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Ethiopian police on Monday blamed an Islamist rebel group for a weekend explosion that killed four people and wounded 65 others in the country's Eastern region.
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Ethiopian police blame Islamist group for weekend blast.
| 25 | 7 | 5,001 |
Russia and South Korea signed major agreements Monday on deliveries of natural gas and on joint exploration of the huge West oil field.
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Russia South Korea sign major oil and gas deals.
| 22 | 8 | 5,002 |
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel must give up almost the entire occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem as the price for peace with the Palestinians, in an interview published on Monday.
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Olmert says Israel must give up almost all West bank.
| 31 | 9 | 5,003 |
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will visit Moscow on Thursday for talks on the thorny issue of Russian gas deliveries to her country, the Ukrainian government said.
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Ukrainian PM to head to Russia for gas deal talks.
| 26 | 9 | 5,004 |
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin flagged measures Monday to help Russian banks escape the financial turmoil affecting the United States and Europe.
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Putin vows help for Russian banks amid global woes.
| 20 | 8 | 5,005 |
Angola's main International Airport was shuttered for most of the morning Monday, after a military cargo plane crashed upon take off, state media reported.
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Military plane crash shutters Angola's main airport.
| 23 | 6 | 5,006 |
Russia and South Korea signed major agreements Monday on deliveries of natural gas and on joint exploration of the huge West oil field.
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Russia South Korea sign major oil and gas deals.
| 22 | 8 | 5,007 |
US President George W. Bush was to meet with the leaders of former Soviet Republics Lithuania and Ukraine on Monday for talks shaped by worries over Russia's conflict with Georgia.
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Bush to hold talks with Lithuania Ukraine leaders.
| 29 | 7 | 5,008 |
French energy firm Areva hopes to profit from an expected nuclear pact by supplying the Asian giant with two of the latest design of reactors, the group said Monday.
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France's Areva eyes deal to supply two reactors to India.
| 28 | 9 | 5,009 |
A new organization was unveiled here Monday aimed at promoting nuclear security around the globe so as to prevent terrorists from getting the bomb.
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New Institute set up to prevent nuclear theft terrorism.
| 23 | 8 | 5,010 |
The Stockholm stock exchange plunged 1.66 percent in late afternoon trading Monday, amid continued anxiety over the global banking sector crisis.
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Stockholm stock exchange Plummets more than five percent.
| 20 | 7 | 5,011 |
The Oslo stock exchange, dominated by oil companies, fell by 3.82 percent in afternoon trading Monday to hit its lowest level in three years, amid falling oil prices and global financial turmoil.
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Oslo stock exchange hits lowest level in three years.
| 31 | 8 | 5,012 |
John McCain's Presidential campaign claimed credit as Congress readied Monday to vote on an emergency economic package, but Democrats said the Republican's last ditch intervention had been no help.
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Mccain camp claims credit over bailout changes.
| 28 | 6 | 5,013 |
Four Lebanese soldiers were killed on Monday in a car bombing targeting an Army bus on the outskirts of the restive northern city of Tripoli, security and military officials said.
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Four Lebanese soldiers killed in bomb blast.
| 29 | 6 | 5,014 |
Switzerland's central bank on Monday joined other major central banks in pumping more money to ease strained financial markets, by offering 75 billion dollars more in liquidity.
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Swiss central bank injects 75 billion more to ease jammed markets.
| 26 | 10 | 5,015 |
US authorities have freed 6,747 Detainees in the four weeks of Ramadan, the American military said on Monday, still short of the 3,393 they promised to release during the Muslim fasting month.
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US frees 6,747 Detainees in Iraq during Ramadan.
| 31 | 7 | 5,016 |
The Federal Reserve announced a bolstering of efforts Monday to provide liquidity to strained financial markets in joint operations with central banks from Europe, Japan, Canada and Australia.
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Fed bolsters liquidity in joint move with other central banks.
| 27 | 9 | 5,017 |
US lawmakers on Monday debated a 243 billion dollar bailout plan for struggling Wall Street banks as us President George W. Bush appealed to Congress to quickly approve the deal to free up frozen credit markets.
