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September 8, 2010
An evangelical pastor insisted his plans for a mass torching of the Koran would go ahead after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned the “disgraceful” burning ceremony in Florida. Clinton was the most senior US official to speak out against the torching scheduled for the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, saying she was “heartened by the clear, unequivocal condemnation of this disrespectful, disgraceful act that has come from American religious leaders of all faiths.”
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US pastor defiant as Clinton slams Koran-burning
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September 8, 2010
Britain’s National Health Service could save millions of pounds a year by offering more weight-loss surgery for obese patients, a medical study said Wednesday. Around a million people in England meet recommended criteria for so-called bariatric surgery, but only 3,600 NHS weight-loss operations were carried out last year. Obesity and related medical conditions directly cost the NHS 4.3 billion pounds a year, while the impact on the wider economy runs into millions
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Weight-loss surgery ‘could save millions’ in UK
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September 8, 2010
Los Angeles riot police arrested 22 protestors and fired rubber bullets in a second night of clashes after a Guatemalan immigrant was shot dead in a confrontation with officers, officials said early Wednesday. Angry mostly Hispanic demonstrators hurled rocks, bottles and eggs at the local police station in the MacArthur Park area near downtown Los Angeles, according to an AFP photographer on the scene. Those arrested were detained on charges including unlawful assembly and failing to disperse after the violence, said Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer Karen Rayner.
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Second night of LA clashes after immigrant killed
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September 8, 2010
A US missile strike on a militant compound in Pakistan’s tribal district on the Afghan border killed at least 10 rebels on Wednesday, local security officials said. The attack took place in Dandey Darpakhel village, five kilometres (three miles) northwest of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district, which is a renowned hub for Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants.
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US drone strike kills 10 militants in Pakistan
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September 8, 2010
A powerful Muslim clan carefully planned and carried out the killings of 57 people — including 30 journalists — in the Philippines’ worst massacre, a witness said Wednesday as the landmark trial began. Lakmudin Saliao’s testimony directly linked Andal Ampatuan Jnr, the main defendant, to the planning and execution of the killings in the clan’s former fiefdom of Maguindanao, an impoverished province in the troubled south.
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Philippine massacre ‘carefully planned’: witness
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September 8, 2010
An internal BP inquiry due on Wednesday into what caused the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is expected to accept that BP staff made mistakes before the disaster, the Financial Times reported. The report, due at 1100 GMT, is likely to admit failures ahead of an explosion at a BP-operated oil rig in April which killed 11 workers and caused the worst spill in US history, the FT said.
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BP report on Gulf oil disaster to accept ‘some blame’
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September 8, 2010
Australia’s newly elected Prime Minister Julia Gillard pledged to serve a full term after scraping back into power but her fragile coalition was immediately at odds over a major new tax Wednesday. Welsh-born Gillard, who cobbled together a one-seat majority helped by three independents and a Greens MP after inconclusive polls, promised the nation’s first minority government in 70 years would be “stable and effective”
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Fragile Australian government hit by wrangling
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September 8, 2010
Men who wish to attract women on the disco floor would be better advised to learn a few moves that answer the female mating drive rather than bother with the moonwalk. Psychologists have identified the key male dance movements that most arouse female interest — and all are to do with central body motions which send out primal signals of health, vigour and strength. A team led by Nick Neave of Northumbria University in Newcastle, filmed 19 men aged 18-35 in a lab as they danced to a standard disco beat.
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Study reveals attractive dance moves for men
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September 8, 2010
The European Union’s financial services chief called on Wednesday for so-called “stress tests” on banks to be carried out on a regular basis, to judge their resilience in the event of another crisis. “I am completely of the opinion that in future, we need to conduct stress tests regularly,” Commissioner Michel Barnier told the German business daily Handelsblatt in an interview. So far, Europe has conducted just one “stress test”, in July, which seven of the 91 banks failed.
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EU official calls for regular bank ‘stress tests’
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September 8, 2010
National Bank of Greece, a leading Greek bank, has announced it will raise 2.8 billion euros (3.6 billion dollars) with a share issue and by selling part of its holding in Turkish subsidiary Finansbank. NBG was one of five Greek lenders to pass EU-wide stress tests with varying success in July, although a sixth bank, ATEbank, failed to make the grade. The government, fighting to overcome a national debt crisis which shook the eurozone earlier this year, has repeatedly urged the Greek banking sector to consolidate in recent months to help sustain the recession-hit economy.
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Top Greek bank NBG says it will raise new capital
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