Monday, August 1, 2011

Indonesia: Bride discovers groom is a woman

Indonesia: Bride discovers groom is a woman

Indonesia: Bride discovers groom is a woman

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An Indonesian Muslim woman stopped her wedding after she found out her future husband was a woman.


3 dead in suicide blast at hotel in Kunduz city: Afghan Official

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A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle outside a small residential hotel frequented by foreigners just after dawn on Tuesday, killing at least three guards in the latest of a rising number of violent attacks in northern Afghanistan.


Somali refugees: No food to break Ramadan fast

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As the Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins, Faduma Aden is fasting all day even though she doesn't have enough food to celebrate with a sundown feast. The Somali mother of three, who fled starvation in her homeland, says she fasts because she fears God.


Syrian troops attack Hama for second day

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Anti-government protesters in the Syrian city of Hama set up barricades and took up sticks and stones to defend themselves on Monday after one of the bloodiest days so far in the regime's campaign to quell an uprising now in its fifth month.


US debt deal: House of Representatives passes bill

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After months of partisan impasse, the US House of Representatives on Monday approved a budget agreement intended to head off a potential government default, pushing Congress a big step closer to the conclusion of a bitter fight that has left both parties bruised and exhausted.


HCL reveals how News International asked it to delete mails

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Rupert Murdoch's British paper publisher, which is at the centre of the phone-hacking scandal, asked HCL, the company managing its IT systems, about deleting emails nine times in 15 months, the group said Monday.


25 migrants found dead on boat travelling to Italy

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More than two dozen African migrants trying to reach Italy from Libya died in the hold of a rickety boat so packed with people that the migrants could not get out as they struggled to breathe, Italian media and coast guard officials said Monday after the bodies were found below decks.


'You failed', says 16 year-old survivor to Norway gunman

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A 16-year-old survivor of Norway's shooting rampage told his attacker that good would prevail over evil, in a heartfelt open letter published today.


ISI chief on secret China visit amid US tension: Report

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ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pashahas embarked on a secret visit to China that is being seen as part of Pakistan's efforts to reduce its dependence on the US in the wake of strained military and intelligence ties.


25 found dead on Italy refugee boat

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Italian coast guards found 25 dead bodies in the hold of a Libyan refugee boat crammed with 271 passengers that arrived on the southern island of Lampedusa today, local port authorities said.


China blames Pakistan-trained militants for attack

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China on Monday blamed Muslim extremists trained in Pakistan for launching one of two deadly weekend attacks in a troubled far western region, while overseas activists feared the government could respond by cracking down on ethnic Uighurs widely blamed for the unrest.


Militants set 10 NATO tankers on fire in Pakistan

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Militants torched 10 tankers carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan in southern Pakistan, injuring five persons including the vehicles' drivers, police and witnesses said today.


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