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Dalai Lama talks peace as 30,000 attend meeting in eastern India
New Delhi - The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Monday called for peace among all communities as he addressed over 30,000 devotees in India's northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, which China considers a disputed region. Compassion and...

[Posted on : 2009-11-09 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

EU's Barroso to attend Berlin Wall celebrations
Brussels - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso planned to attend Monday's Festival of Freedom domino-toppling extravaganza marking the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The head of the European Union's executive arm sai...

[Posted on : 2009-11-09 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Report: Bulgaria sees rise in kidnappings for ransom
Sofia - Kidnappings for ransom are on the rise in Bulgaria, with more than double the number of cases this year, the daily 24 Chasa reported Monday, quoting police. Bulgarian police have investigated 23 kidnappings so far this year, which is already ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-09 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Lawyer: Bennett 'terrorism' evidence obtained under torture - Summary
Harare - On the first day of his terrorism trial Monday, Zimbabwean politician Roy Bennett's lawyers accused the state of basing its case against him on a confession that was allegedly obtained under torture. Bennett, 52, a senior member of Prime Min...

[Posted on : 2009-11-09 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Palau probes suspected money laundering by Taiwan's ex-president
Taipei - The Pacific island nation of Palau is probing suspected money laundering by Taiwan's ex-president Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan television reported Monday. Cable TV channel TVBS, in a dispatch from Palau, said Chen is suspected of routing 40 millio...

[Posted on : 2009-11-09 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

US ready to give Iran 'space' to mull nuclear fuel deal
Vienna - The United States is willing to give Iran's leaders some time to come up with a response to a proposed multinational nuclear fuel deal, Washington's representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Glyn Davies told reporters i...

[Posted on : 2009-11-09 ] Category : [ US (World) ]

Five Philippine police officers killed in communist rebel attack
Manila - Five police officers were killed Monday in an attack by communist rebels in an eastern Philippine province, a regional military commander said. Two police officers were also injured in the ambush in Bulan town in Sorsogon province, 390 kilom...

[Posted on : 2009-11-09 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Doubts arise over Sarkozy's personal Berlin Wall story
Paris - A controversy arose in France Monday over President Nicolas Sarkozy's Facebook account of his visit to Berlin on November 9, 1989, for the fall of the Wall. Several French internet media noted that it would have been unlikely for Sarkozy to h...

[Posted on : 2009-11-09 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Six security personnel among 17 killed in Pakistan violence - Summary
Islamabad - Seventeen people, including five soldiers and a policeman, were killed Monday when Taliban militants targeted security personnel with a suicide bombing, rocket attack and a roadside blast in the restive north-western region, officials sai...

[Posted on : 2009-11-09 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Search for EU leader moves into high gear in Berlin
Stockholm/Berlin- The search for the first president of the European Union was set to dominate behind-the-scenes talks in Berlin on Monday as EU leaders gathered to commemorate the fall of the Iron Curtain. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was set to ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-09 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

 

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