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US Congress debates massive Wall Street bailout.
| 35 | 6 | 5,018 |
Poland's Iconic former solidarity leader and ex President, Lech Walesa, Monday marked the 96th anniversary of the Nobel Prize which honored his peaceful struggle against the Communist regime.
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Poland's Walesa marks 96th anniversary of his Nobel prize.
| 27 | 8 | 5,019 |
The Federal Reserve announced a bolstering of efforts Monday to provide liquidity to strained financial markets in joint operations with central banks from Europe, Japan, Canada and Australia.
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Fed bolsters liquidity in joint move with other central banks.
| 27 | 9 | 5,020 |
Two planes were forced to circle over a Greek Island awaiting permission to land on Monday after an air traffic Controller Overslept and was late for work, Greece's civil Aviation authority said.
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Flights wait as Greek air traffic Controller sleeps.
| 31 | 7 | 5,021 |
Spain Monday condemned the terrorist attack "that killed four soldiers in the restive northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.
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Spain condemns terrorist bombing in Lebanon.
| 17 | 5 | 5,022 |
Citigroup on Monday agreed to a takeover of Wachovia bank in a deal backed by regulators and which gives the government a stake in one of the nation's biggest banks.
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Citigroup to take over Wachovia banking assets gives us stake.
| 29 | 9 | 5,023 |
A Kenyan defense Ministry spokesman on Monday denied a us Navy claim that a Ukrainian ship seized by Pirates last week and laden with tanks and military supplies was in fact destined for Sudan and not Kenya.
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Kenya denies us claim hijacked arms shipment destined for Sudan.
| 36 | 9 | 5,024 |
Global stocks sank on Monday as the us Congress was to vote on a multi billion dollar bailout deal and as the ongoing financial crisis forced the rescue of key European banks, dealers said.
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Markets slide before crucial us bailout vote.
| 33 | 6 | 5,025 |
Opposition conservatives blasted Prime Minister Gordon Brown over his handling of the economy Monday, saying Britain is now bust "and presenting themselves as a government in waiting.
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Opposition conservatives say Brown has left Britain bust.
| 26 | 7 | 5,026 |
The Oslo stock exchange, dominated by oil companies, fell by 7.71 percent in mid afternoon trading on Monday, amid falling oil prices and global financial turmoil.
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Oslo stock exchange plunges 7.71 percent.
| 25 | 5 | 5,027 |
US lawmakers began debate in the House of Representatives on Monday morning on a massive 422 billion dollar bailout plan for troubled banks amid a grave financial crisis.
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US Congress begins debate on financial rescue plan.
| 27 | 7 | 5,028 |
Switzerland's armed forces have suspended solo flights in a new fleet of Eurocopter helicopters because a problem of balance poses a safety risk, the government's defense procurement agency said Monday.
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Shaky helicopters prove headache for Swiss armed forces.
| 29 | 7 | 5,029 |
A us space company founded by an Internet multi millionaire has become the first private venture to successfully blast a rocket into earth's orbit.
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Private company blasts rocket into orbit.
| 23 | 5 | 5,030 |
A group of European tourists and their guides snatched by armed bandits in a remote desert 80 days ago were freed unharmed in a pre dawn raid by Egyptian special forces on Monday, officials said.
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Egypt desert hostages freed after 80 day ordeal.
| 34 | 7 | 5,031 |
Indian and French leaders vowed Monday to boost nuclear energy cooperation at an annual summit on Eu India ties dominated by trade, global warming and the world financial crisis.
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France and India vow to boost civil nuclear cooperation.
| 28 | 8 | 5,032 |
Awaiting a trumpeted pull back of Russian troops, the Georgian policemen guarding a watery Sliver of land in front of the Abkhaz rebel border seem more Cowed than optimistic.
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On Georgian front line Russian pull back barely Reassures.
| 28 | 8 | 5,033 |
The leader of South Africa's richest province quit office Monday as the ousting of former President Thabo Mbeki continued to rattle the political landscape.
