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Posted On: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:07:39 GMT+00:00

Camel convoy pays twins a visit
ABC Online
A camel expedition, raising money for the foundation that is caring for Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna, arrived at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital today. The small herd of camels took 20 months to travel from Katherine in the Northern ...
Separated twins doing well after operationUnited Press International
Second conjoined twin wakes - and blows raspberryTimes Online
Conjoined twins group marches for kidsSydney Morning Herald
BBC News -AFP -The Associated Press
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Posted On: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:47:12 GMT+00:00

Ahmadinejad heads to nuclear-backers Brazil, Venezuela
AFP
TEHRAN â Faced with mounting pressure over his country's atomic ambitions, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left on a five nation tour Sunday, including Brazil in a bid to boost ties with Latin America's biggest economy and a rare backer of ...
Iran to conduct military exercise aimed at protecting nuke sitesCNN
Ahmadinejad begins latam tour after Peres finishesPRESS TV
Iran Plans Military Drills to Guard Nuclear SitesNew York Times
Reuters -The Associated Press -Ynetnews
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Posted On: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:27:11 GMT+00:00

Afghan police kill 3 Taliban militants in north
Xinhua
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Three Taliban militants were killed Saturday night as Afghan National Police (ANP) repelled their attack in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan, an official said on Sunday. ...
US Helping Anti-Taliban Militias in AfghanistanFOXNews
US 'helps build anti-Taliban militias' in AfghanistanAFP
Obama's Afghanistan DilemmaWashington Post
CNN -Times Online -PRESS TV
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Posted On: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:32:36 GMT+00:00

China coal mine blast death toll jumps to 87
The Associated Press
HEGANG, China â Rescuers worked in frigid cold to reach 21 miners trapped underground Sunday as the death toll from a huge gas explosion in a northern Chinese mine jumped to 87 â the deadliest blast to hit the beleaguered industry in nearly two years. ...
Death toll in China mine blast risesBBC News
At Least 87 Die in Chinese Mine ExplosionNew York Times
Scores dead in China mine explosionTimes Online
Bloomberg -ABC Online -AFP
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Posted On: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:18:25 GMT+00:00

Palestinians hurt in Gaza raid
Aljazeera.net
At least seven Palestinians have been injured in a round of Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses say. They told Al Jazeera that the first raid hit a metal workshop in the Tufah district of Gaza City early on Sunday, ...
10 Palestinians wounded in Israeli strikes on GazaXinhua
IAF bombs 2 weapons factories, smuggling tunnel in GazaJerusalem Post
Israeli Planes Strike Targets In GazaNew York Times
Washington Post -Reuters -BBC News
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Posted On: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:48:26 GMT+00:00

Azerbaijan threatens Armenia over Nagorno Karabakh
BBC News
Azeri President Ilham Aliyev has warned he is ready to use force to wrest control of a disputed enclave from Armenia if last-ditch peace talks fail. He said talks starting on Sunday in Munich were the final hope of settling the Nagorno Karabakh issue ...
Azerbaijan threatens force over Nagorno-KarabakhThe Associated Press
Leaders to meet on Karabakh, pressure for progressReuters
Unpacific statement of Azerbaijani PresidentInformation-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
Today.Az -Azerbaijan Business Center -Armenian Reporter
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Posted On: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:06:31 GMT+00:00

Sri Lanka vows to free 130000 Tamil refugees
guardian.co.uk
Tamil civilians peep over a fence at an internment camp in Vavuniya yesterday. Photograph: Eranga Jayawardena/AP Sri Lanka today bowed to international pressure and announced plans to close the internment camps that are home to more than 130000 people ...
Sri Lanka to open refugee camps ahead of pollsReuters
Sri Lanka Plans to Let Tamils Leave CampsNew York Times
Resettle war-displaced Tamils by January 31: RajapaksaHindu
BBC News -Xinhua -Aljazeera.net
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Posted On: Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:06:17 GMT+00:00

Williams faces pope over Vatican call for converts
guardian.co.uk
The archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, took the highly unusual step yesterday of protesting personally to the pope about his shock announcement last month of special arrangements for the mass conversion to Catholicism of disillusioned, ...
Archbishop of Canterbury and Pope Benedict XVI share 'cordial' talksTelegraph.co.uk
Pope Meets Head of Anglican ChurchCBS News
Anglican head challenges Vatican over women clergyReuters
Bloomberg -Times Online -AFP
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Posted On: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:52:42 GMT+00:00

Brescia arrest driven by fears on terror infrastructure
Hindu
NEW DELHI: For the best part of a year, Italian investigators watched patiently over a nondescript business in Brescia, hoping that two men who played a critical role in guiding the terrorists to their targets in Mumbai last November would one day show ...
Italy Arrests Pakistanis Suspected of Mumbai LinksVoice of America
Italian police arrest two Mumbai attack suspectsPRESS TV
Two held in Italy over Mumbai terror attacksTimes Online
CNN -Reuters -BBC News
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Posted On: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:43:14 GMT+00:00

Medvedev Says 'Backwardness' Undermines Party
New York Times
MOSCOW â President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia accused the governing party, United Russia, of âbackwardnessâ on Saturday, warning its leaders that they must learn to win elections honestly if it is to survive. ...
Russia to stick to five priorities in economic restructuring, says PutinXinhua
Russia's Medvedev raps ruling party over electionsWashington Post
Medvedev slams own party over vote mishandlingPRESS TV
Newsweek -Irish Independent -Reuters
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