Syria refutes UN Hariri report CNN International
Syria's foreign minister has said his country was an easy target for UN investigators examining who was behind the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
UN report ties Syria to killing in Lebanon Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription)
Hariri's son hails UN report Daily Telegraph
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Pakistan proposes five meeting points to India along LoC Rediff
Pakistan on Saturday proposed to India five points along the Line of Control to enable delivery of aid to quake victims and facilitate meeting of relatives from both sides of Kashmir.
Drop off supplies, Musharraf urges CNN International
Relief centres to help quake victims Outlook (subscription)
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Nato responds to 'Berlin aircraft' call Times Online
NATO was preparing last night to send 1,000 troops and a fleet of helicopters to Pakistan after the United Nations made a plea for help in saving hundreds of thousands of survivors from almost certain death as the winter looms.
NATO says forces will aid Pakistan quake effort International Herald Tribune
NATO may send soldiers to help Pakistan Seattle Post Intelligencer
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The people's hero Australian
ONLY days after his coronation as France's emperor in 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte set about finalising his plans to land more than 250,000 troops in the south of England.
Nelson fever grips the nation as sacrifice of battle is remembered Independent
200th anniversary of Trafalgar The Observer
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Reporter describes Baghdad abduction Boston Globe
An Irish reporter who was abducted by Shi'ite extremists in Baghdad and freed 36 hours later said yesterday he had braced himself for the prospect of several months in captivity -- or a beheading.
Irish reporter tells of Baghdad abduction CNN
Irish journalist due home at weekend after release in Iraq Forbes
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Man killed in Egypt church riot BBC News
A man has died during a riot outside a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt, which started as a protest against a play accused of offending Islam.
Three dead as 'anti-Islam' play triggers church riot Scotsman
Muslims riot outside church in Egypt Seattle Post Intelligencer
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S.Korea, US Hold Annual Security Meeting Chosun Ilbo
Defense Minister Yoon Kwang-ung met with his US counterpart Donald Rumsfeld on Friday morning for an annual Seoul-Washington security consultative meeting.
Korea, US agree to speed up talks on transfer of wartime command Korea Herald (subscription)
Rumsfeld Hails Progress With North Korea ABC News
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More lawmakers back U.S. control of Internet YAHOO! NEWS
Three lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives called on Friday for the Internet's core infrastructure to remain under U.S. control, echoing similar language introduced in the Senate earlier this week.
More lawmakers back US control of internet Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand
The Internet in UN hands? WorldNetDaily
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Florida braces for Wilma CNN
Hurricane Wilma's center broke free of Mexico Sunday and headed toward Florida, which was under hurricane warnings along its southwestern and eastern shoreline. At 5 a.m. ET, the National Hurricane Center in Miami reported a hurricane warning for Wilma on the east coast of the Sunshine State from Jupiter Inlet to Titusville and along the west coast from Longboat Key to the Florida Keys.
Wilma Is Unwanted Tourist in Resort Area Los Angeles Times
After stalling over Yucatan, Wilma set to take off USA Today
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Plot to kill Hariri reads like a thriller Indianapolis Star
By John Kifner By the summer of 2004, Syrian officials, long accustomed to running neighboring Lebanon, were fed up with its prime minister, Rafik Hariri. So, a UN investigation found, they decided to kill him.
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About 50 may have survived Nigeria air crashReuters.uk
There are 50 or more survivors from a crash on Saturday night of a Nigerian airliner carrying 16 people, a state government spokesman said on Sunday. "There are many survivors. 50 or thereabouts. About half," the Oyo state government spokesman told Reuters. A Nigerian airliner with 116 people on board including some senior officials crashed shortly after taking off from Lagos en route to the capital Abuja, the government said on Sunday.
7 high-ranking officials aboard crashed Nigerian jet: report Xinhua
Wreckage of Nigerian jet found CNN
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US General Tours Earthquake Zone Guardian Unlimited
Gen. John Abizaid, chief of US Central Command, toured the earthquake devastation in Pakistani Kashmir on Sunday and pledged to "do whatever is possible to help,'' including sending 15 more U.S. helicopters and troops to support the relief effort. "From the air I saw devastation everywhere. Naturally, I'm sad, but we will do as much as we can,'' he told reporters in Muzaffarabad, the region's main city. The U.S. military has already deployed 17 helicopters and is also sending the Army's only Mobile Army Surgical Hospital.
India ready to open Kashmir camps BBC News
India, Pakistan Propose Setting Up Camps ABC News
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Three die as Muslims sack church in DVD protest Independent
A play last performed two years ago at a Christian church in the Egyptian city of Alexandria has sparked a riot in which three people were killed.
Egypt police guard churches after riots Seattle Post Intelligencer
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Pope Benedict Proclaims First Saints of His Papacy Voice of America
Pope Benedict presided over the first canonization ceremony of his papacy, proclaiming five new saints. During the mass, which also officially closed a three-week long synod of bishops, the pope sent special greetings to Chinese bishops, who were unable to attend the gathering. Saint Peter's Square was crowded with thousands of pilgrims from the different nationalities of the five new saints. The newly proclaimed role models of the Catholic Church included a Chilean Jesuit, two Polish prelates and two Italians, a Capuchin brother and the founder of a religious order.
