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Obama presses Iran on atomic deal, Tehran defiant

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday time was running out for diplomacy in a dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme, but a top Iranian official said it was up to the West to show it sincerely wanted a deal.
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Obama in China faces tensions on trade and Tibet

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama faces tensions with China over trade and Tibet on his first visit to the emerging superpower for a summit that will grapple with economic imbalances and the future of the yuan.
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US demands Afghan ‘bribery court’

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The Afghan president must set up a “major crimes tribunal” and an anti-corruption commission, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.
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APEC leaders vow new economic model after crisis (AFP)

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SINGAPORE (AFP) –
Asia-Pacific powers including the United States and China Sunday vowed to overhaul the crisis-stricken world economy, rejecting protectionism and touting plans for a gargantuan free market.
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In Asia, Obama, Medvedev see nuke pact progress (AP)

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SINGAPORE – President Barack Obama said Sunday the United States and Russia would have a replacement treaty on reducing nuclear arms ready for approval by year’s end, an announcement designed as an upbeat ending to a summit with Asia-Pacific leaders.
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Madonna It’s the Rio thing

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THE Italian escort who claims to have spent a night with Silvio Berlusconi is to star in a film about her alleged sexual exploits.
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US-Russia Arms Pact in the Works

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President Barack Obama said Sunday the United States and Russia would have a replacement treaty on reducing nuclear arms ready for approval by year\’s end, an announcement designed as an upbeat ending to a summit with Asia-Pacific leaders.
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Fury as immigrant baby killer is paid £4,500 ‘bribe’ to quit Britain

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An immigrant convicted of the horrific killing of a 17-month-old baby has been given £4,500 by the Government as a ‘bribe’ to leave the country.
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World's Worst Earthquakes

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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and […]

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Fashion Pakistan Week: Deepak Perwani

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Pakistani designer Deepak Perwani receives a standing ovation during the fourth day of Fashion Pakistan Week on Nov. 7, 2009, in Karachi, Pakistan. Fashion Pakistan Week commenced amidst security threats.
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Who’s having a worse football season — the Bears’ fan or the Wolverines’ fan?

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Did the University of Michigan football team stink up Camp Randall Stadium today worse than the Chicago Bears stunk up Candlestick Park Thursday night?


Are the Bears (4-5) comparatively more hapless, a bigger disappointment, a poorer emotional investment than the Wolverines (5-6)?


Hard to say. Both clubs are losing games to mediocre teams, both frequently […]

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Eleven Killed In Pakistan Car Bomb Blast

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2:54pm UK, Saturday November 14, 2009



Mark Langford, Sky News Online




















Eleven people have been killed by a suicide car bomber in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.








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The bomber detonated his device when policemen asked him to stop for […]

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Timbaland: ‘Cyrus is like Timberlake’

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Timbaland has reportedly compared Miley Cyrus to Justin Timberlake.
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Havel opens 20th anniversary celebrations of Velvet Revolution with celebrities, live music

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Former Czech President Vaclav Havel opened the 20th anniversary celebrations of the Velvet Revolution with a concert attended by celebrities.

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Pakistan suicide blast kills 11

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide car bomber attacked a police checkpoint in northwest Pakistan today, killing 11 people, including four children, the latest in a wave of militant attacks that have claimed more than 300 lives in the past month.
The attack on the outskirts of Peshawar solidifies […]

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It’s not our fault — it’s theirs

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Legislators should take a hard look in the mirror before they point fingers over “ballot box budgeting,” according to an upcoming report by the Center for Governmental Studies . The study, expected to be…
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Staying at the Basra ‘B&B’

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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private […]

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Jim Hoagland on war’s ties to the Fort Hood massacre

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America’s vast spaces inspire such fear and uncertainty for the country’s inhabitants that at times they snap, reach for an ever-present firearm and blaze away at their fellow citizens. This narrative comes from a European friend to explain the Fort Hood massacre, as well as those that preceded it and those yet to come.

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Europe emerges from recession

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LONDON — Buoyed by strengthening rebounds in Germany and France, the 16-nation euro zone has officially climbed out of its worst recession since World War II, fueling hopes that a lasting global recovery is beginning to take shape.

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