Delhi 'urgency' boosts Team England Posted: 23 Sep 2010 04:23 PM PDT Commonwealth Games England chief Sir Andrew Foster believes Indian officials now realise what needs to be done after pressures regarding the readiness of next month's event in Delhi.  
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Mass horse airlift to US for Games Posted: 23 Sep 2010 11:14 AM PDT The largest airlift of horses ever undertaken has begun ahead of this weekend's World Equestrian Games in the United States  
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Chile miners mark 50 days underground Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:49 PM PDT The 33 miners trapped in a collapsed copper mine in Chile are spending their 50th day below ground.  
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Integrating Roma migrants into France Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:41 PM PDT Local authorities on the outskirts of Paris have built temporary homes for some of the Roma community, in an attempt to integrate them into French society.  
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US woman executed for family murders Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:28 PM PDT A 41-year-old woman who conspired to murder her husband and stepson has been executed in the US state of Virginia.  
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UN to meet over looming food crisis Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:32 PM PDT The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation has called an extraordinary meeting in Rome following a sharp rise in grain prices.  
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Chile miners underground for 50 days Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:49 PM PDT The 33 miners trapped in a collapsed copper mine in Chile are spending their 50th day below ground.  
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Integrating Roma migrants into France Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:41 PM PDT Local authorities on the outskirts of Paris have built temporary homes for some of the Roma community, in an attempt to integrate them into French society.  
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Sudan reaches historic crossroads Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:24 PM PDT In just over three months the southern Sudanese will vote on splitting away from Sudan, a consequence of a peace deal that ended a long north-south civil war.  
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US woman executed for family murders Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:28 PM PDT A 41-year-old woman who conspired to murder her husband and stepson has been executed in the US state of Virginia.  
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UN to meet over looming food crisis Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:32 PM PDT The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation has called an extraordinary meeting in Rome following a sharp rise in grain prices.  
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China says 4 Japanese filmed military targets (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:16 PM PDT AP - China is investigating four Japanese suspected of illegally filming military targets and entering a military zone without authorization, state media reported amid a tense diplomatic spat between Beijing and Tokyo over a fishing boat collision near disputed islands.  
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Britain promises US it will keep nuclear deterrent (AFP) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:37 PM PDT AFP - Britain has promised the United States that it will keep its nuclear deterrent as it makes plans for deep military spending cuts as part of an austerity drive, a report said Friday.  
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Kenya's Kibaki expects south Sudan vote in January (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:37 PM PDT AP - Kenya's president says he has received assurances from Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir and south Sudan's leader Salva Kiir that a crucial referendum on southern independence will take place on schedule in January.  
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Japan warns of economic fallout from China row (Reuters) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:32 PM PDT Reuters - Japan warned Friday that a deepening territorial row with China could hurt both of Asia's biggest economies, but declined to link the feud to the detention of four of its nationals on suspicion of entering a Chinese military zone.  
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Gunmen kill Mexican mayor near Monterrey Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:13 PM PDT MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen killed the mayor of a town outside Mexico's northern business city of Monterrey on Thursday, the fourth public official slain in little over a month, police said.  
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Japanese held for illegal filming Posted: 23 Sep 2010 10:45 PM PDT Four Japanese men arrested in China for filming military zone, the latest incident in deepening row between the nation.  
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Officials: Palestinians will consider compromise (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:23 PM PDT AP - Hopes of averting a breakdown in Middle East peace talks grew Thursday as senior Palestinian officials said their side would consider an expected U.S.-brokered compromise on Israeli settlement-building in the West Bank.  
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Philippine dad convicted of rape gets 14,400 years (AP) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:56 PM PDT AP - A Philippine court has sentenced a father to 14,400 years in prison after he was convicted of the near daily rape of his teenage daughter over the course of a year.  
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Great white sharks no cold-blooded 'Jaws': campaigners (AFP) Posted: 23 Sep 2010 09:26 PM PDT AFP - "I hope the cage is as strong as a it looks," says diver James Hay, before jumping into an aluminium frame to swim with the ocean's most feared predator, the great white shark.  
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