Wenger focuses on future as Arsenal face Wigan (AFP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 10:30 PM PDT AFP - With Arsenal's chances of winning the Premier League now more theoretical than realistic, Arsene Wenger's thoughts have been drawn to next season as well as Sunday's trip to Wigan.  
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India to hike rates to tame inflation: analysts (AFP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 10:25 PM PDT AFP - India's central bank is set to hike interest rates this week for a second time in just under a month in an attempt to check near double-digit inflation, analysts say.  
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Thai army says will "punish" protesters Posted: 17 Apr 2010 10:44 PM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military vowed on Sunday to punish anti-government protesters if they marched on Bangkok's central business district, heightening fears of more violence after bloody clashes left 24 people dead a week ago.  
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Deaths in Pakistan suicide attack Posted: 17 Apr 2010 10:26 PM PDT At least seven killed and 21 wounded in Kohat a day after twin blasts left 41 dead.  
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Caribbean becoming 'new drug route' Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:09 PM PDT Leaders tell US that focus on Mexican cartels is driving smugglers to the region.  
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Thai army says will "punish" protesters Posted: 17 Apr 2010 10:11 PM PDT BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's military vowed on Sunday to punish anti-government protesters if they marched on Bangkok's central business district, heightening fears of more violence after bloody clashes left 24 people dead a week ago.  
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Britain's 'third party' tops shock poll (AFP) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:51 PM PDT AFP - Britain's Liberal Democrats, normally the country's third-largest party, has soared so far up in the opinion polls that one even placed them on top Sunday, weeks ahead of the May 6 election.  
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Chavez Touts New China Projects Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:39 PM PDT Chavez has announced an agreement with China that would have the Asian economic giant devote $20 billion to financing long-term development projects in Venezuela.  
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Dutch, German airlines say no damage in test flights Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:43 PM PDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch and German airlines carried out test flights over Europe on Saturday and said their planes appeared undamaged by a volcanic ash cloud that has forced airports to close across the continent.  
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Europe's air travel crisis enters fourth day Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:43 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Air travel across much of Europe was paralysed for a fourth day on Sunday because of a huge cloud of volcanic ash, but Dutch and German test flights carried out without apparent damage seemed to offer hope.  
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Suicide bomber kills 7 in Pakistan's northwest Posted: 17 Apr 2010 10:16 PM PDT KOHAT, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide car-bomber killed seven people and wounded 26 in an attack on a police station in Pakistan's northwest Sunday, police said.  
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Suicide bomber kills 7 in Pakistan's northwest (Reuters) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:30 PM PDT Reuters - A suicide car-bomber killed seven people and wounded 26 in an attack on a police station in Pakistan's northwestern Kohat town on Sunday, police said.  
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Can Afghanistan President Karzai and Obama still work together? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 17 Apr 2010 01:23 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - The relationship between Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai and President Barack Obama has come to resemble a loveless marriage succumbing to the strain of keeping up public appearances.  
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Poland to bury president, ash cloud deters Obama, Merkel Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:12 PM PDT KRAKOW, Poland (Reuters) - Poland prepared on Sunday to bury President Lech Kaczynski and his wife Maria, killed in a plane crash last weekend, but a volcanic ash cloud over Europe prevented many world leaders from attending.  
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China's leader flies to quake site; toll nears 1,500 Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:12 PM PDT YUSHU, China (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao flew to remote and ruined Yushu county to speed relief distribution on Sunday, as Tibetan monks cremated victims of an earthquake that killed nearly 1,500.  
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Gates: US lacks plan to curb Iran's nuke drive - NYT Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:12 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates has warned the White House the United States lacks an effective strategy to curb Iran's steady progress toward nuclear capability, The New York Times reported on Saturday, citing U.S. officials familiar with the document.  
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John Paul backed praise for hiding abuse - cardinal Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:12 PM PDT VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A former Vatican cardinal who congratulated a French bishop for hiding a sexually abusive priest has said he acted with the approval of the late Pope John Paul, a Spanish newspaper reported on Saturday.  
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UK's Lib Dems surge to lead in election opinion poll Posted: 17 Apr 2010 09:12 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Liberal Democrats overtook their rivals for the first time to lead an opinion poll on Saturday, increasing the prospect of a hung parliament where no party has outright control.  
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