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Samsung, Toshiba roll out iPad rivals
By Simon Sturdee 10:45 AM Friday Sep 3, 2010 Share Email Print | BERLIN - Competition to Apple's highly successful iPad hotted up yesterday, as Samsung and Toshiba unveiled rival tablet PCs that t... (photo: Public Domain / Evan-amos)
This undated image taken from Al-Arabiya TV Wednesday, July 14, 2010 shows failed Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad holding a Quran. Al-Arabiya broadcast excerpts showing Shahzad saying he planned a "revenge attack" against the U.S. that he hoped would touch the hearts of Muslims. Shahzad appears in the clips sitting on the ground in a black turban and military fatigues, with a gun next to him.
Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism   US   Wikipedia: Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan  
 NZ Herald 
US puts Pakistan Taleban on official terrorist register
5:30 AM Friday Sep 3, 2010 Share Email Print | WASHINGTON - United States officials launched a broad legal offensive against Pakistan's Taleban yesterday, placing the group on its international terror... (photo: AP / Al-Arabiya via AP Television Network)
Pakistani flood affected residents reach out for relief goods from the Pakistan army in the remote village of Qasba Bhati Wala, at Murzaffargarh district, Punjab province, Pakistan  on Thursday Sept. 2, 2010.  The Star 
Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security
| LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing ren... (photo: AP / Aaron Favila)
Floods   IMF   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 Pakistan floods  
Pakistan's High Commissioner Wajid Shamsul Hasan, center, talks to the media outside the Pakistan High Commission in London, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, where he interviewed Oakistani international cricker players Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and captain Salman Butt, in connection with allegations of a plot to bowl no-balls to order during the fourth Test Match defeat to England at Lord's.  The Daily Telegraph Australia 
Accused cricketers set up, says diplomat
| THE three Pakistan cricketers at the centre of spot-betting allegations that shocked the sporting world were "set up," the country's top diplomat in London claims. | High Commissioner... (photo: AP / Sang Tan)
Cricket   Pakistan   Photos   Scandal   Wikipedia: Match fixing  
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A U.S. soldier of Charlie Company 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, passes next to a wall painted with the Iraqi flag during a routine patrol in Salman Pak, about 30 miles (45 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 1, 200 Gulf News
The risks of withdrawal loom
| Entering a war is easy; getting out of it is the hard part. That axiom is particularly true for the United States today, as it muddles through three wars — two of... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris)
Defence   Iraq   Photos   US   Wikipedia: 2003 invasion of Iraq  
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, is greeted by top NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus as he arrives in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The New York Times
Gates Lands in Afghanistan
| KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on an unannounced visit Thursday for meetings with American military commanders and President ... (photo: AP / Jim Watson, Pool)
Afghanistan   Defense   Photos   US   Wikipedia: War in Afghanistan (2001present)  
Containers are handled at the container terminal of the harbour in Hamburg, northern Germany, in this Jan. 16, 2006 file picture. German exports increased by 9.3 percent in May 2007 compared with the same month last year, and the country's trade surplus increased more strongly than expected, according to data released Monday, July 9, 2007. The New York Times
Strong Yen Helps to Fuel Germany's Export Boom
| FRANKFURT — There was a touch of schadenfreude in the most recent earnings report issued by Kuka, a company based in the Bavarian city of Augsburg whose orange in... (photo: AP / Kai-Uwe Knoth, File)
Currency   Export   Germany   Photos   Wikipedia: Economy of Germany  
A logo of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is seen outside one of its branches in London, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Shares at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC plunged 39 percent in early trading on Tuesday, as investors worried that the British government was not doing enough to boost banks' balance sheets in the financial cris The New York Times
R.B.S. to Cut 3,500 Jobs in Britain
| LONDON — Royal Bank of Scotland, the bank controlled by the British government, said Thursday it plans to cut another 3,500 jobs and close 10 offices in Britain t... (photo: AP / Akira Suemori)
Banking   Britain   Jobs   Photos   Wikipedia: Royal Bank of Scotland  
Rescuers move parts of a collapsed building in search of victims after rain-triggered landslides swept through Wama village near Baoshan city, in southwest China's Yunnan province, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The Australian
Four die in China landslides
| BEIJING: At least four people died and 44 were missing after rain-triggered landslides struck in southwestern China. | The landslides swept through a mountain village n... (photo: AP)
China   Landslide   Photos   Weather   Wikipedia: 2010 China floods  
Democratic Party of Japan presidential candidates, senior lawmaker Ichiro Ozawa, left, and Prime Minister Naoto Kan  pose for photos before their pre-election live political debate at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The Australian
Rivals avoid rorts in Japanese debate
| JAPANESE Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his leadership challenger Ichiro Ozawa both attacked the power of Japan's bureaucracy and pledged to reclaim power for electe... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa)
Elections   Japan   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Democratic Party of Japan  
Business & Economy Pollution & Environment
- Budget should promote quality
- Company taken to task over cemetery issue
- Ishtiaq hopes to produce champion hurdlers among his young c
- Auckland road closure will affect the whole region
This undated image taken from Al-Arabiya TV Wednesday, July 14, 2010 shows failed Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad holding a Quran. Al-Arabiya broadcast excerpts showing Shahzad saying he planned a "revenge attack" against the U.S. that he hoped would touch the hearts of Muslims. Shahzad appears in the clips sitting on the ground in a black turban and military fatigues, with a gun next to him.
US puts Pakistan Taleban on official terrorist register
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- Sales Improve – 3 September
- Widespread moving fast on Chatam Rise phosphate
- Pasture renewal focus for latest Farming Review
- Sibu Municipal Council considers opening landfill for 3R act
In this June 13, 2009 file photo, an electrical linesman repairs cables as illegal subsidiary wires are seen mangled to the main cables in Allahabad, India. Stealing of power is a frequent phenomenon in Indian towns.
Bringing Light to India's Rural Areas
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Showbiz Science & Technology
- Churchill's Secret War, By Madhusree Mukerjee
- Schnabel's true romance inspires tale of love across cul
- How did all that movie talent crash?
- Amisha Patel's family in debt row with bank
India's Sushil Kumar shows off his bronze medal in the 66kg freestyle match at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008.
We should be excited for Games: Sushil Kumar
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- Sales Improve – 3 September
- Widespread moving fast on Chatam Rise phosphate
- Basketball: Tall Blacks stun France
- India to ask RIM, Google and Skype to install local servers
In this June 13, 2009 file photo, an electrical linesman repairs cables as illegal subsidiary wires are seen mangled to the main cables in Allahabad, India. Stealing of power is a frequent phenomenon in Indian towns.
Bringing Light to India's Rural Areas
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Sport Health & Fitness
- Three Pakistan players charged by ICC under corruption rules
- Racing: Top chaser packs punch over hurdles
- New Zealand show the way after horror of last season's a
- Pakistan's Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif
Pakistan's one-day captain Shahid Afridi, top center right, huddles with the rest of his team before the one-day cricket match  between Somerset County Cricket Club and Pakistan at the County Ground in Taunton, England, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
Cricket: Pakistan three to sit out the rest of tour
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- In Kashmir, the Front Lines of a Conflict Run Through a Hosp
- Bee Gees star recovering from emergency stomach surgery - re
- Smoking Indonesian toddler Ardi Rizal quits 40-a-day habit
- Call For Moratorium On Death Penalty
Women shopping in a clothes store
Evolution of the male/female shopping behaviour
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