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Move Polanski case outside of LA, lawyers ask

6. January 2009

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Lawyers for exiled film director Roman Polanski are asking that a judge outside of Los Angeles be assigned to decide its motion to dismiss a 30-year-old sex offense case against him, claiming prosecutorial and judicial misconduct. More: continued here

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Report: China targets ‘porn’ Web sites

6. January 2009

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China has released a blacklist of 19 major online portals and Web sites, including Google and Baidu, that it claims provide and spread pornographic or obscene content, state media reported. More: continued here

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Sheikh Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh PM

6. January 2009

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DHAKA: Sheikh Hasina Wajed was sworn in for her second spell as Bangladesh’’s prime minister Tuesday, restoring democracy to the impoverished country a More: continued here

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12 members of a Gaza family killed in Israeli bombing

6. January 2009

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GAZA CITY: At least 12 members of the same extended family, including seven children, were killed in an Israeli air strike on their house in Gaza City More: continued here

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President Zardari visits Afghanistan

6. January 2009

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KABUL: President Asif Ali Zardari arrived in Afghanistan capital Kabul Tuesday after a two-week postponement in the trip, Foreign Ministry sources sai More: continued here

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Ajmal remanded to police custody till Jan 19

6. January 2009

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MUMBAI: Ajmal Kasab, the lone terrorist arrested for his involvement in the November 26 Mumbai terror attacks, was on Tuesday remanded to police custo More: continued here

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Biden on fact-finding trip to Southwest Asia

6. January 2009

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WASHINGTON: US Vice President-elect Joseph Biden will visit Southwest Asia on a fact-finding mission this week leading a bipartisan Congressional dele More: continued here

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Israeli strike kills 40 in UN school

6. January 2009

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JERUSALEM: An Israeli strike killed at least 40 people who had taken refuge inside a UN school in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, in the third such attack More: continued here Powered by SmartRSS

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Gas row flares as supplies to Europe cut

6. January 2009

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Several European countries said Tuesday their supply of natural gas from Russia had been cut or reduced amid a dispute over payments between Russia and Ukraine. More: continued here

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Toll rises as Israel encircles Gaza City

6. January 2009

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As the Israeli military surrounded densely populated Gaza City on Tuesday, it says it has killed 130 Hamas fighters since beginning a ground offensive over the weekend. More: continued here

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