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Nineteen killed in suicide bombing in Pakistan

LAKKI MARWAT, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Taliban suicide bomber rammed his car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday killing at least 19 people, police said, in a new wave of attacks by al Qaeda-linked militants.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:08:00 +0000

German coalition to extend life of nuclear plants

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government agreed to a two-tier extension of the lifespans of German nuclear power plants on Sunday after marathon talks laid the groundwork on energy policy.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:41:48 +0000

Spain can't trust ETA truce - minister

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain cannot trust Sunday's truce announcement by armed Basque separatist group ETA and will continue to pursue its members, Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said on national television on Monday.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:50:21 +0000

Graft and threats of violence cloud hopes for Afghan vote

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban threats, shuttered polling centres and warnings of widespread fraud are clouding hopes for Afghanistan's September 18 parliamentary election, a key test of an already fragile democracy, observers have warned.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:53:51 +0000

Moldova poll fails, ruling Alliance on back foot

CHISINAU (Reuters) - Moldova's pro-Western leaders pondered their next move on Monday after a referendum designed to break a political deadlock in the ex-Soviet republic failed due to poor turnout, dealing them a humiliating setback.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:46:43 +0000

Aftershocks rattle quake-hit New Zealand city

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Aftershocks rocked New Zealand's second-biggest city on Monday causing further damage and forcing authorities to extend a state of emergency after the country's most damaging earthquake in 80 years.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:48:53 +0000

Australia election impasse expected to end Tuesday

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard will know on Tuesday if she can form a new minority government with the support of three independents, ending more than two weeks of uncertainty after the August 21 elections.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:55:53 +0000

Indonesia's lax gun control a boon for militants - report

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's poor gun control and corruption are allowing jihadist networks access to arms that may be used in sniper-style killings or bank robberies to help fund militancy, an international think tank said on Monday.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:02:09 +0000

Afghan foreign troops death toll hits 500 for 2010

KABUL (Reuters) - The number of foreign troops killed in Afghanistan this year has reached at least 500, compared with 521 in all of 2009, according to an independent monitoring site on Monday and a tally compiled by Reuters.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:52:16 +0000

Floods give renewed clout to Pakistan Army

MULTAN, Pakistan (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."
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:06:49 +0000

War, corruption swell number of Afghan street kids

KABUL (Reuters) - At a centre for disadvantaged children in Kabul, shy young girls step up to recite their duties as fasting Muslims for the visiting U.S. ambassador.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:27:15 +0000

South Africa miners start wage strike at Northam

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers said on Monday its members at Northam Platinum had started a wage strike following a dispute with management, the latest work stoppage in the country.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:49:43 +0000

Q+A-Why are S.Africa's Zuma's hands tied by labour?

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A strike by 1.3 million workers in South Africa's public sector now in its 16th day is testing President Jacob Zuma and the ruling African National Congress's fragile relationship with organised labour.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:49:24 +0000

Factbox - A look at South Africa's 'strike season'

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - About 1.3 million South African public sector workers, on strike for nearly a month, may soon return to work but continue talks on whether to accept an increased government wage offer.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:44:12 +0000

Merkel confident about nuclear power extension deal

BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she was confident her government's plans to extend the lifespans of Germany's nuclear power plants will not need the approval of the upper house of parliament.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:41:43 +0000

Hariri says was wrong to accuse Syria over killing

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's prime minister said he was wrong to accuse Syria of killing his father, Rafik al-Hariri, in 2005 and said the charge against Damascus had been politically motivated.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:55:11 +0000

Bomb blast wounds five in Tajikistan nightclub

DUSHANBE (Reuters) - A bomb exploded in a nightclub in Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe overnight, wounding five people, security sources in the Central Asian republic said on Monday.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:53:59 +0000

Russia, Israel sign military cooperation deal

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and Israel signed a framework military cooperation deal on Monday that Russia's defence chief suggested would lead to further purchases of Israeli weapons and technology.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:22:06 +0000

Attack on Iran would destroy Israel - Ahmadinejad

DOHA (Reuters) - Any attack on Iran would lead to the destruction of the state of Israel as a political entity, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during a visit to the Gulf Arab state of Qatar Sunday.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:21:51 +0000

Australia waits until Tuesday for govt to be formed

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia will not have a minority government until at least Tuesday, according to two of three independent lawmakers who have the balance of power in parliament after inconclusive elections last month.
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:53:44 +0000