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11:05 am - Craigslist removes sex ads after campaign by anti-prostitution lobby
Guardian UK - Advertising site Craigslist takes down adult services content from US servers but 'erotic' ads remain in place elsewhereCampaigners against prostitution and sex trafficking appeared to have won a victory over the weekend when Craigslist, the powerful......
10:57 am - Obama to propose permanent research tax credit
Ukraine KyivPost - WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will ask the U.S. Congress on Wednesday to increase and permanently extend a tax credit for business research as a way of boosting job growth, an administration official said on Sunday.
10:21 am - 12 killed in suicide assault on Iraq army base
Ukraine KyivPost - BAGHDAD, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Up to five suicide bombers, some armed with rifles, tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 12 people and wounding 36 less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat operations in Iraq over.
9:57 am - Afghan captors release Japanese reporter
Ukraine KyivPost - TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese journalist who was abducted by apparent Taliban militants in Afghanistan five months ago has been freed by his captors, reports said Sunday.
8:31 am - Kara DioGuardi leaves Idol panel
BBC UK - Songwriter Kara DioGuardi becomes the latest member of the judging panel on American Idol to quit this year.
8:08 am - Japanese rider dies after a shocking crash
Ukraine KyivPost - MISANO, Italy, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Japanese Moto2 rider Shoya Tomizawa has died after suffering a shocking crash during the Sunday's San Marino Grand Prix.
7:55 am - Plane had smoke in cockpit before crash
S.Africa IOL -
Emirati investigators say a UPS cargo plane that crashed in Dubai was struggling to maintain altitude before the accident.
7:27 am - Seven killed in suicide assault on Iraq army base (update)
Ukraine KyivPost - BAGHDAD, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Five suicide bombers armed with rifles tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing seven people and wounding 29 less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat operations in Iraq over.
7:25 am - Conjoined Mexican twins turn one
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Conjoined twins Maria and Elsa Guadalupe celebrated their first birthday party at a working class neighbourhood in Santa Catarina.
7:08 am - Netanyahu: Peace deal requires new approach
Ukraine KyivPost - JERUSALEM, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A peace deal with the Palestinians will require a creative, new approach to issues that have defied resolution in past negotiations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday.
6:58 am - Support for Berlusconi's party falls further
Ukraine KyivPost - ROME, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Support for Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right party continues to slide after the premier's split with former ally Gianfranco Fini, a new opinion poll showed on Sunday.
6:57 am - Warhol's pivotal years
BBC UK - A major new exhibition focuses on crucial four-year period
6:43 am - Anglo Irish says EU wants it to shut down
Ukraine KyivPost - DUBLIN, Sept 5 (Reuters) - The European Commission wants to wind down nationalised Anglo Irish Bank while management still believes it would better to keep a rump open, the bank's chief executive said in an interview in the Sunday Business Post.
6:39 am - ETA calls for ceasefire
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The Basque separatist group ETA has reportedly called off armed attacks.
6:30 am - French hostages in Afghanistan well
Ukraine KyivPost - PARIS, Sept 5 (Reuters) - French authorities have received recent proof that two journalists held hostage in Afghanistan are alive and in good health, President Nicolas Sarkozy's chief of staff said on Sunday.
6:28 am - India tests supersonic cruise missile
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India has successfully tested a cruise missile which can be used to target terrorist training camps.
6:11 am - Taliban vow to disrupt Afghan parliamentary poll
Ukraine KyivPost - KABUL, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban said on Sunday they would attempt to derail elections this month and warned Afghans to boycott the vote, the first explicit threat against the poll by the hardline Islamists.
6:11 am - Smoking toddler ‘quits’
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An Indonesian toddler has apparently stopped smoking after spending 30 days in rehab.
5:54 am - ‘Think outside the box’
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says a new peace deal with the Palestinians requires creative thinking.
5:51 am - Basque separatists ETA announce ceasefire - Gara (update)
Ukraine KyivPost - MADRID, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Basque rebels ETA have decided to no longer carry out armed attacks, Basque-language newspaper Gara said on its website on Sunday.
5:40 am - Taliban threaten to disrupt Afghanistan election
Ukraine KyivPost - KABUL, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban said on Sunday they would attempt to derail elections this month and warned Afghans to boycott the vote, the first explicit threat against the poll by the hardline Islamists.
5:25 am - Basque separatists ETA announce ceasefire - Gara
Ukraine KyivPost - MADRID, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Basque rebels ETA have decided to no longer carry out armed attacks, Basque-language newspaper Gara said on its website on Sunday.
5:18 am - Merkel has ‘nuclear headache’
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is hosting an emotive nuclear summit amidst environmentalists and politicians’ bickering.
5:11 am - ‘They fought so hard for their lives’
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Plane crash survivors have met some relatives of the 33 trapped miners in Chile.
5:10 am - Top cop: I take responsibilty
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The Philippines' national police chief took the blame for the botched bus hijacking rescue attempt that killed eight Hong Kong tourists.
5:09 am - Suicide bomber kills five
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An explosives-packed car attacked a military base used by the motorised rifle brigade in the volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan.
4:55 am - Afghan governor says kidnapped Japan journalist freed (update)
Ukraine KyivPost - KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A Japanese journalist kidnapped in Afghanistan in April has been freed, according to an Afghan provincial official who said on Sunday the journalist had been abducted by the Taliban.
4:47 am - Chaos at Blair’s book signing event
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Protesters hurled shoes and eggs at Tony Blair who held the first public signing of his memoir.
4:46 am - Blair insulted at book signing event
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Protesters hurled shoes and eggs at Tony Blair who held the first public signing of his memoir.
