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Forum Replies () Iran tells EU it is ready for "constructive" talks Other News on Thursday, 29 October 2009 Kremlin says sanctions against Iran unlikely Europe blighted by noise pollution Google unveils free GPS navigation for mobile phones Lift-off for new NASA rocket Tax-cutting Merkel kicks off second term Iran to deliver response on uranium deal Thursday: report Brussels targets bailed-out banking giants Deutsche Bank strikes billion-euro takeover deal Darkest day for UN as Taliban kill 9 at Kabul hostel Japanese car wins World Solar Challenge in Australia Rockets found in Lebanon after attack on Israel ArcelorMittal bounces back on demand gain Lebanon stops fresh rocket attack on Israel NASA launches world's tallest rocket WHO chief says Fidel Castro looks wonderful
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| Somali pirates warn Britain against yacht rescue
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| Iran tells EU it is ready for "constructive" talks US new home sales in surprise fall US durable goods orders rebound in September Yemen seizes boat off coast, arrests 5 Iranians NATO chief to discuss Afghan cooperation in Russia
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| Darfur elders urged to help free aid worker Swiss to tighten assisted suicide rules, consider ban
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| Lebanese army dismantles 4 rockets near Israel Google unveils free GPS navigation for mobile phones Crucial holiday season arrives for video game industry
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| SKorea's opposition beats ruling party in by-elections Pakistan bomb kills 92 as Clinton visits Boulder DA to investigate balloon boy sheriff Indian president meets British PM in state visit Mongolia parliament approves PM resignation: state TV Japan's new govt may 'fracture' US alliance: opposition Feds file suits over $562 million bogus tax claims Australia insists Indonesia must deal with migrants Plans to rebuild damaged CCTV building under way ACORN drops Pa. county prosecutor from lawsuit Health care issues: The cost of health insurance At least 10 killed as China bus falls off hillside Former sex slaves urge Japan PM to resolve issue Afghanistan reports 1st swine flu death Ford picks China's Geely as preferred bidder for Volvo Drought, typhoons hurt Asia's rice production HSBC to set up credit card joint venture Pakistani stocks, rupee end weaker after blast BOK board member calls for fast rate rise -report Jackson's dermatologist files $50k claim Cancer didn't beat Patrick Swayze, wife Lisa says
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| Miley Cyrus voted worst celebrity influence of 2009
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| New Moon rises to No. 1 on Billboard 200
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| Baz Luhrmann's Australia snubbed in home film awards
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| Australian author saves tsunami village, rescues self
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| Kenya Slams 'Uninvited' U.S. Diplomat Over Visa Ban Announcement Murder Suspect's Escape Foiled When Woman Takes His Keys, Wallet From Getaway Car 9-Foot Burmese Python Found In Vero Beach Backyard Quarantine Efforts Fail To Stop Spread Of Longhorn Beetle In Nova Scotia Bad Economy A Divorce Deterrent For Americans Store Owner Happily Captures 5-Foot Gator In Massachusetts Baby Boy Healthy After Mom Gives Birth On London Bus Michael Jackson Earned $90 Million Since Death, Ranking Third On Forbes Top-Earning Dead Celebs List Feces-Throwing Burglar Goes Ape Gets 31-Year Sentence FAA Revokes License Of Northwest Pilots Over Laptop Use World awaits Iran's response on uranium deal Google gets its groove on with music search US economy likely to post first growth in year Europe's leaders grapple with bloc's future IAEA says had good trip to Iran enrichment site
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| Lisbon opt-out is Klaus's last condition: Czech PM Fibre may keep asthma, diabetes at bay, study finds US-TECH Summary Five U.N. foreign staff killed in attack in Kabul
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| Tax-cutting Merkel kicks off second term Reported jailing of British embassy worker slammed Google Voice call blocking limited, company says U.N. official heads to Iraq after Baghdad bombings Firms accept Ecuador plan to break pharma patents Google launches music search with Lala, iLike Iran to respond to atomic deal Thursday in Vienna Politico owner launching local Washington news website U.N. official heads to Iraq after Baghdad bombings
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| Smokers could go virtual to kick the habit: study Ailing CIT gets $4.5 bln loan, rejects Icahn offer Chinese visit seals end of chilly ties with Australia
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| UN staff killed in bloody countdown to Afghan vote Crucial holiday season arrives for video game industry Iran supreme leader: Questioning elections a crime U.N. torture expert detained in Zimbabwe airport
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| Motorola's Droid has Google navigation features Google adds free GPS navigation to mobile phones Motorola's Droid has Google navigation features Radical Islamic leader killed in FBI raid in Detroit Google launches music search with Lala and iLike
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| Amazon.com rolls out shortcut for paying online
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| Nintendo to launch larger-screen DS for $222
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| LA police link man to Israeli team, Chivas thefts Seoul's aid offer one-tenth of NKorea's request: report Swine flu prompts hundreds of schools to close Chinese visit seals end of chilly ties with Australia Mich. teen guilty in beating death of homeless man Google Voice call blocking limited, company says
