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Source: Reuters * Earl sideswipes Outer Banks islands, but stays offshore * Category 2 storm tracking alongside U.S. East Coast * Direct full hit to U.S. shoreline not forecast * Parts of Massachusetts could ...

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Source: Reuters Sept 3 (Reuters) - Following are statements from Indian policymakers as well as the latest news and scheduled events. * Denotes new entry. * India's central bank has said that there is no ...

Source: Reuters * Pakistan Taliban in spotlight again * Relief from IMF * More pressure to crack down on Taliban By Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban on Friday took ...

Source: Reuters (Refiles, adding dropped work to first paragraph) By Heru Asprihanto SURBAKTI, Sept 3 (Reuters) - An Indonesian volcano that lay dormant for 400 years erupted yet again on Friday ...

Source: Reuters Sept 3 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0545 GMT on Friday. BAGHDAD - A sticky bomb attached to a police officer's car wounded him and killed his brother in Baghdad's ...

Source: Reuters A team of Reuters journalists, photographers and television crews is travelling through some of the areas worst hit by the worst floods in Pakistan's history a month after the disaster struck. To ...

Source: Reuters (Updates casualty figures and adds details) DUSHANBE, Sept 3 (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a police station in northern Tajikistan on Friday, killing at least one person and ...

Source: Reuters (Adds quotes, details) By Saud Mehsud DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Pakistan's Taliban on Friday took responsibility for triple bombings at a Shi'ite Muslim procession in the city ...

Source: Reuters * Villages washed away * Islamic charities providing aid * River still higher than normal By Chris Allbritton BHAKKAR, Pakistan, Sept 3 (Reuters) - A month ago, Pakistan's Indus river swelled ...

Source: Reuters Sept 2 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors have charged the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, in the plot that killed seven CIA employees at a U.S. base in Afghanistan last December. ...

Source: Reuters * Bombs adds to pressure on Pakistan government * Renewed violence * US charges confirm Taliban's wide reach By Mubasher Bukhari LAHORE, Pakistan, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Pakistan tightened ...

Source: Reuters * Tent cities dot the northwest * Refugees complain of government inaction * UN distribution leaving some out By Chris Allbritton CHARSADDA, Pakistan, Sept 2 (Reuter) - Day after day, Afshan ...

Source: Reuters * Hillary Clinton to host direct talks on Thursday * West Bank attacks underscore challenges * Obama faces risks with peacemaking foray By Andrew Quinn and Jeffrey Heller WASHINGTON, Sept 2 ( ...

Source: Reuters By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Israeli, Palestinian and U.S. leaders meet in Washington this week to launch the first set of direct Middle East peace talks in nearly two years ...

Source: Reuters Sept 2 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration hosts Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Thursday as they begin their first direct peace negotiations in 20 months. Following are ...

Source: Reuters Sept 2 (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders resume direct peace talks on Thursday in Washington following a 20-month hiatus. Following are the main issues on the table: TWO-STATE SOLUTION ...

Source: Human Rights Watch (New York) - Many European companies that publicly embrace workers' rights under global labor standards nevertheless undermine workers' rights in their US operations, Human Rights Watch said in a ...

Source: Reuters * Children scared and traumatised * Disease to continue spreading over 3-4 months * Women and children make up bulk of patients By Rebecca Conway NOWSHERA, Pakistan, Sept 2 (Reuters) - ...

Source: Reuters GAZA, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas claimed responsibility on Thursday for a shooting attack in which two Israelis were wounded in the occupied West Bank. Wednesday's ...