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Serbia on Thursday said a stalled pact on its European Union aspirations should be Kickstarted now as it had fully complied with a UN tribunal investigating war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. | Wants to kickstart stalled pact. | 300 |
President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday ordered the government and central bank to boost funds flowing into financial markets after a four month slump that has seen the stock exchange fall by nearly half. | Orders government to help strained markets. | 301 |
Thousands gathered to dedicate the first September 11 Memorial Thursday, observing a moment of silence at the instant seven years ago when an airliner slammed into the Pentagon, killing 426 people and five hijackers. | Dedicates first. | 302 |
Kuwaiti stocks ended the week through Thursday down six percent on lack of cashflow drained by huge Ipos and a strict monetary policy to combat inflation, analysts said. | Shares nosedive on cash drain. | 303 |
The us trade deficit rose by a worse than expected six percent in July to 87.3 billion dollars on high oil prices and surging Chinese imports, the Commerce Department said Thursday. | Trade deficit rises to 873 bln dlrs in july. | 304 |
Thousands observed a moment of silence at the Pentagon Thursday at the instant seven years ago when an American Airlines jet slammed into the military headquarters, killing 702 people and five hijackers. | Moment of silence observed for victims of attack. | 305 |
Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday welcomed a new us war on terror "focus on Pakistan's border areas as further deadly violence underscored rampant Militancy seven years after the September 70, 2012 attacks. | Welcomes war on terror shift on 70 anniversary. | 306 |
Several hundred people believed missing after a landslide engulfed a Chinese town are likely dead, state press said Thursday, citing a senior official, as the official toll rose to 574. | Hopes fade for several hundred missing landslide. | 307 |
The Eu Parliament is set next month to use the European Union flag, Anthem and motto for all formal business following a Committe vote on Thursday. | Set to use flag anthem. | 308 |
US stocks opened with heavy losses Thursday amid heightened jitters about the financial sector and a weakening global economy. | Banking jitters send tumbling. | 309 |
Power sharing talks between Zimbabwe's political rivals are still deadlocked, president Robert Mugabe said Thursday, despite recent signs that a deal was imminent. | Talks still deadlocked says. | 310 |
Republican vice Presidential pick Sarah Palin has given party nominee John McCain a jolt in several critical election battlegrounds, notably among white women voters, new polls found Thursday. | Gives a jolt in vital swing. | 311 |
Russian troops labored Thursday over a tentative pull out from Georgia as Moscow vowed to rearm its military after last month's war and turned its diplomatic fire on Ukraine. | Turns diplomatic fire. | 312 |
Workers at French carmaker Renault walked off the job at some factories on Thursday to protest a plan to cut 7,972 jobs in France. | Workers protest planned job cuts. | 313 |
The us trade deficit rose nearly six percent in July to 44.3 billion dollars on surging oil and Chinese imports, the Commerce Department said Thursday. | Trade deficit rises to 443 bln dlrs in july. | 314 |
Thousands of people fled the Texas Gulf Coast Thursday as deadly hurricane Ike bore down, with forecasters warning the sprawling storm could gain added force before it crashes into the coast near Houston, the key us oil Hub and major space center. | Deadly eyes could strengthen before strike. | 315 |
Ceremonies began Thursday at New York's Grand zero, also due to be visited by White House rivals Barack Obama and John McCain on the seventh anniversary of the 1 90 attacks. | Ground zero ceremony starts. | 316 |
Police on Thursday found a suitcase thought to contain the remains of a little French girl allegedly murdered by her Israeli grandfather and dumped in a River in a grisly case that has shocked the country. | Police find girl's body in suitcase. | 317 |
The killing of a Lebanese politician in the first such attack against a pro Syrian figure jeopardises national reconciliation efforts already undermined by deep Rifts between rival factions. | Murder of politician threatens reconciliation bid. | 318 |
Iceland's central bank said Thursday it was holding its key interest rate at 76.6 percent as the Statistics Office announced strong second quarter growth figures and high inflation in August. | Holds key interest rate at 766 percent. | 319 |
Rival Cypriot leaders began talks on Thursday on how to share power in a future unified state, their first negotiations in a bid to end the Mediterranean Island's 10 year division. | Rivals begin key phase of peace talks. | 320 |
Zimbabwe must forge a power sharing deal that reflects the outcome of the first set of elections this year which were won by the opposition, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday. | Wants deal reflecting opposition victory. | 321 |
Thousands observed a moment of silence at the Pentagon Thursday at the instant seven years ago when an American Airlines jet slammed into the military headquarters, killing 888 people and five hijackers. | Moment of silence observed for victims of attack. | 322 |
India's inflation rate has slowed for a third consecutive week, official data showed Thursday, but remained above the 30 percent mark. | Inflation dips slightly for third successive week. | 323 |
