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Hatoyama Vows Strong Alliance, Differences on Aghan War and U.S. Air Station Relocation not Discussed

Martin Horwood tells conference he is less confident in the police after witnessing violence at the G20 protests in LondonThe Liberal Democrats' conference today formally criticised the police over their 'fundamentally wrong' tactics at demonstrations at the Kingsnorth power station and the G20 in London.Martin Horwood, the Lib Dem MP for Cheltenham, told the conference he witnessed first-hand how officers at the event 'used aggression first'. Horwood, one of five Lib Dem parliamentarians who attended the London protests in April as observers, said he felt 'less confident in the police' after what he witnessed at the demonstrations.He was one of three MPs who give the conference eyewitness descriptions of what happened before Lib Dems voted unanimously for a motion saying the tactics being used by police to control demonstrations were 'fundamentally wrong because of the threat to democratic rights, the distress and physical injuries caused and the damage to the reputation of the police

John Tory, the former leader of Ontario's Progressive Conservatives and a potential mayoral candidate in Toronto, will host a weekday talk show on radio station CFRB.

SYDNEY (AP) -- Red Outback grit shrouded Australia's largest city Wednesday, blotting out such landmarks as the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge and even reaching underground to coat subway stations. The country's worst dust storm in 70 years diverted planes and produced an eerie orange sky....

Truckers can spot the chapel from the highway at night. A neon red cross is perched above the chapel like a beacon. The Rev. Joe Hunter's Truckstop Ministries works like a spiritual gas station. He prays with truckers, coaxes them to make tough decisions and hands out taped sermons that fortify them on lengthy business trips.

A chimney caved in at a power plant being constructed in central India on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people and injuring 15 others, a news report said. About 70 workers were feared trapped under the rubble at the plant being built by the Bharat Aluminum... Sponsored Topics: India - Power station - Energy - Technology - Asia

The first Swiss satellite in history -- extremely small and 100 percent student designed and built -- has been successfully launched from the Sriharikota space station in India. Constructed by the EPFL -- with many institutional partners -- the SwissCube has gone into orbit today. An educational project -- those who worked on it adhered to extremely precise requirements for space travel.