Ex-wife 'admits starting' Kuwait wedding party blaze that killed 43
Times Online
A fire in a wedding party tent that killed 43 women and children in Kuwait was started deliberately by the ex-wife of the bridegroom, a Kuwaiti newspaper said today. Al-Qabbas said that the 23-year-old former wife had admitted pouring petrol on the …
Ex-wife confesses to Kuwait wedding blaze: reportAFP
KUWAIT: Groom's 'scorned' ex-wife suspected in deadly wedding blazeLos Angeles Times
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Officials: Rail strike averted, 'trains will run'
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OAKLAND, Calif. — A walkout among workers for the San Francisco Bay Area's commuter rail had been scheduled, and contingency plans were in place. But just a few hours before a midnight strike deadline, officials said rail management and a union have …
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Koreas must hold talks before border reopens, Seoul says
CNN International
SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) — South Korea responded positively, but cautiously, to a joint agreement announced Monday between North Korea and the South's Hyundai Group to resume cross-border tourism, ease border controls and facilitate cross-border …
NKorea to lift border restrictions, restart toursAFP
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British forces should still be in Afghanistan, says defence secretary
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The military mission in Afghanistan remains worthwhile, the defence secretary, Bob Ainsworth, argued today, despite the increasing toll among British troops, with eight killed in the past four days. "Yes, we have seen an increase in the rate of loss …
Bob Ainsworth: we will win in Afghanistan but enemy numbers unknownTelegraph.co.uk
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19 killed by bombing in Russia's Ingushetia
CNN International
MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) — At least 19 people died and about 70 were wounded following a suicide bombing Monday morning outside a police headquarters in Nazran in the Russian republic of Ingushetia, Russian state television reported. …
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Hamid Karzai on ropes in televised election debate
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An Afghan woman watches Hamid Karzai on television during the presidential candidates' live debate in Kabul. Photograph: Farzana Wahidy/AP With just three days to go until presidential elections on Thursday Hamid Karzai finally took part in a televised …
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Japan limps out of recession
AFP
TOKYO — Japan on Monday became the latest major economy to escape from recession, lifting hopes that a fledgling global recovery is taking hold thanks to massive pump-priming efforts. The world's second-largest economy rebounded for the first time in …
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Nation Digest: Tropical Storm Claudette Threatens Florida Coast
Washington Post
Brewing in the Gulf of Mexico, Tropical Storm Claudette was bringing heavy rain to the Florida Panhandle on Sunday, and was likely to become the first tropical storm to strike the US mainland this year. Claudette had winds of at least 50 mph but was …
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Letter From Washington Tough Slog on Health Care Plan Gets a …
New York Times
WASHINGTON — A columnist for the online news magazine Slate once proposed that the month of August be banned, as “it has a dismal history” and “nothing good ever happens.” A week ago, President Barack Obama might have cosponsored the …
Health care fight means no sleepy August for ObamaThe Associated Press
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Obama to address VFW on Monday
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will speak to the nation's largest organization of combat veterans. Obama will address the 110th National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Phoenix on Monday. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says the …
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