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6 min ago | National Post

Canada, India reach nuclear deal

Canada and India have announced a major nuclear trade deal. Officials in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office say the agreement will allow Canadian firms to export and import "controlled" nuclear materials, equipment and technology to and from India.

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Related Topix: World News, India, North America, Canada, Stephen Harper

4 hrs ago | Newsday.com

Russia: Bomb caused train crash that killed 26

The head of Russia's Federal Security Service, Alexander Bortnikov, said experts found pieces of an explosive device that detonated around 9:30 Friday night as the train raced over it, gouging a five-foot crater and strewing smoking wreckage over a rural stretch of track.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, World News, Russia, Terrorism, Explosion

9 hrs ago | Hampshire Chronicle

Brown announces Afghan conference

Britain is to host a conference at which Afghan President Hamid Karzai will be asked to commit himself to boosting his country's army and police so UK troops can come home, Gordon Brown announced.

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Related Topix: Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai

13 hrs ago | Houston Chronicle

Bangladesh ferry capsizes at dock; 30 dead

The triple-deck ferry, M.V. Coco, floats after it tipped and its rear portion sank in the Tetulia River late Friday near the coastal town of Bhola, 64 miles south of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Bangladesh, World News, Boat Disaster

Fri Nov 27, 2009

KTXL-TV Sacramento

Zimbabwe cargo plane crashes at Shanghai's airport, killing 3

A Zimbabwe cargo plane crashed shortly after taking off Saturday from Shanghai's main international airport, killing three crew members, a government official said.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, World News, China

KVAL-TV Eugene

Officials: 22 dead in Russia train derailment

An express train carrying hundreds of passengers from Moscow to St. Petersburg derailed late Friday, killing at least 22 people and injuring dozens of others, emergency officials said.

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Related Topix: Train Disaster, World News, Russia, Terrorism, Explosion

Centre Daily Times

Sri Lanka's presidential poll set for Jan. 26

Sri Lankan elections officials said Friday that the nation would hold early presidential elections on Jan.

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Related Topix: Sri Lanka, World News, Mixed Martial Arts, Vernon White, Mahinda Rajapaksa

Penticton Herald

Key anti-Taliban figure assassinated, military kills 15 in new operation in northwest Pakistan

A key anti-Taliban tribal leader was assassinated Friday in a roadside bombing, the latest in a series of attacks against pro-government militias in the Afghan border area of northwestern Pakistan.

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Related Topix: World News, Afghanistan, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Athens Banner-Herald

Karzai renews call on Taliban to lay down weapons

Afghan President Hamid Karzai called on the Taliban and other extremist groups Friday to lay down their weapons and participate in rebuilding the battered country, as part of reconciliation efforts he has said will be his main objective during his second term.

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Related Topix: Afghanistan, World News, Hamid Karzai

NowPublic

Obama wants Nato allies to send 10,000 more troops to Afghanistan

"WASHINGTON a ' The United States is scrambling to coax NATO allies to send 10,000 additional troops to Afghanistan as part of President Obama a TMs strategy for the region.

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Related Topix: Afghanistan, World News, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Hamid Karzai

Thu Nov 26, 2009

KPLR-11

US soldiers in Afghanistan seeking a slice of home eat Thanksgiving turkeys they raised

As daylight faded and the winter cold set in, soldiers huddled inside a crude wooden hut to tuck into Thanksgiving turkeys the unit itself had fattened and to give thanks for having survived a year of combat in Afghanistan.

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Related Topix: World News, Afghanistan, Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Prison, Baked Goods, Food, Bread, Deltona, FL,

Newsday.com

Attorney says dinner crashers shouldn't need him

"They just went to a party. They didn't do anything wrong," Paul Morrison, a Virginia attorney who has represented Michaele and Tareq Salahi in the past, told The Associated Press .

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Related Topix: Entertainment, Drama, Television, World News, India, Manmohan Singh, George Bush, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

WHDH

SKorea confirms some 5,000 wartime executions

South Korean soldiers and police executed nearly 5,000 citizens during the early months of the 1950-53 Korean War, fearing they could collaborate with invading North Korean troops, a government commission said Thursday.

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Related Topix: North Korea, World News, History in the News

Guardian Unlimited

German army head quits over Afghanistan bombing

Wolfgang Schneiderhan quits as defence ministry accused of withholding information about civilian casualties in Nato bombing Inspector General Wolfgang Schneiderhan in Kunduz, Afghanistan, earlier this month.

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China announces plan to boost energy efficiency

China announced plans Thursday to drastically boost its energy efficiency as part of its contribution to the fight against global warming, AP reported.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

en.trend.az | Trend_News

S.Korea, U.S. agree to strengthen maritime safety

South Korea and the United States have agreed to work together to strengthen maritime safety, the South Korean Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs said on Thursday, Xinhua reported.

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en.trend.az | Trend_News

Gunmen linked to Philippines massacre arrested

Several gunmen suspected of involvement in the Philippines election-related massacre of 57 people including politicians and journalists have been arrested, Press TV reported.

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en.trend.az | Trend_News

Indian official demands for U.S. lift on American technology transfer to India

A senior Indian official on Wednesday reiterated call for the United States to lift restrictions on American technology transfer to India a day after U.S. President Barack Obama's meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the White House, Xinhua reported.

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en.trend.az | Trend_News

Rare, heavy rains soak pilgrims in Islam's hajj

Rare, heavy rainstorms soaked pilgrims and flooded the road into Mecca, snarling Islam's annual hajj as millions of Muslims headed for the holy sites. The downpours add an extra hazard on top of intense concerns about the spread of swine flu, AP reported.

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Andover Advertiser

Treasury 'squeezed defence budget'

A former head of MI6 has launched an attack on the Government for its financing and handling of the military campaign in Afghanistan.

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