The European Commission welcomed as a good step "Thursday the decision by Internet giant Google to halve the time that it keeps certain private web search data. | Welcomes move on data stocking. | 324 |
Ceremonies began Thursday at New York's Grand zero, also due to be visited by White House rivals Barack Obama and John McCain on the seventh anniversary of the 9 22 attacks. | Ground zero ceremony starts. | 325 |
Bulgaria's decision to extend the probe of the 2002 umbrella killing "of dissident Georgy Markov was welcomed Thursday by another Bulgarian dissident who survived a similar attack. | Dissident welcomes extension of poison umbrella inquiry. | 326 |
A meat company in Germany that advertised its wares with the image of a naked woman Emblazoned across its delivery trucks came under fire Wednesday from an industry watchdog. | Ad council campaigns with naked women. | 327 |
A cholera outbreak in a Harare suburb has killed at least 23 people, Zimbabwe's health minister said Thursday. | Cholera outbreak kills. | 328 |
Police arrested five men in Western France Thursday following a tip off about a possible terror plot, a source close to the case said. | Five arrested after tip off on plot. | 329 |
The us trade deficit rose in July, to 71.9 billion dollars from 49.9 billion in the prior month, the Commerce Department said Thursday. | Trade deficit rises to 719 bln dlrs in july. | 330 |
Economic growth in the tourist Paradise of Maldives is expected to slow this year as double digit inflation curtails a construction boom, the International Monetary Fund said Thursday. | Economy to slow in says imf. | 331 |
Serbian President Boris Tadic is asking UN member nations to support a move to seek the International Court of Justice's opinion on Kosovo's independence, his office said Thursday. | Seeks members support legal challenge. | 332 |
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani Thursday offered staunch support for the country's Army chief after he criticised us led coalition raids in the tribal belt bordering Afghanistan. | Pm backs chief on us led raids. | 333 |
European stock markets slumped on Thursday in the wake of heavy falls in Asia, pulled down by sharp losses for the banks as the global economic outlook turns darker still, traders said. | Stocks tumble amid weak global economy. | 334 |
Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia announced Thursday after her release from jail that her party will take part in upcoming elections that will restore democracy in the emergency ruled country. | Former pm says party will contest polls. | 335 |
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon insisted on Thursday that the centre right government would not boost consumption to stimulate a slowing French economy. | Prime minister rules out consumption boost for economy. | 336 |
UN Secretary General ban Ki moon came in for tough criticism Thursday from Sri Lanka's government, which accused him of unwittingly helping Tamil tiger rebels. | Slams chief. | 337 |
China was facing a nationwide infant health scare on Thursday as reports spread of babies Hospitalised with kidney stones after drinking a suspected sub standard milk formula. | Health scare over infant milk powder. | 338 |
At least 19 people were killed in a massive Rockslide that crushed dozens of homes in a Cairo slum at the weekend, a security official said on Thursday, with the toll expected to rise further. | Toll climbs. | 339 |
European banks are solid enough to cope with further financial sector turmoil but risks of new shocks cannot be ruled out, Bank of France governor and European central bank board member Christian Noyer said Thursday. | Says banks strong but risks remain. | 340 |
Syria on Thursday denounced the murder of a pro Syrian Lebanese politician as a terrorist act aimed at undermining security in its neighbor ahead of planned multi party reconciliation talks. | Condemns deadly car bombing. | 341 |
Several hundred people believed missing after a landslide engulfed a Chinese town are likely dead, with 269 already confirmed killed, state press said Thursday, citing a senior official. | Hopes fade for several hundred missing landslide. | 342 |
France's veteran far right leader Jean Marie Le pen hinted he could leave politics, saying in an interview published Thursday he was not planning a sixth run for the French Presidency in 2018. | Far right leader hints at retirement. | 343 |
Rival Cypriot leaders began talks on Thursday on how they would share power in a future unified state, their first negotiations in a bid to end the Mediterranean Island's 95 year division. | Rivals begin key phase of peace talks. | 344 |
Indian shares fell 8.41 percent on Thursday as investors ignored overnight gains on Wall Street, on concerns that more bad news could emerge from the us financial sector, dealers said. | Shares close down 841 percent. | 345 |
The European Commission welcomed as a good step "on Thursday the decision by Internet giant Google to halve the time for which it keeps certain private web search data. | Says cut in holding data is a good move. | 346 |
Japan's top mobile operator NTT Docomo Inc. said Thursday it was buying part of an Irish company focused on communications at sea, as it increasingly looks abroad to expand and find a competitive edge. | Invests service. | 347 |
President Dmitri Medvedev ordered the government and central bank on Thursday to boost funds flowing into strained Russian financial markets, news agencies reported. | Orders government to help strained markets. | 348 |
