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Peres hails 'promising start' of newly launched peace talks
Jerusalem Post
By JPOST.COM STAFF AND BLOOMBERG NEWS Hillary Clinton declares peace is within Israeli and Palestinian interests in Friday night interview with Israeli and Palestinian reporters; Erekat denies report that negotiating teams scheduled to meet in West ...
Palestinians deny agreeing to West Bank talks with Israel on MondayHa'aretz
Canada praises Middle East peace talksAFP
Hamas condemns 'direct talks'Aljazeera.net
Irish Times -New York Times -MiamiHerald.com
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Telegraph.co.uk
Taliban Claim Deadly Attack in Pakistan
New York Times
Arshad Butt/AP By SALMAN MASOOD ISLAMABAD, Pakistan β€” A blast detonated by a suicide bomber ripped through a Shiite protest, the second such attack in three days, in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Friday, killing at least 53 people, ...
Obama condemns attacks in Pakistan, offers to host South East Asian leadersUSA Today
US condemns 'reprehensible' Pakistan bombingsAFP
White House condemns deadly attacks in PakistanThe Associated Press
New York Daily News -Los Angeles Times -Washington Post
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The Hindu
Government behind quake-hit Canterbury
Stuff.co.nz
Quake map from GNS Sciences. The star is the epicentre, 40km west of Christchurch. The dots represent points where people felt the quake, from Orange (heavily damaging) to grey-blue (weakly felt). A firefighter inspects a road near New Brighton. ...
Earthquake strikes Christchurch in New ZealandThe Guardian
Mayor: Quake hit city 'like an iceberg'New Zealand Herald
Powerful 7.1 quake hits New ZealandSan Francisco Chronicle
NPR (blog) -BBC News -TVNZ
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DAWN.com
Putin allocates $33 million to Volgograd, Saratov regions hit by wildfires
RIA Novosti
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin allocated on Friday 1 billion rubles ($33 million) to the wildfire-stricken Volgograd and Saratov regions, a cabinet statement said. The Volgograd Region will receive a total of 900 million rubles, while Saratov ...
Eight die as wildfires consume Russian villagesReuters
Fires ravage central RussiaCNN
8 killed in latest wave of Russian forest firesThe Associated Press
AFP -BBC News -AOL News
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The Hindu
Migrant massacre shakes Central America
Los Angeles Times
The recent killing of 72 people, from El Salvador, Honduras and other nations, as they tried to cross through Mexico into the US, has sent shockwaves across the continent. But many may still attempt the perilous trek. People attend the funeral of ...
Dozens killed in Mexico violenceAljazeera.net
Official: Honduran helped massacre survivor fleeThe Associated Press
US helping Mexico prosecute top drug lordAFP
BBC News -The Guardian -Independent
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Telegraph.co.uk
Middle East Plane crashes near Dubai airport
Aljazeera.net
Aircraft for US delivery company UPS crashes during emergency landing attempt, killing both crew members. A cargo plane belonging to United Parcel Service (UPS), the US-based delivery company, has crashed near the United Arab Emirates city of Dubai in ...
Factbox: Details of cargo plane which crashed in DubaiReuters
UPS 747 Freighter Crashes on Takeoff in Dubai, Kills TwoBloomberg
UPS cargo plane crashes in Dubai, killing twoTelegraph.co.uk
Xinhua -GulfNews -Toronto Star
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CBC.ca
Indonesia's North Sumatra volcano continues to erupt
Xinhua
JAKARTA, Sept. 3 (Xinhua) -- A minor eruption burst again in Indonesia's volcano of Sinabung in North Sumatra province at 5:59 pm (10:59 GMT) on Friday afternoon, the second in the same day after the one erupted earlier in the morning, ...
Mount Sinabung roars again a week after springing back to lifeScotsman
Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ashThe Associated Press
Indonesian volcano erupts againCBC.ca
BBC News -Christian Science Monitor -CNN
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CBC.ca
Six Convicted of Sexual Crimes at Portuguese Children's Home
New York Times
MADRID β€” Six people were convicted of child sexual abuse in a Lisbon court on Friday, in a trial that lasted nearly six years and shocked people in Portugal and beyond. A three-judge panel found the defendants guilty of raping and ...
Men jailed over children's home sex abuseABC Online
Six Jailed In Child Abuse Case In PortugalSky News
Guilty after six-year trial, Portugal's high-society paedophile ringIndependent
BBC News -Indian Express -euronews
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Aljazeera.net
Aquino Takes Responsibility for Bus Siege That Killed 8 Hong Kong People
Bloomberg
Philippine President Benigno Aquino said today he takes full responsibility for the outcome of the bus siege that killed eight members of a Hong Kong tour group. β€œAt the end of the day, ...
Don't forget HK Filipinos, gov't askedInquirer.net
Manila to probe Hong Kong hostage coffin 'mix-up'BBC News
RP embassy advises Pinoys to keep a low profile in ChinaGMANews.TV
Aljazeera.net -Philippine Star -AFP
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The Guardian
In France, an Evangelical Gypsy group shakes up the immigration debate
Christian Science Monitor
In France, a movement from within the Gypsy community could temper what have been bad relations with European governments amid a hot immigration debate. A Romanian Gypsy or Roma woman and children sit next to luggage upon arriving with a group of about ...
Romania prepares for crime wave with exodusThe Australian
French Jewish leaders decry Shoah comparisonsJewish Telegraphic Agency
Does the French Government Really Believe its own Economic Forecasts?Wall Street Journal
Washington Post -New York Times -TIME
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