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JERUSALEM Mar 8, 2010 Israel and the Palestinians are engaging in indirect peace talks. The U.S is acting as the middleman in the talks, which will be about creating a new Palestine state (country).
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TEHRAN Mar 1, 2010 Iran's government banned moderate weekly magazine "Iran Dokht" on Monday, close to defeated presidential candidate Mehdi Karoubia, semi-official news agency Fars reported. Several publications have been banned and many journalists held since street protests broke out following the presidential elections last year. Moderate websites reported in early last month that at least 55 pressmen are now in government custody. They include the assistant editor-in-chief of Iran Dokht weekly.
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MILAN Feb 25, 2010 A Milan court convicted three Google Inc executives on Wednesday for harming the privacy of an autistic Italian boy.
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PARIS Feb 16, 2010 France knowingly exposed its soldiers to nuclear explosions in Algeria in the 1960s to study the effect of radiation on humans. Le Parisien newspaper reported this today, citing secret government papers.
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PARIS Feb 16, 2010 France knowingly exposed its soldiers to nuclear explosions in Algeria in the 1960s to study the effect of radiation on humans. Le Parisien newspaper reported this today, citing secret government papers.
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LONDON Feb 9, 2010 The Church of England said on Monday it would go ahead with installing women as bishops. Together with homosexual bishops and same-sex marriages, the ordination of women is among the top issues threatening to divide the Anglican Communion, which has 77 million members worldwide.
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CANBERRA Feb 08, 2010 The Australian government said it will dump 20,000 low-skilled migrant applications, received before September 1, 2007. It will re-focus its immigration intake on high-skilled jobs critical to the economy. Australia's mining sector welcomed the move. It has been expanding to meet China's growing demand for resources, but faces a shortage of skilled workers.
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CANBERRA Feb 08, 2010 The Australian government said it will dump 20,000 low-skilled migrant applications, received before September 1, 2007. It will re-focus its immigration intake on high-skilled jobs critical to the economy. Australia's mining sector welcomed the move. It has been expanding to meet China's growing demand for resources, but faces a shortage of skilled workers.
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PARIS Feb 1, 2010 The French Catholic Church warned Paris on Monday against banning the use of full-face veils by Muslims. It said France must respect the rights of its Muslims if it wanted Islamic countries to do the same for their Christian minorities.
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