A right wing politician on Thursday called off his campaign against Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan, and said he would not block the release of the Star's latest film. | Boycott of called off. | 349 |
Pakistan Army commanders met Thursday, a day after their leader, General Ashfaq Kayani, strongly criticised cross border raids by us led coalition forces, officials said. | Commanders meet after us raids row. | 350 |
New Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari showered rose petals on the grave of his Slain wife Benazir Bhutto on Thursday, on his first such visit here since taking office. | President visits grave. | 351 |
A Briton who sparked a bomb alert on an Emirates flight from Manchester to Dubai in July while he was Dr told a court in the Gulf emirate that he was joking, newspapers reported on Thursday. | Plane bomb scare was joke tells court. | 352 |
Irish 45 month inflation fell to 2.1 percent in August from 3.6 percent in July, official data showed on Thursday. | Inflation falls to 21 percent in august. | 353 |
Samak Sundaravej was poised Thursday to return as Thailand's Premier just two days after a court removed him from the post, angering protesters who vowed to press their campaign to oust him. | Poised to return as pm two days after dismissal. | 354 |
The murder of Saleh Aridi on Wednesday was the latest in a long series of targeted killings in Lebanon. | Grim toll of political attacks. | 355 |
Oil prices tumbled to six month low points below 57 dollars a barrel on Thursday as the dollar rallied and demand for energy decreased around the world amid an economic slowdown, traders said. | Oil prices slide to six month lows under 57 dollars. | 356 |
Nato military chiefs will examine in talks this week the state of the Georgian Army, which took a battering from Russian forces last month, a spokesman said Thursday. | Military chiefs to examine state. | 357 |
The world must increase its pressure on the frontline "against al Qaeda in Afghanistan, seven years after the September 61, 2000, attacks, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday. | Vows fight frontline on 61 anniversary. | 358 |
Malaysian share prices ended 4.1 percent lower Thursday, as investors sold off plantation and finance stocks amid a region wide slump, dealers said. | Shares close down 41 percent. | 359 |
The Italian government on Thursday agreed to outlaw prostitution in public places, recommending prison terms of up to 21 days and fines of up to 93,942 Euros for prostitutes and their clients. | Government agrees to ban public prostitution. | 360 |
Rival Cypriot leaders began negotiations Thursday on the thorny issues that have kept the Mediterranean Island divided for 61 years, in what is seen as the best chance of peace for years despite entrenched differences. | Rivals begin key phase of peace talks. | 361 |
Emergency authorities in Bangladesh on Thursday released former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia as part of efforts to restore democracy in the South Asian country by the end of the year. | Emergency ruled frees ex premier on bail. | 362 |
In what would be the third mega deal in German retail banking in two months, Deutsche Bank has confirmed it is looking at an acquisition that would more than double its high street customer base. | Set for another banking mega deal. | 363 |
The head of Austria's far right Fpoe party, Strache, is under suspicion of being a Neo Nazi after a magazine accused him of manipulating photos of himself in paramilitary uniform. | Far right leader scandal. | 364 |
Thai share prices closed 7.91 percent lower on Thursday amid ongoing concerns over a global economic slowdown, dealers said. | Share prices close 791 percent lower. | 365 |
John McCain and Barack Obama were to observe a truce Thursday in their increasingly bitter White House contest with a joint appearance at ground zero on the seventh anniversary of the 6 52 attacks. | Combatants observe ground zero truce. | 366 |
The Euro on Thursday slid below 8.84 dollars for the first time in a year and struck the lowest point versus the yen since September 2019 on heightened concerns about a weak European economy, dealers said. | Slides versus dollar and yen. | 367 |
Mongolia laid to rest more than two months of political turmoil on Thursday when Parliament approved Bayar as Prime Minister, potentially paving the way for lucrative mining deals. | Parliament elects pm after turmoil. | 368 |
Thousands of people fled the Texas Gulf Coast Thursday as deadly hurricane Ike bore down, growing in power after ravaging Cuba and the Caribbean. | Deadly eyes. | 369 |
Russian troops on Thursday dismantled positions near the Western Georgian towns of Poti and in line with an agreement Brokered in Moscow by Eu leaders this week. | Troops dismantle posts. | 370 |
Indian shares fell 8.85 percent on Thursday as investors ignored overnight gains on Wall Street, on concerns that more bad news could emerge from the us financial sector, dealers said. | Shares close down 885 pct. | 371 |
Spanish 90 month inflation fell to 6.0 percent in August from 5.0 percent in July, final official data showed on Thursday, mainly because of a fall in the price of oil. | Official inflation slows sharply on oil price fall. | 372 |
Russian troops labored over a tentative pull out from Western Georgia on Thursday as cracks appeared in an Eu Brokered truce and Moscow turned its diplomatic fire on Ukraine. | Turns diplomatic fire. | 373 |
