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Iran hampering nuclear investigation: IAEA 2010-09-06
Khaleej Times

VIENNA ' Iran is hampering a long-running investigation into its controversial nuclear drive by vetoing the nomination of certain United Nations inspectors, the UN atomic watchdog said Monday. The International Atomic Energy Agency also said that a number of its seals had been broken on equipment at...

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Pakistan races to protect two towns from surging floods 2010-09-06
Khaleej Times

KARACHI ' Pakistani authorities were Monday racing to protect two southern towns and their 360,000 residents from surging floods, as the nation struggles to cope with its worst natural disaster in living memory. A month and a half after monsoons caused devastating floods throughout the country,...

photo: AP / Aaron Favila

Protests force Blair to cancel London book signing 2010-09-06
The Australian

FORMER UK Prime Minister Tony Blair as canceled this week's London book signing after antiwar protesters threw eggs and shoes at him during...

photo: AP / Peter Morrison

Afghanistan Pledges Support for Troubled Bank 2010-09-06
The New York Times

KABUL, Afghanistan — In a bid to defuse escalating tension at the nation’s largest bank, the chairman of Afghan Central Bank insisted Monday that the embattled Kabul Bank was meeting the demands of its customers “with its own resources,” but at the same time he did not know...

photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq

Cockroaches could help fight deadly infections, say UK scientists 2010-09-06
The Daily Telegraph Australia

COCKROACHES could be more of a health benefit than a health hazard, as their brains contain powerful antibiotic properties which could lead to new treatments against superbugs. Experts from The University of Nottingham, central England, discovered that the insects - commonly seen as unhygienic...

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Troops fire on protesters in Kashmir, 3 killed 2010-09-06
Herald Tribune

SRINAGAR, India - Government forces fired on protesters hurling stones at them in Indian Kashmir on Monday, killing three people and wounding at least 17 other demonstrators, police said. AC = 1234 --> For the last three months, the mostly Muslim Kashmir region has been roiled by demonstrations and...

photo: AP / Mukhtar Khan

Merkel confident on nuclear plan despite opposition 2010-09-06
Yahoo Daily News

FRANKFURT/MUNICH (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday she was confident that a law to extend the lives of nuclear power reactors could be passed without backing from the upper house of parliament, setting up a clash with opposition parties. Her center-right ruling...

photo: AP / Michael Sohn

Demolition job begins in Christchurch 2010-09-06
The Daily Telegraph Australia

IT IS lunchtime in Christchurch and it's as if Matt Preston is walking on the roof of our car. The shockwave rocks our big Ford from side to side. Five metres away a shopper is sitting cross-legged on a step, braced against a door-frame. There is fear in his eyes. For several seconds traffic...

photo: AP / Rob Griffith

Russia's Medvedev Forecasts Early Removal of Grain Ban 2010-09-06
ABC News

By Denis Dyomkin September 6, 2010 VORONEZH, Russia (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev signaled on Monday Russia's ban on grain exports may be lifted earlier than December 31 this year and state grain stocks may be insufficient to cover the drought-hit country's needs. His remarks contradict...

photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service

Lebanon PM: accusations against Syria were mistake 2010-09-06
The Guardian

BASSEM MROUE Associated Press Writer= BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's prime minister said he was wrong to accuse Syria of involvement in the 2005 assassination of his father, a major turnaround for a politician who has long blamed Damascus for the Beirut truck bombing that killed Rafik Hariri and 22 others....

photo: AP / Ahmad Omar