12:02 AM PDT TEHRAN, Friday 16 July 2010 (AFP) - Iran was Friday probing twin suicide bombings in a crowded Shiite mosque which killed 27 people in a southeastern province ravaged by a fierce Sunni insurgency despite the hanging of its leader. read more 
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| S.Korea, US to stage series of naval drills: ministry Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:47 PM PDT SEOUL, Friday 16 July 2010 (AFP) - South Korea and the United States will stage a series of naval exercises this year to deter North Korea following the sinking of one of Seoul's warships, the defence ministry said Friday. read more 
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| Ex-Solomons official to be tried in Australia for child sex Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:46 PM PDT SYDNEY, Friday 16 July 2010 (AFP) - Former Solomon Islands attorney-general Julian Moti will be tried in Australia for the alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl in Vanuatu after an appeals court Friday overturned a freeze on the case. read more 
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| Australian jailed for 28 years over China student murder Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:45 PM PDT SYDNEY, Friday 16 July 2010 (AFP) - An Australian man was jailed for 28 years Friday over a "reign of terror" against four foreign students in which a Chinese woman plunged to her death from a balcony in a desperate bid to escape. read more 
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| Curfew reimposed in Indian Kashmir Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:44 PM PDT SRINAGAR, Friday 16 July 2010 (AFP) - Indian security forces reinforced a strict curfew in Kashmir's main city Friday after their decision to briefly relax restrictions for the first time in five days led to huge street protests. read more 
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| Vietnam Agent Orange victim wants 'human response' to ongoing tragedy Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:42 PM PDT WASHINGTON, Friday 16 July 2010 (AFP) - At 23, Tran Thi Hoan dreams the dreams of a typical young woman: find a good job, start a family and, as a native of a country long ravaged by war, live in peace. read more 
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| Indonesia wins appeal against Tommy Suharto Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:41 PM PDT JAKARTA, Friday 16 July 2010 (AFP) - Indonesia's Supreme Court has reversed a decision to return 135 million dollars which had been seized from a company run by the youngest son of late military strongman Suharto, a judge said Friday. read more 
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| Philippines charges former minister with graft Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:40 PM PDT MANILA, Friday 16 July 2010 (AFP) - Philippine prosecutors on Friday charged a minister in former president Gloria Arroyo's administration with graft over a murky deal with a Chinese Internet firm, officials said. read more 
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| China hospital refuses to treat woman with HIV: co-worker Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:19 PM PDT BEIJING, Friday 16 July 2010 (AFP) - A Chinese hospital refused to treat a migrant worker seriously injured in a wage dispute after doctors found out the woman was HIV-positive, her co-worker said Friday. read more 
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| FACTBOX - How an Australian election works Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:58 PM PDT SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is likely to call an election on Saturday for August 28, public broadcaster ABC reported on Friday, quoting sources from the ruling Labor party. 
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| SNAP ANALYSIS - Australia faces election as economy hums Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:58 PM PDT SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australians will go to the polls to decide whether to re-elect a centrist Labor government for a second-term or a move back to a conservative government which ruled for 12 years until 2007. 
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| FEATURE - Chavez "communes" stoke Venezuela democracy debate Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:58 PM PDT CARACAS (Reuters) - Tucked into forested hills in southwest Caracas, a red-brick housing complex for the poor is a testing ground for Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's latest step to build socialism in the Latin American oil producer. 
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| Iran scientist was longtime informant - report Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:36 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Iranian nuclear scientist who says he was abducted a year ago by U.S. agents was an informant for the CIA inside Iran for several years, The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing U.S. officials. 
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| NEWSMAKER - Wounded Sen. Dodd guided Wall St reform to victory Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:36 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For Senator Christopher Dodd, approval of the Wall Street reform bill that he co-wrote closes out two turbulent years of remarkable legislative success -- an accomplishment often eclipsed by a career-ending political crisis. 
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| Australian PM set to call election for Aug 28 - ABC Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:05 PM PDT CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is likely to call an election on Saturday, broadcaster ABC said, taking advantage of a rebound in support for her party as it struggles to sell policies on the economy, resources, climate and asylum seekers. 
