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  • Many dead after  horrific attack in Lahore, Pakistan

    Many dead after horrific attack in Lahore, Pakistan

    Pakistan News.Net

    Another 250 were wounded in the first major attack since huge floods devastated the country more than a month ago.

  • Abbas says peace will come if settlements stop

    Abbas says peace will come if settlements stop

    Pakistan News.Net

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have met in a meeting promoted by Washington.

  • Migrants abducted in northern Mexico

    Migrants abducted in northern Mexico

    Pakistan News.Net

    Mexican authorities are searching for migrants they believe have been kidnapped in north Mexico.

  • Zeta-Jones says husband should have been diagnosed earlier

    Zeta-Jones says husband should have been diagnosed earlier

    Pakistan News.Net

    Catherine Zeta-Jones has been angered by a medical diagnosis of her husband, Michael Douglas, in which he was told he has stage four cancer of the throat.

  • Explosives used to put down Australian whale

    Explosives used to put down Australian whale

    Pakistan News.Net

    Authorities in Western Australia have used a large amount of explosives to blow up a live whale.

  • Islamists allowed to go free in Libya

    Islamists allowed to go free in Libya

    Pakistan News.Net

    Libya has allowed 37 Islamists, including a former driver of Osama bin Laden and members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, to leave a prison in which they had been held since 2007.

  • North Carolina beaches closed down as hurricane approaches

    North Carolina beaches closed down as hurricane approaches

    Pakistan News.Net

    An evacuation has started in the US as residents of eastern beaches wait for Hurricane Earl.

  • Man alive after plunging 40 storeys

    Man alive after plunging 40 storeys

    Pakistan News.Net

    A New York man has survived after plunging from the rooftop of a 40 storey skyscraper.

  • Terror suspect Mehsud charged in absentia

    Terror suspect Mehsud charged in absentia

    Pakistan News.Net

    The United States has charged Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, with the US government still offering a reward of up to $5 million for information about him.

  • Discovery Channel hostage-taker shot dead

    Discovery Channel hostage-taker shot dead

    Pakistan News.Net

    In the US, a hostage drama played out at the US Discovery Channel has ended in the shooting of the hostage-taker.

  • Chilean miners delivered hot meal

    Chilean miners delivered hot meal

    Pakistan News.Net

    The trapped Chilean miners have been sent down hot packaged food.

  • Israeli and Palestinian peace deal now in play

    Israeli and Palestinian peace deal now in play

    Pakistan News.Net

    US President Barack Obama has met with Israeli-Palestinian leaders in Washington to launch a series of meetings aimed at restarting direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

  • Pakistani pilgrims killed in bomb blasts

    Pakistani pilgrims killed in bomb blasts

    Pakistan News.Net

    Pakistani bombers have targeted Shia Muslims, walking in a solemn procession.

  • Obama gathers Abbas and Netanyahu at White House

    Obama gathers Abbas and Netanyahu at White House

    Pakistan News.Net

    US President Barack Obama is hosting Israeli-Palestinian leaders in Washington in an effort to promote a peace agreement.

  • Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from N.Y. jail

    Washington Times

    Halderman got time off for good behavior during his stint at the Rikers Island jail complex, but he isn't done with his sentence: He still has to complete 1,000 hours of community service."He survived...

  • Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe

    Washington Times

    Joe Arpaio on Thursday, saying the Arizona lawman refused for more than a year to turn over records in an investigation into allegations his department discriminates against Hispanics.The lawsuit call...

  • Gulf oil platform explodes, burning off Louisiana coast

    Washington Times

    NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) — A mile-long oil sheen spread Thursday from an offshore petroleum platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico off Lousiana, west of the site of BP's massive spill.Coast Guard P...

  • Google, Skype targeted in India security crackdown

    Washington Times

    India withdrew a threat to ban BlackBerry service for at least two more months after RIM agreed to give security officials "lawful access" to encrypted data.Indian officials have for some time also be...

  • Stocks edge higher after jobs, housing reports

    Washington Times

    NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are edging higher after reports on housing, manufacturing and jobs indicated the economy continues to grow, albeit slowly.The

  • Nagorno-Karabakh Marks Anniversary, Vows Baku Will Never Claim Control

    RadioFreeEurope

    STEPANAKERT, Nagorno-Karabakh -- Authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh today marked the 18th anniversary of the disputed enclave's de facto secession from Azerbaijan and pledged Baku will never resume contr...

  • U.S. Secretary Of State Opens Mideast Peace Talks

    RadioFreeEurope

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (center) looks on as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu of Israel (left) and President Mahmud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority shakes hands in Washington today...

  • Iran's Human Rights Lawyers Increasingly Facing Their Own Days In Court

    RadioFreeEurope

    Nasrin Sotoudeh has made a career fighting the good fight, defending numerous rights activists and others facing trumped-up charges by the Iranian regime.Now the prominent Iranian lawyer finds herself...

  • European Parliamentarian 'Shocked' By Moscow Protest

    RadioFreeEurope

    in Moscow on August 31, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. Lithuanian Laima Andrikiene, the deputy chairwoman of the European Parliament's Human Rights subcommittee, was at Moscow's Triumph Square at t...

  • Price Of Bread Increases In Russia's Far East

    RadioFreeEurope

    PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, Russia -- The price of bread is rising steeply in parts of Russia's Far East, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. The price of bread in stores in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the ...

  • Independent Belarusian Weekly Facing Closure

    RadioFreeEurope

    BABRUISK -- The oldest independent newspaper in the eastern Belarusian city of Babruisk says it faces bankruptcy and closure because of government interference, RFE/RL's Belarus Service reports.Anatol...

