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No Honduras deal yet on Zelaya return after coupTEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A tentative plan to end Honduras' political crisis has not yet been agreed to by ousted President Manuel Zelaya and the
country's de facto leader but a negotiator for the leftist toppled in a coup said on Thursday a deal looked closer.
Reuters Friday, October 16, 2009Five convicted of plotting terror attack in AustraliaFive men were convicted Friday of stockpiling bomb-making instructions and purchasing explosive chemicals as part of a plot to ...
USATODAY Friday, October 16, 2009India ready to 'walk the extra mile' for Pak but..."The action that is expected from Pakistan has to take place before we can engage once again in the kind of comprehensive dialogue process that we want," Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor said.
Rediff Friday, October 16, 20092,400 displaced Lankan Tamils sent homeThe first batch of 2,400 Tamils lodged in camps for internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka were sent back home on Thursday as assured by the Sri Lankan government, said Dravida Munnetra Kazhgam Member of Parliament T R Baalu, who led a team of Tamil Nadu MPs to the island nation.
Rediff Friday, October 16, 2009Attacks in Pakistan put focus on Punjab militantsISLAMABAD (AP) -- A Pakistani official played down suggestions that the Taliban had become entrenched in the nuclear-armed
country's heartland Friday, a day after a series of deadly attacks indicated the Islamist extremists have made inroads far from their sanctuaries along the Afghan border....
The Arizona Republic Friday, October 16, 2009Afghan fraud panel finishes bulk of workKABUL (AP) -- The U.N.-backed panel investigating fraud in Afghanistan's contested election has completed the bulk of its work, but commissioners are still analyzing complaints and calculating figures that will determine if there will be a runoff, a spokeswoman said Friday....
The Arizona Republic Friday, October 16, 2009UK spy chief: UK must work with other countriesLONDON (AP) -- The head of Britain's domestic spy agency said Friday that Britain's security services try to make sure they do not collude in the torture or mistreatment of detainees by foreign governments, but acknowledged it was not possible to guarantee that it never happened....
The Arizona Republic Friday, October 16, 2009French President Sarkozy's Son: Nepotism in Paris?The
french president was supposed to be a man of the people. So why is his son favored for a high-profile administrative post in Paris' financial district?
Time Friday, October 16, 2009Attacks on Law Enforcement Facilities Kill 39 in PakistanISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 15 -- A spectacular spasm of insurgent attacks that penetrated high-security zones on Thursday prompted shock and confusion across Pakistan, where intelligence agencies and the military have long been viewed as the nation's most potent and prepared institutions.
Washington Post Friday, October 16, 2009Runoff Expected In Afghan ElectionAn investigation of allegedly fraudulent ballots in Afghanistan's troubled election has reduced President Hamid Karzai's portion of the vote to about 47 percent, an outcome that will trigger a runoff between him and his closest competitor, according to officials familiar with results.
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