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Sweden to name EU summit date 'within days' - Summary
Berlin - The European Union's Swedish presidency will set the date within days for an EU summit to decide who should be the bloc's first president, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said Monday. I will call a summit within a matter of days, Reinfeld...
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Berlin Wall comes down in Los Angeles
Los Angeles - The Berlin Wall - or at least pieces of it - came down in Los Angeles early Monday as the entertainment capital of the US staged a glitzy arts extravaganza to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the historic moment. Eight pieces of the ...
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At least 16 dead in Kazakhstan warehouse fire
Astana/Moscow - At least 16 people died Monday in a fire in a warehouse for synthetic building materials in the central Asian republic of Kazakhstan, the Interfax Kazakhstan news agency reported. The fire rapidly spread throughout the 8,000-square-me...
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Britain reportedly urges Karzai to make peace with Taliban
Hamburg - Britain has quietly urged Afghan's newly re-elected president, Hamid Karzai, to make peace with the less radical part of the Taliban, a German magazine, Stern, claimed Monday. In a story on its website, stern.de, it said that London's confi...
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Danish Nazi supporter serving with Royal Life Guards
Copenhagen - A self-proclaimed Danish Nazi supporter is doing his military service with the Royal Life Guards but there are no plans to force him to leave the unit, the Danish military said, according to media reports Monday. The 19-year-old was link...
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First executions after unrest in north-west China - Summary
Beijing - Nine Uighurs were executed in connection with the July unrest in China's far north-west Xinjiang province, the country's state-controlled media reported Monday. The executions were carried out last Wednesday after the Supreme Court in Beiji...
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US to give Iran 'space' to mull nuclear fuel deal - Summary
Vienna/Tehran - The United States is willing to give Iran time to come up with a response to a proposed multinational nuclear fuel deal, the US ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Glyn Davies, said Monday. We want to give so...
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