4:37 am - India test-fires Brahmos cruise missile
Ukraine KyivPost - BHUBANESWAR, India, Sept 5 (Reuters) - India on Sunday test-fired an advanced version of a supersonic cruise missile, officials said, as part of the country's drive to boost its defence system. The Brahmos, which can travel at up to 2.8 times the spe......
4:10 am - Suicide attack rocks army base in Iraqi capital
Ukraine KyivPost - BAGHDAD, Sept 5 (Reuters) - One or more suicide bombers on Sunday tried to storm an army base in Baghdad where dozens of Iraqi army recruits and soldiers were killed by another suicide bomber just over two weeks ago, security officials said.
3:38 am - Earthquake strikes New Zealand
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A powerful earthquake smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines in New Zealand.
3:38 am - Floods give renewed clout to Pakistan Army
Ukraine KyivPost - MULTAN, Pakistan, Sept 5 (Reuters) - The message in black Urdu lettering on a white sack of supplies for flood relief says it all: "In tough times, the Pakistan Army is with you".
3:30 am - New Zealand mops up after massive quake
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A powerful earthquake smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines in New Zealand.
Iran's IRIB
- $1.5b in foreign investment in IRI mining sector
- IRI sets up dept to counter sanctions- Spokesman
- IRI, Qatar to review major int'l issues
- India successfully test-fires BrahMos missile
- President Ahmadinejad departs for Doha
- Two NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan
- 'Israel' appoints war criminal as chief of staff
- Floodwaters sweep towards another Pak town
Jerusalem Post
- 'Reaching an agreement to end conflict is not achievable'
- Cabinet approves Yoav Galant as Israel's 20th IDF chief
- Vatican: Stoning in Iran adultery case 'brutal'
- 'Hamas may accept a peace agreement with Israel'
- Merkel says Muslim youth violence is a national problem
- Palestinians to Iran: Mind your own business
- Barak: Israel unlikely to extend current settlement curbs
- MK Hershkovitz says DST debate is not a religious struggle
Sydney World Herald
- Shaken and stirred, shattered Christchurch jolts into action
- 'I thought I was going to die. I really did.'
- Mafia mobsters go green to get their dirty hands on wind farm grants
- Volcanoes erupt in gardens
- Scientists suspect there were three shocks in five seconds
- Donors put faith in charities linked to terrorism
- Mugabe's fowl play spotlit in spoof
- Former British Army head slams PMs
China Daily
- Shaken and stirred, shattered Christchurch jolts into action
- 'I thought I was going to die. I really did.'
- Mafia mobsters go green to get their dirty hands on wind farm grants
- Volcanoes erupt in gardens
- Scientists suspect there were three shocks in five seconds
- Donors put faith in charities linked to terrorism
- Mugabe's fowl play spotlit in spoof
- Former British Army head slams PMs
Czech's Transitions
- Imagine There's No Heaven
- The Indirect Path Toward a Republic for All Moldovans
- The Prison Cell as Petri Dish
- The Right to Life, With an Asterisk
- A Silence Broken by Horrible Explosions
- Economic Pragmatism or Flirting With Moscow?
- Still a Land of Possibilities
- A Tale of Two Bakus
Greece's Kathimerini
- Papandreou turns on his critics
- Temple of Athena Nike free of scaffolding
- Smoking ban hotline besieged
- Heating oil tax plans fuel concern
- Giorgos Karatzaferis prepares for...
- Police secure revamp funds
- Lean, mean banking machines
- The September 3 crossroads
Lebanon's Dailystar
- Pakistani Taliban claims bomb that kills 53
- Moussa says peace negotiations should be given a 'chance'
- Ahmadinejad: Middle East talks 'doomed' to fail
- UPS cargo plane crashes in Dubai, both pilots killed
- Tens of thousands pray at Al-Aqsa as Hamas calls for more armed 'resistance'
- US lauds Japan for new sanctions against Iran
- UN nuclear chief asks Israel to join Non-Proliferation Treaty
- EU trade chief criticized for suggesting 'Jewish lobby' influence US policy
Malaysia's Star Online
- Mideast talks to resume in Egyptian Red Sea resort
- Twelve killed in suicide assault on Iraq army base
- Vatican closely following Iran stoning case
- Peace deal requires new approach - Netanyahu
- Philippine police chief takes blame for bus hijack
- Gales, aftershocks shake quake hit New Zealand city
- Suicide bomber kills three in southern Russia
- Iraq cuts oil product supplies to Kurdish region
Norway Post
- Costly restauration of Norway's Stave Churches
- 50 øre coin soon to retire
- Major mud slide in Lyngen - no injuries
- Football: Iceland - Norway 1-2
- DR Congo may release convicted Norwegians
- Norwegian economy still in recession
- Norwegian airline pilot honored
- Cycling: Stage win for Hushovd
Taiwan's China Post
- Basque separatists ETA announce cease-fire
- Obama says his economic policies halted 'bleeding'
- Oil spill will not impact tourism in Florida: poll
- Head of alleged labor trafficking scheme arrested
- Over 4,500 inmates on hunger strike in Venezuela
- 2 Mexican congressmen,4 others die in plane crash
- Police seize millions of counterfeit money in Peru
- Blackwater created 30 shell firms to get contracts: report
Uganda Monitor
- Fresh Mogadishu clashes kill six
- Al-Shabaab have killed several Somali MPs in Hotel raid.
- WikiLeaks founder's life shrouded in mystery
- Athletics: Felix bags brace of diamonds
- Athletics: Felix bags brace of diamonds
- Uganda charges 32 over bombings
- C. Africa pledges to arrest Uganda rebel chief
- Saint Lucia signs up to International Criminal Court