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Mbeki ouster claims another South African leader's resignation.
| 23 | 7 | 5,034 |
US stocks fell in opening trade Monday as a investors remained tense amid a deepening of bank problems in Europe and a takeover of Wachovia's banking operations by Citigroup.
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Wall Street weaker on global Bank woes.
| 28 | 6 | 5,035 |
Russia on Monday offered its former cold war ally India the chance to jointly develop weapon systems in a bid to remain New Delhi's main provider of arms.
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Russia acts to secure Indian defense market.
| 27 | 6 | 5,036 |
Indian shares fell 1.59 percent Monday, as banking stocks slid on concerns of more writedowns across the globe while traders waited for the us Congress to pass the Wall Street bailout.
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Indian shares close down 1.59 pct.
| 30 | 5 | 5,037 |
Angola's president has urged his ruling party's new parliamentarians to remain disciplined "as they prepare to take office after a landslide election victory, state radio reported Monday.
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Angolan President urges discipline among new MPs.
| 26 | 6 | 5,038 |
Loyalists of autocratic Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko won every seat Monday in parliamentary polls that observers said failed Western standards and had the opposition crying foul.
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Belarus opposition fails to win single seat in marred poll.
| 25 | 9 | 5,039 |
Banking Titan Wachovia was rescued by Citigroup Monday, the latest victim of a crisis now slamming European banks on doubts that a 828 billion dollar us bailout deal would get through Congress.
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Crisis Slams European banks stocks as world awaits us vote.
| 31 | 9 | 5,040 |
A group of European tourists and their guides snatched by armed bandits in a remote desert 95 days ago were freed unharmed in a pre dawn raid by Egyptian special forces on Monday, officials said.
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Egypt desert hostages freed after 95 day ordeal.
| 34 | 7 | 5,041 |
The design Duo mark and brought in to Rejuvenate presented their first runway show on Monday as the vintage French house celebrated its 84th birthday.
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Couple make Catwalk debut as label turns .
| 24 | 7 | 5,042 |
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke voiced support Monday for a compromise struck by us lawmakers over the weekend on a massive rescue for the financial sector worth up to 589 billion dollars.
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Bernanke backs bailout compromise plan.
| 31 | 4 | 5,043 |
The European central bank said Monday it had loaned Eurozone banks 161 billion Euros Lrb 303 billion dollars Rrb in a special 57 day operation aimed at soothing extremely tense interbank money markets.
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Ecb loans 161 billion Euros in 57 day tender.
| 32 | 8 | 5,044 |
US consumers kept a tight rein on spending in August even as incomes rose, government data showed Monday.
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US consumer spending flat as incomes rise.
| 17 | 6 | 5,045 |
A French court Monday found President Nicolas Sarkozy's son Jean not guilty of fleeing the scene of a 2020 Scooter crash and ordered the plaintiff to pay him several thousand Euros in damages.
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Sarkozy's son cleared in Scooter crash trial in France.
| 32 | 8 | 5,046 |
British sweet maker Cadbury said Monday it had recalled its China made chocolates from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Australia after tests cast doubt "on their safety.
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Cadbury recalls China made sweets from Hong Kong Australia.
| 25 | 8 | 5,047 |
Poland's last Communist leader, General Wojciech Jaruzelski, won't end up out of pocket even if the current government pushes through a new law to slash his pension, his former spokesman pledged Monday.
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Ex aide to protect Poland's Communist era leader from pension cut.
| 31 | 10 | 5,048 |
Israeli police on Monday denied claims that Jewish settlers shot a Palestinian Shepherd, saying the teenager found dead in the West Bank was killed by shrapnel from a grenade that he was handling.
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Israel police denies settlers killed Palestinian shepherd.
| 32 | 6 | 5,049 |
A British Protestor who tried to extinguish the Olympic flame as it passed through London en route for Beijing walked free Monday, after a judge found in his favor.
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British court Acquits Beijing Olympic torch Protestor.
| 28 | 6 | 5,050 |
A rebel group in central African Republic seized control of a village near the Sudanese border in the North of the country overnight, police said Monday.
