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U.N. envoy meets Congo rebel, fresh fighting reported (Reuters)
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Reuters - A United Nations envoy met Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda for talks to seek peace in eastern Congo on Sunday as fresh fighting flared between rebel and government forces in North Kivu province.
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Villa leaves Gunners down and out in Premier League action (AFP)
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AFP - Arsenal's title challenge suffered a hammer blow on Saturday as a 2-0 home defeat at the hands of Aston Villa left them nine points adrift of the Premier League pacesetters Chelsea and Liverpool.
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Guinea Bissau set to go to the polls (AFP)
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AFP - Tiny, poverty stricken Guinea Bissau, seen as a major African drugs hub, goes to the polls Sunday for parliamentary elections observers hope will bring stability to the West African nation.
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Prison terms devastate Myanmar democracy movement (AP)
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AP - In a devastating week for Myanmar's democracy movement, dozens of its members have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms, as the military-ruled government locks away writers and Buddhist monks as well as musicians, a poet and at le...
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Bloodshed at Urban Music Awards (AFP)
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AFP - Three people were injured in ugly scenes at the Urban Music Awards ceremony, with one person seriously hurt, police said on Sunday.
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Indian Kashmir set to vote as separatists urge boycott (AFP)
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AFP - Revolt-hit Indian Kashmir begins voting in state elections Monday amid appeals for a poll boycott by Muslim separatists who have spearheaded a wave of massive pro-freedom protests.
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Booming Gulf looks overseas for agriculture needs (AP)
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AP - In the dunes around this sun-scorched desert village, where camels still plod along dusty roads an hour south of Dubai's skyscrapers, they're making the wasteland bloom.
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At least 3 dead in China subway tunnel collapse (Reuters)
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Reuters - At least three people were killed and 17 more were trapped when a half-built subway tunnel in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou collapsed, leaving a huge crater that also engulfed 11 vehicles, state media said on Sunday.
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Guinea Bissau vote goes smooth amid hopes for stability (AFP)
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AFP - Guinea Bissau voted Sunday in parliamentary elections that international observers hope will boost stability in a poor west African nation which has become a hub for South American drug traffickers.
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Iraq's government approves security pact with US (AP)
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AP - Iraq's Cabinet overwhelmingly approved a security pact with the United States on Sunday, ending prolonged negotiations to allow American forces to remain for three more years in the country they first occupied in 2003.
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Prince Charles wants to speak out as king: biographer (AFP)
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AFP - Prince Charles, who has just turned 60, wants to break with tradition and keep speaking out on key issues when he becomes king, biographer Jonathan Dimbleby said in The Sunday Times.
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Italy fights mob terror near Naples (AP)
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AP - The paratroopers' armored vehicles had barely taken up position in this fiefdom of the Casalesi crime clan when the mobsters decided to show who was boss.
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Iceland, EU states draw up plan to rescue British savers (AFP)
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AFP - Iceland and a group of EU countries have agreed on a negotiating framework to settle a banking row between the island and Britain over compensating savers, the government in Reykjavik said Sunday.
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Doctors lead Tijuana march against violence (AP)
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AP - More than 1,500 demonstrators marched through the violence-plagued border city of Tijuana on Saturday to protest the current of killings and kidnappings.
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Press unconvinced by G20 summit (AFP)
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AFP - Sunday newspapers were largely unconvinced by the G20 summit in Washington, concluding that Prime Minister Gordon Brown does not have all the answers for fixing the financial downturn.
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