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Denmark seeks contact with arrested student in Iran

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The Danish government said Saturday it was trying to make contact with a Danish journalism student arrested three days ago in Tehran. The Iranian authorities have confirmed 31-year-old Niels Krogsgaard is in custody, but have not said where, a Danish foreign ministry ...

Shah's son backs civil disobedience in Iran

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Iran's former crown prince backed a campaign of "civil disobedience and non-violence" Saturday to oust the government in Tehran and urged Western support, but warned against any armed intervention. "The end of the apartheid regime in South Africa, of military juntas in ...

China PM reaches out to Muslims in Cairo speech

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Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao sought to reassure the world's Muslims about his country's goodwill towards them in Cairo on Saturday, at a time when Beijing is criticised for the treatment of its own Muslim minority. "The relationship between Chinese civilisation and ...

Iran to reject UN-brokered nuclear plan: leading MP

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Iran has decided to reject proposals from major powers for the supply of nuclear fuel, a leading member of parliament said on Saturday, in a serious setback for UN-brokered efforts to allay Western concerns about its atomic ambitions. Under the plan thrashed ...

Brown says G20 should consider transactions tax

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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on the G20 here on Saturday to consider a tax on global financial transactions but the proposal looked doomed amid US opposition. Brown told G20 finance ministers meeting in Scotland that "a global financial transactions levy" ...

Alabama county celebrates official Obama holiday

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Carnival-like atmosphere leads up to official Barack Obama holiday in poor Alabama county The sign going on the front door at the Perry County courthouse reads: "Closed for the Obama Holiday." The rural, mostly black county has proclaimed Monday as an official ...

Honduran rivals signal new bid to solve crisis

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TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' ousted president and de facto leader gave signs they would try again on Saturday to form a unity government to guide the country out of a four-month crisis after the process collapsed a day earlier. President Manuel Zelaya, ...

AU keeps Madagascar suspension despite new deal

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ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) said on Saturday it would not re-admit Madagascar until a newly agreed power-sharing government was in place and fresh elections in the pipeline. Earlier, the island's rivals signed a deal under which coup-instigator Andry ...

Britain gives impetus to global tax on banks

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ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - World governments should consider urgently a levy on banks to fund future bailouts, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday, departing from London's longstanding resistance to a global tax. France and Germany have led the way ...

Lebanon's Hariri set to form government with Hezbollah

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri will announce a new national unity government to include Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in the next few days, politicians said on Saturday. Lebanon has been without a functioning government since Hariri led his coalition, ...

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