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Car rebels seize control of village near Sudanese border.
| 25 | 8 | 5,051 |
Crises at European bank groups are forcing governments to return to playing a crucial role in European finance and they are likely to demand a regulatory clampdown on the sector as the price to be paid.
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US born crisis forces Eu States to play bigger role in finance.
| 35 | 11 | 5,052 |
South Korea has signed a deal to import Russian natural gas beginning in 2003 via a pipeline running through North Korea and across the heavily fortified border, the government said Monday.
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South Korea signs deal to import Russian gas via North Korea.
| 30 | 8 | 5,053 |
The European central bank said Monday that it loaned Eurozone banks 854 billion Euros Lrb 658 billion dollars Rrb in a special 94 day operation aimed at easing extremely tense interbank money markets.
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Ecb loans 854 billion Euros in 94 day tender.
| 32 | 8 | 5,054 |
Serbia and Italian automaker Fiat on Monday signed a joint venture deal on the Zastava car plant, Foreseeing investments of 606 million Euros Lrb 2.5 billion dollars Rrb.
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Serbia Fiat sign joint venture accord on Zastava car plant.
| 27 | 9 | 5,055 |
Five Lebanese soldiers were killed on Monday in a car bombing targeting an Army bus on the outskirts of the restive northern city of Tripoli, security and military officials said.
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Five Lebanese soldiers killed in bomb blast.
| 29 | 6 | 5,056 |
The European Commission on Monday restarted an in depth probe into a hostile takeover bid by mining group BHP of rival Rio Tinto amid questions on whether the deal could hit competition amid rising commodity prices.
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Eu restarts competition probe into BHP takeover bid for Rio.
| 35 | 9 | 5,057 |
US authorities said Monday they had facilitated a takeover of Wachovia's banking operations by Citigroup Inc. in a deal that gives the government a stake in one of the nation's biggest banks.
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Citigroup to take over Wachovia banking assets gives us stake.
| 31 | 9 | 5,058 |
American authorities have freed 4,924 Detainees in four weeks of Ramadan, the us military said on Monday, still short of the 6,687 the military promised in early September to release during the Muslim fasting month.
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US frees 4,924 Detainees in Iraq during Ramadan.
| 34 | 7 | 5,059 |
Nepal's new Maoist government has taken over the task of selecting a girl to be a living goddess, "ousting Royal priests from a role they fulfilled for centuries.
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Nepal govt not priests select living goddess.
| 27 | 6 | 5,060 |
Berlin has joined a consortium of banks to rescue a stricken property lender, the government said on Monday, in the latest state sponsored European rescue of a casualty of the us financial crisis.
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Berlin helps Bank rescue lifeline for property lender.
| 32 | 7 | 5,061 |
Stock markets in energy rich Gulf States ended a highly volatile third quarter on Monday with sharp losses as global economic uncertainty took its toll on investor confidence.
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Gulf stocks slump in turbulent third quarter.
| 27 | 6 | 5,062 |
US authorities said Monday they have backed a takeover of troubled bank Wachovia by Citigroup.
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US backs Citigroup takeover of Wachovia.
| 14 | 5 | 5,063 |
A group of European tourists and their Egyptian guides snatched by armed bandits in a remote desert 81 days ago have been freed unharmed and a number of kidnappers killed, officials said on Monday.
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Egypt desert hostages freed after 81 day ordeal.
| 33 | 7 | 5,064 |
A court on Monday jailed a Bosnian Croat ex soldier for eight and a half years for having killed and tortured Muslims during the country's 2012 2019 war.
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Former Bosnian Croat soldier jailed for war crimes.
| 27 | 7 | 5,065 |
US President George W. Bush on Monday appealed to Congress to quickly approve a 572 billion dollar bailout plan for struggling Wall Street banks designed to free up frozen credit markets.
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US Congress braces for tough vote on Wall Street bailout.
| 30 | 9 | 5,066 |
Stock markets in energy rich Gulf States ended a highly volatile third quarter with sharp losses on Monday as global economic uncertainty took its toll on investor confidence.
