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News for Wednesday, 28 Sep 2011

Bahrain sentences opposition leaders life terms

A Bahraini special court has upheld life jail sentences served on seven Shiite opposition leaders convicted of plotting to overthrow the regime in the Gulf kingdom, BNA official news agency...

North Korea nuke disarmament doubtful: ex-envoy

A former diplomat in Pyongyang cast doubt Wednesday on North Korea’s willingness to denuclearise, saying its officials believe Libya’s regime would have survived had it kept its nuclear weapons. Diplomatic...

Secret new Russian missile fails in testing

A new intercontinental Russian missile whose development has been kept as a state secret failed in its first test-firing and crashed back into the launch zone, reports said Wednesday. Reports...

UN Council sends Palestine bid to membership committee

The UN Security Council on Wednesday sent the Palestinian bid to join the United Nations to a specialist committee to report on the application. A full session of the 15-member...

Europe grapples with ‘greatest challenge’ over debt

The European Union grappled Wednesday with the biggest challenge of its history as Greece readied a last-gasp pitch to secure vital bailout funds. Nearly four weeks after international auditors abruptly quit...

China warns US against ‘interfering’ over Tibet

: China on Wednesday warned the United States against interfering in its affairs after two Buddhist monks set themselves on fire and the US called for Beijing to respect the...

Four killed in attack on Thai school

More than a dozen suspected Muslim insurgents attacked a school in southern Thailand on Wednesday, killing four soldiers and seriously wounding one child, police said. About 18 gunmen dressed as paramilitaries...

Taliban kill nine in Helmand

Nine Afghan police including a district chief were killed in separate Taliban attacks on Wednesday in the restive south of the country where security continues to deteriorate ten years into...

Western powers back off from sanctions call on Syria

Western powers dropped calls for sanctions against Damascus at the UN Security Council in the face of veto threats from China and Russia, even as existing curbs began to impact...

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