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US soldiers killed Afghans as sport

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:25:47 GMT

Afghanistan - A dozen American soldiers have been charged with alleged killing of innocent Afghan civilians as a sport and collecting their fingers as trophies
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Rwanda 'disappointed' at genocide report

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:58:43 GMT

Rwanda - Rwanda's President Paul Kagame has been “disappointed” about a leaked report saying Rwandan troops may have committed genocide, UN chief Ban Ki-moon says
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Eleven killed in Somalia clashes

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:08:06 GMT

Somalia - At least eight civilians and three troops have been killed during new clashes between African Union (AU) forces and al-Shabab fighters in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu
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Hundreds of inmates escape in Nigeria

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:44:16 GMT

Nigeria - Hundreds of inmates have escaped from a federal prison in northeastern Nigeria after heavily armed gunmen attacked the detention center, witnesses say
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US drone strikes kill 18 in Pakistan

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:02:14 GMT

Pakistan - Three US drone attacks on a single day have killed at least 18 people, injured several others in Pakistan's tribal district of North Waziristan
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Kashmir protests as India arrests leader

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:44:36 GMT

Kashmir - Protests continue in Indian-administered Kashmir as security forces arrest a top pro-independent leader in the disputed Himalayan region
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NATO to begin Afghan security handover

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:06:35 GMT

Afghanistan - NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen hopes the US-led troops would begin handing over Afghanistan's security to Afghan forces sometime next year
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Bomb blast kills three in Pakistan

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:04:47 GMT

Pakistan - A bomb attack in the southwestern Balochistan Province of Pakistan has left at least three people dead, amid growing violence in the country
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UN fails to end mass rape in DR Congo

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:15:17 GMT

D R Congo - The United Nations admits it has failed to protect the civilians of the Democratic Republic of Congo from the "systematic rape" by armed rebels, a senior official says
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Iran's FM meets Afghan President

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:42:10 GMT

Afghanistan - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has expressed the Islamic Republic's support for the upcoming parliamentary elections in Afghanistan
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Pakistan bombing death toll hits 21

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:36:52 GMT

Pakistan - The death toll from a massive bomb attack on police headquarters in southwestern Pakistan has reached 21, including nine women and six children
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Bahrain under fire over torture

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:30:21 GMT

Bahrain - British rights activists have criticized Bahrain for arresting opposition leaders, accusing the kingdom of violating human rights and oppressing the opposition
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US-led soldier killed in Afghanistan

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:03:40 GMT

Afghanistan - A US-led soldier has been killed in war-ravaged Afghanistan, during a clash with militants on Wednesday, NATO's International Security Assistance Force says
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ElBaradei calls for Egypt vote boycott

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 08:20:06 GMT

Egypt - Prominent Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei has called for a blanket opposition boycott of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Egypt
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NATO US troop request on hold

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:09:38 GMT

Afghanistan - The US does not plan to contribute to the NATO request of 2000 more troops for the Afghan war explained the Pentagon on Tuesday
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S Africa's public workers end strikes

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:19:08 GMT

South Africa - South African public sector workers have returned to work after 21 days of strike, which was costing over $150 million per day to the country's economy
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Two US soldiers killed in Iraq

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:07:16 GMT

Iraq - Just a week after the end of the US combat mission in Iraq, two American soldiers have been killed in northern Iraq, says a US army spokesman
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More floods peril in Pakistan

author@bastard.com (Al Jazeera) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:56:35 GMT

Pakistan - Authorites race to protect two southern towns and their 360,000 residents from surging floods
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U.N.: More than 230 civilians killed in Somalia in recent weeks

author@bastard.com (Cable News Network) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:30:47 GMT

Somalia - More than 230 civilians in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu have died in fighting over the past two weeks between Somali transitional government forces and Al-Shabaab militants, the U
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US soldier killed in Afghanistan

author@bastard.com (Press TV) — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:23:09 GMT

Afghanistan - An American soldier has been killed in war-ravaged Afghanistan, bringing to 502 the foreign troop casualties in 2010
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