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Yahoo! News: World News Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:39:46 GMT |
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China vows overhaul of "chaotic" milk industry
(AP)
AP - China's Cabinet vowed a complete overhaul of the scandal-ridden dairy industry Monday, pledging to inspect every link from the farm to the dinner table to try to restore public trust in Chinese-made food products.
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Europe governments go their own way on crisis
(AP)
AP - Individual European governments issued a cascade of deposit guarantees to shore up their banks but fell short of any coordinated action Monday to deal with the crisis sweeping financial markets, even as stock markets crashed and the euro sank to its lowest level for over a year.
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Iraqi women fear going public as candidates
(AP)
AP - The 38-year-old teacher wanted to participate in Iraq's first provincial elections in four years until she realized that a new law would require the ballot to list her name, not just her party.
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Taliban, Afghan officials meet in Saudi Arabia
(AP)
AP - A former Taliban ambassador said Monday that the hard-line militants sat with Afghan officials and Saudi King Abdullah over an important religious meal in Saudi Arabia late last month as the insurgency raged back home.
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3 share Nobel prize for work on AIDS and cancer
(AP)
AP - Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases.
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Major gunrunning and graft trial opens in Paris
(AP)
AP - The son of a former French president, an Israeli-Russian billionaire and a tycoon with ties to Arizona's jet set were among the headliners Monday as 42 defendants went on trial in Paris, accused in a worldwide web of trafficked arms to Angola, money laundering and kickbacks.
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Palestinians sue for money over settlement
(AP)
AP - Five Palestinians are suing the Israeli government for $430,000 because Jewish settlers seized their West Bank land for an unauthorized outpost.
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Mexico: Ex-ruling party rebounds in local election
(AP)
AP - The party that governed Mexico for 71 consecutive years has rebounded in local elections, returns showed on Monday, and a poll had it jumping into the lead for next year's national congressional vote.
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US Navy says crew on hijacked ship off Somalia OK
(AP)
AP - The crew on a hijacked Ukrainian cargo ship laden with tanks and heavy weaponry appear to be in good health, a U.S. Navy spokeswoman said Monday.
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Pakistan to deport all Afghans from tribal region
(AP)
AP - Pakistan ordered the deportation of about 50,000 Afghan refugees in an insurgency-wracked tribal region amid a major military offensive against al-Qaida and Taliban fighters.
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Australians bid farewell to 'g'day mate': report
(AFP)
AFP - Australians who sound like crocodile hunter Steve Irwin or Crocodile Dundee actor Paul Hogan could soon be a relic of the past, a report said on Sunday.
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