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Prison Raid In Nigeria Releases Hundreds
New York Times
DAKAR, Senegal — More than 700 inmates in the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi were freed Tuesday night in a daring raid by well-armed attackers on a prison where members of an Islamist sect were being held, authorities and witnesses ...
Gunmen Stage Massive Prison Break in Northern NigeriaVoice of America
Sect members escape Nigeria jailBBC News
Islamist gunmen free 732 prisoners in deadly attack on Nigerian jailTelegraph.co.uk
Aljazeera.net -Independent -Xinhua
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Politicians return to rainbow parliament
The Australian
As the post-election dust setlles, Coalition and Labor MPs are back in Canberra today. As the post-election dust setlles, Coalition and Labor MPs are back in Canberra today. Politics is returning to normal today as Labor and Coalition MPs arrive in ...
Tensions emerge in new Australian minority govtThe Associated Press
Australia's Gillard keeps power in split houseSan Francisco Chronicle
Return of the Rudd as Labor licks woundsNEWS.com.au
ABC Online -Jewish Telegraphic Agency -TODAYonline
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Missing Mexico Investigators Found Dead, Officials Think
New York Times
MEXICO CITY — The authorities said Wednesday that they thought they had found the bodies of two law enforcement officials who were involved in the investigation of the massacre of 72 migrants last month. ...
Mexico Arrests 7 In Migrant KillingsWall Street Journal
Mayor of northern Mexico town killed by gunmenThe Associated Press
Seven Detained In Mexico Over Migrant KillingRTT News
CNN International -MiamiHerald.com -AFP
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David Cameron loses 'role model' father
The Guardian
The prime minister's father, Ian Cameron, died today shortly after his son had cancelled his engagements and flown to the south of France to be at his bedside at a hospital near Toulon. He was 77, the survivor of severe physical disabilities since ...
UK prime minister's father dies in FranceReuters
Cameron's father dies on holiday in FranceAFP
Father of UK Prime Minister Cameron dies in FranceThe Associated Press
TIME -Bloomberg -CNN
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Sri Lanka Ends Presidential Term Limits
New York Times
Supporters carried portraits of President Mahinda Rajapaksha of Sri Lanka outside parliament in Colombo on Wednesday. By LYDIA POLGREEN NEW DELHI — Sri Lanka's Parliament passed a proposal on Wednesday to remove presidential term limits from the ...
Protests after Sri Lankan president's power increasedBBC News
Sri Lanka passes constitutional amendmentReuters
Sri Lanka Debates Ending President's Term LimitNPR
The Associated Press -AFP -ABC Online
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China and Japan Bristle Over Disputed Chain of Islands
New York Times
BEIJING — Despite recent efforts to tamp down territorial disputes, China and Japan are jostling elbows over one of their thorniest such conflicts: control of a tiny, uninhabited island chain in the East China Sea. ...
Diplomatic tensions after Japanese arrest Chinese fishermanTelegraph.co.uk
Beijing protests as Japan arrests China boat captainReuters
Trawler's collisions, JCG arrest of skipper near Senkakus protestedThe Japan Times
Xinhua -BBC News -The Associated Press
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US church's plans to burn Qur'an berated across Muslim world
The Guardian
The Muslim and Arab world has responded angrily to the threats to burn the Qur'an, with the story featuring prominently on television news channels and in the press. Lebanon's Christian president, Michel Suleiman, issued a statement saying the threat ...
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebanon announce Eid al-Fitr on FridayAFP
Saudi Arabia, Most Arab States To Start Eid Feast FridayWall Street Journal
Ground Zero mosque, 9/11 cast shadowHindustan Times
Washington Post -Voice of America -BBC News
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Fidel Castro casts doubt on 'Cuban model'
CNN International
By the CNN Wire Staff Former Cuban President Fidel Castro says the government may have to review its role in the country's economy. (CNN) -- Fidel Castro told a visiting American journalist that the "Cuban model" no longer works, an apparent admission ...
Cuba: Communist Economic Model Loses a Stalwart DefenderNew York Times
Fidel Castro says Cuban model doesn't workThe Associated Press
Castro voices doubts on Cuban modelFinancial Times
The Australian -AFP -Liberty Papers
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French Unions Set New Protests Over Higher Retirement Age
Wall Street Journal
PARIS—French labor unions vowed Wednesday to amplify their protests against government plans to increase the retirement age after President Nicolas Sarkozy said he wouldn't give in on elements of a proposed pension overhaul. ...
French unions call new strike in pension showdownReuters
No question of going back on pension plan, says SarkozyIrish Times
Sarkozy stakes his future on reformFinancial Times
Bloomberg -Independent -AFP
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Trial Begins in Philippines Political Massacre Case
Voice of America
Photo: AP Lakmudin Saliao says for eight years he was a personal assistant to Andal Ampatuan Senior, the head of a powerful clan in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao. He testified in court Wednesday that he helped coordinate several ...
Ampatuan family 'plotted Philippines massacre'BBC News
Political massacre trial begins in PhilippinesABC Online
Philippine massacre trial expected to drag onCNN
Inquirer.net -GulfNews -AFP
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