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The Associated Press

ISLAMABAD — A week of terror strikes across Pakistan, capped by a stunning assault on army headquarters, show the Taliban have rebounded and appear determined to shake the nation's resolve as the military plans for an offensive against the group's ...

Pakistan commandos rescue 39 hostages, three killed

Reuters

Pakistan's militants becoming part of same extremist grid

Hindu

Pakistan army storms its own HQ to end siege by Islamist fighters

Telegraph.co.uk

Bloomberg -Reuters India -AFP

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New York Times

University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow (15) scrambles past Louisiana State University defenders during the first half of their NCAA footb »</nobr>

Reuters

ZURICH, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Turkey and Armenia plan to sign a deal to end a century of hostility stemming from the World War One mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces although it could f »</nobr>

New York Times

By REUTERS UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A UN plane with six to 10 people on board crashed on Friday in Haiti, a UN spokeswoman said. There was no immediate word on casualties. Spokeswoman Michele Montas said the surveillance plane belonging to a ...

UN monitor plane crashes in Haiti

BBC News

UN plane crashes in Haiti with 6-10 onboard

The Associated Press

UN reports plane down in Haiti

CNN

msnbc.com -Inquirer.net -HispanicBusiness.com

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Reuters India

KABUL (Reuters) - India's foreign secretary arrived in Kabul on Friday to inspect the site of a huge bomb attack on the Indian embassy a day earlier that killed 17 people and renewed focus on India's tense relations with Pakistan. ...

Nirupama Rao in Kabul, to meet Afghan leadership

Times of India

17 Die in Kabul Bomb Attack

New York Times

Kabul attack kills 17 as war starts year 9

Detroit Free Press

Indian Express -The Associated Press -W »

Washington Post

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Los Angeles Times

The Constitutional Court overturns a law granting the premier immunity from prosecution while in office,  »</nobr>

Philadelphia Inquirer

HARRISBURG - Though billions are at stake in the state budget that appeared headed toward the homestretch Monday, a new dispute over a scant $12 million may stand in the way of its final passage. ...

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Washington Post

GAZA -- In the two years since it seized power here, the militant Hamas movement has undercut the influence of the Gaza Strip's major clans, brought competing paramilitary groups under its control, put down an uprising by a rival ...

Egypt says Hamas, Fatah to sign peace pact Oct 25

Reuters

Victory for Israel in Goldstone delay, fury among Palestinians

Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Palestinians to sign reconciliation agreement late October:Egyptian FM

Xinhua

Jerusalem Post -Aljazeera.net -Ynetnews

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Washington Post

President Obama will make his first visit to the National Counterterrorism Center in McLean on Tuesday morning, telling intelligence officials that their recent successes have proved how effectively multiple agencies can perform ...

Sources: Several who went to Pakistan with Zazi back in US

CNN

Terror Suspect Zazi Contacted Al-Qaida: Sources

NBC D »

Washington Post

Doctors, nurses and other health-care workers in Indiana and Tennessee will receive the first doses of swine flu vaccine Monday as the federal government launches the most ambitious vaccination campaign in US history. ...

Louisville woman who died of H1N1 identified

WAVE

First H1N1 Vaccine Arriving by Tomorrow

Occupational Health Safety

Profiting From Swine Flu Vaccines

CNBC

NY1 -Gazette Virginian -Fox 59

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Bloomberg

Oct. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Typhoon Parma crashed through the northern Philippines and then unexpectedly hovered, increasing the threat of landslides and raising concern Manila will flood anew a week after it was drenched by Tropical ...

Taiwan takes early actions against approaching typhoon

Xinhua

Typhoon Parma kills 15 in the Philippines

AFP

Typhoon leaves 18 dead in north Philippines

GulfNews

Inquirer.net -Aljazeera.net -Reuters

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Aljazeera.net

At least eight US soldiers and two Afghans have been killed after their combat outposts in a remote area of eastern Afghanistan came under attack, military officials say. The troops fought tribal militia fighters for many hours on Saturday after the ...

Distance Between 'We Must' and 'We Can'

New York Times

8 US troops killed in Afghanistan

Los Angeles Times

Afghanistan Gun Battle Kills 8 NATO Soldiers, 2 Afghan Troops

Bloomberg

AFP -The Associated Press -Xinhua

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Xinhua

COLOMBO, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka has lodged a protest with US ambassador to Colombo over US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's remarks that Sri Lanka used rape as a war weapon, according to officials from the country's foreign ministry. ...

S. Lanka shares at near-record high on economic hopes

Reuters

Sri Lanka Stocks Rise to Record on Rates, End of Civil War

Bloomberg

Sri Lanka stocks set new record: official

AFP

Lanka Business Online -Hindu -The Associated Press

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Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Days before the swine flu vaccine becomes available, more than half of US adults say they will get the vaccine for themselves and 75 percent will get it for their children, according to a ...

Swine flu deaths double in Minn. to 6

Minneapolis Star Tribune

First shipments of H1N1 flu vaccine expected in LA within a week

Los Angeles Times

States reveal plans for first H1N1 vaccine deliveries

CIDRAP

San Luis Obispo Tribune -WSAV-TV -WPEC

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Bloomberg

Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Indonesia reduced its death toll from the Sept. 30 earthquake on Sumatra island to 467 from 770, as rescuers raced to find survivors and doctors treating hundreds of patients faced ...

Race to save Sumatra quake buried

BBC News

Feature: Happiness ends with tears as quake hits Sumatra, Indonesia

Xinhua

In Sumatra, a Search for Quake Survivors

Washington Post

Aljazeera.net -Times Online -ABC Online

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Voice of America

Western Indonesia was rattled by another severe earthquake a day after a quake trapped thousands of people under collapsed buildings. The death toll has risen to at least 530, and is expected to rise. Officials say the 7.6 underwater ...

At Least 529 Die as Quake Hits Indonesia Island

New York Times

Indonesia Quake Kills More Than 500

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New York Times

By REUTERS The latest on President Obama, the new administration and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama announced a plan on Wednesday to spend $5 billion on medical and ...

Obama announces $5 billion in research grants

CNN International

Obama says $5B in grants will aid medical research

The Associated Press

Obama Announces $5 Billion In NIH Grants For Medical Research

RTT News

Baltimore Sun -Business Gazette -Los Angeles Times

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Bloomberg

Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Gordon Brown's attack yesterday on bankers and the rich won praise from traditional supporters of Britain's ruling Labour Party and risked alienating business leaders who helped his party win ...

Gordon Brown's conference speech: what he said …<em> and what he ...

guardian.co.uk

Britain's Brown makes pre-election populist pitch

The Associated Press

At Labor Party conference, Brown implores Britain to 'dream big'

Los Angeles Times

New York Times -Xinhua -Telegraph.co.uk

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Philadelphia Inquirer

The percentage of households receiving food stamps in Philadelphia increased by nearly 3 percentage points between 2007 and 2008 - the period of time marking the start of the recession - according to figures released yesterday by the ...

DC Data On Poverty Grim but Unchanged

Washington Post

Connecticut's Poverty-Rate Increase Led US States Last Year

Bloomberg

Downturn Weighs on Poor

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