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  • Gore says Nobel Prize must spur climate action

    Former US vice-president Al Gore arrives at a news conference in Palo Alto, California, yesterday, after winning the Nobel Peace Prize along with the UN climate change panel. US: Former US vice-president Al Gore has said he hopes his award yesterday of the Nobel Peace Prize will raise consciousness about climate change throughout the world. He promised to give his share of the $1.5 million prize money to a group that tries to change public opinion about global warming. p

  • US urged to conduct 'vigorous' inquiry into deaths

    IRAQ: A bomb hidden in a cart of toys killed two children and wounded 17 others in a playground in northern Iraq yesterday, the first day of a national holiday to celebrate the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. p

  • PKK claims it is not Iraq-based to deter attack

    Turkish prime minister Recep Erdogan: ready to act TURKEY: The main Kurdish rebel group, the PKK, tried to deflect a Turkish attack on its bases in northern Iraq by claiming yesterday it was redeploying into Turkey. Such a redeployment would remove the main reason for the Turkish government to mount a cross-border attack into Iraqi Kurdistan; but Ankara is likely to treat the statement with scepticism. p
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  • Putin warns Russia may quit nuclear treaty

    RUSSIA: Russian president Vladimir Putin warned yesterday that Russia was considering withdrawing from a major cold war arms treaty banning intermediate nuclear missiles unless it was expanded to include other states. p

  • Burma's junta 'deeply regrets' UN call

    BURMA: Burma's military junta last night criticised the United Nations for meddling in its affairs, a day after the Security Council called on the regime to release all political prisoners and engage in "genuine dialogue" with Aung San Suu Kyi, the democracy advocate. p

  • Sudan peace deal unravels as rebels walk out

    SUDAN: Diplomats urged the governing parties of north and south Sudan to exercise restraint yesterday after former southern rebels walked out of a government of national unity, bringing a two-year-old peace deal close to collapse. p

  • Dam hazards force relocation of millions

    CHINA: China is planning to relocate four million more people from the Three Gorges Dam reservoir area in the next 10-15 years to protect its "ecological safety". p

  • Gossip ban rumoured to be for mayor's benefit

    COLOMBIA: Tongues are wagging as politician outlaws gossip in Colombian town of Tulua, reports Chris Kraul p

  • Mother held for 'buying son (14) a rifle'

    US: The mother of a 14-year-old boy who confessed to planning an armed assault on a Pennsylvania high school was arrested yesterday on suspicion of buying a rifle for her son, police said. p

  • Judge criticised for Sardinian rape ruling

    ITALY: He is a Sardinian - ergo he is entitled to a light sentence for rape. Sardinian public figures and politicians reacted with outrage yesterday to a German court ruling which effectively stated that an Italian defendant's Sardinian origins had to be taken into account when it came to sentencing him for rape. p

  • Race-fixing trial hears of 'false favourites' trend

    BRITAIN: Anyone who regularly bet on favourites to win a horse race would have at least a two-thirds chance of losing, the Kieren Fallon "race-fixing" trial heard at the Old Bailey. p

  • Ongoing divorce battle set for open court

    BRITAIN: Paul McCartney and his estranged wife Heather Mills will take their acrimonious divorce battle to open court next February, a court source said yesterday, after attempts to reach a private settlement failed. p

  • Court rules Bhutto could still face prosecution in Pakistan

    PAKISTAN: Pakistan's supreme court threw a spanner into Benazir Bhutto's plans for a smooth homecoming yesterday by declaring that the former prime minister could still face prosecution on long-standing corruption charges. p

  • Tensions mark Spanish festivities

    SPAIN: October 12th, the date Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492, is celebrated in the US and Latin America as Columbus Day. In Spain it is the Fiesta Nacional, a public holiday marked by a huge military parade and air force fly-past in the centre of Madrid. p

  • Unscriptural scandal is a blow to religious right

    America Letter: Students at Oral Roberts University, a Christian college in Tulsa, Arizona, named after its televangelist founder, sign an honour code promising to avoid lying, cursing, cheating and telling tales. They forswear alcohol, tobacco, illegal drugs and "unscriptural sexual acts which include any homosexual activity and sexual intercourse to one who is not my spouse". p

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