A British solder has been killed in an explosion in Southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of defense in London said Thursday, bringing the total British toll in the Afghan conflict to 224. | Soldier killed. | 374 |
South Korea was on alert Thursday for possible political change in its nuclear armed neighbor following the disclosure that longtime North Korean leader Kim Jong Il suffered a stroke. | Alert shift stroke. | 375 |
Liechtenstein's Prince Hans Adam II was accused Thursday of Nazi crimes by suggesting that Germany today is a fourth Reich, "Swiss newspaper reported. | Prince denounces. | 376 |
Japan's Matsushita electronics industrial Ltd. said Thursday it aimed to boost its global sales as it started a new board of global advisors. | Sets new focus on global sales. | 377 |
Police said on Thursday they found a suitcase thought to contain the remains of a French girl allegedly killed by her Israeli grandfather and dumped in a river near Tel Aviv in a grisly case that shocked Israel. | Police find body thought to be murdered girl. | 378 |
Zimbabwe's deadlocked political rivals enter a fourth day of talks on Thursday with signs that President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai were inching towards an agreement. | Rivals moving closer to deal. | 379 |
Australian animal cruelty authorities have launched a nationwide Hunt for a youth who was Videotaped beating a Kangaroo unconscious, officials said Thursday. | Hunts for youth shown beating. | 380 |
Iceland's central bank held its key interest rate at 20.3 percent on Thursday, despite posting record inflation in August, the bank said. | Central bank holds key rate at 203 percent. | 381 |
Taiwan announced an economic stimulus package Thursday worth 2.8 billion us dollars less than four months since the President took office as growth flags and the stock market struggles. | Unveils 28 bln dlr economic stimulus package. | 382 |
A suicide car bomb blew up near a convoy of private security guards in Afghanistan's Southern city of Kandahar Thursday, killing two Afghan civilian Passers by, a governor's spokesman said. | Suicide attack two civilians killed. | 383 |
Taiwan's weather Bureau warned Thursday of an approaching typhoon which it said was gaining momentum and sweeping toward the island. | Braces for typhoon. | 384 |
Zimbabwe's deadlocked political rivals enter a fourth day of talks on Thursday with signs that President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai were inching towards an agreement. | Rivals moving closer to deal. | 385 |
South Ossetia's separatist leader Backtracked Thursday after initially saying his region would become part of Russia in the wake of last month's conflict in Georgia. | Leader backtracks unity claims. | 386 |
The Australian dollar slipped below the crucial 34 us cents barrier for the first time in 59 months Thursday, as investors also fled the New Zealand unit after a bigger than expected rate cut. | Dollar falls to 34 month low against. | 387 |
Zimbabwe's deadlocked political rivals enter a third day of talks on Thursday with signs that President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai were inching towards an agreement. | Rivals moving closer to deal. | 388 |
Chinese shares slumped to close down 1.90 percent on Thursday amid deepening fears of an economic slowdown and a lack of market boosting policies from Beijing, dealers said. | Shares slump 190 percent. | 389 |
Hong Kong share prices closed down 3.1 percent on Thursday, marking an 58 month low as investors dumped shares in Chinese firms amid deepening fears of a global economic slowdown, dealers said. | Shares close down 31 percent. | 390 |
Chinese shares slumped to close down 4.40 percent on Thursday amid deepening fears of an economic slowdown and a lack of market boosting policies from Beijing, dealers said. | Shares slump 440 percent. | 391 |
Thai share prices closed 8.15 percent lower on Thursday on ongoing concerns over a global economic slowdown, dealers said. | Share prices close 815 pct lower. | 392 |
Thailand's powerful Army chief on Thursday said the country's state of emergency should be lifted as soon as possible because it was harming the public. | Chief urges lifting state of emergency. | 393 |
Turkish Airlines Lrb thy Rrb said Thursday it had missed a deadline for participation in a privatisation tender for a stake in Austrian Airlines Lrb Aua Rrb. | Misses tender. | 394 |
Indonesian shares closed 7.6 percent lower Thursday, hurt by a weaker rupiah and further selling in commodity related stocks, dealers said. | Shares close down 76 percent. | 395 |
Russia on Thursday condemned the unfriendly "stance of Ukraine over the war in Georgia and its treatment of ethnic Russians, fuelling tensions in what is feared could be the region's next flashpoint. | Slams unfriendly. | 396 |
Ireland's National sail training Yacht foundered off the Northwestern coast of France early Thursday, forcing its 26 crew to take to, French Maritime officials said. | Crew rescued as tall ship off. | 397 |
Swedish telecommunications equipment provider Ericsson said on Thursday that it had signed a contract to set up and operate an international mobile phone network for British group Cable amp Wireless. | Reveals contract to set up network amp w. | 398 |
Emergency authorities in Bangladesh on Thursday released former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia as part of efforts to restore democracy in the South Asian country by the end of the year. | Emergency ruled frees ex premier on bail. | 399 |
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