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Iran Air plane crashes in northwest Iran: reports

TEHRAN (AFP) – An Iran Air airliner with 90 people on board crashed near the northwestern city of Orumiyeh on Sunday at around 7:45 pm (1615 GMT), an official in West Azerbaijan province was quoted as saying on …YAHOO! · 1 hour ago

IranAir jet crashes in northwest Iran; 50 survive

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Plane With 106 People Crashes in Iran; 35 Survive

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Salon

US, Palestinians slam Israeli east Jerusalem move

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – The United States and the Palestinians have slammed Israel’s bulldozing of an east Jerusalem hotel to make way for settler homes, saying it undermines Middle East peace …YAHOO! · 2 hours ago

WEST BANK: Fall of Jerusalem hotel brings down hopes for revival of peace process

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Clinton condemns east Jerusalem hotel demolition

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Boston Herald

Gates says China moving fast on new weapons

BEIJING — U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says China’s rapidly developing defense capabilities are worrisome to the United States. China has made strides in building a new stealth fighter jet and Washington is also …Forbes · 2 hours ago

Gates visits China, wary of arms buildup

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Gates: China moving fast on new weapons

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Washington Times

Portuguese model in custody; companion castrated

A male model who had recently been a contestant on a Portuguese reality TV show was taken into police custody hours after his companion, a celebrity Portuguese television journalist, was found castrated and bludgeoned …Arizona Daily Star · 3 hours ago

Portuguese Model in Custody Following Times Square Hotel Slay

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Portuguese TV star slain, castrated at NYC hotel

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Time

Sudanese refugees in the US vote on independence

CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of jubilant Sudanese refugees living in the United States turned polling places into victory parties Sunday with chanting, singing and flag-waving as they voted on a historic referendum that could …Associated Press · 35 minutes ago

As Sudan Prepares to Split, Border Tensions Rise in Abyei

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Fighting doesn’t discourage southern Sudanese voters

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N
igeria’s Obasanjo meets with Ivory Coast rivals

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo was shuttling between meetings Sunday with the country’s defiant president who refuses to cede power and the internationally recognized …Cleveland Plain Dealer · 1 hour ago

Ex-Nigerian leader Obasanjo meets with Ivory Coast political rivals in latest diplomacy effort

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Ex-Nigerian president arrives in Ivory Coast amid crisis

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