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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 ...

Source: Reuters * Alienating civilians * Taliban resilient despite army assaults * Stepped up airstrikes (Adds civilian deaths) By Ibrahim Shinwari PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Pakistani ...

Source: Reuters * Islamists claim to have restored order in parts of country * More than 150 killed in latest bout of fighting * Journalist killed in Puntland By Abdi Sheikh and Mohamed Ahmed MOGADISHU, ...

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Source: Reuters * Four Israeli settlers shot dead in West Bank * Attack casts shadow over Washington summit * Hamas claims responsibility, threatens more * US, Israel, Abbas: attack will not derail peace effort ...

Source: Reuters JERUSALEM, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Israel is ready to cede parts of Jerusalem to the Palestinians in the framework of a peace deal, Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Wednesday ahead of the start of talks ...

Source: IRIN Three Russian pilots released on 30 August, two days after they were kidnapped in Darfur, were only the latest in a string of foreigners associated with humanitarian operations there to be abducted this year.

Source: Reuters Sept 1 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski became the seventh member of Congress voted out of office this year amid the anti-incumbent fervor fanned largely by the weak U.S. economy and ...

Source: Reuters (Removes American reference in paragraph 14) * Experts say up to 700 clinics offer unlicensed treatments * Desperate patients "risking their lives and life savings" By Kate ...

Source: Reuters Sept 1 (Reuters) - China is lobbying regional powers to restart six-party negotiations on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, but the participants have differing views on how to get the ...

Source: Reuters MANILA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - The trial of a former mayor accused of masterminding the massacre of 57 people in the southern Philippines last November was adjourned again for a week on Wednesday, ...

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Source: Reuters (Adds background) BANGKOK, Aug 31 (Reuters) - A grenade exploded in a compound for a Thai state-run television channel in Bangkok on Tuesday although no injuries were reported, police said. A loud ...