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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pro-Taliban Pakistani militants are trying to create a sectarian rift, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Saturday, as a new wave of violence piled pressure on a government already struggling with a flood crisis.
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Pakistani militants stoking sectarian rift – minister
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan has resigned following accusations of nepotism involving his daughter’s employment, government sources and the ministry said on Saturday.
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South Korea minister resigns after nepotism row
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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan has resigned following accusations of nepotism involving his daughter’s employment, government sources and the ministry said on Saturday.
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South Korea minister resigns after nepotism row
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Nine people have died after a light aircraft used for skydiving crashed in New Zealand’s South Island, police said on Saturday.
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Nine dead as small plane crashes in New Zealand
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HYANNIS, Mass (Reuters) – Hurricane Earl, which earlier in the week was a storm of major proportions that threatened the U.S. East Coast, weakened to a tropical storm on Friday as it swirled offshore towards Canada.
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Earl weakens to storm; damage less than feared
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union’s executive distanced itself on Friday from comments by its trade chief Karel De Gucht, which a European Jewish group called an incitement to anti-Semitism.
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EU says trade chief’s remarks on Jews "personal"
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hurricane Earl was downgraded to a tropical storm on Friday, weakening as it swirled up the U.S. eastern seaboard, the U.S.
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Earl downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm
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FACTBOX – Details of cargo plane which crashed in Dubai
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NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) – Flying in the developing world is 13 times more dangerous than flying in the United States or other first world countries, according to a new study.
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Dangers of flying change around the globe – study
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WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A major earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit New Zealand, 30 km (20 miles) west of Christchurch early on Saturday morning, causing no immediate reports of casualties but widespread damage, authorities said.
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Quake of 7.4 hits New Zealand near Christchurch