May 30, 2006

Foreign troops bring ETimor violence under control (AFP)

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Australian soldiers head off in search of gang members responsible for burning houses in Dili. International troops appeared to have quelled violence in East Timor's capital after sword-wielding youths battled in the streets and torched buildings and cars.(AFP/William West)AFP - International troops appeared to have quelled violence in East Timor's capital after sword-wielding youths battled in the streets and torched buildings and cars.


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Indonesia quake survivors wait for help as quake toll tops 5,400 (AFP)

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A woman clears rubbles from her destroyed house in Bantul, Yogyakarta province of Cenral Java. Thousands of desperate Indonesian quake survivors were still waiting for aid as they prepared for a fourth night under makeshift tents, despite pledges help would come quickly.(AFP/Jewel Samad)AFP - Thousands of desperate Indonesian quake survivors were still waiting for aid as they prepared for a fourth night under makeshift tents, despite pledges help would come quickly.


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Iran ready to restart talks with EU Three (AFP)

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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks to the press during closing ceremony of the Ministerial Meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Putrajaya. Mottaki said Iran is willing to restart immediately negotiations with the European Union over its nuclear enrichment program.(AFP/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - Iran is willing to restart immediately negotiations with the European Union over its nuclear enrichment program, its Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said.


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EU court scraps passenger data transfers to US (AFP)

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Planes queue up for take off at London's Heathrow airport, in June 2004. The EU's top court scrapped a decision forcing airlines to give data about European passengers to US authorities as part of their post-September 11, 2001 security crackdown.(AFP/File/Odd Andersen)AFP - The EU's top court scrapped a decision forcing airlines to give data about European passengers to US authorities as part of their post-September 11, 2001 security crackdown.


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Bush to nominate banker Paulson as treasury secretary (AFP)

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Henry Paulson CEO of Goldman Sachs (L) chats with Mark Scwartz, Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asia during a press conference at a Tokyo hotel, in January 2000. US President George W. Bush was to nominate Paulson to serve as treasury secretary in place of John Snow.(AFP/File/Yoshikazu Tsuno)AFP - US President George W. Bush was to nominate top Wall Street banker Henry Paulson to serve as treasury secretary in place of John Snow, CNBC television reported.


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Iran says open to more talks (Reuters)

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Iranian government spokesman Gholamhossein Elham is seen in this December 13, 2005 file photo. Iran said on Monday there had been no mention of Tehran surrendering its disputed uranium enrichment programme in talks with Igor Ivanov, Secretary of Russia's Security Council. (Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters)Reuters - Iran made conciliatory
gestures to the West on Tuesday in a stand-off over its nuclear
program, saying it was ready to talk to European powers and
perhaps even its chief opponent, the United States.


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Afghan army patrols Kabul amid anger with US troops (Reuters)

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An Afghan protester throws garbage on burning tires during a protest in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 29, 2006. (Ahmad Masood/Reuters)Reuters - Afghan troops patrolled the streets of
Kabul on Tuesday after at least eight people were killed in the
worst anti-U.S. riots in the capital since the fall of the
Taliban in 2001.


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Aid flows in for Java quake victims (Reuters)

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Labourers load food supplies into a transport ship in the southern Indian city of Chennai May 30, 2006. (Babu/Reuters)Reuters - International relief efforts
picked up on Tuesday for survivors of the earthquake that
killed more than 5,000 people on Indonesia's Java island, but
many victims complained that vital aid was not reaching them.


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EU court rules airline data deal with US illegal (Reuters)

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Passengers line up to enter London's Heathrow Airport, August 14, 2005. The European Union acted illegally when it agreed to transfer airline passenger data to the United States as part of U.S. efforts to fight terrorism, the bloc's highest court said on Tuesday. (Toby Melville/Reuters)Reuters - The European Union acted illegally
when it agreed to transfer airline passenger data to the United
States as part of U.S. efforts to fight terrorism, the bloc's
highest court said on Tuesday.


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Cordless jump-rope can help the clumsy (AP)

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**FILE PHOTO** Children are silhouetted as they jump rope on the sidewalk along Perry Street in downtown Trenton, N.J., Aug. 18, 1997. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)AP - If you think keeping fit is merely mind over matter, Lester Clancy has an invention for you — a cordless jump-rope. That's right, a jump-rope minus the rope. All that's left is two handles, so you jump over the pretend rope. Or if you are truly lazy, you can pretend to jump over the pretend rope.


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