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China to give Africa $10 bln in loans: Wen
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) - Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao pledged to give African countries 10 billion dollars in concessional loans as a two-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation opened in Egypt on Sunday.
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Russia must keep promise to supply missiles - Iran
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Russia should keep its word on selling a missile defence system to Iran, an influential parliamentarian was quoted by Iranian media as saying Sunday.
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Five workers dead in Andorra bridge collapse
ANDORRA LA VELLA (AFP) - Two more workers died overnight after a bridge under construction in the Pyrenees principality of Andorra collapsed, bringing the death toll to five, the government said Sunday.
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Anti-Taliban mayor among 12 killed in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - A suicide car bomber struck near a busy livestock market in Pakistan's Peshawar city on Sunday, killing 12 people including a former Taliban sympathiser turned anti-militant mayor, police said.
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Wall anniversary celebrations kick off in Berlin
BERLIN (AFP) - Berlin warmed up Sunday for the 20th anniversary of the Wall's fall with celebrations throughout the city, as crowds gathered to relive the ecstatic scenes that heralded the demise of European communism.
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Serbian president awaits EU signal on membership
VIENNA (Reuters) - Serbia will probably apply next month for eventual European Union membership, but will first wait for a green light from Brussels to proceed, the country's president said on Sunday.
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UN-proposed nuclear deal still on table: Iran MP
TEHRAN (AFP) - Proposals from world powers to supply nuclear fuel for a research reactor in Iran are still on the table, a leading MP said on Sunday, a day after suggesting that Tehran could reject the deal.
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NATO, Afghanistan probe deadly 'friendly' strike
KABUL (AFP) - Investigations were under way Sunday into the deaths of seven soldiers and police killed in what Afghan officials called a mis-targeted NATO air strike, one of the worst "friendly fire" incidents of an eight-year war.
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Dalai Lama visits monastery despite China protest
TAWANG, India (AFP) - The Dalai Lama visited a remote Tibetan monastery in northeast India on Sunday at the start of a trip that has infuriated China, which claims the surrounding Himalayan region as its own.
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Cambodia announces Thaksin visit
PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra will visit Phnom Penh this week in his new role as economics adviser, the Cambodian PM said Sunday, further stoking a row with Thailand.
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US investigators believe gunman acted alone
FORT HOOD, Texas (AFP) - US investigators believe the army doctor accused of killing 13 people in a shooting rampage at a Texas military base acted alone, but his motive for the massacre was unclear, officials said.
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Dalai Lama visits Indian state disputed by China
TAWANG, India (Reuters) - Thousands of Buddhist monks and supporters welcomed Tibet's exiled spiritual leader on Sunday to a remote Indian region also claimed by China, a trip that has renewed tensions between the Asian giants.
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China to boost aid to Africa as ties blossom
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao offered Africa $10 billion (6 billion pounds) in concessional loans over the next three years on Sunday, saying China was a "true and trusted friend" of the continent and its people.
November 8, 2009, 10:33 pm -
British PM Gordon Brown takes up jogging
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has joined other world leaders in taking up jogging as part of a new exercise regime.
November 8, 2009, 10:25 pm -
Netanyahu heads to US hoping for Obama meet
TEL AVIV (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to Washington Sunday to address Jews and hoping to meet President Barack Obama amid a delicate time in US efforts to restart Middle East peace talks.
November 8, 2009, 10:24 pm -
Japan eyes solar station in space
TOKYO (AFP) - It may sound like a sci-fi vision, but Japan's space agency is dead serious:
November 8, 2009, 10:23 pm -
Rebels 'down' Yemen warplane as fighting rages
JIZAN, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - Shiite rebels said on Sunday they shot down a Yemeni combat aircraft on the Saudi border nearly three months into a widening war between the insurgents and government forces.
November 8, 2009, 10:23 pm -
Obama wins big as House approves health care bill
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US House of Representatives has approved the broadest overhaul of US health care in four decades, handing President Barack Obama a hard-fought victory for his top domestic priority.
November 8, 2009, 10:17 pm -
Area seized by Yemen rebels recaptured, Saudis say
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has regained control of territory seized by Yemeni rebels in an incursion last week, a senior official was quoted as saying, as the kingdom becomes more entangled in conflict to its south.
November 8, 2009, 10:15 pm -
China to give Africa $US10b in loans
Chinese PM Wen Jiabao pledged to give African countries $A11b in concessional loans as a two-day Forum on China-Africa Cooperation opened in Egypt on Sunday.
November 8, 2009, 9:56 pm