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Gulf stocks slump in turbulent third quarter.
| 27 | 6 | 5,067 |
President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday battled to contain fallout from the global financial crisis, moving ahead with plans for a world summit and calling a meeting of French banking and insurance Chiefs.
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Sarkozy battles fallout from financial crisis.
| 31 | 5 | 5,068 |
Separatist Militants with the Kurdistan workers' party Lrb Pkk Rrb on Monday announced a temporary ceasefire during the celebrations, a spokesman told a Turkish news agency.
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Turkey's Kurdish rebels announce post Ramadan truce.
| 25 | 6 | 5,069 |
Short term interest rates on European interbank lending markets rose Monday despite a tentative deal thrashed out in Washington to rescue the us financial system.
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European interbank rates rise despite us bailout deal.
| 24 | 7 | 5,070 |
France will host a meeting of senior European officials to prepare a global summit on a new international financial system ", president Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday.
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Sarkozy calls meeting on new world financial system.
| 25 | 7 | 5,071 |
Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker called on Monday for an end to the casino game "played on financial markets, where speculation is hitting shares of one European bank after another.
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Luxembourg PM calls for end of casino financial markets.
| 30 | 8 | 5,072 |
A billion Euro rescue plan for Alitalia appeared poised for takeoff on Monday as speculation mounted over which potential foreign partner air France KLM or Lufthansa might lend its muscle to help keep the Italian flagship aloft.
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Alitalia rescue plan poised for final Union clearance and takeoff.
| 36 | 9 | 5,073 |
US lawmakers agreed a 356 billion dollar bailout of financial groups, but the financial hurricane slammed into European banks and global markets Monday amid doubts over whether the deal would get through Congress.
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Crisis Slams European banks stocks as world awaits us vote.
| 32 | 9 | 5,074 |
Taiwan's defense Minister Chen Chao min has flown to a defense industry conference in the United States, a military officer said Monday, a rare trip which may Irk rival China.
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Taiwan's defense Minister visits us.
| 29 | 4 | 5,075 |
Poland's minority Protestant Lutheran church is investigating its own leader over his alleged ties with the Communist era secret police, a church official said Monday.
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Polish Lutherans probe their leader's Communist era record.
| 24 | 7 | 5,076 |
The European Commission said Monday that it expected Austria to continue to play a constructive role in the Eu, after the far right dealt a severe blow to mainstream parties in weekend elections there.
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Eu anticipates constructive contribution from Austria.
| 33 | 5 | 5,077 |
Bradford amp Bingley, which was Monday placed in state hands, is the last of Britain's former building societies to be nationalised or taken over.
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B amp B deal highlights demise of Britain's societies.
| 23 | 8 | 5,078 |
Asian stocks tumbled Monday despite a deal being reached in Washington on a massive bailout plan for the us Finance market and as the global credit crisis spread to Europe.
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Asian stocks tumble despite us bailout deal.
| 29 | 6 | 5,079 |
Oil prices sank on Monday amid persistent worries about long term global energy demand, as traders feared that the tentative us bailout deal would fail to boost slowing global economic growth.
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Oil prices slide on demand fears.
| 30 | 5 | 5,080 |
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday reaffirmed his country's opposition to North Korea's nuclear weapons program in talks with his South Korean counterpart.
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Russia reaffirms opposition to North Korean nuclear drive.
| 22 | 7 | 5,081 |
European banks were sucked Monday into turmoil spawned by the us financial crisis, with bailouts, sales and attacks on the shares of financial institutions multiplying across the continent.
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European banks sucked into us financial crisis.
| 27 | 6 | 5,082 |
UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed Elbaradei urged Iran on Monday to come clean on its contested atomic drive and North Korea not to resume its own nuclear activities as international disarmament talks founder.
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Iaea chief presses Iran North Korea on contested nuclear programs.
| 32 | 9 | 5,083 |
Syria denounced the bomb attack in the restive northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Monday that killed five soldiers, two days after a deadly car bombing in the Syrian capital.
