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October 1, 2008

Somali pirates 'in ransom talks'

Pirates who hijacked a tank-laden ship are in negotiations with its owners, the Somali government says.

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Senate urged to back crisis bill

(BBC News) President Bush and US Senate leaders back a new draft of a $700bn (£380bn) Wall Street bail-out, ahead of a key vote....

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EU monitors enter Georgian buffer zones

NABAKHTEVI, Georgia (Reuters) - EU monitors moved into a Russian-controlled buffer zone around Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia on Wednesday, clearing the way for...

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S.Africa sticks to target on black land ownership

PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa will stick to its ambitious plan to put 30 percent of farmland in black hands by 2014, even though it...

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Colonial clue to the rise of HIV

(BBC News) The arrival of colonial cities in sub-Saharan Africa at the dawn of the 20th Century may have sparked the spread of HIV....

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Somali pirates 'in ransom talks'

Pirates who hijacked a tank-laden ship are in negotiations with its owners, the Somali government says....

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Afghan president to seek negotiation with Taliban through Riyadh

KABUL (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has disclosed that his administration wanted talks with Taliban through the mediation of Saudi Arabia, an Afghan web...

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