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News for Friday, 7 Jan 2011

Taliban attack kills 17 at Afghan public bath

KANDAHAR - A Taliban suicide bomber on Friday assassinated a police commander and killed 16 others at a public bath in southern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border, the deadliest attack...

‘Qaeda ambush’ claims nine Yemeni soldiers

ADEN - Al Qaeda militants killed nine soldiers in an ambush on a military convoy in the restive southern province of Abyan on Friday, Yemeni officials said.
"We were hit...

Armenia denies Iran spy story

YEREVAN - Armenia on Friday denied that a US woman reportedly detained in Iran for alleged spying after entering the country from Armenia had ever been to the former Soviet...

Mideast Christians victims of ‘cleansing’: Sarkozy

PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Friday said Christian minorities in the Middle East are victims of "religious cleansing", following deadly attacks on churches in the region.
"We cannot...

Kazakh leader rejects term extension

ASTANA - Kazakhstan's strongman President Nursultan Nazarbayev on Friday rejected the idea of extending his term until 2020 through a national referendum that has been flatly denounced by the United...

Iran nuclear talks with world powers to resume on 20th

BRUSSELS - Talks between world powers and Iran on its controversial nuclear programme are expected to resume on January 20 in Istanbul, a spokeswoman for European Union foreign policy chief...

Turkey in talks with France on nuclear plant

ANKARA - Turkey is in preliminary talks with France for the construction of a nuclear power plant but Japan has the priority, Anatolia news agency quoted Turkey's energy minister as...

Rights groups urge Spain to probe Guantanamo boss

MADRID - Human rights groups on Friday said they have asked a Spanish judge to subpoena the former US commander of the Guantanamo detention camp to explain his alleged role...

Sri Lanka, India to relaunch ferry service after three decades

COLOMBO - India and Sri Lanka on Friday signed an agreement to restart sea ferry services shut down for nearly 30 years, the latest sign of resurgent economic ties since...

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