Archive for June 11th, 2009

Women’s rights next on agenda for Kadhafi in Italy (AFP)

AFP – Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi was set to stress women’s rights as he wraps up a controversial visit to former colonial master Italy.

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Women’s rights next on agenda for Kadhafi in Italy
(AFP)

S.Korea mulls N.Korea demands on industrial estate (AFP)

AFP – South Korea is mulling its response following North Korea’s demands for huge extra payments for a jointly-run industrial estate, casting doubt over the future of their last reconciliation project.

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S.Korea mulls N.Korea demands on industrial estate
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Oil falls towards $72 after three-day rally (Reuters)

Reuters – Oil prices slid toward $72 a barrel on Friday, as investors locked in gains from a near eight-month high settlement a day ago, but stronger-than-expected China factory output and retail sales data lent support.

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Oil falls towards $72 after three-day rally
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Thursday night features 10 1-run games (AP)

AP – Ten major league baseball games were decided by one run Thursday night, the most since a record 11 early in the 2001 season.

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Thursday night features 10 1-run games
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Australian family’s joy at Kuwait jail reprieve (AFP)

AFP – The family of an Australian woman jailed in Kuwait for insulting the emir have been celebrating after the country’s surprise decision to suspend her sentence.

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Australian family’s joy at Kuwait jail reprieve
(AFP)

Chavez: Gov’t may shutter critical TV channel (AP)

AP – President Hugo Chavez threatened to close down an opposition-sided news network, saying the defiant Globovision channel’s days on the airwaves will be numbered if its directors don’t stand down.

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Chavez: Gov’t may shutter critical TV channel
(AP)

Pakistani general’s home attacked (AP)

AP – Gunmen opened fire Friday at the home of the army commander heading the military offensive against Taliban militants in Pakistan’s northwest, sparking a gunbattle just hours after a suicide attack at a police checkpoint, officials said.

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Pakistani general’s home attacked
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As Iran Heads to Polls, Opposition Worries About Fair Elections (Time.com)

Time.com – As supporters of Ahmadinejad’s challengers go to the polls on Friday to vote, they are armed with an arsenal of instructions on how to contribute to making Iran’s presidential elections “fair”

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As Iran Heads to Polls, Opposition Worries About Fair Elections
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