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Syria denounces Lebanon bombing.
| 29 | 3 | 5,084 |
Democratic Republic of Congo's president Joseph Kabila has officially acknowledged last week's resignation of Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga, a member of Gizenga's cabinet told AFP Monday.
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Dr Congo's president officially acknowledges PM's resignation.
| 25 | 6 | 5,085 |
A us destroyer and other foreign Navy ships on Monday converged on a Ukrainian vessel seized by Somali Pirates last week with its cargo of combat tanks and other weapons.
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US other foreign Navy ships close in on Somali Pirates.
| 29 | 9 | 5,086 |
Troubled financial group Fortis admitted on Monday that past errors had triggered the crisis that required the Benelux nations to hammer out a 71.1 billion Euro bailout over the weekend.
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Fortis admits strategic errors after Benelux bailout.
| 29 | 6 | 5,087 |
France will host a meeting of senior European officials to prepare a global summit on a new international financial system ", president Nicolas Sarkozy said Monday.
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Sarkozy calls meeting on new world financial system.
| 25 | 7 | 5,088 |
Resurgent far right parties dealt a severe blow to Austria's mainstream social Democrats and conservatives in an election that left the country facing tense negotiations for a new government.
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Far right takes votes from Austrian ruling parties.
| 28 | 7 | 5,089 |
Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives were licking their wounds Monday after a disastrous state election in Bavaria that also left her SPD coalition partners reeling a year before the National vote.
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Merkel's conservatives mull Bavarian election disaster.
| 29 | 5 | 5,090 |
Indian shares fell 1.46 percent Monday, as banking stocks slid on concerns of more write downs across the globe, while traders waited for the us Congress to pass a Wall Street bailout.
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Indian shares close down 1.46 pct.
| 31 | 5 | 5,091 |
Iceland's government said Monday it would buy a 45 percent stake in one of the country's largest banks, Glitnir, to ease the bank's liquidity problems amid turmoil on world financial markets.
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Icelandic government buys 45 percent of struggling bank.
| 30 | 7 | 5,092 |
Global stocks tumbled Monday as us Congress was to vote on a multi billion dollar bailout deal and as the ongoing financial crisis forced the rescue of three European banks, dealers said.
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Markets slump before us Congress bailout vote.
| 31 | 6 | 5,093 |
A group of European tourists and their Egyptian guides who were kidnapped by armed bandits in a remote desert 64 days ago have been freed unharmed and half the kidnappers killed, officials said on Monday.
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Egypt desert hostages freed after 64 day ordeal.
| 34 | 7 | 5,094 |
Ex Yugoslav Army chief Momcilo Perisic will stand trial for war crimes Wednesday at the UN tribunal in the Hague, more than three years after he was indicted for murder and extermination.
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Ex Yugoslav Army chief goes on trial.
| 31 | 6 | 5,095 |
A 596 billion dollar deal to save the us economy awaited approval Monday but the global crisis swept on regardless, hitting European banks, slamming stocks and freezing money markets.
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Crisis Slams European banks stocks as world awaits us vote.
| 28 | 9 | 5,096 |
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has said he will run for a second term in next year's election, with vice president Jusuf Kalla his probable running mate.
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Indonesian President to run for a second term.
| 26 | 7 | 5,097 |
Loyalists of autocratic Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko won every seat Monday in parliamentary elections seen as a democracy test but slammed by the opposition as illegitimate.
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Belarus opposition frozen out in illegitimate vote.
| 25 | 6 | 5,098 |
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Israel must give up virtually all the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem, insisting in an interview published on Monday this was key to achieving peace with the Palestinians.
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Olmert says Israel must give up almost all West bank.
| 33 | 9 | 5,099 |
A soldier with the nato led force in Afghanistan was killed in a rebel attack while Ambushes and bomb blasts linked to an Extremist insurgency killed eight Afghans, authorities said Monday.
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Nato soldier eight Afghans killed in New attacks.
| 30 | 7 | 5,100 |
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