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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:18:35 GMT+00:00

Telegraph.co.uk

Profile: First EU President Herman van Rompuy
BBC News
The eu's first permanent president, Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy, is a camera-shy man who has been catapulted from relative obscurity. After his selection at a Brussels summit, he stressed his credentials as a consensus politician and made ...
Unlike Lord Mandelson, Baroness Ashton 'doesn't know any oligarchs'Times Online
Hymn to Belgium's EU presidentguardian.co.uk
New EU president raises fears in aspirant TurkeyReuters
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:01:37 GMT+00:00

New Zealand Herald

UN official urges countries to learn from Cuba on children's protection
Xinhua
HAVANA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The representative of UNICEF, or the UN Children's Fund, in Cuba said here Friday that Cuba is among the countries that have best implemented the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and that countries in the world ...
Children's Rights Still Violated 20 Years After ConventionVoice of America
Promises to children remain unfulfilledTimes of India
UN marks 20 years of Convention on Rights of the ChildBBC News
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:25:51 GMT+00:00

Times LIVE

France rejects Iran's new demand on nuclear program
Xinhua
PARIS, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- France would not accept any new demand from Iran over its nuclear program, the foreign ministry said on Thursday, a day after the Islamic republic rejected an international proposal to resolve the issue. ...
Frustration as Iran Stalls on DealNew York Times
Major World Powers Dislike Nuclear Response From IranVoice of America
World powers meet over Iran nuclear planCNN International
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:03:07 GMT+00:00

Boston Globe

Assessing the China Trip
New York Times
President Obama has faced a fair amount of criticism for his China trip. He was too deferential; he didn't speak out enough on human rights; he failed to press Beijing firmly on revaluing its currency; he achieved no concrete results. ...
Obama, 'First Pacific President,' Turns to AsiaVoice of America
US envoy pans media coverage of Obama China visitThe Associated Press
Three Key Lessons from Obama's China TourTIME
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:34:17 GMT+00:00

The Associated Press

Sri Lanka to release 136000 war-displaced Tamils
The Associated Press
MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka will release 136000 ethnic-minority Tamil war refugees Dec. 1, allowing the civilians to leave squalid and overcrowded government camps after a half-year detainment, a top official said Saturday. ...
Sri Lanka allows freedom of movement for war displaced civiliansXinhua
Sri Lanka Tamil refugee camps 'to be opened next month'BBC News
Sri Lanka to completely shut down refugees campsGulfNews
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:00:44 GMT+00:00

The Chosun Ilbo

Afghan official escapes attack, 4 guards killed
Xinhua
KABUL, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Afghan parliament member Abdul Rasoul Sayaf on Friday escaped a roadside bomb attack in capital city Kabul, but his four bodyguards were killed and six injured. Witnesses said the bomb hit Sayaf's convoy in Paghman district, ...
Afghan MP Escapes Assassination Attempt in KabulVoice of America
Suicide bomber kills 16 in western AfghanistanThe Associated Press
Suicide Bomber Strikes Afghan Market, Killing at Least 15 PeopleNew York Times
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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:56:16 GMT+00:00

Brisbane Times

Obama's warning to Israel: Your emails
BBC News
BBC readers respond to the US president's warning to Israel that expanding the settlement of Gilo in East Jerusalem would embitter the Palestinians and make peace harder to achieve. As a resident of Gilo for many years I find it ridiculous that Gilo is ...
Palestinians Say Israeli Move Could Kill Peace ProcessVoice of America
Going green on both sides of big blueJerusalem Post
Obama in the Mideast: Innocents Abroad. Worse, Arrogant Innocents AbroadTelegraph.co.uk
Reuters -Ha'aretz -Aljazeera.net
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:32:01 GMT+00:00

AFP

Bomb blast injures one in Pakistan: police
AFP
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb exploded near the building of a non-government organisation offering treatment to the blind in northwest Peshawar city on Saturday, injuring one person, police said. The bomb was planted behind the two-storey building ...
Blast near aid office wounds 1 in NW PakistanThe Associated Press
4 security men killed in NW Pakistan's rocket attackXinhua
Drone Kills 8 in PakistanVoice of America
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:25:32 GMT+00:00

New Zealand Herald

Shun censorship and distorted propaganda: Dalai to China
Daily News & Analysis
PTI New Delhi: Observing that the 1.3 billion people of China have the "right to know the reality", Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, today advised the Communist regime to shun "censorship and distorted propaganda". ...
China may ask US to insist that India sign anti-nuke agreementTimes of India
Italy meeting of Dalai Lama draws China ireHindustan Times
Dalai Lama appeals to China on drying Tibet riversReuters
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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:52:55 GMT+00:00

BBC News

Russia and Ukraine agree gas deal
BBC News
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has promised there will be no "shocks" in Europe's gas supply this winter. At a meeting between Mr Putin and Ukraine's prime minister, it appeared an agreement had already been reached over Russia's supply of gas ...
'Russian ties are key' president hopeful Viktor Yanukovych saysTimes Online
RPT-UPDATE 2-Ukraine PM seeks to calm fears of new gas warReuters
Ukraine's president asks Russia to alter gas contractRIA Novosti
Xinhua -New York Times -Bloomberg
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