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Obama's Meeting With the Dalai Lama Is DelayedIn an attempt to gain favor with China, the United States pressured Tibetan representatives to postpone a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President Obama until after Obama's summit with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, scheduled for next month, according to diplomats, government officials and...
Washington Post Monday, October 05, 2009Politics and Prison in VenezuelaCARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chávez's government says Julio Cesar Rivas is a violent militant intent on fomenting civil war.
Washington Post Monday, October 05, 2009Study Examines Toll of Preterm BirthAround the world, about one in 10 babies are born prematurely each year, and more than one-quarter of the deaths that occur in the month after birth are the consequence of preterm birth.
Washington Post Monday, October 05, 2009Town evacuated as fire breaks freeSOME 4500 residents of the southern Californian town of Wrightwood, 75km east of Los Angeles, have been forced to evacuate by a raging wildfire, officials say.
Cnet Monday, October 05, 2009China vows to stand by isolated North KoreaBEIJING (Reuters) - China pledged to strengthen bonds with isolated North Korea on Monday, calling their relationship a boon to peace, while reports of swoops on North Korean ships underscored strains behind a recent easing of tension.
Reuters Monday, October 05, 2009Some schools reopen in quake-hit Indonesia cityPADANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Markets reopened and some children attended school in the shattered port city of Padang on Monday, but no hope remained for some inland villages which would be left as mass graves.
Reuters Monday, October 05, 2009Greek PM Ousted in Landslide ElectionSocialists Trounce Governing Conservative Party; Voters React to Corruption, Economy
CBS News Monday, October 05, 2009Report: 1 In 10 Babies Born Premature WorldwideNearly one in 10 of the world's babies is born premature, and about 1 million infants die each year as a result, says a startling first attempt to measure a toll that in much of the world is hidden. The vast majority of the nearly 13 million preemies born each year are in Africa and Asia, according to the
report by the March of Dimes.
NPR Monday, October 05, 2009Indonesia quake: One family's anguishHarayenti's voice starts out strong as she speaks about the moment the major earthquake struck last week. "My only thought was 'run, run,'" she says. "I jumped from the top of the staircase screaming 'Daddy.'"
CNN Monday, October 05, 2009Bomb at Pakistani U.N. food agency office, 3 deadISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber set off a blast on Monday at an office of the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, killing three people and wounding several, police said.
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