October 31, 2006

N.Korea set no conditions for talks resumption: US envoy (AFP)

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Chief negotiatior Christopher Hill gestures while speaking to reporters at the US embassy in Beijing, following a meeting with his North Korean counterpart. Hill told reporters that North Korea has set no conditions for returning to six-party talks on its nuclear program.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - North Korea has set no conditions for returning to six-party talks on its nuclear program, chief US negotiatior Christopher Hill told reporters after meeting with his North Korean counterpart.


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Thousands protest Pakistan airstrike as prince scraps trip (AFP)

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Debris lies scattered from a collapsed Islamic school which was destroyed by helicopter gunships in Khar. Thousands of gun-wielding Pakistani tribesmen chanting "Death to Bush" have protested against a deadly air raid on an Al-Qaeda-linked religious school that killed 80 people.(AFP)AFP - Thousands of gun-wielding Pakistani tribesmen chanting "Death to Bush" have protested against a deadly air raid on an Al-Qaeda-linked religious school that killed 80 people.


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Britain to regulate online gaming (Reuters)

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Reuters - Britain unveiled plans on Tuesday to
regulate Internet gambling and said it opposed the U.S.
government’s banning of the industry.

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U.S. must stay until Iraq forces ready: Iraqi leader (Reuters)

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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in Baghdad, September 5, 2006. U.S.-led forces should only withdraw from Iraq when local security forces are able to maintain order on their own, Talabani said in a newspaper interview published on Tuesday. (Daniel Berehulak/Pool/Reuters)Reuters - U.S.-led forces should only withdraw from
Iraq when local security forces are able to maintain order on
their own, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said in a newspaper
interview published on Tuesday.


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Bush accuses Democrats of lacking plan for Iraq (Reuters)

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President Bush arrives at a rally at Sugar Land Regional Airport in Sugar Land, Texas, October 30, 2006. (Jim Young/Reuters)Reuters - Weakened by the unpopular
Iraq war, President George W. Bush accused Democrats of lacking
a plan to win it on Monday as he opened a weeklong drive to
maintain Republican control of the U.S. Congress.


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Pakistani tribals seethe over airstrike on madrasa (Reuters)

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Activists chant anti-government slogans during a protest in Islamabad, October 31, 2006. (Faisal Mahmood/Reuters)Reuters - More than 15,000 armed Pakistani
tribesmen protested on Tuesday over a Pakistan Army helicopter
attack on an al-Qaeda-linked religious school that killed
around 80 suspected militants.


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Diplomats push for Somali talks to avert war (Reuters)

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The chief negotiator of the Islamic courts Ibrahim Hassan Adow addresses the media at Mogadishu's airport October 29, 2006. (Shabele Media/Reuters)Reuters - Diplomats pressured Somali government
and Islamist delegations on Tuesday to resume stalled talks
seen as the best way to avert war in the Horn of Africa.


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NBA season opens with 2 games tonight (AP)

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New York Knicks' Jalen Rose shoots over Miami Heat's Shandon Anderson during the first quarter of their NBA basketball game in this March 19, 2006 file photo at Madison Square Garden in New York. Rose was waived Monday, Oct. 30, 2006 by the Knicks, leaving their roster one below the regular-season maximum of 15. (AP Photo/Ed Betz, File)AP - The NBA season opens tonight with two games on the schedule: Chicago at Miami and Phoenix at the Los Angeles Lakers.


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North Korea agrees to return to talks (Reuters)

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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill during a news conference in Beijing, October 31, 2006. (Claro Cortes IV/Reuters)Reuters - North Korea agreed on Tuesday to return
to six-party talks on dismantling its atomic weapons just weeks
after staging its first nuclear test, and a U.S. envoy said he
wanted to see “substantial progress” after a year-long hiatus.


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Iraq PM orders checkpoints removed (Reuters)

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Members of the Shi'ite Mehdi army man a checkpoint in Baghdad's Sadr city, October 31, 2006. (Kareem Raheem/Reuters)Reuters - Iraq’s prime minister, in a very public
demonstration of his influence over the U.S. military,
announced the lifting on Tuesday of a week-old cordon around
the Baghdad militia stronghold of one of his key Shi’ite
allies.


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