  • 4-year-old Brooklyn girl weighing only 15 pounds found dead, tied to crib

    New York Post

    A 4-year-old Brooklyn girl who weighed only a shocking 15 pounds was found dead this morning, with her arms and legs tied to a crib with twine, The Post has learned.Cops are now questioning the mother...

  • Back to School Festival

    New York Post

    Forget that you have to go back to school with this kiddie fest, which will include games, rides, arts and crafts, and giveaways. Call 718-352-4793 or visit nycgovparks.org for more info.

  • Gates Lands in Afghanistan

    International Herald Tribune

    President Obama in June. In a briefing on Thursday afternoon to reporters traveling with Mr. Gates, General Petraeus said that the United States was still trying to fix its intelligence-gathering ope...

  • Window-wash-fall wife: Jumper & kin face long, hard road

    New York Post

    Tom Magill’s future will likely be riddled with painful years of surgeries and grueling rehabilitation for injuries that may never fully heal — and his family will feel helpless throughout...

  • Madoff investors oppose payments to bankruptcy trustee

    New York Post

    Hundreds of Ponzi king Bernard Madoff's victims today challenged the latest bill from his bankruptcy trustee, which seeks more than $34 million for 120 days of work.The Aug. 20 bill, for services rend...

  • Though Condemned, German Author Opens Debate

    International Herald Tribune

    BERLIN — When a German banker and former government official spoke publicly about a unique “Jewish gene,” when he attacked Islam as a source of violence and stunted development, when...

  • Comptroller says state retirement fund employer contribution rates will increase in 2012

    New York Post

    ALBANY -- With the economy continuing to show signs of weakness, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced today increases over the previous year in the 2011-12 employer contribution rates for the stat...

  • Offshore Oil Platform in the Gulf of Mexico Explodes

    International Herald Tribune

    The New York Times The production platform, which was operated by the Houston-based Mariner Energy, was positioned in relatively shallow waters — 340 feet deep — and to the west of wh...

  • Hurricane Earl threatens East Coast with weekend pounding

    New York Post

    BUXTON, N.C. — Hurricane Earl packed winds near 140 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard up to Maine on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves,...

  • STARCATCHER: Astrology for the week of September 3, 2010

    Jerusalem Post

    TO ALL MY FAMILY AND READERS MAY I WISH YOUA HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR TIP FOR THE WEEK: Think twice before committing yourself to any major purchase or new project. In a few weeks you will have more...

  • Fire at Phillips Collection museum; artwork 'safe'

    Channel News Asia

    WASHINGTON - A fire on Thursday damaged Washington's world-famous Phillips Collection museum, which houses works by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent Van Gogh, Willem de Kooning, and Winslow Homer. ...

  • Explosion rips through Gulf of Mexico oil rig: US Coast Guard

    Channel News Asia

    WASHINGTON - An explosion ripped through an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, dumping 13 people into the water, one of whom was injured, the US Coast Guard said. The rig was still ablaze and ...

  • Canada's ruling Conservatives, Liberals neck-and-neck: poll

    Channel News Asia

    OTTAWA - Canada's main opposition party has made significant gains in public opinion and is now virtually tied with the ruling Conservatives going into the next session of parliament, according t...

  • Workers rescued after Gulf oil rig explosion

    USA Today

    A Gulf of Mexico oil rig exploded Thursday morning, sending its crew of 13 scrambling into the water 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana, the Coast Guard said.

  • Gulf oil rig explodes off US Gulf coast

    The Independent

    An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico today, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill. A commercial helicopter company reported the blast around 9:30a...

  • Sheriff Arpaio sued by Justice Dept.

    CNN

    Washington (CNN) -- Justice Department civil rights lawyers filed suit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona on Thursday after talks collapsed on a deal to provide federal investigators with requested...

  • Coast guard checks N.L. plane crash report

    CBC News

    The Canadian Coast Guard is investigating a report from a citizen that a small airplane may have crashed into the ocean near the Robin Hood Bay dump in St. John's early Thursday afternoon. The coast ...

  • Oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico

    C News

    HOUSTON - An oil and gas platform owned by Mariner Energy Inc was on fire off the coast of Louisiana on Thursday, but no oil was visible in the water and the 13 workers aboard the facility were rescue...

  • Israel, Palestinians launch direct peace talks

    C News

    U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shares a laugh with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the State Department in Washington, September 2, 20...

  • Live text - US Open day four

    BBC

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  • Hatton fighting career is 'done'

    BBC

    Former light-welterweight world champion Ricky Hatton has revealed he is unlikely to fight again.The 31-year-old who also won the WBA welterweight title has not fought since losing to Manny Pacquiao i...

  • Curbishley linked with Villa job

    BBC

    Alan Curbishley is among the candidates to be interviewed for the vacant manager's post at Aston Villa, BBC Sport understands.The 52-year-old has been out of the game since parting company with West H...

  • SA to resume Zimbabwe expulsions

    BBC

    South Africa is to start expelling Zimbabweans again, from 31 December, the government has announced, ending their special status. The deportations were halted in April 2009 following an influx of th...

  • DR Congo 'genocide' file delayed

    BBC

    The UN has postponed the release of a draft report that accuses the Rwandan army of possible genocide in DR Congo. It follows angry protests from Rwanda about details in the leaked draft, with Rwanda...

  • US accuses 11 of honey smuggling

    BBC

    US authorities have indicted 11 German and Chinese executives for conspiring to illegally import $40m (£52m) worth of honey from China. The executives were accused of being part of an operation whic...