Pope reaffirms priestly celibacy Daily Telegraph
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Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank - army Reuters AlertNet
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man they believed was trying to plant a bomb in the West Bank on Saturday, the army said, the latest in a series of shootings in recent days.
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Iraq heading towards a new constitution despite Sunni rejection Scotland on Sunday
PARTIAL results from the Iraqi referendum suggest that voters have said 'yes' to the new constitution. Initial returns indicate that just two provinces, the overwhelmingly Sunni Salahuddin and Anbar areas, have rejected the constitution, but that in other areas which were narrowly Sunni, voters have approved the deal. The Kurdish and Shia areas are widely expected to have voted massively in favour.
US Forces Kill 20 Insurgents in Iraq Guardian Unlimited
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Four US contractors killed in Iraq San Jose Mercury News
An angry mob of insurgents attacked a convoy of American contractors last month when they got lost in a town north of Baghdad, killing four and wounding two, the US military said on Sunday.
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Ad guru claims sexist remarks were blown up Independent Online
Singapore - A British advertising guru who resigned after reportedly telling an audience that women were poor executives because of motherhood said his remarks were blown out of proportion, a Singapore newspaper reported on Sunday.
Sexist adman shown the door Sydney Morning Herald (subscription)
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Arab League Holds Second Day of Talks with Iraqi Leaders Chosun Ilbo
Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa has held a second day of meetings in Baghdad with Iraqi leaders to help promote reconciliation efforts among Iraq's divided communities.
Arab League chief meets Kurdish leaders Aljazeera.net
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Hurricane Wilma crashes into Florida Miami Herald
Crashing through the state's back door, Hurricane Wilma made landfall in Florida this morning as a major hurricane and then raced through the state. The dangerous eyewall is now over the western suburbs of Broward and Miami-Dade counties. One man was killed in Coral Springs when he was struck by a falling tree, authorities said. There were no other immediate reports of casualties, but significant damage seemed certain. Millions of people shuddered in shuttered homes as the storm roared through the lower half of the repeatedly battered state. Wilma is the eighth hurricane to strike or brush Florida in 14 months.
Wilma Hits Florida WTKR Your NewsChannel 3
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Poland's victorious right vows quick cabinet deal Reuters
Poland's conservatives, buoyed by the presidential victory of their leader Lech Kaczynski, set a Saturday target for forging a government with their pro-business Civic Platform allies. Kaczynski, who combines traditional, Catholic values with scepticism about free-market economics, won the Sunday run-off against the Platform's Donald Tusk on a promise to root out corruption and protect the welfare state. The zloty dipped on Monday, reflecting market concern that Kaczynski's victory tips the balance in favour of a party sceptical about deep fiscal and market reforms.
Poland's victorious right faces tough cabinet talks Reuters.uk
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Miers would lose - Chuck New York Daily News
The Supreme Court nomination of Harriet Miers is in trouble and would fail if the Senate had to vote now, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer said yesterday. "She would not get a majority either in the Judiciary Committee or the floor," Schumer, a Democrat on the committee, said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "I think you have concern on these three areas - qualifications, independence, judicial philosophy - by people of both parties in all political stripes," he said. But most of the criticism of President Bush's choice of Miers to replace Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has come from conservatives.
On both sides of aisle, Miers' nomination poses a dilemma Detroit Free Press
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Monday, October 24, 2005, 8:46 AM PDT
WASHINGTON (AP) President Bush picks Ben Bernanke, chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, to replace Alan Greenspan as Fed chairman, according to an administration official.

Baghdad Explosions Kill 11 at Journalists' Hotel Bloomberg
Eleven people were killed today in three explosions near a hotel used by foreign and Iraqi journalists in central Baghdad, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan said. The number of people wounded in the blasts has yet to be established, the Kurdish political party said in a statement on its Arabic Language Web site. Seventeen people were killed, according to the Associated Press, citing the Interior Ministry. The explosions occurred near the Palestine Hotel, according to the statement.
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Hurricane Wilma hammers Florida, floods Keys Reuters
Hurricane Wilma crashed into Florida on Monday, swamping the popular tourist island Key West and hammering the densely populated Miami-Fort Lauderdale area after killing 17 people in a rampage through the Caribbean. Wilma hit the state as surprisingly strong Category 3 hurricane after feeding for days over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. It later weakened to a Category 2 as it raced across the state in about four hours, but dealt a harsh blow.
Hurricane Wilma blog CNN International
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'Russia's trying to save the Syrians' Ynetnews
While the Americans are considering which steps to take against Syria in the U.N. Security Council session on Tuesday in which the U.N. report on the murder of Hariri will be presented, a senior diplomatic source in New York tells Ynet that "the toughest nut to crack is Russia, which is trying to save the Syrians". The Russian government is attempting to rescue the Syrians from the potentially devastating consequences of a U.N. report on the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, which has tied senior Syrian officials to the murder, a senior diplomat in New York told Ynet.
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