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| BP stops flow of oil into Gulf of Mexico Posted: 15 Jul 2010 11:05 PM PDT HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil is no longer spewing into the Gulf of Mexico -- at least temporarily -- as BP Plc said it choked off the flow from its undersea well that ruptured in April and caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history. U.S. Senate panel sets hearing on BP-Lockerbie case http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-16T091257Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501686-1sec=Worldupdates WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has scheduled a July 29 hearing into last year's release of a Libyan convicted for the 1988 bombing of an airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, and related actions by BP. Wall St reform passes, goes to Obama for signing http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-16T030830Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501616-3sec=Worldupdates WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress on Thursday approved the broadest overhaul of financial rules since the Great Depression and sent it to President Barack Obama to sign into law. Budget choices on AIDS funds threaten lives - report http://thestar.com.my/news/nastory.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-16T035138Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501655-1sec=Worldupdates LONDON (Reuters) - Reduced funds from rich donor nations to treat HIV/AIDS in poorer nations will ultimately lead to more graves and higher care costs for people who get sick while they wait for drugs, a leading charity said on Thursday. FACTBOX - A look at the costs of Afghan war to U.S. taxpayers http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-16T105732Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501700-1sec=Worldupdates (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's request for more money to pay for the war in Afghanistan is working its way through Congress slowly as lawmakers concentrate on other priorities and deal with scarce budget resources. NEWSMAKER - Australia PM heads to polls after reviving party http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-16T094110Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501684-1sec=Worldupdates SYDNEY (Reuters) - New Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has turned around the ruling Labor party's fortunes in just a few weeks and could now lead the government into a second term at an upcoming election. China faces worst floods in years, Japan on alert http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-15T184235Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501382-3sec=Worldupdates BEIJING/MANILA (Reuters) - Heavy rains and powerful winds battered East Asia on Thursday, pressing authorities to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people from their homes in Japan and putting China on alert for its worst floods in years. Fidel Castro, out of seclusion, appears again http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-16T062515Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501669-1sec=Worldupdates HAVANA (Reuters) - After four years in seclusion, Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has suddenly become Havana's man about town. Gulf residents relieved, wary, over BP well cap http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-16T043419Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501660-1sec=Worldupdates CUT OFF, La. (Reuters) - News that oil has stopped leaking from BP's blown-out well into the Gulf of Mexico spread a wave of relief on Thursday among coastal residents, but it failed to dispel concerns about the disaster's long-term impact. Flood-hit China braces for tropical storm http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-16T070934Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501670-1sec=Worldupdates BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday battened down to await the arrival of Typhoon Conson, downgraded to a tropical storm but still strong enough to wreak serious damage, as the death toll from flooding in other parts of the country mounted. Vatican toughens rules on sexual abuse of children http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-15T205809Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501477-2sec=Worldupdates VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican made sweeping revisions on Thursday it its laws on sexual abuse, doubling a statute of limitations for disciplinary action against priests and extending the use of fast-track procedures to defrock them. NY lawyer in terrorism case gets 10-year sentence http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-16T042340Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501649-2sec=Worldupdates NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York lawyer who helped a terrorism suspect smuggle messages to his followers from prison was sentenced to 10 years in prison on Thursday. U.S. court rules Chevron must get some film outtakes http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-16T045159Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501663-1sec=Worldupdates NEW YORK (Reuters) - A filmmaker must turn over to Chevron Corp key parts of raw footage from a documentary he made on the 17-year-old legal fight over oil pollution in the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday. U.S. Senate plan puts off space shuttle retirement http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-16T013743Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501627-1sec=Worldupdates WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate oversight committee unanimously passed a plan on Thursday to postpone retirement of the space shuttle as part of a job-saving compromise to the Obama administration's wish to end NASA's program to return astronauts to the moon. Amiable mood for N.Korea-UN military talks -officials http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-16T030910Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501648-1sec=Worldupdates SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean and U.N. Command officers held talks on Thursday on the sinking of a South Korean warship in an amiable mood, agreeing to continue dialogue, after Pyongyang had issued threats of war, officials said. Iran nuclear scientist returns home from U.S. http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-15T151955Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501359-5sec=Worldupdates TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian nuclear scientist who says he was abducted by CIA agents a year ago returned home from the United States early on Thursday saying he was pressured to lie about Iran's nuclear programme. U.S. Senate climate bill falls short of Copenhagen aim http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-16T030912Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501647-1sec=Worldupdates WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A scaled-back climate change bill Senate Democrats are considering would achieve far less than President Barack Obama promised at a U.N. global warming conference last year -- but even this may be too much for Congress. U.S. ready to talk to N.Korea in right circumstances http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-15T232000Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501560-2sec=Worldupdates WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Thursday it wanted North Korea to give up "its provocative ways" and show some commitment to abandoning its nuclear programs before resuming diplomatic talks with Pyongyang. Ancient ship unearthed at World Trade Center site http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-15T230758Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501588-1sec=Worldupdates NEW YORK (Reuters) - The decayed hull of a centuries old ship was unearthed at the World Trade Center construction site in New York city, providing a glimpse into the history of Manhattan, archeologists said. Freed prisoners describe life in Cuban jails http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-16T020923Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501631-1sec=Worldupdates MADRID (Reuters) - Seven of the 11 Cuban political prisoners freed and flown to Madrid this week described conditions in Cuban jails on Thursday, where they lived among rats and the threat of tuberculosis. BP says key test on blown Gulf well to start soon http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-16T000448Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501491-5sec=Worldupdates HOUSTON/LONDON (Reuters) - BP Plc planned to launch a critical pressure test on its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well on Thursday after a delay to fix a leaking hose, the company said. Russia tells Iran to come clean over weapons work http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-15T172905Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501434-2sec=Worldupdates YEKATERINBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev ratcheted up the pressure on Iran on Thursday, urging it to explain the "military components" of its nuclear programme. Colombia says has proof rebels hiding in Venezuela http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-15T232314Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501596-1sec=Worldupdates BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia has proof leaders of outlawed rebel groups are hiding in neighbouring Venezuela, the government said on Thursday in a statement likely to further strain already tense relations between the Andean countries. Schwarzenegger wage cuts show Calif. 'dysfunction' http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-16T003546Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501615-1sec=Worldupdates SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's tortuous budgetary politics may mark a new low this year when the pay of some 200,000 state workers is cut to minimum wage, underscoring the difficulty of balancing the so-called Golden State's books. BBC rolling out U.S. news site http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/7/16/worldupdates/2010-07-15T221554Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-501569-1sec=Worldupdates NEW YORK (Reuters) - British state broadcaster BBC on Thursday said it is launching its first U.S. focused news site which will see it go into more direct competition with local broadcasters and newspapers. 
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| Building world-class universities Posted: 15 Jul 2010 10:54 PM PDT Asia, the world's factory for manufactured goods, is now striving to churn out some of the best brains in the world read more 
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| Power restored in Philippine capital after typhoon rampage Posted: 15 Jul 2010 10:46 PM PDT MANILA, Friday 16 July 2010 (AFP) - Power was finally restored throughout the Philippine capital on Friday, more than two days after a typhoon hit the country with unexpected ferocity, killing at least 39 people. read more 
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