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| Car bomb kills 100 in Pakistani city of Peshawar Al Ittihad to meet Korean challenge in AFC Champions League final Turmoil from climate change poses security risks Pakistan bomb kills 105 as Clinton visits Gunmen storm UN guest house in Kabul, 11 dead Lawyer: Woman in sex-for-tix case has Phils fever MoMA 82-story tower approved by NYC Council Bob Heisse elected to APME leadership ladder Japan shoots down missile in test off Hawaii: US NZ household borrowing up in September S.Korea fin min says closely watching market rates S.Korea large firms' Nov sentiment down Seoul shares hit 2-mth low; POSCO down on Q4 worry S.Korea T-bonds gain on weak shares, U.S. data Japan's factory output up for seventh straight month Seoul shares hit 2-mth low; POSCO sinks on Q4 worry NZ cenbank sees rate on hold until H2 2010 NZ's Auckland Intl Airport repeat 2010 net guidance China Security & Surveillance shares drop Gritty drama a "Precious" commodity in Hollywood Cancer "didn't beat" Patrick Swayze, wife Lisa says This Is It a fascinating look at work in progress
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| Stand-off refugees can't choose destination: Australia Indonesian police foil human traffickers Movie makes Taiwan relive 'White Terror' period Google gets its groove on with music search Gritty drama a "Precious" commodity in Hollywood French prison drama wins London festival award 4 charged with burglarizing celeb homes Lilith Fair returning in 2010 with 18-city tour
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| Tight pants a no-no for women in Indonesia's Aceh Fewer holiday gifts but more cheer in US, poll Gritty drama a Precious commodity in Hollywood
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| Church plans Christ the Redeemer upgrade in Brazil "New Moon" rises to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Cancer "didn't beat" Patrick Swayze, wife Lisa says French prison drama wins London festival award
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| "This Is It" heats up box office on first day , Microsoft extend talks on Web search agreement Afghanistan calms security fears after hostel attack Iran proposes big changes to draft atom deal: report
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| Deutsche Bank reveals crisis-beating results Nintendo interim profits plunge more than half Afghanistan calms security fears after UN hostel attack Iran to propose two amendments to IAEA deal: report Iraq says 153 people died in Baghdad bombings Zero-emission scooter to debut in Japan Russia, Ecuador praise ties but no rebel recognition Afghan, Pakistan carnage raises heat on Obama Iraq arrests senior officers, vows more over blasts
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| Honduras lodges lawsuit against Brazil at U.N. court
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| U.N. must act on Zimbabwe: expelled rights expert
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| UN chief says Iran should accept uranium plan Stasi files still cast shadow, 20 years after Berlin Wall fell
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| Philippines sends relief teams in path of typhoon
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| Sudan cautiously welcomes African Darfur proposals
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| China's Hu invites North Korea's Kim to visit: report
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| Salsa, karaoke out as U.S. eyes austere Afghan war
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| NBA introduces live games on U.S. mobile devices
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| Car bomb in crowded Pakistan market kills 100 Leader Of Muslim Fundamentalist Group Killed In FBI Raid Study: 17,000 Children Died Because They Lacked Health Insurance Nintendo cuts forecast as Wii loses sparkle
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| Obama Honors Fallen Soldiers In Surprise Visit To Dover U.S. To Pay Taliban Fighters For Allegiance Government's Star Witness In Ted Stevens Trial Sentenced White House Calls AP Story On Overstated Stimulus Jobs 'Misleading' Costume Face Paints May Contain Toxic Metals EPA Announces Green Parking Lot Study In Effort To Protect Water Sources Obama Signs Bill Making Gay Attack A Hate Crime Kenya Slams 'Uninvited' U.S. Diplomat Over Visa Ban Announcement Japan's Mitsubishi, Mazda see red in first half Ailing JAL to seek help from state agency Japan's Hitachi posts $1.5 billion interim loss TABLE-Foreign trading in Taiwan stocks Nintendo profits sink on Wii woes Philippines aiming to join China's resource boom Miley Cyrus voted worst celebrity influence of 2009
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| China's Geely faces Volvo safety image challenge John Lennon film brings London festival to an end
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| Japan's NEC posts big interim loss Pakistan's FY09/10 GDP projected at 2.5-3.5 pct Sean Penn wants to shoot film in Venezuela: Chavez 'Red' German farm scores 'green' success Did India invent the nose job? Art trade bounces back, still not a pretty picture US-ENTERTAINMENT Summary "Little Miss Sunshine" to play Helen Keller on Broadway Disney wants to build production studio outside LA Tigres del Norte nix Mexico show, cite censorship Jackson case MD due in court child support case Greece at new risk of being pushed off euro Bodies of missing Tenn. mom, Jo Ann Bain, and daughter found Female Breasts Are Bigger Than Ever AMD Trinity Accelerated Processing Units Now in Volume Production The Avengers (2012 film), made the second biggest opening- and single-day gross of all-time AMD to Start Production of piledriver Ivy Bridge Quad-Core, Four-Thread Desktop CPUs Islamists Protest Lady Gaga's Concert in Indonesia Japan Successfully Broadcasts an 8K Signal Over the Air ECB boosts loans to 1 trillion Euro to stop credit crunch Egypt : Mohammed Morsi won with 52 percent What do you call 100,000 Frenchmen with their hands up AMD Launches AMD Embedded R-Series APU Platform Fed Should not Ignore Emerging Market Crisis Fed casts shadow over India, emerging markets Why are Chinese tourists so rude? A few insights